Review Fix Exclusive: Casii Stephan Talks ‘I Like the Way’ And More


Review Fix chats with Casii Stephan, who discusses her creative process, origin in music and her latest effort, “I Like the Way.”

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Casii Stephan: Grew up with a family that plays and sings, so it was “in my blood”. My mom plays the piano. My aunt sings. My grandpa played trumpet and wrote songs/poetry. Not playing music wasn’t an option for me.

Review Fix: What performers inspire you the most?

Stephan: Celine Dion has been a huge influence. She sings with such depth and emotion and yet is so delightfully herself. She’s my hero.

Review Fix: What’s on your musical bucket list?

Stephan: Performing  –  I would love to play on a late night show.

Watching – I’d love to see Muse. I haven’t seen them and I regret that.

Review Fix: Goals for 2019?

Stephan: Record an album.

Review Fix: What makes your music scene special?

Stephan: The community. It’s full of people who love to support each other and aren’t full of pretention. Just genuine people across multiple genres.

Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard you?

Stephan: Normally, I would say rock/soul/pop, but Lynne Margolis (American Songwriter) just said we’re funk-blues soul, and that’s pretty great.

Review Fix: Bottom line, what makes you special?

Stephan: Ha! I love this question and I don’t. Um… my voice is always what makes me stand out. It’s special. As for me as a person, we’re all special and yet all the same, aren’t we? 

Review Fix: What next?

Stephan: Music Video for “Letters”!!! Super excited. Can’t you tell?

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

Stephan: I’m an introvert, so sometimes if I come across as snobby, it’s really just me being insecure or feeling overwhelmed with people interaction. So I apologize in advance.

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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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