Review Fix chats with Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate singer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Malcolm Galloway, who discusses his origin in music and the band’s goals for the future.
Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?
Malcolm Galloway: I’ve been making music for as long as I can remember, but taking it more seriously since 2011 when we released our first Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate album. My music has always been divided between my rock music and my classical/minimalist music, and hopefully they complement each other.
Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?
Galloway: It varies depending on the piece, but usually, because of my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome which makes sitting upright to work difficult, I compose lying down with a laptop on my chest.
Review Fix: What inspires you?
Galloway: History, current affairs, science, science fiction, patterns.Â
Review Fix: What does music mean to you? Â
Galloway: Being able to create and perform allows me to cope despite chronic pain.
Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard you?
Galloway: On the classical side Steve Reich is a big inspiration. I like the bubbling enthusiasm of patterns emerging from the combination of simple elements of different lengths.
On the rock side Marillion and Pink Floyd have been major influences.
Review Fix: What inspired your latest EP?
Galloway: I released my latest solo classical/minimalist release Wasp 76b at the same time as out latest Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate EP. The classical side, without my vocals, is more relaxing for me as a producer to work on. It was nice to work on them in parallel. The classical one is more joyful than the very heartfelt but depressing ‘Feeling Great’.Â
Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2020?
Galloway: I’m working on the 6th Hats Off…. album.
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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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