Review Fix Exclusive: Josey Wade Stines Talks Goals And More

July 29, 2020 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Chasing Apparitions’ Josey Wade Stines – Guitarist // Vocalist, who discusses the band’s origins and goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Josey Wade Stines: After a 3-year hiatus, I met Jacob Ortengren on social media & we both discussed working together on an EP. Once we finished the EP instrumentally we began auditioning for vocalists. It wasn’t until our producer, Jonathan Dolese, mentioned that he knew Justin Stubbs that Chasing Apparitions became complete again.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Stines: Typically Jacob & I will work together to get the instrumentals as perfect as we possibly can & then when that’s done I’ll send the final version to Justin & him & I will begin discussing where we should go lyrically & what elements we want to bring to light in our music.

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

Stines: Our stand out song currently is “As Above, So Below”. That song was the first one written for the new EP, “Am I Worth Saving?” I had recently been jamming a lot of djenty bands & I really wanted to write something in that vein. I had pierced together a few riffs, but I didn’t really know how to transcribe my thoughts into tabs. Fast forward to me meeting Jacob & he just completed the puzzle. This EP is the product on constantly sending files back & forth.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2020?

Stines: Our new EP “Am I Worth Saving?” comes out in the fall & I’d love for it to break 50k streams on streaming platforms.In the winter of this year we’re going to the studio to record our next EP so I’d love to have that finished.

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

Stines: I want people to understand that it’s okay to be mad or sad at the current state of the world. It’s okay to question everything in your life. You need to embrace the bad times so you know what the good times feel like. No one is going to be happy all the time. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Stines: Currently we have a new single coming out on 8.7.2020. Shortly after our sophomore EP will be released so make sure to follow us on all of our socials to you know exactly when it drops. In the winter we’re headed back to the studio so we can get the next EP done so we have something fresh for next year. Expect a lot of music from Chasing Apparitions.

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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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