Debs and Errol

Debs & Errol was a Toronto, Ontario-based comedy, musical duo consisting of Deborah Isaac (on guitar, ukulele) and Errol Elumir (piano). They are known for performing geek music, originals and parodies, including songs about Totoro,^[1] Star Wars, Star Trek,^[2] Sherlock,^[3] and other similar themes.

Debs & Errol
Debs & Errol Perform at Lee's Palace
Background information
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres	parody, singer-songwriter, filk music, geek music
Instrument(s)	piano, guitar, ukulele
Years active	2011–2015
Members	Deborah Isaac (guitar, ukulele) Errol Elumir (piano)
Website	debsanderrol.com

Their work has been featured on Wired's website^[4] and their "Geek Love Song" was featured in a segment of CBC Radio's Here and Now (Toronto), for their Valentine's Contest, in February 2012.^[5]

History

The band started when a mutual friend asked them separately to be musical acts in a geeky theatre showcase. They decided to pair up and started a website, social media, and T-shirts in one week. They write many songs that are funny and emphasize geeky topics.^[6]

Debs & Errol announced their retirement on their website on 15 January 2015.^[7]

Public Performances

They often make appearances at pop culture conventions, including performing at the Ottawa Comiccon,^[8] being guests of honor at Orycon 35^[9] and the Ohio Valley Filk Festival.^[10] They regularly perform at nontraditional music venues such as improv shows and geek theatre showcases.^[11][12]

Other projects

Daily Webcomic

Debs & Errol have a daily webcomic (except Sundays). Errol said, "That happened by accident, really. I wanted to put out a CD and I thought, foolishly, we could get it done in a short amount of time. Considering I had created the characters for our logo, I decided to do a daily comic so that people could keep coming back every day until the CD was done."^[13]

NaNoWriMo

Debs & Errol first met through National Novel Writing Month and have been huge supporters of the organization ever since. Since then, they have written a musical about NaNoWriMo, and Errol pens the NaNoToons, the webcomic for NaNoWriMo.

In 2012, Debs & Errol did a Project for Awesome video for NaNoWriMo, helping them win first place.^[14][15][16]

Crowdfunding

In 2012, they successfully crowdfunded their first CD, Songs in the Key of Geek.

In 2013, they ran a successful Indiegogo Campaign to raise funds for their EP CTRL+ALT+DUETS.

Discography

Albums available on CD

• Songs in the Key of Geek (April 2012)

Online-only releases

• CTRL+ALT+DUETS (October 2013)
• NaNoMusical 2012 Soundtrack (EP) (November 2012) – Written by Debs & Errol but not performed

References

1. "Top 10 Nerd Songs", "A Journal Of Musical Things", August 23, 2012
2. "Frozen's 'Let It Go' as sung by the cast of Star Trek is a delight", "iO9", February 6, 2014
3. "Sherlock song 'Locked' shows Debs & Errol aren't locked into one genre", "Pop Mythology", March 19, 2014
4. Silver, Curtis. "Sci-fi Geek Music Troubadouring with Debs and Errol". Wired.com's Geekdad. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
5. "Clip of 'Geek Love Song' Played on CBC Here and Now", March 5, 2012
6. "Frozen's 'Let it Go' remade for Star Trek is the best thing of the day", "thestar.com", February 7, 2014
7. "D&E: Farewell Comic", January 15, 2015
8. . Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
9. . Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
10. . Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
11. "My Entertainment World", April 14, 2012
12. . Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
13. . Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
14. "Project 4 Awesome", December 17, 2012
15. "NaNoWriMo Facebook", December 17, 2012
16. "P4A 2012 Indiegogo Campaign", December, 2012

External links

• Debs & Errol