Review Fix Exclusive: In The City’s Ashley Jane Talks ‘Every Single Day’ And More

July 4, 2019 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with In The City’s Ashley Jane, who discusses the group’s new single, Every Single Day.”

About In The City:

Singer-songwriter and documentary story producer Jane was with a non-profit that empowered kids through music. Composer Wientzek worked in the studio where they were recording. Their backgrounds were diverse — she grew up twirling in a backyard skating rink as Joni Mitchell, the Rankin Family, Fleetwood Mac and Shania Twain blasted from outdoor speakers housed in Tupperware to thwart squirrels; he absorbed the sounds of everyone from Bon Jovi and Limp Bizkit to Radiohead and even Backstreet Boys (“I really enjoyed the production and the harmonies,” he swears). Ultimately, their differences proved to be great strengths.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Ashley Jane: Music has been a life long passion for both of us that started at an early age. We started writing together when we met at a studio in Toronto. After realizing that we had a musical chemistry we decided to form a band. 


Review Fix: What makes you unique?

Jane: We both have unique backgrounds that contribute to our sound. Timon has a music production and film composing background and Ashley used to produce and direct documentary television. As a result our songs have are story driven and often sound cinematic. 

Review Fix: What are your goals in music?

Jane: We want to continue to create music about the big life moments that happen to us and the people we know. We hope that our songs continue to resonate with listeners. 

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

Jane: Folk-pop that is story driven and cinematic.

Review Fix: Why do your tunes matter?

Jane: We think that as long as the music an artist creates means something to them and their listeners then that music will always matter. 

Review Fix: How was “Every Single Day” written?

Jane: We write most of our songs in Timon’s home studio in Toronto. With this song the chorus came first and then we wrote the verses. We tried many times to find the proper instrumentation and arrangement for this song before deciding to keep it paired down to piano, strings and lap-steel. 

Review Fix: What makes it special?

Jane: This was the first time we recorded with a string quartet. That felt pretty special to us ! 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Jane: We’re are writing new material and working as composers/songwriters for film/tv. 

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14317 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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