Ken asks…

How difficult is stand-up comedy?

I’ve been a singer in a band for the last five years, played hundreds of gigs, in front of some pretty big audiences.

I rarely get properly nervous and any nerves I do get are usually a due to potential equipment failure, rather than a lack of faith in our ability.

After the bands next album, I’m thinking of trying my hand at stand up comedy. I have written comedy (though nowhere near the level I have in music) but never performed comedy.

I am not the most confident person when talking to people who don’t ‘get me’. However, those who do, seem to think I’m really funny and people have said that I remind them of Eddie Izzard and Ross Noble. I’ve begun to gather together some ideas, and I think I can make a good stand up set – at least as good as some of the stand ups I’ve seen on TV.

I’m wondering, just how difficult is stand-up comedy? And does anybody have experience of how it compares to singing in a band?

Steve Roye answers:

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