Review Fix Exclusive: Crejuvent Talks Influences, Goals And More

Review Fix chats with Crejuvent (Federico Spera) who discusses his creative process and goals for his new EP.

Review Fix: How did this project get started?

Federico Spera: I needed a project where I could have complete creative freedom without having to compromise and this was it. I’d love to get session players involved and do more live shows and record, but who the hell can afford that?

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Spera: It generally depends on the song, but usually I’ll sketch out all the guitar parts and get a rough outline of the song. This is where most of the songs come from really, as I get to play around with different ideas and really develop them. Then I lay down the drums, and to me, the drums are incredibly important and essential to a song, so I really try to pay as much attention to detail to it as I can. Then I’ll write some bass lines, and this is where the songs usually tend to vary – the structure becomes clearer, I add and remove parts, etc. Then I’ll add vocals, synths, and then fart noises as needed. I usually end up adding stuff as I go along, and since I record, engineer, and mix the songs on my own I can revise them whenever I want, which is great! I’m very much one of those people who thinks a song isn’t finished unless it’s out there and being sold. Until that point, it’s anybody’s game.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?

Spera: My favorite songs that I’ve written tend to be the ones that felt most natural. From my upcoming EP Time, that would probably be the title track. I was playing around with my shitty guitar that I had just finished customizing through my bass pedalboard into my housemate’s amp for shits and giggles, and the main riff just burst out! I remember writing all of the riffs for that song in that evening, it was the most inspired I ever felt and my only wish is that I could recreate that moment of inspiration at will. And, of course, $1000000000 and a boatload of women, those are also things I wish for.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2017?

Spera: Dunno, probably drink an unhealthy amount of beer and rum, get laid here and there, the usual. I’d like to book more live shows, even if it’s just me playing to backing tracks, cus those are fun as shit! Since this is my first release on my own, I want to make sure it goes well, so I’m trying as much PR stuff as I can, releasing lyric videos, generally doing stuff that I haven’t done before! I’m working with some people on getting some new gear, so I’d love to showcase it with this project somehow. Overall, my plans are to drink beer and do a bunch of nerdy music stuff.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Spera: Sexually.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Spera: The debut EP Time is coming out on the 1st of July, so EVERYBODY GET YOUR STUBBY LITTLE FINGERS ON IT! It’ll be available on all the hip new streaming services, and if that don’t tickle your fancy then you can get shiny new CD’s as well! A lyric video will be out for the title track too, along with some nifty little extras here and there. It’s gonna be great.

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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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