"We started a YouTube channel, just as a way to keep writing more music, because we were starting to get booked on more shows, and we were like, 'We don't have 40 minutes - we need to write more songs.'" The year 2011 marked the "official" beginning of the Doubleclicks, and as the duo gained recognition, it became apparent that they would need more content if they were to perform at bigger venues. "And we were just very different from what everyone else was doing, and it was really fun."
"And those early songs were, like, breakup songs about World of Warcraft, songs about falling in love and playing Dungeons & Dragons," Webber said. "And she encouraged me to pick up a guitar and start writing little songs."Īt the time, Webber had been writing poetry and comedy anyway, so adding in some music wasn't too much of a stretch. "She was all over the open mic scene, playing her cello everywhere," Webber said over Zoom. One half of the group, Laser Webber, said that the Doubleclicks were formally founded soon after his sister, Aubrey Turner (the other half), graduated college and followed him out to Portland, Oregon. Their YouTube channel boasts over four million views.
Along the way, they've rubbed shoulders with the likes of actor and writer Wil Wheaton and the comedic musical team Paul and Storm. Since the early 2010s, the pair have written and performed songs about "dinosaurs, cats, anxiety, and Queer feelings" in thematic venues like comic book shops and game stores in the United States, Australia, and Europe. GenCon, the mother of all tabletop gaming conventions, is still a few months (and more than a few states) away, but the geeky music duo The Doubleclicks have been gearing up for this year's event for a while now with a breakthrough addition to their usual repertoire.
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