Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Andy Hamilton. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Alright, Andy thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. If you could go back in time do you wish you had started your creative career sooner or later?
I think I started at the perfect time. I started at 27 years old. Looking back, I think if I would have started any earlier, I wouldn’t have had anything interesting to talk about! Comedy is about connecting with the audience and being relatable, so when you have some life experiences, it makes it a little easier.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
Grew up in a small town in Missouri. As a kid, I loved watching The Tonight Show and so that sparked my early interest in stand up. But it wasn’t until after college and working a few dead end jobs that I discovered my passion and pursued stand up comedy. Finally worked up the courage at 27 to do an open mic at the St. Louis Funny Bone and never looked back. Been doing stand up a little over 8 years now and have met so many great people in the business. Very grateful for all the opportunities I’ve had thus far.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
The most rewarding part of comedy is when you can make people laugh and just help them forgot about everything else in the world for a few hours. You never know what someone is going through, so its really cool when people come up to you after shows and tell you how much fun they had or how you turned their whole week around. Laughter is really the best medicine.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
You have to be resilient if you’re going to be a comic. No matter how funny you are, you’re going to bomb and have some rough gigs. It’s inevitable! But as the old saying goes: It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up. Last year, I had a weekend of shows at a local club. For whatever reason, the 2 shows Friday were a complete disaster. Afterwards, I started questioning if I should really keep doing stand up. BUT, fortunately I picked myself back up, prepared and studied the next day and had two amazing sets on Saturday night. It was night and day difference. The headliner even complimented me at the end of the weekend as well, so that was cool…It always means a lot when you can gain the respect of your peers.
Contact Info:
- Website: andyhamiltoncomedy.wixsite.com/andyhamiltoncomedy
- Instagram: @andyhamiltoncomedy