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Why S*** So Crazy (Album) by Reggie Watts

Artist Biography For Reggie Watts

Reggie Watts Born March 23 1972 Is A Brooklyn New York-Based Comedian And Musician. His Shows Are Mostly Improvised And Consist Of Stream Of Consciousness Stand-Up In Various Shifting Personae Mixed With Loop Pedal-Based A Cappella Compositions. He Performs Regularly On Television Radio And In Live Theater. His Comic Skills Come Into Play In Improvisational Performance As Well As Performance Of Written Music. Watts' Genesis As A Solo Performer Started To Emerge At The Beginning Of 2002. While Touring Years Earlier With The Wayne Horvitz 4 1 Ensemble Watts Was Forced To Downsize His Effects Pedal From A Roland Space Echo Tape Delay To A Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler A Smaller Device That Makes It Easy To Travel. He Began Using The Line 6 In Live Shows With Maktub In Order To Replicate The Duplicate Harmonies From The Recorded Material. Then He Experimented With Improvising Entire Songs In Solo Acts With The Line 6 Playing Initial Gigs At Small Seattle Venues And Artist Bungalows. Inspired By The State And Wet Hot American Summer He Began Infusing Spontaneous Comedic Material With The Beat Box-Driven Musical Compositions. Wanting To Concentrate On Solo Comedic Performance Watts Moved To The Lower East Side New York City In 2004. He Shot Comedic Web Shorts For Superdeluxe Vimeo And CollegeHumor Where His Video "What About Blowjobs?" Became A Viral Hit. He Also Formed A Theatrical Collaboration With Playwright Tommy Smith And Began Developing Web Philosophy/content With Online Entrepreneur Jakob Lodwick With Whom He Recorded The EP Pot Cookies. Moving To Williamsburg Brooklyn In 2006 Watts Started To Branch Out Into Performing For Television And Film While Continuing To Pursue Live Performance And The Creation Of New Performance Technologies.

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