After roughly 20 years experience of stage, camera and microphone performance, I decided to conquer another frontier in performance – Standup Comedy. It had been on my mind for over a decade and was long overdue to be taken a shot at.

A year and a half after my comedy debut with about 50 gigs on record, I have no regrets.

What makes standup comedy so tough is the immediate and undisputed feedback. When you perform music or a theatric play, the audience will applaud you afterwards, whether they liked it or not. And in the comfort of hindsight you can have different opinions of what was good or bad and in what way. In standup there is no such thing. Whatever you do, the verdict is in within a few seconds, and the rules are as cruel as they are simple: If they laugh you rock, if they don’t you suck. Period.

And audiences can be extremely unpredictable. A routine (joke or set of jokes on the same theme) that worked like a charm last night, may yield complete silence, for no apparent reason.

Standup comedy is without a doubt the toughest thing I’ve ever subjected myself to on a stage. This also makes it a fantastic learning experience in many ways.

Any public speaking that is not standup comedy is suddenly a walk in the park. I encourage anyone who wants to better their public speaking skills to try standup comedy. You don’t need to pursue it, just a few tries takes you far.

There are classes in standup comedy open to anyone, and they often include a few gigs or referrals to gigs.

Try it, you wont be sorry.

Reviews from the web:

“Quality voice acting”
- Game Front

http://www.gamefront.com/half-life-2-mod-precursor/

“Some solid voice acting”
Halflife2.net

http://www.halflife2.net/2011/04/01/precursor-mod-released/

“I found the voice acting to be excellent”
Planet Philip

http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/precursor-half-life-2-ep2/

“The voice-acting was awesome”
User “HawkeyE” at Black Mesa Forums

http://forums.blackmesasource.com/showthread.php?t=9199

“The voice acting is excellent compared to most.”
User “Skepsis!” at ModBB Forums

http://www.moddb.com/mods/precursor/reviews/234991

Fast & Furious FIG trailer. Producerad av Imagination Studios.

Hotel-Liseberg-Heden.mp3

Radioreklam för den amerikanska brunchen på söndagar på Hotell Liseberg Heden i Göteborg.

Jag gjorde rösten som pratar, men inte den som sjunger

Producerad av Record Ljudbyrå AB.

Som liten reagerade jag aldrig på dialekten, men var däremot ständigt förundrad över varför de lät så förstoppade…