Review Fix Exclusive: Buster Shuffle’s Jet Baker Talks ‘I’ll Take What I Want’

Review Fix chats with Buster Shuffle’s Jet Baker (Piano, Vocals), who discusses their new album, “I’ll Take What I Want.”

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Jet Baker: Buster Shuffle formed 10 years ago; we were all mates and decided we wanted to do some gigs around in London in some pubs. Originally just for a laugh but when people kept coming back it got serious.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Baker: It varies but we tend to write on the road and gather allot of ideas before we hit the studio to record anything. That way we build a book of ideas over time. Basically we don’t rush the writing part. Recording however we do quick try and cut it all in a couple of days to maximize the energy on the record.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song on the current album? How was it written?

Baker: “We fall to pieces” it was written on an upright piano one morning. The idea came together really quick. Two weeks later it was on the album.

Review Fix: What did you learn from the last album? How did it affect this one?

Baker: Don’t procrastinate. Just do it. And mix it fast. Doesn’t matter if a guitar is too loud or a vocal a bit quiet just get it out and capture the energy.

Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to do someone who’s never heard you?

Baker: We are the bastard children of The Specials and The Clash, well in our own minds we are.

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

Baker: Positively is preferable.

Review Fix: Why is this new album special?

Baker: Because it rocks! Plus we have gone back to our roots of less is more production wise.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2018?

Baker: Lots and lots of touring so look out for us on the road.

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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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