Review Fix Exclusive: The NaveBlues’ Nave Talks ‘Possess You’ And More

March 12, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with The NaveBlues’ Nave, who discusses the band’s original, creative process, goals and debut single, “Possess You.”

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Nave: When I was  6, I heard Jonny B Goode and that was it, I got involved. Later in the years, I found the Harmonica and I started to play it to get the feeling of a blues sound and I couldn’t stop. With that came the urge to write my own songs. After all, blues is a feeling.

Review Fix: What are your influences?

Nave: WOW.., so many…but you can check out  2 of my videos: SEXY KISS – it’s an original, but a tribute  to Marion Walter Jacobs’  “Little Walter.”  Also my video for THANK YOU a Led Zepplin cover about a female pioneer on the red planet in the year 2100. They are 2 huge influences. Howlin Wolf: his band plays soft but he is so powerful.

Jimi Hendrix: Can hold one note and make it so beautiful…Oscar Peterson: unbelievable technique.

Sonny Boy Williamson: Great blues Harmonica.

Review Fix: Is there a story behind “Possess You”?

Nave: When you can’t say it directly to her, you write a song for her.

Review Fix: What was filming the video like?

Nave: It was great …absolutely great…all my videos are with Smau Media and I really appreciate their work. The real fun starts with editing… that’s were the magic happens for me. We had our work cut out for us finding the best shots that could give the song tenderness and power. I was very satisfied with the outcome.

Review Fix: What makes your brand of music special?

Nave: I want the listeners to answer that question, but obviously I’m trying to make the Harmonica more center stage. I don’t see bands with the Harmonica front and center and we are trying to bring new ideas outside the blues scene and hope it can be interesting for the listener. Take a look, have a listen and send me your thoughts.

Review Fix: Why do you think people should enjoy it?

Nave: It’s something different yet familiar.

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

Nave: I want people to be affected like  I was when I heard Jonny B Goode for the first time. When I heard Jonny B Goode, I stopped what I was doing to turn the volume up and smiled and thought it was incredible and interesting. I had to know who the artist was.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2018?

Nave: We want to reach a larger audience by performing more and more. Hopefully outside or Norway. We want more eyes and ears to be exposed to THE NAVEBLUES.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Nave: We are working on new songs and a new album. The new songs we are working on are going to further deliver what The NAVEBLUES is all about. We are in the process of fine-tuning them in order to make them interesting and exciting.

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Nave: THE NAVEBLUES is not the standard blues you know. It’s the blues you will come to know.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14251 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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