You could stop the rain if you wanted to, but you won’t, with up-and-coming pop star Yulianna’s new single, “December Sky,” off her upcoming album, “Californ-i-a.”
Fueled by a consistent beat and a catchy hook, Yulianna sounds a lot like pop legend Cher. The song’s lyrics make the track one of self-discovery, love and loss, but it has dance club anthem written all over it. It already has an engaging beat and works in its current state, but could be sped up or slowed down further. It has that many remix possibilities.
It could even work as an acoustic ballad or as a synth and beat heavy first-pumper. A lot of that has to do with Yulianna’s multifaceted voice. Whether she’s speaking, crooning or playing with her range, she’s super easy on the ears. Her voice is deeper than many female pop artists today, but it’s still more than feminine and sexy. There’s a straight-ahead, simplistic passion behind her voice as well that will hook anyone who likes lady-powered pop.
While she’s not quite up to the league of Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera just yet, her unique voice and penchant for comfortable hooks make her someone to watch in 2013.
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.
You could stop the rain if you wanted to, but you won’t, with up-and-coming pop star Yulianna’s new single, “December Sky,” off her upcoming album, “Californ-i-a.”
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