Review Fix Exclusive: BlackJack Love’s Azza Sergent Talks Future

September 24, 2020 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with BlackJack Love’s Azza Sergent (Main Songwriter/Vocalist/Guitarist) who discusses the band’s origin and more.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Azza Sergent: Blackjack Love has been around for a few years now, but I was on my own in the beginning (Azza). Since I recruited the other boys (Matt, Sam & Nick) it’s been live for a year or two now. It all stemmed from myself recording a song in LA, then I came back to England & wrote a couple more. That then ended up being the debut album ‘Bullets & Blues’, & it all went from there really.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Sergent: I usually start with noodling on an acoustic, then just kinda jam melodies with random words. If it’s any good, I’ll do a quick recording of it on my phone & send it to the boys. If they dig it then I’ll finish it or whatever. Then we get to the practice room & hash it out between us. I usually have some sort of idea in my head when writing a song for certain instruments or patterns, but the boys then take this tiny idea I have & put their own spin on it to make it epic.

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

Sergent: I’d say either ‘Carryin’ On’ or ‘Before I Leave’, they’re both up there! The first one I had this drum pattern idea in my head for ages, so I wrote the guitar around that & put the words to it. The second one I wrote in 20 minutes because we had a recording session booked with our label (The Animal Farm) & I needed another song. Luckily it happened to be strong & catchy. Which was a touch.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2020?

Sergent: I think everyone can safely say the goals have drastically changed from the start of the year to now! So for now, it’s just to get more of our music out there for people to hear & keep practicing for when we can play live again.

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

Sergent: I always think music can change your mood. So if you’ve had a bad day, you can listen to a song & it brightens it up, or if you’re in a mood to party it gets you going etc. I want it to affect people in different ways depending on what track of ours they’re listening to. Hopefully some of our stuff will make people think about life & the world, but then also cheer people up if they’re down.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Sergent: We have a single coming out in a few weeks called ‘I Want War’, so we’ll get a video sorted. Then get back down the studio to record some new stuff. Then after that, world domination, or whatever, y’know?

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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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