Comedians ask other comedians, what do you have? As in, how many minutes do you have?
Not how many can you do. But how much good stuff can you do.
Because it’s not about standing on stage telling jokes. It’s about making people laugh.
They understand the huge difference of having two minutes vs. five. Ten vs. twenty. Twenty vs twenty-five. Each minute has to be funny…if it’s not, cut it.
And there’s no glory in saying you’ve got ten minutes if you only have five. Everyone is about to find out the truth once you get on stage anyway.
In music, artists often simply say yes to the allotted time without first asking themselves if they have enough great material, enough of a show to fill the slot.
Lots of artists think they have thirty great minutes and they only have ten. Lots of artists think they can pull off seventy five minutes but they only really have thirty.
Don’t say yes to a time slot. Say yes to putting on a great show. Your show.
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