Venue: Hollywood Hotel, The Spot cafe twice. Various dates.
In order: decent, slightly less decent and bleh
But I heard something interesting in the class I'm taking. Apparently, I should be trying to avoid open mics, because it's not like performing for an audience. Does that mean that I'm abandoning the project? Nope. What I like about open mics is the people. Slowly, slowly I'm getting to know people and that makes it easier for me to connect with them. It's in-jokes versus jokes.
If not open mics, where AM I performing? It looks like I'm going to be upgrading to 'Bringers' soon. That means I bring 3-5 people and get 7-ish minutes. Which is a step in the right direction. So now open mics are more for speaking practice. More for saying those things I want to say in my set, but shouldn't do in front of paying audiences without knowing that they're bulletproof.
I'm going to try and get some business cards made up for me. Gotta bring my A-game and network the hell out of this. Which for someone reserved and quiet like me is not an easy thing.
Audience interaction seems to be vital, no matter where it is. Your new plan sound promising.
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