Review Fix Exclusive: John Daniels Talks ‘Fox & Hare’

May 19, 2020 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with John Daniels about his band’s origin, goals and creative process behind their new single, “Fox And Hare.”

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

John Daniels:I got involved with music originally, as many people do, singing in church. When I was around 17 is when I started writing songs.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Daniels:My creative process is usually the same. If I sit with a song long enough something always comes together. It is a form of meditation and the songs that I write usually come from a place of prayer and meditation. I write based upon life experiences and raw emotion from those experiences

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Daniels:Everything can inspire me honestly. The subtleties of human existence to the insanity that can be our existence. There is inspiration in everything if you look or listen long enough.

Review Fix: What does music mean to you?

Daniels:Music is life to me. Without it, life would just not be the same. Music can free you from just about anything and I truly believe that it is a gift from the source.

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

Daniels:Our sound is unique and it is a marriage of classic rock, soul and folk writing mixed together. I was raised on music generally from the 60s to the late 70’s and try to have that shine through in the sound.

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

Daniels: Live shows are amazing because of the energy that presents itself. To be able to see reactions and obtain feedback from an audience is just something else altogether compared to studio work.

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Daniels:“Fox and Hare” were inspired by living a life of partying and coming out on the other side alive and able to continue with recovery from drugs and alcohol.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2020?

Daniels:My goals for 2020 are to continue to spread the music to as many people as possible. I feel that music is my purpose in this lifetime. I really just want to bring as much love and truth to as many people as we can in 2020 with our music.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Daniels:I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what’s next. It is gonna be beautiful though.

Throughout my time on this earth I have battled cancer twice. Once in 1987 and once in 1996. I have seen drug addiction strangle out many of the people I have loved and have helped pull many from the ashes. I know that the struggles that I have faced don’t compare to so many other people’s struggles, so I go through each day knowing that I am blessed. I know that so many people struggle every day and just want to say it will get better. Just keep one foot in front of the other, sooner or later the purpose is always revealed. Keep spreading the music and the love. Peace be with you and yours.

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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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