Review Fix Exclusive: Sam Weber Talks ‘It’s All Happening’ And More

September 22, 2019 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Sam Weber, who discusses his latest single, as well as his goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Sam Weber: My dad was really musical and he instilled a passion for it in my brother and me. More-so than being a technically outstanding he had a deep joy for playing and used music as a way to reach for something beautiful. His approach has stayed with me.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Weber: My creative process is to avoid procedure. Either in the moment in a song, or in conceptualizing an idea, the more I can respond in accordance with how I feel in the moment the more compelling the results seem to be.

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Weber: Anyone who really believes in what they’re doing. They remind me to do the same.

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

Weber: I’d hope the music sounds spontaneous and not too thought out. It’s just music it’s for everyone and I like when it sounds natural.

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

Weber: With this upcoming record both experiences are similar because we recorded as a big band live in the studio, but we tend to only play as a 3 or 4 piece live so we rearrange the music to sound best with a smaller ensemble. The studio recording feels like the initial compass heading for everything that comes after… rather than trying to recreate the recording, a lot of the times I think we get closer to the heart of the song when we can push it forward in the live domain, building on the feeling of the recording

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Weber: “It’s All Happening” I wrote in my friend Tyler’s garage in Glassell Park. I’d been experimenting with this stereo guitar setup and the song started as this syncopated guitar part that flickers left to right. It really made me feel like the world was moving and buzzing; like things were happening. It’s all happening is a mantra coined by my friend Terra Lightfoot that we started saying to each other all the time as a joke, it sort of means everything, all of it, is unfolding as it should. The lyrics in the song refer to the narrator persevering in the face of adversity and accepting that everything is in motion and happening as it should.

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

Weber: I want to tour more. We tour a lot so I really just want to keep doing that. It would be cool to open shows for more people too.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Weber: We’re going to put out this record and play the music for people. We’ve been sitting on it for a while so I’m really glad to share it with people soon. All dates and tickets will be on the website as they come available www.samweber.me

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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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