I had an awesome plan last night for making a new demo tape. First set, I do "Chunk A" which is just my bad-with-women material. I do that for 7 minutes and close on "Chunk B". Second show, I do "C", "D" and "E" (break up material starting with the email joke (thanks again Nikki!)), skiing and random-stuff (that's "D") and job stuff (that's "E", I guess). So my first show was alright, although I had to cut off some of my drinking material to fit into my 10 minute goal. The Skyline doesn't do a check-drop during the show, (so they do it after the headliner gets off stage and THAT means it's harder to flip the room between shows) so going-over wasn't an option.
The second show wasn't great for me. Not since I was looking for a tape. That email joke is SO HARD to open with, I'm determined to rework it until I can open with it, and I have to work out some kinks on my Motorcycle joke so it can go early in a set (and not piss people off). Eventually, I knew I wouldn't be using the tape from the second show, and I loosened up a TON, and that's when I started getting usable tape. I closed on the drinking stuff again (and sold it WAY better, I feel).