EP53 - Earl Okin - Why there are so few good musical comedians. - a podcast by Simon Caine

from 2016-06-10T08:53:41

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Earl Okin (@EarlOkin) is a London singer-songwriter, musician and comedian. He's been performing music and musical comedy for over 40 years and knows the entire scene inside out. He also knows why things on the circuit and in Edinburgh have evolved the way they have. We talked about that and his biggest regrets along along with the biggest lessons he's learned. You can find Earl on his website or listen to him on his podcast.

I got him on the pod to talk about - 


  • Starting on the folk circuit and what it was like when it folded.
  • The history of the comedy circuit and how it has developed the way it has.
  • How he makes a living as an alternative performer.
  • The “old Edinburgh Fringe” and how and why it changed.
  • How he went from being the “blue eyed boy” of Jongleurs to never wanting to set foot in the club
  • How the Edinburgh Fringe died as a Fringe Festival
  • Why what’s happening in pop music is happening in comedy and why he thinks it’s damaging.
  • How musical comedians are treated behind the scenes.

 

AND MORE!


This podcast would be useful to anyone interested in musical comedy, the history of the live circuit and the Edinburgh Fringe.


You can stream the podcast here (with show notes) - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/EarlOkin

Or get it on iTunes here - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937


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Thanks,

Si

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Please check out my other podcast - The Audio Time Capsule. In each episode a guest comes on, leaves 20 questions, then a year later comes back on and answers them. I then edit it so they're talking to their past self.


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