History of the Aid.

Before Comedy, I had aspirations of becoming a nerdcore rapper. I wanted to rap about Star Wars, Videogames and not getting laid. After writing notebooks full of rhymes for months. I figured out I lacked something vital to making (good) music. RHYTHM. I didnt have it at the time. Between the ages of 19-21 I was really into nerdcore rap music. Jamming out to mc chris, MC Lars, MC Hawking, Mc Router, Optimus Rhyme, and ytcracker. Now that Im working comic, There are definitely a lot of parallels in rapping and comedy.

Lets examine the two art forms of Stand-Up Comedy and Freestyle Battle rapping.

With both, its one person with a microphone stringing words together to elicit a positive reaction from the audience.

In both forms, you're demonstrating how smart, clever and funny you can be. It's you and your thoughts, coming out of your mouth through an amplified microphone. Incorporating gestures, sound effects and characterizations.

In other types of performance art, the performer usually has something to rely on. Musicians have their instruments/rest of their band. Dancers have partners, poets have their written words. Comics, have their material prepped sure, but Comedians will engage the setting with the audience to personalize the show. There is a difference between a comic and comedian. A comic I feel, does his/her material and makes the crowd laugh. Comedians will entertain a crowd and throw in material where they deem it necessary. Comedians "play" with the audience. Im not saying one is better than the other, just different. Comics will do well in a theater type setting where it is a performance art. Whereas a Comedian will kick ass in a club, interacting with crowd and personalizing the show to make it a unique show every time.

Back to topic, a comic/rapper once they hit the stage have to exude confidence to get respect and attention from a crowd. I tell younger comics that have confidence issues on stage to get a "Jay-Z swagger" on. One comic in particular has turned it into an all out cocky on stage persona that has certainly helped him out on stage in keeping the audiences attention. No one wants to watch a comic look at the floor when they tell jokes. They want to be connected with. The audience is part of the show.

Who knows, maybe one day it will come full circle and I might cut a track one of theses days. Maybe a bonus track on a comedy cd I want to produce. Ive made friends with some DJ's and Producers around town. It's be cool to see if I could do it and learn some rhythm.

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