Review Fix Exclusive: The Ballroom Babies’ Steve Colucci Talks ‘I Won’t Change’

Review Fix chats with The Ballroom Babies’ Steve Colucci, who discusses the band’s single “I Won’t Change.” The band’s first release since leaving their day jobs, it represents their first “moment” as a band.

Review Fix: What was your invitation to the music world like?

Steve Colucci: We used to listen to music in our dad’s old car. He had a cassette player and he would play us tapes of different rock bands – Zeppelin, Yes, Deep Purple, Rush, Grand Funk etc.

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Colucci: The three of us are brothers and we all showed an interest in music at an early age. We all gravitated towards different instruments and naturally we started to jam together. Growing up we were always playing in bands. Sometimes with each other and sometimes with other people. In 2010 we decided to start a trio with all of us singing and trading lead vocals.

Review Fix: Can you discuss how the band has changed your life?

Colucci: The band is our life (haha).

Review Fix: Was it hard to walk away from full-time work for this?

Colucci: No, it was harder to stay. Eventually you have to chose what you really want to do with your life and we all want to play music. So it was a natural progression really.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Colucci: We write the song. Then we rewrite it. Then we write it again. Then we scrap it. Then we rewrite all the words. Then we work out drums and bass. Steve comes up with a lead. Then we hate it and start from scratch, rinse and repeat. It works very well.

Review Fix: How was “I Won’t Change” written?

Colucci: See above (just kidding) Mike presented the riff to the band and we jammed it out for a while. After a few months of hashing the song out, it started to take shape. Eventually words and melody started to creep in and once those were solidified we started to really hone in on the instrumental parts. Working out things like drum and bass grooves, guitar parts, harmonies etc. We made a few tweaks and practiced the hell out of it before heading to the studio.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2016?

Colucci: To write some really great material and play it for a lot of people.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Colucci: Hopefully it affects people in a positive way. We can’t really say how people will react to it. But we hope it makes them happy when they hear it. Or at least feel something.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Colucci: We’re in the process of writing more new material right now. Once we wrap up about 10 songs we’re going to hit the studio again and then head out on the road.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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