Review Fix Exclusive: Meet 12-Year-Old Musical Sensation Christian Lalama

December 10, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with 12-year-old musical sensation Christian Lalama, who discusses his future in the industry and love of everything music. A YouTube sensation, Lalama is now working with acclaimed producer David Kahne and has more than a handful of original tracks set for release early next year.

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Lalama began playing the piano at 4 and from that age has performed solo and as a member of various bands.  At 10 he won the keyboard position in the Q107.1 radio contest for the Kid Mitchell Band and was featured on YTV & has been recording non-stop ever since.  From covers that you can find on YouTube, to a full album of originals that you can find on SoundCloud. he’s been working with producer extraordinaire David Kahne (Paul McCartney, Sublime, The Strokes, Sugar Ray, Stevie Nicks, Tony Bennett, Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson and many more.)

Review Fix: How did your love of piano begin?

Christian Lalama: I don’t remember not playing the piano. I’ve been taking lessons since I was 3 or 4 and I jam every week with my uncle Mark. He’s amazing. He was the piano player for Canadian Idol and a bunch of great bands. He shows me the really fun stuff that I don’t learn at piano lessons.

Review Fix: How have your parents played a role in your success?

Lalama: My dad and his entire family are musicians so we always had lots of instruments around. My grandfather is 86 and still does gigs playing sax in an orchestra. My dad records me in his studio. My parents used to take me out of school for drums & guitar lessons. Our house is loud.

Review Fix: What are your goals in music?

Lalama: To keep getting better.

Review Fix: What are your original tracks like?

Lalama: Some are fun and happy and some are very sad and emotional.

Review Fix: Who are your musical idols?

Lalama: Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Bruno Mars.

Review Fix: How do you think your life is different from the average 12-year-old?

Lalama: I definitely spend way more time practicing and playing music than all of my friends and I definitely get less time playing video games.  I do get to miss more school though recording and shooting videos.

Review Fix: How does it feel to work with David Kahne?

Lalama: Pretty cool. He produces Paul McCartney. It doesn’t get any cooler than that.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Lalama: I did a cover and video for the Beatles song “Oh Darling.” That should be coming out next week sometime. Then I’m heading to Miami to shoot a video for my original song “Gimmie Gimmie.”

Check Out Lalama’s Cover of Adele’s “Hello” Below:

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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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