Review Fix Exclusive: Max Paxton Talks ‘Hunter Street Station Blues’ And More

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Max Paxton, who discusses his new Hunter Street Station Blues EP, as well as his goals and creative process.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Max Paxton: I’ve played guitar since I was 9 years old and grew up with young parents always playing local music. I got signed to my first indie label at the end of high school and have performing and writing songs ever since.

Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard you?

Paxton: A mix of folk and alternative country.

Review Fix: What makes “Baby Don’t Go” a special track?

Paxton: It’s the first track that I have ever released which features my brother on backup vocals and additional guitar.

Review Fix: What musicians influenced you the most?

Paxton: I’ve always loved classics like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt. Lately, I’ve been digging Sam Outlaw, the Deslondes, Faye Webster, and Fionn Regan.

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

Paxton: I think I would want people to listen and be inspired to document their own life stories, and hopefully provide hope to anyone who has ever experienced heartache or hard times.

Review Fix: Why is this EP a must buy?

Paxton: I am not one to push my music in anyone’s face, but I recommend checking it out to learn how one could turn a negative into a positive, to hopefully one day put it all back together and move forward through this crazy life and times.

Review Fix: How do you think your experiences in life lend themselves to music?

Paxton: My main thing is storytelling and writing lyrics so I rely on people, places and emotions in my past and present to help tell a story. The melody usually arrives shortly after the initial story concept.

Review Fix: What are your end goals in music?

Paxton: To make music and document my life through music until the day I die. Again, I would like to inspire people to turn hard times into good times, and not give up on love and life.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Paxton: Working on my next full length at the moment. I am also itching to get back out there on the road and out in the wind.

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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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