#157 – Collaborating With Tech N9ne & Mashed: Japanese Rapping, Shaggy Ball Z & Singles Instead Of Albums With Shao Dow

 

 

Shao Dow; one of the UK’s hardest working rappers returns to GCC to chat with Mike about his latest musical ventures, the importance of grassroots music venues, growing as an artist and much more!

 

In more detail, Shao Dow starts by talking about how he’s grown as a musical artist over the years, how his Shaggy Ball Z collaboration with Mashed came about and how much creative freedom he has had with the project, before delving into his track with Tech N9ne; Kickiter. Shao Dow then talks about his process of releasing singles over the years instead of an album or EPs in the changing musical landscape, his love of live performances, his opinions on streaming, the importance of decent merchandise and supporting grassroots music venues, why Shao Dow changed his name and so much more!

 

Shao Dow’s first appearance on GCC was back in episode 69, so check that out if you haven’t already!

 

Shao Dow’s Site: https://www.diygang.co.uk – Shao Dow’s Various Music & Social Media Links: https://lnk.bio/shaodowmusic - Shao Dow’s new single, Eren Yeager Fi DEAD is found here: https://open.spotify.com/track/5XYb7HBL88utLZPtzA8Ko1?si=a950500b04a4497e 

Shao Dow’s Collab With Tech N9ne: https://youtu.be/ED9v1U7ZaFs

 

Shaggy Ball Z Vs One Jump Man Part 1: https://youtu.be/feq34Hz9QHM & Part 2: https://youtu.be/M6SnOWdKg1E

 

To listen to a completely free Patreon episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1   

 

In the last episode of GCC, number 156, Mike spoke with Melissa Morgan of the Just The Tip-sters podcast, true crime, law enforcement, her dog and then in part 2, Melissa opens up to speak about how she handled the passing of her partner Mark, his influence on her show, life after death and much more, in this emotional episode.

 

Check out Mike’s Patreon, where he releases at least 1 episode of his & Megan’s “Afterthoughts” a week, plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat   

 

Intro & Outro reads by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com  

 

Find Mike’s other show; Star Wars: Comics In Canon on Spotify & the other podcast apps on the feed of Comics In Motion & on GCC's YouTube. Episodes are out every Saturday; episodes 0-92 are out now, in ep 92 Mike went through the fina 5 issue of the High Republic comics, in ep 91 Mike embarked on the third volume of Poe Dameron comics and prior to that Mike released a book review on Out Of The Shadows! Previous episodes topics include the War Of The Bounty Hunters crossover (all 34 tie-in issues) plus the Lando comics, the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi, Kanan Jarrus, Count Dooku, Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, numerous High Republic book reviews & more - https://spoti.fi/3j37dgK

 

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com/

 

Mike's guest spots:
Mike was on the fourth episode of the Comics In Motion Book Club, featuring the first volume of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion, here: https://spoti.fi/36esba4  
Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about accents in the Star Wars universe here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg - Also check out Mike & Ben’s discussion on Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about The Force Awakens here: https://youtu.be/c4VMXeBU3W4 The Last Jedi here: https://youtu.be/7dGEsdfSMkY and The Rise of Skywalker here: https://youtu.be/9fZWXji7_Jo

 

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