Review Fix Exclusive: Geoff McBride Talks ‘Journey to the Soul’

February 25, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with “The Voice” alum Geoff McBride, who discusses his new album, “Journey to the Soul,” as well as his creative process and goals for the future.

Review Fix: What makes “Journey to the Soul” a special album?

Geoff McBride: I wanted to do an album with songs that meant something to me and give my own personal spin on them, especially, “At Last.”

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

McBride: To find songs that fit, not just an album, but the message I am trying to convey.  This album ended up not having songs that I wrote on it, but we hand picked each one.  I have a number of songs that I have written that I cannot wait to release on upcoming albums.

For writing music, I hear, see or experience something that catches my attention and the song develops from there.  Sometimes it’s quick and will just take a day or two to write and other times, it develops over time.

Review Fix: When did you make the decision to dedicate your life to music?

McBride: Music has always been a part of my life from the beginning.  I don’t remember ever making a decision.  Music was just always there.

Review Fix: What was it like to work with Trammell Starks?

McBride: Making the album with Trammell was an effortless process.  It was very relaxed and flowed easily.  Trammel is an incredibly talented music producer.

Review Fix: What makes you different from other artists?

McBride: There’s really nothing that makes me different from other artists.  We are all one, but with different creative expressions.

Review Fix: How did being on “The Voice” help you as a performer?

McBride: “The Voice” was wonderful exposure for me.  I had been performing locally for a number of years and it helped me broaden my audience a great deal.  I am grateful for the experience.

Review Fix: How do you want this album to affect people?

McBride: I would like this album to affect people in a healing manner.  It is about hope, love, never giving up.  I love the song “Try” because it is about always keeping your head up and moving forward.

Review Fix: We’ve all heard you sing “What’s Goin’ On” and “Drift Away,” but is there another song you’d love to cover? Why? What’s your connection to it?

McBride: I would love to cover Sam Smith or Ed Sheeran.  I love the soul that they put into their music.
Review Fix: What’s next for you?

McBride: I am working on putting together an album of all original songs, more along the lines of bluesy, Americana.  It will be in a totally different direction because I love many genres of music.

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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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