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On VulturesGood Onepodcast, Scovel discussesLive Without Fear, Phish, connection, and growth.
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If people think that, why dont I try that and see what thats like?
Because improvising in my stand-up is my favorite thing to do.
What if I get rid of the option to go into material?
Where will that take me?
Its because my confidence is so high because I have something to fall back on.
I like that their setlist is always different.
I know theres a lot of people that dont like their music, and I get it.
And Ive reconfirmed many times that I still do feel that way.
This is why I like jazz so much: because I dont know whats next.
My mind is not expecting it, and it frees my mind to just wander.
If Im lucky, its a very dark, depressing thing that I figure out how to make fun.
Thats the best medicine.
Ive always gone,Well, thats music.
Music is the medium that can do this for people.
I just want to venture to give to people the thing I got from another medium.
Having a crazy target has kind of led me to here.
I truly believe were all capable of it.
But when you are onstage by yourself, its just very heightened because of the dynamic of that situation.
So connection is the starting point.
That is truly a very powerful drug.
My mindset when I go onstage is I want to have fun.
If Im having fun, I know for a fact it was a good show.
I know that I didnt bomb because bombing is whenIdont have fun.
So, if Im having fun, I gave the product.
The clubs that I play hold 300 to 350 people.
If Ive sold 350 tickets, that means Im performing for 350 strangers with different lives and different experiences.
Not all of them are there because theyve heard of me.
Thats proof that were not all these different people all the time.
Its a state that has a very openly historic racial past.
Its definitely not a place that is like this big city that is widely diverse.
But it also doesnt mean its better or that its necessarily good.
If I met that person, Id go, This dude is fucking annoying.
I dont agree with his politics.
I think hes made racist jokes.
I think hes behaved in a homophobic way.
I forgive your faults, as an older version, because Im proud to say you arent that anymore.
You moved and you changed and you grew.
And I see that in audiences.
Theres no way 350 people show up and theyre all good people.
But also, none of us are one hundred percent good.
Because sometimes that one thing changes all the other things.
I never thought of it that way.
I never looked at it that way.
Ive always felt that way.
And Ive just stood there going, Why would you laugh if you didnt know what Im talking about?
