Review Fix Exclusive: Charly Talks Goals And Future

February 12, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer Charly, who discusses her upcoming EP and goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did this project start?

Charly: This project is reflecting one part of my work: the film composer. After a year in a Music Production Program at The Academy of Art University of San Francisco, I realized that I wanted to create music for films on the side of my bands. This EP « Film Scores » is the result of songs I composed for several short movies these past years.

Then I met an incredible music composer named Peace S. Nistades who I did an internship with. He is the one who encouraged me and helped me to release this EP. Gerhard Westphalen mixed and mastered the project. This EP wouldn’t be out without these two talented guys.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Charly: Well, it depends on the filmmaker I am working with and the alchemy there is between us. Sometimes, I like first to hear what is his/her point of view on the film story, and what he/she has in mind for the music. Then, I read the script and pitch the ideas I got for the music. It can also be the opposite.

Some filmmakers have really specific ideas of what they want, and how long the music should be, etc.  Some others give me total freedom, which can be tricky too. You never know where you are going and if the music you create serves the movie the way the filmmaker would like you to serve it.

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

Charly: I would say the most accessible is « Another Day, Another Lie » since it gets the format of a pop song. The one who sounds like a real film score would be « The Boy in The Mirror ». I think it is my favorite. It gets a lot of different parts and dynamics.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2018?

Charly: Make sure to still be alive in 2019!

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

Charly: If it can communicate feelings to people and maybe inspire them to create stuff I would be really happy.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Charly: I am now working on my solo artist EP. It should be ready in one or two months now. I am really excited about this project because I am working on it with Eric Reymond, bass player of « Charly&Faust » and Coralie Hervé, drummer of « Charly&Faust », one of my other bands. We are working pretty well together and it is an honor for me to have them part of this new project.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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