Want to know a little secret?

I’m actually really nervous about playing at Electric Christmas Freak-Out 3 next week.  I don’t really get nervous about being in front of people, but right now I feel like I did the first time I ever played live.

At that time, back in 2004 or 2005, I had a bunch of songs that I had recorded in my bedroom and only let a few people hear.  Outside of a small group of friends, no one had heard these songs before and this was going to be the moment of truth when I find out if I’m on to something or if I was dreaming all along that these songs were good.

Now it’s been a couple of years since I’ve done a performance like this and I’ve got some new songs I’ve been working on.  Before, I just wanted to make hot party music.  I was hiding the DHM (Deep Hidden Meaning) all throughout it, but this time I’m getting way more personal.  I’m coming way more overt with certain things I’m not quite so open about on the Internet, and then I follow that up with lyrics where I bare my soul about certain true-life experiences. In a couple of cases, the people involved know that those experiences are in the songs.

I was feeling really nervous about the show next week until I remembered what this felt like.  Then I remembered how I killed it then, so I’m pretty pumped to kill it now.

Back then, I developed a strategy on the spot to get the audience on my side.  I had a bunch of buttons on me for a comic book I had just released so I went around before my set to all the groups of friends in the audience, buttered them up with buttons, and then got talking to them and ‘let it slip’ how nervous I was about performing.  I asked them to please help me out and go to the front of the stage and cheer real loud so I don’t have to feel like I’m all by myself up there.  It worked like magic and it was a great show for me and for them.

Now it’s years later and people read my blog and watch my videos and I know more people than I did then.  But it’s still important, if not more important than ever, to maintain that kind of personal touch with people.

Last year, I got approached to draw comics and illustrations to accompany the new single This Chick is Crazy! by Famous featuring Melanie Durrant.  I was not prepared to see my drawings come to life in the animated video!

Great job to everyone on this project, and congratulations to Famous on the new single which is blowing up as you read this!

Check out the animated video for THIS CHICK IS CRAZY! by Famous feat. Melanie Durrant and the art of Sean Ward (me!):

For a deeper look at the making of This Chick is Crazy, watch this vlog from the day that Famous and I first started brainstorming this project:

Show your love in the comments! And follow Famous and follow me on Twitter!

For more from The Kid Famous, check out his website at thekidfamous.com

HarthFEST has a commercial!  Buy tickets at HarthFEST.com

This is Andy Milonakis’ first-ever visit to Toronto so let’s make it something special!

Advance tickets are on sale now at http://harthfest.com

And now finally you can see my newest mini-movie!

THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF TOMMY SHENANIGANS – based on a story Russell Peters told Joe Rogan.

Forget about Transformers.  Here is the movie to be sure you see this weekend.

The Shocking True Story of Tommy Shenanigans – my collaboration with Russell Peters & Joe Rogan – premieres tonight!

Watch this space tonight just after midnight for the WORLD PREMIERE of my new mini-movie, The Shocking True Story of Tommy Shenanigans written by me, Russell Peters, and Joe Rogan.

A SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR FANS OF THE SEAN WARD SHOW:

Ten episodes is a nice little arc so this week I’m taking a break to go on a fishing expedition with my Pa. He and I are going to have long, deep conversations on all manner of topics.

Next week on The Sean Ward Show: I am going to make my friend’s wish come true in ways that even he could not have dreamed of. We’ll have special guests, and another world-famous call-in game show where you are the contestant.

TONIGHT:

One of our first field pieces is still one of our most popular. Behind the Curtain is my idea for a recurring segment where I take you behind anywhere you see an “Authorized Personnel Only” sign.

A difficulty I didn’t count on: I tried to do a second instalment of Behind the Curtain at the biggest mall in the country’s biggest city but that place is locked up tight. The best I got was an ‘interview’ with a couple of ladies on the custodial staff in their break room.

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The first time we did the show, we didn’t have a format yet so we just spent the hour making prank phone calls. This was the one that people said was the best one.

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My trip to the chocolate factory.

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The Story of Easter in cartoon drawings by me.

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While NHL playoffs were going on, we got world exclusive video of a fight that broke out between two refs arguing over a bad call.

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If you would have told me when I was six years old that one day I would kick Mr. T’s ass, I would never have believed you. And yet here we are.

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Thanks so much for your support, everyone! This is getting really fun, and it’s going to go really big. Come for the ride with me and get together with me every week for The Sean Ward Show – hit the ‘Like’ on Facebook to get the show live every week…

In case you missed it on the show last weekend, here is my interview with Justin Moran.  Justin is the co-writer and director of The Spidey Project, so far the only Spider-Man musical to have opened in New York City.

In this interview we touch on how he put it together from scratch with no money and an all-volunteer cast thanks to Twitter & the Internet, what the future holds for the show from here, and what kind of hip hop Peter Parker would be into.

My interview with Justin Moran is in two parts for your viewing pleasure:

Watch The Spidey Project (the whole show) for free on the official website: TheSpideyProject.blogspot.com

This is the new show that takes you behind all of the Authorized Personnel Only areas you see. I just authorized you! Let’s go!

THIS WEEK ON THE SHOW:

★ we talk to Justin Moran, co-writer and director of the Spider-Man musical in New York City

★ we take you behind the scenes of all of the ‘Authorized Personnel Only’ doors you see

★ we play the awesome new game show Broken Phonograph

Our most distant viewer for this live episode was watching all the way from Israel!! I love the Internet!!

Help me out: when does NHL playoffs officially start?

Enjoy my audition piece for Tigits. Think they’ll give me work?