Review Fix Exclusive: Singer/Songwriter Kendall Lake Talks Music and Goals

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Kendall Lake, who discusses new single “Voices,” as well as her inspirations and goals for the future. A seasoned performer and gaining momentum in the LA-area, Lake has already performed at some of the city’s biggest and well-renowned venues such as the Troubadour, House of Blues and Viper Room.

Review Fix: What makes you want to sing?

Kendall Lake: The weird thing is I didn’t want to sing for a long time. It’s something very personal and therapeutic for me. And for a while I didn’t want to taint it. I didn’t want to put it in a position to be judged. When I sing it’s the only time I feel like myself, it’s the only time I am true happy and it’s the only time I’m not in my own head or thoughts. So is less of a “want” to sing it’s more of a “need”! I need to sing to be happy.

Review Fix: What makes you a unique singer?

Lake: I’m not sure if I’m a unique singer honestly. I’m actually really insecure about my voices. I’m constantly listening to my vocals and wanting to change or adjust or improve them. Perhaps the only thing that makes my voice and music unique is I literally listen to every genre and it comes out in my music. I know I’m not the first or only person to do this but for me, I take pride in not being put in a box. I just want to make music that makes people feel connected to me and each other.

Review Fix: What’s special about these current batch of singles you’ve released?

Lake: I believe the specialty of my current singles is that they aren’t and weren’t geared or made as a gimmick.  I didn’t write them thinking, “Oh this is the next single”, I just write them and put them out. I’m so happy and feel so grateful that people dig them.

Review Fix: You’ve discussed your live shows and your personality, how it plays a role. Any interesting stories from live performances?

Lake: Oh my goodness, I can tell you this, no two shows are the same. I try my best to not just play song after song. I tell stories, I drink on stage, I fuck up lyrics and notes sometimes, but no one cares. When people to come to my show I share my soul with them. I go out of my way to suck them into my life which in turn is my music. I remember someone was playing the recorder, like from middle school, at the Viper Room in the middle of my set. It was amazing! I gave them a mini solo, live shows are the best.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2016?

Lake: My goals for 2016 are to continue what I’m doing now. Give everyone music and I would love to play festivals like the Warped Tour and SXSW. Do you know anyone that could help with that?!?! Just kidding (unless you really know someone).

Review Fix: What’s next?

Lake: World domination.

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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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