Review Fix Exclusive: Good Times & Company’s Clint Kesinger Discusses Future

Review Fix chats with Good Times & Company’s Clint Kesinger, who discusses the band’s origin and future.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Clint Kesinger: I (Clint Kesinger- Vocals/Guitar) started an acoustic project called Good Times around 2013 after getting bored with playing metal for several years. After playing on the streets of St. Louis for a year or so, I released 2 EPs and toured the country. Deciding to take it up a notch, I recruited long time bandmate Shad Baldes on bass and mutual friend Kyle Wells on drums. Shortly after releasing our 2nd full band EP, we added Keagan Cross to the mix on second guitar, and released our most recent record, ‘Midwest Sun’ in 2018. It has been a fantastic journey so far!

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Kesinger: Crazy. We write as a team now more than ever, with each member adding their own parts. The process evolves and changes with us, its very fluid. Sometimes I’ll sit at home with some alcohol and write a full song with chord progressions, melody and lyrics, then show the guys and if they dig it, they will add their parts. Over time we have learned to embrace the creative process and allow it to take us wherever it leads. We as a team have developed an understanding of each other’s artistic qualities and how they fit together. Our next album is gonna be bananas because of this!

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

Kesinger: “The Sound”. I sat at home and wrote it as essentially a folk tune, by accident really. But when I brought it to the boys and we played it full band, it took on a whole new form and became this dark rock anthem that people really fell in love with. And the music video? We all get murdered in the California desert by some cult ritualists. That speaks for itself haha. “The Sound” is the product of careful consideration for each element of the song until it has reached its maximum potential. We learned a lot from it.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2018?

Since its almost over I’d say just rock these last couple shows, shoot some acoustic videos debuting some of the new album, finish writing our new album and gear up for 2019!

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

We want them to feel something, whatever that may be. We’ve seen a large range of reaction from fans, and its always humbling no matter what. The fact that somehow, we have influenced their life, if only for a moment, is incredible and to me is the essence of why we create art. We also want them to go home humming our tunes, singing along in their car on the way home from work, so that through our catchy melodies they might find some comfort or happiness.

Review Fix: What’s next?

We are recording in January 2019. To say we are excited is an understatement. We will be a new band after we leave the studio, and a line up change is on the horizon as well. The new album will showcase how far we have come as a team of songwriters, and we can’t wait to share it with the world in 2019!

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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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