Review Fix Exclusive: Oddnote’s Arman Asadsangabi Talks ‘Mystified’ And More

July 12, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Oddnote’s Arman Asadsangabi, who discusses the band’s origin. goals and creative process behind their new single, “Mystified.”

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Arman Asadsangabi: The band was started in the fall of 2017, when I decided I wanted to create and release a record. All of the songs came out one specific day and were built on leading up to the new year. I found the band members from the university I go to, Belmont University; and things kind of just clicked and moved forward very smoothly since then.

Review Fix: Is there a band you try and emulate in one way or another?

Asadsangabi: We don’t try to emulate any bands, it’s more of an inspiration that we gather from these different bands. A few in particular are Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age and Arctic Monkeys.

Review Fix: How was “Mystified” written?

Asadsangabi: I wrote Mystified in the spring of 2018 while going through some rough patches in my relationship. It just so happened that the song became more of an introspective outlook on the world we’re living in today, and with that.. everything built into it just slowly came perfectly together.

Review Fix: What are your long-term goals as a band?

Asadsangabi: To inspire the next generation of musicians to keep rock music moving forward as a genre. We want to show anyone willing to listen that commercial sounding music doesn’t have to sound any particular way. It’s all about the soul & energy, and we hope we can one day display that in all the music we release in the future.

Review Fix: Where do you see yourselves in five years?

Asadsangabi: Besides our dreams of “big” gig performances and late night show appearances, we’ll probably be doing the same exact thing we’re doing now. Touring, writing and recording music.

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

Asadsangabi: Music is always changing, but nothing can replicate soul and the human touch. We simply want to keep this idea moving forward in popular music, and we’re not going anywhere until we’ve made a dent in the industry as a whole.

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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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