#139: Otep Shamaya

Otep Shamaya, known for her outspoken and honest nature, brings it
to the podcast this week. We talk about her new record Generation
Doom and how it almost didn't happen, how her history informs her
present, how the music industry almost ruined her passion for
music, her work as a voiceover artist and what it feels like
to have regained the passion for her art. We could only fit in part
of our lengthy interview, but we talked at length about politics
and the state of the union. The full interview, including her
take on the current U.S. Presidential race, is available
to members of our Patreon family at chuckandgodless.com. Chuck
and Godless talk about crowd funding fatigue; are you tired of
being the go-to source for funds for your favorite bands? With more
and more artists attempting to monetize their work
individually -- to record, tour, buy a new van or pay for
their medical bills -- have we reached a tipping point, or are
those things what we should be spending our money on in
the first place? Perhaps that money you've been saving on music the
last two decades by downloading it for free needs to be put to
better use than picking up a grande latte if you really want your
favorite band to make a new album. Songs:Otep - "Zero"Killswitch
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