Review Fix Exclusive: Timmy Milner’s Talks ‘Fall Risk’ And More

September 11, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter and guitarist Timmy Milner, who breaks down the goals and creative process behind his debut album, “Fall Risk.”

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?


Timmy Milner: I started playing guitar at age nine because I thought guitarists were cool and I really liked the worship band guitarist at the church I went to. My mom got me an electric guitar from Costco. Wrote my first song at eleven and got into more and more styles until I found myself going to a conservatory for music composition. I’ve been in a few different small projects but this is my studio debut.

Review Fix: What makes “Part of Your Sunshine” special to you?

Milner: It’s about yearning to be closer to the God who I’ve experienced in a very tangible way many times, but feeling weary and kind of thrown about by people and myself. The line about vomit refers to a proverb about fools returning to their folly, it’s that thing of wanting to be closer to this spiritual reality you know is there, but constantly losing sight of it or just being turned off by the church at large.

Review Fix: How do you want this song to affect people?


Milner: I want people to feel hope, knowing that they can be honest with their pain but they would see the sunshine, or beauty, of life.


Review Fix: What did you learn about yourself through the creation process?


Milner: I learned a lesson that I’ve learned many times, as soon as I try to accomplish things all on my own or shut people out and make my goal all about me I get super exhausted and become first terrible to myself and then to others. When I let go a bit and invite people in, the outcome is way better and so much more fun. The journey rivals the value of the end product.


Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of the year?


Milner: I’ll be recording some new songs I’ve been working on in September and we are also planning an official release show. The goal is to create more and share more.
Review Fix: What’s next?

Milner: There’s a second album in the works but it’ll be a while, they take time. I’m also planning a couple tours, one in Scandanavia (Ludwig Näsvall, drumer on the album, lives in Sweden) and a west coast tour…maybe more:)

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

Milner: Thank you so much for taking the time to involve me in what you are doing! We spent a lot of time, blood, sweat, and tears making this record so we could share some music with the world, I hope it finds some new ears.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13853 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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