This week on Starting Out it’s another guest I’ve wanted to have on for a while, comedian, co-founder of Comedy Records, former DJ on 102.1 The Edge, and all around amazing dude, Barry Taylor. Barry talks about managing a record label through the pandemic, along with some excellent advice for newer comics thinking about putting their material out there. Too quiet and shy to try standup when he was a teenager, Barry had an epiphany listening to late-night radio that that was the venue for him. So he stopped going to business school and enrolled in Radio & TV at Mohawk College. Eventually, that lead to an internship and job on air as overnight DJ at the height of 102.1 The Edge’s popularity. But none of that ever went to Barry’s head, and standup was always the thing he was going to come back to.  Not only an amazing comedian, but Comedy Records is now in it’s 12th year and going strong, and it was great to hear how it all came about. Please support Comedy Records anywhere you listen to standup, and listen to Barry’s pod, Talking Raptors, with cohost and future guest of this pod, Nick Reynoldson. Please share the pod with someone if you're enjoying. Music by Devin Bateson.

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