Review Fix Exclusive: Freeman Talks Origin in Music And More

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter and guitarist Freeman, who discusses his origins in music and more.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Freeman: Heya.  Well, I started listening as a kid and been hooked ever since.  Music is a passion.  I adore listening, it gets right under my skin and to the very core of my being ! I first picked up a guitar at 20 and taught myself the chords.  Painstaking but worth it.  When I started writing songs I was in 7th heaven.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Freeman: I just pick up the guitar and play.  I allow.  Let stuff flow.  Noel Gallagher describes it as fishing….you cast your rod and see what you catch.  As with fishing, when you catch a biggie, its a fabulous feeling.  Ver meditative, very soulful.  

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Freeman: Truth. Love. Connection. Freedom. Ups. Downs. Bad. Good.  Im inspired by life and my own twists and turns. I like music thats as real and authentic as possible

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

Freeman: A helping of ‘70s decadent retro rock n roll, a dollop of good time Brit-pop catchiness and a side order of meaningful, melancholic Americana

Review Fix: How are your live shows different from your studio work?

Freeman: They are looser and more ‘in the moment.’  They are vibrant like the recordings and I tend to sashay about the stage like a possessed wild cat

Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2019?

Freeman: Spreading the love ! Getting the music out there as much as poss.  We have a big VEVO deal for the first 4 vids and will be visiting S Africa, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina… I am very excited and very grateful.  I got a fantastic team in place and everyone is pushing really hard and getting on really well.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Freeman: S Africa. Two episodes of a big reality show there and a music video filmed with one of the stars.  80 million viewers apparently !  Wow.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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