Review Fix Exclusive: BARBUDO’s Ben and Harry Stanworth Talk ‘Magnolia Mansion’ And More

Review Fix chats with BARBUDO’s Ben and Harry Stanworth, who let us know about their origin in music, future and creative process.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Ben Stanworth: We’ve made music from a young age. Our parents played instruments and played lots of music round the house when we were growing up ,which encouraged us to start ourselves. 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Harry Stanworth: It varies really. Sometimes a song will just land on your lap complete, other times it takes a while to finish off. We usually work on the melody and lyrics first but sometimes we’ll just make a beat and improvise on top of it. 

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Ben: Usually music that has a sense of familiarity whilst incorporating new elements that are fresh to your ear. 

Review Fix: What does music mean to you?

Harry: For us, music is about expression. We make music to reflect how we feel, but sometimes this process actually evokes a different emotion within ourselves. Creating music is a strange sort of escapism in this way as it takes you away from everything else around you.

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

Ben: Nu-eyed funk.

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

Harry: We try to keep a consistency across the two but I would say our live shows have an extra energy. The dynamic between us and the crowd always bring the performace to life in a different way to the recordings.

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Ben: We were inspired by lots of funk & disco. Groups like The Isley Brothers and The Brothers Johnson are always an influence.

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

Harry: We’ve put a hold on gigging but we are going to keep hosting live stream shows. We’ve also got a bunch of new material we want to finish off so we can release it as soon as.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Ben: We have a new single on the way. More on this tbc….

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Harry: We’ve got some new merch we are releasing in the coming weeks. Head to our Instagram (@barbudoband) to find out more.

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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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