Brent GillIn this episode Mark Masters talks to Brent Gill, the first of three consecutive Comedy Works headliners to finish off season 1.Mark joins Brent by telephone as he drives from Denver to Boulder for a Dentist appointment the day after Brent headlined Comedy Works downtown. Brent is an expert comedy show producer and runner and gives up all the secrets of his successful shows in multiple states and especially the Boulder Comedy Show.The episode starts with an introduction from Mark Masters and closes with some final thoughts from Mark as well, while on quarantine during the COVID-19 crisis.Next week will be the 2nd to last episode of season 1 with another amazing Comedy Works headliner. Tune in to find out who’s next on Mark Masters!In this episode:[Mark special intro]- Producing comedy shows- 3 weekly shows in two states- Boulder Comedy Show, Sundays, 7 and 9:15- Canter’s Deli, Mondays, Kibitz Room- Pasadena (Highland Park), Sundays at 7, The Arroyo Comedy Show- Nicole Blain- Trish Hadley- Chris Charpentier- Esther Povitsky- Comedy Store- Control vs. Letting Go- Guns n’ Roses and the Kibitz Room- Wide vs. Long rooms for comedy- Using video camera to show stage on another screen- Marc Canter- TVs on during comedy show- Posters- The Squire (“Squire-ish”)- Cabaret license required to charge money- Using a show for stage time- Jeff Ross- Clayton English- Kyle Kinane- Dead shows, postmortems- Better comics- Improve customer experience- Why the Boulder Comedy Show is so good, a perfect storm- On the roster at Comedy Works- Treat Boulder Comedy Show like a comedy club- Wende Curtis- What not to do at a comedy show- No TV in the room- Seating, lighting, sound- bouldercomedyshow.com- building a relationship with a venue- door deals- never cancel a show- Wit’s End (Westminster comedy club)- consistency- vailcomedyshow.com- pre-show music- music between acts, good- funk music is good mood music- James Brown Funky Drummer- comedy hosting tips- first comedy show ever for crowd members- avoiding cold open for host- Deacon Gray: don’t one up comics- clear the plate after a comic destroys- cool the energy vs. ride the wave- @iambrentgill on Instagram- youtube.com/brentgill- brentgillcomedy.com- Boulder Comedy Show 7 year anniversary show in 2020- 10,000 total audience members at the Boulder Comedy Show milestone- you might not know the comics, but you know they are going to be great because I’m bringing ‘em[Mark special outro]And much, much more. Strap in. This is a good one.Brought to you by Not Good Yet, the book by Mark Masters. www.notgoodyet.comAlso check out:www.markmasters.co (send Mark a note, join the best comedy mailing list)www.vailcomedyshow.comwww.parkercomedyshow.com