Review Fix Exclusive: The Scared Crows’ Tyler Forrest Talks ‘I Hope Your Phone Dies’ And More

December 18, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with The Scared Crows’ Tyler Forrest, who discusses the band’s origin, creative process, goals and standout track, “I Hope Your Phone Dies.”

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Tyler Forrest: The Scared Crows was formed from apartment jams around North Hollywood. For a while, I was bouncing around with my acoustic guitar hosting jams in friends and strangers apartments, which eventually led to jamming at venues. This is how we all came together. Simply through the love of playing music. 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Forrest: Usually starts with a song idea. A guitar riff or a melody. Maybe even a theme. I’ll usually dwell on it for a few days and write lyrics, really discover the song. At that point the other guys come in and we will work together to shape the rhythm, structure, and any extra chord progressions. This when the song really comes to life. We’ll do a live recording with video right away to log it. 

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

Forrest: Right now I’d say it’s “I Hope Your Phone Dies.” It’s a cynical song mocking cell phone culture. It actually started as an emotional ballad. I would play it around, never really settling on lyrics. It wasn’t until we went to record it did the full version come out. It kind of just happened one day. It evolved into a super catchy dance tune. We immediately shot a music video for it and put it out. 

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2019?

Forrest: We are talking now about the logistics of recording our full length album. We are also about to start hosting music nights once a week at the Alley in NoHo, a historic music shack where many legendary musicians got their start. For this year, I just want to keep evolving as a musician and as a unit. I would like to hit the road and play for new audiences, but I am patient. We have something special.   

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

Forrest: In the best ways. I want our music to move you. I hope to inspire and motivate, especially the younger generations. I want to prove that in a world of electro redundancy and mumble rap that good original music is still alive. I want to set a new standard. When people hear a Scared Crows song, I want them to sing along. I want them to feel comfortable in their own skin. Music can do that. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Forrest: Keep writing and recording. Put out the album. Keep spreading awareness. I don’t really know what’s next. Anything can happen at any moment. In the meantime, though, we’ll be at The Alley writing our names on the walls of rock and roll history. 

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14318 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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