open mics 19 and 20

Oh man, another twofer. This brings me up to 4% of the way there.
Let's look at it.
#19:
Date: 1 April, 2011
Venue: Silverlake Lounge

Holy cow, running into the very impressive Mark Mead. And getting friends to come and see me. Two cool things in one evening. I had 3 minutes and I didn't run out of stuff. I also had a friend record my set. I'll post it on Youtube if I'm feeling generous later.
I do look a bit tense. I need to relax and tone it down a bit. I might also need to try and aim a little... older. I'm okay with being a college comedian, but I need some material that aims a bit older. If I can pull that off, I'll be good.

#20:
Date: 2 April, 2011
Venue: The Spot Cafe
This is the friendliest room in LA. It's all comics, so it's not the perfect room, but it feels good. I actually recorded myself kicking ass, so I've got that going for me. (I should mention that 'kicking ass' is a relative term. I'm not gaining laughs as hard or as strong as other comics, but they're relatively solid. Listening to the recordings is helping)


The best thing I can think of, as far as comedy goes is to be ones' self. I'm trying to have my time on stage just be me talking about stuff. Instead, I'm still amping up the energy in response to nerves, so instead of 'me', it's becoming 'hyper me'. I know 4% of your max. possible capacity is still not that much, but I figure with 20 open mics under my belt, that I should be starting to hit my stride and I should have the calmness thing figured out. I'm not worried or concerned, but it would be nice to figure it out.

On the plus side, it's been a really long time since I bombed. I can live with that.