Kyle Kazanjian-Amory

Industry Standard w/ Barry Katz

Barry Katz

Comedy

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, guest Kyle Kazanjian-Amory, aka Kyle KA, founder and CEO of Don't Tell Comedy ‪reveals how his experience as a comedian inspired him to promote his own events, and built his brand from booking a handful of popup shows with stand up comics like Sam Jay and Katherine Blanford, with a focus on throwing affordable comedy events in places other than traditional comedy clubs, into a scaled organization that books shows in over 100+ cities a month, and is now a launching pad for up-and-coming comics. Barry and Kyle discuss how Don't Tell Comedy helped Andy Huggins break through into booking $50,000 worth of gigs, how Kyle and DTC persevered through the pandemic building their YouTube and social media channels, and how Kyle is now producing comedy specials without abandoning the ethos of Don't Tell Comedy by continuing to book shows in unlikely spaces. This is sure to be an inspiring interview for anyone in the comedy and entertainment promoting business. Don't Tell Comedy https://www.donttellcomedy.com/ Blueprint For Success https://www.blueprint-for-success.com Are you a comedian, actor, writer, director, producer, manager, host, podcaster or agent? Would you like personalized help to reach all of your goals in the entertainment business? Click the link to learn more & join our FREE industry networking group full of decades of experience!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me, Barry Katz.
0:05.8	Very excited about today's episode with Kyle Kaczanian Amory, a guy who has done so much for comedy through his company and his brand and his
0:17.9	organization don't tell comedy this is going to be an incredibly enlightening, inspirational, and definitely impactful
0:28.2	episode for anybody who's in the entertainment business or in the comedy business.
0:34.2	If you need to reach me, you can do so at Barrycats at
0:36.9	Instagram or Twitter or at my website at Barrycats.com.
0:41.7	If you want to watch these episodes you can do so by going to my
0:46.1	YouTube channel and subscribing they're all there and I think you'll enjoy them
0:51.0	tremendously they're all designed to help anyone in this crazy fucked up business
0:57.2	at every level.
0:58.8	Just get a better understanding of how artists work, how they go through the paces, how they
1:06.5	cut through adversity, and how they come out on the other side. And Kyle is no exception. He's a guy who's an amazing man. I love meeting him because the one
1:19.0	thing he told me that meant so much to me was that he was working with Beth Lapidus at uncabaret.
1:25.4	For those you don't know what uncabaret is, it's probably one of the longest running shows
1:29.6	in Los Angeles.
1:31.6	It's a safe space for comedians who are not really in the mainstream of comedy.
1:38.6	They're not really mainstream stand-up comics. It can be a place for them, but it's mainly a place where any kind of performer
1:47.3	can do whatever they want, cometically, feel safe and have an audience that's excited about seeing them and Kyle worked with
1:55.6	Beth Lapidus helping out wherever he could in these productions behind behind the scenes.
2:04.0	And what seems so unbelievable to me
2:07.4	is that he's a guy who was working
2:09.8	in this beautiful, beautiful production
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