We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Bryce Moore a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Bryce, appreciate you joining us today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.
I learned standup comedy by watching comedians that I’m a fan of. I used to retell my favorite routines when I was younger. I was in Gifter and Talented Education (G.A.T.E.) in elementary school, and we would have a share time when we met every week. During share time, I told my favorite Jeff Foxworthy You Might Be a Redneck jokes. Later on, I began to tell stories of things I had done. My first story was my driving test. And I still tell a version of that today. It seemed pretty natural to me to throw jokes in with a story. I don’t know when I realized the necessity to keep a focused throughline. At some point, I just knew that was a must. The only thing I really wish I knew about sooner was where to hold the microphone. I didn’t realize how close it had to be at my first couple of open mics. But that’s really a simple fix. As you get practice in, talking into a microphone becomes sort of second nature. At this point, the thing I’m trying to learn is crowd work. I have a background with Improv, so I know how to think on my feet. But I haven’t exercised those muscles on a regular basis since early 2020. But I know I’ll get there, so long as I keep practicing.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I try to go to open mics for comedy in Memphis every week. I also host an open mic on most Thursdays at The Recovery Room in Jonesboro. And I try to get booked for a paid show as much as I can. I also do a lot of online work. I have BAM’d-Up Comedy on Mondays, Things Bryce Thinks About on Wednesdays, B.A.M. News on Thursdays, and Funny Friday, all on TikTok and YouTube. BAM’d-Up Comedy is just my standup material. I write new stuff and record it in my living room, simulating a live comedy show with laugh tracks and all. On a week when I don’t have any new material written, I release a video of a live performance in its place. The thing that sets me apart from other comedians is the B.A.M. Logo. I don’t know any other comedians with a logo of their name. But I have one, and I wear it on my shirt at every performance.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
The most rewarding thing for me is the audience’s response. When they laugh at each joke, there’s an insane sense of accomplishment. It’s really hard to explain until you do it. It means that the joke works.
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
The key is consistency. Just keep posting. Whatever you have, post it. If you can come up with a new idea for a consistent post, do it. Then you’ll have a schedule. Follow that schedule, and you can build an audience. People get excited for individual things that you do. Maybe they’ll even have a favorite.
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