Review Fix Exclusive: VIDA Frontman Joshua Cisneros Talks Diamonds and More

Review Fix chats with VIDA frontman Joshua Cisneros, who discusses the band’s last single, “Diamonds” and their goals for the future. With a fresh sound and rich influences, the group has a plethora of potential.

Review Fix: How is VIDA different?

Joshua Cisneros: In an industry that’s so saturated with music about sex and drugs we find ourselves playing music that hopefully has more substance than that. We want to show people that there is more to life than just money. We aren’t afraid to talk about certain subjects that the pop industry sometimes tries to avoid. I think that makes us who we are.

Review Fix: What was your creative process like?

Cisneros: I would say my process for writing usually starts the same but varies with every song. It starts with me, a guitar, and something I want to say. I typically have a phrase that I want to use or a melody I think would be nice before I start. From there it can go so many ways. Sometimes I write a song in an hour. Sometimes I have a song for years and one day the right words just come to me. Sure you can write a whatever song but when you have that one idea that you know is going to relate to someone I think that’s when I get most excited about writing.

Review Fix: What bands have influenced you the most?

Cisneros: For me definitely my biggest influence is One Republic. Ryan Tedder is able to write songs that really relate to people. He has a slightly churchy feel in some of his songs that is a perfect blend of gospel and what’s current. I think taking those elements and fusing them with who I am as a person really influences the sound of VIDA.

Review Fix: How was “Diamonds” written? Is there a story behind it?

Cisneros: “Diamonds” is actually an amalgamation of a couple of relationships I’ve been in. It’s a story about dating someone who’s put up these barriers in their life. It’s a plea begging them to let you in even though it might be tough for that person.

Review Fix: What’s the LA music scene like? How do you think it influences your sound?

Cisneros: I think just growing up so close to LA you automatically get influenced even if you don’t know it. I think its allowed us to pull from all kinds of different influences sonically and no just be suck in one genre or train of thought. It’s definitely helped us continue to push the boundaries of what we can do.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Cisneros: We are looking to release our new single very soon along with our new EP! We got a couple more thing in the works that more on the secretive side but we look forward to sharing it with you everyone very soon.

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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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