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.^{[citation needed]}

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