Review Fix Exclusive: Ghostatic’s Adamo Fiscella Talks Goals And More

Review Fix chats with Ghostatic’s Adamo Fiscella, who details the band’s origins and goals for 2020.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Adamo Fiscella: I started a band years ago, as the singer and writer, and filled all the positions in the band with my friends. What I soon realized is that I was much more serious about it than my friends were.  I didn’t want to micromanage people. I just wanted to create.  So I went solo and began producing and singing, and rapping, in other projects.  Ghostatic is my brainchild.  It is written, performed, and produced by me.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Fiscella: I start creating the rhythm and melodies in my head, then structuring it into a song.. all in my head. It’s hard to describe how I do it.  It just happens.  It’s how I’ve done it from the start. I’ll sometimes hum things into my phone. I’ll sit on it. Maybe track a very rough idea with just some simple midi and a mumbling vocal. From there, it’s off to the races.

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

Fiscella: Currently, I have only released one song, Violence but I am sitting on 10 more.  I think all songs I will release have a certain standout quality.  They all contain a big vocal and a lot of energy and aggression.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2020?

Fiscella: The plan is to release a song every six to seven weeks throughout the year.  All have different sonic qualities, but being glued together and identifiable by my voice. I’d like to make sure these tracks are heard by the right audience, which is tough.  Industrial/electronic rock, now, has an antiquated sound.  I’m trying to bring that genre into the 2020’s with a fresh coat of paint, and a unique approach from both a writing and production standpoint.

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

Fiscella: I would like my music to affect people’s darker emotions in a relatable way.  This may sound strange to some, but when I listen to songs with a dark or aggressive message it is gratifying to listen to and actually puts me in a good mood. I just hope there are others feel the same way 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Fiscella: On top of Ghostatic,  I am also developing a TV show, which I will be hosting, about the paranormal for a major TV network..  It’s something I have always been obsessed with, since I was a teenager. I wish I could tell you more about it but I have to keep my mouth shut until we get the green light!

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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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