Does It Work 3K Miles Away..

One thing I love is when I get to do great shows on the road. Knowing what audiences like in my local(ish) area is one thing, but then when you travel 2,500 miles away, they can be a very different audience in terms of what they like or are offended by. This year my New … Continue reading “Does It Work 3K Miles Away..”

One thing I love is when I get to do great shows on the road. Knowing what audiences like in my local(ish) area is one thing, but then when you travel 2,500 miles away, they can be a very different audience in terms of what they like or are offended by.


This year my New Year’s Eve gig was at a First Night arts festival on the east coast. My humor worked out and the audiences liked my newer material, which is good.


After the show I got an email from a magician who was in the audience at one of my shows. He made an interesting comment, he said that by the time the show started the audience was rooting for me. This is something that I do by design, and I’m glad that he noticed it.


What I do is before the shows start time, I do some tricks that I’m working on. These are things are semi formed routines, but not fully fleshed out. Sometimes they are routines that I like, but just don’t have a place in the show. One thing that they aren’t are tricks that I don’t really know how to do.


The purpose of these tricks is to warm up the audience, but put no pressure on them. They aren’t part of the show (but they actually are), but they do make a good first date. Now by the time the show starts the audience is invested in me and invested in me succeeding.