Ok, so the shows at Club Nokia were really fun. All of us got along really well and since everyone was naturally funny offstage it was easy for us to have a good time. The make-up artist, her friend/assistant and the stylist were all really fun and cool. The food was good, friends showed up, I had two REALLY fun sets and everything was GREAT.
Two people I already knew and was VERY HAPPY about working with were Felipe Esparza and DJ Cooch. Felipe I knew about but Cooch was doing warm up (not in any of the advertising) so when I saw him I was surprised. I didn’t stick around for the after party because I had gotten there at 2:30pm and had just came off the Eureka trip the night before. My schedule has been kinda’ crazy but I’m alright with it. Sometimes I forget things and I just got back to the gym today but it’s taking me a bit to get fully organized and used to my life while having to live it at the same time.
This week I am pretty much off so that’s cool. Just a lot of open mics but it makes it a lot easier to maneuver around so it should all work out. I didn’t put in for spots anywhere because I knew I had a lot of stuff to do in the next couple of days, and all together, before I leave again.
Ok, so switching gears. More and more people are asking how to get on the road. This is a hard question for me to answer because I only know what I have done and it’s this, A SHIT LOAD OF OPEN MICS. Then people SAW ME at those and ASKED ME to do booked shows. Then other people SAW ME AT THOSE and asked me to do other booked shows. Then, at the same time, I was doing contest and still open mics, and the booked shows and EVERYTHING in between for quite sometime and then people slowly started ASKING ME to go on the road and I met bookers and they would ask me to come back on my own and good comics just OUT OF NOWHERE a lot of times would drop my name and help me get hooked up with more stuff and now we’re at today. I’m still trying to figure it all out myself so it makes it kind of annoying that people keep asking me. Simply put, get out there and see who you meet or what you just find ON YOUR OWN. Contrary to what most people believe the LA “open mic” comedy scene can be quite friendly and a lot of comics will tell you about other places to go you just HAVE TO do the leg work for YOURSELF.
I gotta go now. Take care, folky dolkys.