Review Fix Exclusive: Peter Nigido Talks ’The Art of Turning a Page’ And More

September 8, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer Peter Nigido, who discusses his upcoming EP, “The Art of Turning a Page.”

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Peter Nigido: I was always encouraged to dance as a kid. Once I decided to stop taking dance lessons I took to rhythm and hit along to my brother’s jam sessions. He’d play the guitar and I would be hitting the lounge chairs with mums woodworm spoons. My dad offered to take me to drum lessons. That was the beginning of my musical involvement.

Review Fix: Who inspires you?

Nigido: These days it’s more “what” inspires me.. I tend to draw inspiration from all aspects of my life being the struggles and hard times, to relationships between my friends and loved ones. The inspiration to my latest work is based on self-evaluation. The process to recognise “what and who” I am is what I want to translate through my music.

Review Fix: How has your sound changed over the years?

Nigido: My first EP ‘Holding Hands with the Sun’ was Produced between 2005-06. Even though I released that project, I was still developing my sound through out it and constantly am to this current day. To my ear sonically ‘HHWTS’ sounds quite thin.. electronically.. emotionally it’s heavy. I used so many samples that were created and recorded by me to fill in parts and help carry that raw emotion. Now I’d say my sound is a lot more round, electronically full and emotionally lighter, concentrating on optimistic terms. The production is thought through and the energy level is definitely higher.

Review Fix: What have been some important lessons learned?

Nigido: So many… I’m still learning. That’s the lesson.

Review Fix: What is the story behind “Turn a Page”?

Nigido: It’s basically a continuation from where I left off from my first EP. That was about the “kick in the gut and after that,  beginning the process of letting go”. ‘Turn a Page’ is the final single from my coming EP ‘The Art of Turning a Page.’ The going theme throughout the EP is the story about moving forward and taking many steps back while in the process. ‘Turn a Page’ is about looking within, taking responsibility, owning your insecurities, owning your faults, loosing the ego, challenging relationships and respecting love.. the list is never ending.. That’s the art… that’s life.

Review Fix: Who is someone you’d love to perform with?

Nigido: Right now would be Melbourne acts Collegians, Oolluu and Queensland’s Eves Karydas

Review Fix: How do you want this track to be remembered?

Nigido: Artistically honest. Emotive, uplifting and inspiring.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Nigido: I’m releasing a Video to the single by Film Writer and Director Steven Protuder. After that will come the EP ‘The Art of Turning a Page.’

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

Nigido: I’m truly grateful and appreciative for the support I’ve been given. Thanks for listening.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 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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