Firsts Come To Those Who Wait...

Sup people!?

I was checking my email, taking care of some bidnez, and then - BAM! - I get an email. I've been called back for the audition from Friday! Very cool! This call back is going to be a bit deeper than the first one, so, I look forward to the experience! More so, I had so much fun with the first one that this one should be a blast!

I'm leaving the house now to go to the studio to grab one more track to get mixed for the Courageous Rue EP. Don't know why but I forgot our "hit"! DUH! Oh well, look on the Courageous Rue website for more updates!

Currently listening : Freaked Out & Small By The Presidents of the United States of America Release date: By 02 November, 2004

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BEST WEEKEND EVER for the weekend of 2/10-2/13!

This weekend was fun! Friday afternoon I went to an audition for a musical. I prepped up my version of "New York, New York", got my monologue on lock, and jumped into my first musical audition. Overall, it went really well. I learned a lot about the auditioning process and had an excellent time doing so.

I ended up working late Friday night to make up for the time I missed for the audition. I got all my work done. Nothing to worry about for Monday! Whoah! I then hit the studio to dump 5 of the 6 songs eligible for the Courageous Rue EP to an external harddrive. I'll hand it over to an engineer from Alloy Sound who I am going to meet up with today for mixing. I am scared and excited at the same time. I am handing over my baby of many years to a guy I hardly know. But he's pro and hopefully will make it sound "warmer" and balanced than it does now. Next steps will be getting it mastered, art lined up, and duplication.

Saturday was acting class in the morning where we went over our monologues and established our beats, wants, obstacles, and actions. I felt I did a pretty good job. At least I got the thing memorize. I need to start looking for a few more to have in my repertoire. Then I continued the script writing frenzy for my Sunday rehearsal I had started during the week.

Sunday also had lots of writing/rewriting going on. Sunday night I had rehearsal and it was a lot of fun reading all the scripts. I am really excited at how much the writing has changed and improved over the last few weeks. There are a lot of talented people I am working with and I am learning a lot! Can't wait to see all of it up on stage!

Well, that's about it. More to come, yo!

My Life is Flowing

Hello all:

Not a whole lot new has been going on, hence, why I haven't posted up anything lately . The stand-up/Salsation/Second City activities are going well. Thanks to these efforts, my skillz have improved and I am getting more comfortable with writing, acting, and improvising comedy.

I made another change in my life where I will essentially be on my own for guidance for a little while. I have plenty of good tools to use if I ever feel I've lost my way, so, I feel pretty courageous for doing it. Thanks Sheryl for everything and I will see you soon to begin a new journey!

Otherwise, all is well and well is all!

Timing is Everything, Mr. Bond

I got asked to do a stand-up showcase in March, but, alas, I had to turn it down I have a recurring prior commitment that formally starts the night I would do the showcase. I asked to be put into a showcase within the next month or after May.

On a lighter note, I am checking out audition material for an upcoming musical. I've never done an audition for a musical, but, it looks like something I would like to pursue someday. I wish I knew some songs from Broadway musicals! LOL. I heard that Dr. Dre's "Ain't Nutin' But a G Thang" has recently been added to the list of acceptable showtunes!

"Uh...uh...uhh....yeah...uh...uh...WHAT?!"

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The Sound of Crickets is the Sound of Applause...

I went to Hoghead's last night hoping to find a new crowd of people to do my new material. I showed up around 9 PM to sign up and got slot #5. Cool, I was guaranteed to not go on at midnight. I saw a few of the same comics I normally see at the open mics but a lot of fresh faces too. So, that was nice. However, the room was pretty much just full of comedians, thus, making the job to get laughs 3-full.

Every comic that went up went down just as quickly with chuckles. What is it about us comics that doesn't let us laugh at jokes from other comics at an open mic? It's really dumb. There were some real good jokes out there I did laugh at but the majority of us were being pretty quiet. I wonder if it's ego, the fact we've probably heard these acts before, we're all tired...maybe we're just all a-holes! LOL.

I busted out my new material and completed it. I even did a little bit of improv by adjusting my introduction jokes to the venue and the crowd. They all elicited laughs and chuckles. Perhaps I'll get a chance to go out Friday night to BW3 with a more receptive crowd.