Do You Have any Creative Outlets Apart From Standup & Does it Help Comedy?

Great question. Yes. I play guitar. But its mostly learning cover songs nowadays, so it's not as creative. I get obsessed with a song and break down all the guitar parts, bass and vocal harmonies and then I record me playing it on my phone. I used to write music but now all my writing is focused on comedy. My goal was to start playing more guitar, get my callouses back for guitar and MAYBE bring the guitar on stage to do some jokes with it. I used to make up songs on the guitar at parties. Its a skill people love and reward, but honestly its all about rhyming and surprise. Its not a magic trick but people love it. 

I also miss playing live with my bands. I used to love writing or collaborating on music with other people and I miss that. I think its good to have other creative outlets and I wish I had more, but that is all I have.

If I can merge the two, obviously, it would help my comedy career. Having another skill set to bring on stage would benefit. A lot of people look down on musical comedy but when its done right, it is amazing. I have an idea of how I can use a guitar on stage, I just need to do it. Recently I did join forces with Comedian Calvin Evans to jam after a show on stage and support his musical closer. Thats a start, hashtag#comedy hashtag#blog hashtag#careerchange