Nick Stargu is a musician, comedian, writer and video maker who is best known for his multimedia / musical comedy act, DJ REAL, which has been featured at Comedy Central’s Colossal Clusterfest, Big Sky Comedy Fest, Outside Lands, San Francisco Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival and more! He most recently appeared on the TV show “Flophouse” on Viceland and as a host on NBC’s show “The Guest List” on Seeso. And he’s opened for Devo and Bridget Everett! He is currently promoting is debut musical comedy special, Why Won’t You Dance With Me?.
Nick also performs as Imaginary Radio with comedy partner, Drennon Davis. They have performed at festivals all over the country, including SXSW, the Funny or Die Oddball Festival and have recently appeared in NBC’s “Comedy Show Show” on Seeso, as well as the audio version of the show, hosted by Will Arnett.
He is an audio producer, composer and sound designer, previously at Audible’s comedy division. He has written the theme songs for “Bedtime Stories for Cynics” (w/Nick Offerman), “Hold On with Eugene Mirman”, “Limelight” and more. He co-produced the audio series McSweeney’s Internet Tendencies, and has worked on the production of a number of shows including “Wedlock with Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook” and most recently “Dr. Katz: The Audio Files”.
He also, currently co-produces San Francisco’s premiere weirdo multimedia show, Talkies, where he has premiered live audience interactive virtual reality experiences, characters and short films. He produced the hit live show, Pitch!, in San Francisco, where guest comics pitched ideas for movies, inventions, video games and more. He also co-produced the monthly storytelling show, Shit Creek, at Lost Weekend Video with comedians Mary Van Note and Jesse Fernandez.
Nick also produced and performed on the Wolf Larsen songs “If I Be Wrong” and “Kitchen Door“, with a combined 46 million views on YouTube and over 8,000,000 plays on Spotify. The song “If I Be Wrong” was also featured in a 3Mobile ad in Ireland.