In October of 2025, which sounds far away but it is only about two and a half years off, I will hit the 20 year mark of being a performing artist.
I started out doing stand up comedy for the first 15 years, but then gradually shifted over to music as the comedy wasn’t doing it for me anymore.
The time I spent doing comedy wasn’t a waste though, as it seems to have really helped me with the singing and music side. I am pretty good at making up songs on the fly, and adding humor helps a lot. HVAC repairs I sometimes sing about, and especially on days in the local business when things go wrong with a heating or cooling system repair job. Singing about my problems seems to take away some of the power they have on me, as I used to do with my comedy sets. I like to work for the HVAC company doing smart thermostat sales and giving energy saving tips to the customers, but when I am playing drums and singing I feel more free than ever. I almost feel like a little kid again when I am performing, and I guess that is what keeps me doing it. The air conditioning supplier where we work is going to have us do a musical show when they have a big sale on all of the heating and cooling technology in the store. We normally get paid about $400 a show, but I told the owner of the store that we would do this one for free.