Did you miss the Zoom show on Saturday? It was super fun! I won’t lie. I was a little nervous. It was the first run through of a new hour of material. And I’ve never written a new show this quickly before. So it was either going to be really good or really bad. Fortunately…
I’ve written a lot of new material in the last few months. And you may have seen me doing short sets on other people’s shows with it recently. But I really need to start structuring it into an actual show. So let’s jump on Zoom and have a show, yeah? This is definitely a work-in-progress…
If there’s one thing about comedy music, it’s important to know the lyrics. That’s where most of the jokes are after all. And while I try to sing legibly, you might miss a line here and there. So I just put together a lyric video for my latest single “Binary Love”. And what better…
You won’t believe the celebrities I’ve got in my new video! Seriously, you won’t believe it. While I’m working on a full-fledged video for “I Wanna Rock (Socially Responsibly)”, I put together a lyric video so you can follow along with all the jokey goodness. And things move too. Like a Harry Potter painting. But,…
We’re almost to the release of the “The Legend of Ms Garcia”. I had to do some different stuff and learn a few new tricks while recording this track. And I thought it would be fun to take you into the studio and break the song down to show you all the moving parts. I…
The studio version of “The Legend of Ms Garcia will be available on Friday February 5th and I’m excited for you to hear it. Since we’ve had some behind the scenes peeks at the song here and here, I thought I’d give you an “in front of the scenes” look today. If you have my…
This is a little clippy clip about vampires from my latest comedy special “Pretty From The Back” I just can’t be scared of vampires from places like Forks, Mystic Falls, or Bon Temps. Here’s why. When I was a kid our vampires were rich aristocratic types who lived in a castle high in the Carpathian…
So the iPhone 6S is supposed to be out on September 25th. As usual I won’t be buying one. I’m nothing if not consistent. But I do wonder if the feature in this clip will be built into instead of an optional accessory. And if it is, be prepared for screaming butt dials. And yes,…
June 9th is Donald Duck Day. I’m not quite sure how Donald gets his own day and Goofy doesn’t. Though I guess we could say that any day politicians are in charge of anything is Goofy Day. As a Disney nerd though, I’ve always dug Donald. One of the rights of passage of childhood is…
Well, it only took 4 years of writing and another year of refinement and production… If you’re counting, that’s half my comedy career so far… Yikes. But “Pretty From The Back” is finally available! Everyone that took advantage of the pre-order deal should be receiving their copies within the next couple days. If you didn’t…
I should have written about this a week ago. The weird thing about being in full creative and marketing mode for my filming coming up is that I don’t have time to write or think about anything else. But some interesting things happened at this festival. So better late than never. 🙂 I recently returned…
It’s be a year in the making, but we’ve finally released Super Dan! When I sit down to write each day, I often don’t have any good ideas to start. The proverbial blank page stares at me until I put something on it. One of my triggers to get started is to spin random songs…
My friend Sheila Baker challenged me yesterday to the ye olde ice bucket challenge to support ALS research. So I got on the ball last night and watered both myself and the very brown part of my lawn. In turn I challenge comedians Myles Weber and Kabir Singh as well as producer of the World…
It’s definitely time to do a new special. I’ve been working really hard for a few years now on the material and it’s just about ready to go. Details with be forthcoming. Over the past few months of planning and writing, I’ve been periodically publishing a video diary of the special’s progress to show you…
Every artist has their heroes. And I have plenty. Eddie Izzard, Prince, Robin Williams, Aerosmith… Artists that regularly come and go in my playlists. Sometimes I don’t hear them for awhile. Then they’re back again like old friends. But that man you see at the left almost never leaves my ears. His name is Butch…
Because I don’t sit still very well, one of my side gigs is doing voiceover work. Most of the projects aren’t all that exciting. Car dealership commercials, industrials. I was the voice for a series of commercials for a Texas orthodontist. Real glamorous stuff. 🙂 But this recent one I did for the power company…
July 31st, 2014 is National Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day. Who knew, right? Check out the PSA I created below to support those who dedicate their life to uncommon musical instruments. Because really, tuba players, ocarina virtuoso’s, and whoever plays that thing in the picture at the left need friends. That also happens to be the…
Here’s part 2 in the hopefully ongoing process of filming my new comedy special this fall. In this one I had a chance to check out a couple of venues. Plus a little clip of a new bit I’m working on for the special. One of the strange things about the entertainment business is the…
I’m just beginning the preparation for filming my next comedy special. And it occurred to me that I’ll need some of that good ‘ol behind the scenes stuff. So I’m going to do my best to document the whole process from the very beginning to when a finished DVD reaches your desperately outstretched hands. Or…
The recording and video of “Super Dan” are both coming along great. I got together with Jeff in Port Huron, MI during my gig last week and we did some color tests on the character. Meanwhile, I’ll be back in the studio today doing some remixing on the track. But here’s what’s cool for you……
Just a quick update. Production of the “Super Dan” video is coming along nicely. Jeff sent me some storyboard sketches the other day and I thought I’d share them with you. You can click the picture to enlarge them. I’m leaving in a couple days for a tour in the Midwest where I’ll be freezing…
I haven’t done one of these posts in awhile. Plus I’m totally ensconced in mixing my new “Super Dan” single, so feeling way more technical minded than funny today. 🙂 But what follows in the first experience I had with that vaunted format of the comedy album and special. We use “ROFL” in a completely…
Over the last few months, I’ve given myself license again to write songs that I might not necessarily play at a comedy club gig. Sometimes that may take the form of a song like “I’m Not The One” – ie. something way too serious. Or it may be a funny song that just isn’t the…
Some metal bands attack a Christmas songs with a healthy sense of how ridiculous the whole idea is. Or they’re versatile enough musicians to really pull off a cool version of a Christmas song without seeming like a parody of Spinal Tap. Yes, I know Spinal Tap is a parody itself. But I already covered…
