We recently connected with Nathan Roscoe and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Nathan, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

When I turned 18 I tried stand-up comedy for the first time after watching stand-up for myself and seeing how much fun it looked to perform. I admired their ability to make a living by saying and doing what they want, and I always wanted that for myself. I was also an ROTC cadet who was set to be an Air Force officer – which was a radically different career path but I really tried to make both work. By the time I had became an Air Force officer, I had been doing comedy for almost four years and it was just as important to me as the military. Then soon after getting my second lieutenant bars, I parted ways with the Air Force after making some inappropriate jokes on a comedy podcast. This situation made me realize that I cannot live two different lives, and that being a creative is what I was meant to do with my life. I don’t regret anything I’ve done thus far, and with this liberation from the path of the military I’ve grown my social media presence immensely over the last 12 months. It seems this pressure is exactly what I needed, and now I’m on the right path to becoming fully self-employed so that nobody can tell me what to do.

Nathan, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I was inspired to try comedy after watching Louis C.K and George Carlin do it for a while. After I started, I just kept doing it all throughout college and I’m still doing it now. I also make documentaries online about comedians that I find fascinating, and being a student of comedy this was another way for me to learn more about the art form while making money online. In addition to my online content, I perform stand-up comedy with a unique sense of humor containing relatable experiences and observations mixed with a dark twist that will leave an audience either laughing or mortified – sometimes both. The problem I’d like to solve is by helping people relax and enjoy themselves by escaping their stressful lives and sharing the experience of live comedy with me. I love helping people reduce stress in their lives even if it’s just for a moment with my work. I’m incredibly proud to have shared the stage with many great comedians such as Dave Landau, Jeff Dye, and Bret Ernst at some amazing comedy clubs such as Visani’s Comedy Zone, Off the Hook Comedy Club, and Sunshine City Comedy Club, and on top of that I get a regular rotation of work at these (and many more) comedy clubs where I can continue to hone my craft and make great connections with people who are at the level I’d like to reach one day. Online I’m proud to have obtained over 30 Million views across Tik Tok, Instagram, and YouTube with my entertaining man on the street content. Among this, I am in the process of making documentaries on comedians that will help shed light on their legacy within the art form that I love so much. I’ve made one documentary so far on Norm Macdonald and it amassed over 250,000 views on YouTube, and I know my next documentary will do even better.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding aspect is getting to entertain so many people while making money doing so. I love to help entertain people while also receiving money in return for my work. Especially when the work I’m producing is entirely mine. It makes it much more rewarding to be paid when it’s my own creative vision and work that generates my living.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

If you have a creative art form you are a fan of, you should find a venue where the artists perform and go support them directly. Whether it’s 10 people or 300 people, getting to talk to people after a performance is just amazing. People really are the most special thing about being a creative, it’s creating something meaningful to yourself and sharing it with people who have a similar vision to you – that’s what makes art so special. All in all, just support the artists and the venues that host them the best you can to help keep the industry alive.

Contact Info:

• Website: NathanRoscoe.com
• Instagram: @Nate_Roscoe
• Facebook: Nate Roscoe
• Twitter: @Nate_Roscoe0526
• Youtube: @NateRoscoe
• TikTok: @Nate_Roscoe

Image Credits
Comedy Shots were taken by Kaylin Yudice, please follow her photography page on Instagram – she takes great photos! @kaynoellephotography