Adjusting to Your Audience
way to get the crowd on my side and make them ignore my hideous New Jersey accent which still pops up from time to time. In the North, I focus more on strength -- opening with a strong bit, closing with my strongest bit, and cruising in between. While this can, again, be somewhat difficult -- it's hard enough to memorize one thirty-minute set, let alone two -- it allows me to get the crowd on my side early and then go from there.
Be Yourself
In the end, however, I cannot stress enough that the most important thing is to be yourself. While you may change your act slightly between Chicago, Illinois, and Columbus, Georgia, you cannot add a fake accent, pretend you grew up in a trailer park, or claim to be a native of Chicago. Altering your act is an advanced technique that can make your act slightly more effective and make you more comfortable on the road. But, again, it is an advanced technique, and one that you should not attempt until you are comfortable with and in command of your base act.
Until next time...keep 'em laughing!
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