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9:41 

# Capture

Brain dump — speak or type

So I was at the dentist and he said I grind my teeth at night. I said I don't. He said look at the evidence. I said that's exactly what my ex said about the cheating.

AI is processing… 

Auto-tagged

Dentist  Teeth  Ex 

People: Dentist, Ex Theme: Denial 

Title: Dentist Grind  · 15 sec

Capture 

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## From scattered idea to selling out rooms

### Capture every intrusive thought!

Speak or type and every idea is saved instantly — transcribed, titled and tagged automatically. It all lands in one searchable library before the moment passes, so the only funny thought you lose is the one you chose not to say.

### Hundreds of jokes and no way to see the themes.

Every bit you record or upload is automatically tagged with the people, places, themes and topics it mentions — so your material organises itself into themes, and you can build sets by theme without filing anything by hand.

### You know you wrote a joke about it — you just can’t find it.

Search by the actual words, or by tags, topics, people and places. Type a word you remember and it is there, across every bit you have ever captured.

### Make sure you get to 5 minutes — and don’t go over.

Drag your bits onto a timeline and a live timer shows your set length as you build, against a 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 or 60-minute target. You always know if you are over or under before you are on stage.

### You can’t see the structure of your own jokes.

Intelligent colour coding marks which bit is the setup, which is the punchline and which is the personal observation — so you can see how long you spend on each part of a joke and where the balance is off.

### Build versions and measure which one people prefer.

Duplicate a routine into named versions — Open Mic, Club, Clean, Edinburgh — without losing the original. Track how each version lands with different crowds and keep the one that works.

### Built for comedians who struggle to learn their lines.

Seven evidence-based learning modes, all running from the exact same routine — find the way your brain actually remembers. Re-reading is not memorisation; these modes make you recall, not recognise.

### Your gigs are scattered across DMs, calendars and memory.

Keep every booked gig in one place with the venue, time and the exact set you will perform. After the show, review the room, the organiser and each bit — so the learnings that would make your next set better do not fade.

### You can’t tell which bits kill or which crowds love you.

Your gig reviews build a picture of who laughs hardest at your material — audience age, gender, demographics and how they responded — and which of your pieces and versions land with which crowds, over time.

### You have hours of material and almost nothing online.

Take any bit and get hooks, the best video opener, hashtags and post ideas written in your own voice — then save the winners and schedule them. One bit becomes weeks of content, not a single post.

### Getting gigs is who you know — and you don’t know who’s gigging near you.

Find comedians by style, location and audience overlap, follow the acts whose work you rate, and build the connections that turn into support slots and bookings. Comedy is a who-you-know business — now you can actually find those people.

### Capture every intrusive thought!

Speak or type and every idea is saved instantly — transcribed, titled and tagged automatically. It all lands in one searchable library before the moment passes, so the only funny thought you lose is the one you chose not to say.

### Hundreds of jokes and no way to see the themes.

Every bit you record or upload is automatically tagged with the people, places, themes and topics it mentions — so your material organises itself into themes, and you can build sets by theme without filing anything by hand.

### You know you wrote a joke about it — you just can’t find it.

Search by the actual words, or by tags, topics, people and places. Type a word you remember and it is there, across every bit you have ever captured.

### Make sure you get to 5 minutes — and don’t go over.

Drag your bits onto a timeline and a live timer shows your set length as you build, against a 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 or 60-minute target. You always know if you are over or under before you are on stage.

### You can’t see the structure of your own jokes.

Intelligent colour coding marks which bit is the setup, which is the punchline and which is the personal observation — so you can see how long you spend on each part of a joke and where the balance is off.

### Build versions and measure which one people prefer.

Duplicate a routine into named versions — Open Mic, Club, Clean, Edinburgh — without losing the original. Track how each version lands with different crowds and keep the one that works.

### Built for comedians who struggle to learn their lines.

Seven evidence-based learning modes, all running from the exact same routine — find the way your brain actually remembers. Re-reading is not memorisation; these modes make you recall, not recognise.

### Your gigs are scattered across DMs, calendars and memory.

Keep every booked gig in one place with the venue, time and the exact set you will perform. After the show, review the room, the organiser and each bit — so the learnings that would make your next set better do not fade.

### You can’t tell which bits kill or which crowds love you.

Your gig reviews build a picture of who laughs hardest at your material — audience age, gender, demographics and how they responded — and which of your pieces and versions land with which crowds, over time.

### You have hours of material and almost nothing online.

Take any bit and get hooks, the best video opener, hashtags and post ideas written in your own voice — then save the winners and schedule them. One bit becomes weeks of content, not a single post.

### Getting gigs is who you know — and you don’t know who’s gigging near you.

Find comedians by style, location and audience overlap, follow the acts whose work you rate, and build the connections that turn into support slots and bookings. Comedy is a who-you-know business — now you can actually find those people.

### Capture every intrusive thought!

Speak or type and every idea is saved instantly — transcribed, titled and tagged automatically. It all lands in one searchable library before the moment passes, so the only funny thought you lose is the one you chose not to say.

### Hundreds of jokes and no way to see the themes.

Every bit you record or upload is automatically tagged with the people, places, themes and topics it mentions — so your material organises itself into themes, and you can build sets by theme without filing anything by hand.

### You know you wrote a joke about it — you just can’t find it.

Search by the actual words, or by tags, topics, people and places. Type a word you remember and it is there, across every bit you have ever captured.

### Make sure you get to 5 minutes — and don’t go over.

Drag your bits onto a timeline and a live timer shows your set length as you build, against a 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 or 60-minute target. You always know if you are over or under before you are on stage.

### You can’t see the structure of your own jokes.

Intelligent colour coding marks which bit is the setup, which is the punchline and which is the personal observation — so you can see how long you spend on each part of a joke and where the balance is off.

### Build versions and measure which one people prefer.

Duplicate a routine into named versions — Open Mic, Club, Clean, Edinburgh — without losing the original. Track how each version lands with different crowds and keep the one that works.

### Built for comedians who struggle to learn their lines.

Seven evidence-based learning modes, all running from the exact same routine — find the way your brain actually remembers. Re-reading is not memorisation; these modes make you recall, not recognise.

### Your gigs are scattered across DMs, calendars and memory.

Keep every booked gig in one place with the venue, time and the exact set you will perform. After the show, review the room, the organiser and each bit — so the learnings that would make your next set better do not fade.

### You can’t tell which bits kill or which crowds love you.

Your gig reviews build a picture of who laughs hardest at your material — audience age, gender, demographics and how they responded — and which of your pieces and versions land with which crowds, over time.

### You have hours of material and almost nothing online.

Take any bit and get hooks, the best video opener, hashtags and post ideas written in your own voice — then save the winners and schedule them. One bit becomes weeks of content, not a single post.

### Getting gigs is who you know — and you don’t know who’s gigging near you.

Find comedians by style, location and audience overlap, follow the acts whose work you rate, and build the connections that turn into support slots and bookings. Comedy is a who-you-know business — now you can actually find those people.

Next Tough Crowd Social 

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Nov 14 

Saturday

20:00

The Bill Murray, London

39 Queen's Head St, London N1

### Q3 Comedy Social — London

Our quarterly get-together. Meet other members, swap gig stories, and hear from a guest speaker. One drink included.

Tom Bright

£10 – £25 

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