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Comedy Fan Corner [+]... This is only a testPosted August 16, 2013 by Shayne Michael under Site Maintenence for All | No Comments | Bookmark Comedy Etc Show Recap 08-25-2012Last night I thought we would have a decent turn out for the booked show and the open mic. I was correct. For our third show, we had our longest list so far with twenty performers. We had a high energy crowd, that reminded me of the Joke Gym at its best. We paid all our feature performers. Thanks to Jeff Leon for his unique musical comedy. I think someone put caffeine in Jeff's caffeine. For two of those performers, Scott Shimamoto and Tracie Walker, we wished them a happy birthday in style. We had a cake and Red Velvet Cookies for the audience. A separate cake for our headliner and feature. And they were paid. How many shows can say that? Read the entire show recap here.... Posted August 26, 2012 by Shayne Michael under Comedy Etc for All | No Comments | Bookmark The Laugh Factories Fresh Faces Open CastingVote for me Here:Or join the contest Here, to compete with me. Posted June 17, 2012 by Shayne Michael under Comedy Contests for All | No Comments | Bookmark The 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comic Trends
Comedian Corner [+]The Cadence Of ComedyWhat does it mean when someone says your timing is off? Tonight material that always works fell flat. And I started to wonder why. It may have been the same material I always do, but it wasn't in the same order. It wasn't delivered with the same subtle inflections. I didn't deliver it remotely close to the manner I usually do. At one point my dad dying of stage four cancer got a sympathy applause break. Talk bout throwing the audience for a loop. I've had sympathy laughter before; I have never had a sympathy applause break. On the drive home I realized the cadence was wrong. There's a reason I sometimes will work in a story with a long set up. I used to think it was to get the audience to practice listening. Tonight I realized I use long stories to intentionally change the cadence of the delivery. Read MorePosted September 10, 2012 by Shayne Michael under Timing for All | No Comments | Bookmark No matter how much good you do, someone will always find a way not to appreciate it. Posted August 27, 2012 by Shayne Michael under Intermission for All | No Comments | Bookmark The Importance Of Humility In ComedyIt's one thing to have faith in yourself. It's one thing to feel you deserve the best. It's one thing to be constantly be seeking better opportunities, so that you can leave the old ones that aren't paying the bills behind. But it's quite another thing to constantly put down other performers who don't reach your level of genius. Yes, I know this is the exception to the rule. I realize not many people who fit this mold, but when you cross the path of performers with no humility, boy do they stick out. Post something inspirational, they respond with something sarcastic. Get booked in the same line up, they publicly wonder how the two of you ended up in the same show. Someone thanks you for being a part of the show, they ask why. Humility means recognizing, no matter how often you're on stage, there is still something for you to learn and places to grow. The minute a comic rejects this lesson, the comic they are is the last comic they will ever be. Comedy, unlike music, suffers very quickly f That said, I'm writing this to get it out of my system, as the people who need to hear it will never listen, otherwise I would have named names. Posted August 26, 2012 by Shayne Michael under Humility for All | No Comments | Bookmark Upcoming Stand-Up Comedy Seminars
Recent Articles For Comedians [+]New Ranking: Creating A PersonaWhile taking Barry Neal’s class I was told the one thing that made comics stand out was their persona. Though, never during that class, was I given an exact explanation what persona was. I simply knew it was why some comedians were unique and some sounded like they were reading from a joke book. It was the difference between the Catskills style of comedy and the kind of stand-up comedy that is accepted today. As time went on, I realized that there were some jokes that, when I listened to them, I could hear how different comics would deliver them with their own unique voice. I knew where Rita Rudner would pause. I knew how Jerry Seinfeld would lead off with “Who are these people,” and I knew how Rodney Dangerfield would break a commentary about how he doesn’t get any respect. I was onto something with persona, but I still wasn’t exactly sure what it was. So I went to the d... [Read Entire Article] Posted February 0, 2008 by Shayne Michael under Acting Recent Biographies [+]
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