Review Fix Exclusive: Ted Cline Talks ‘Mexican Ana’ And More

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Ted Cline, who discusses his new single, Mexican Ana and more.

About Ted Cline:

Ted just finished recording four songs for his forthcoming album. The album includes instant classics Ted wrote with his longtime co-writer, Gary Beard. “Mexican Anna” is a track that indeed sounds as if Marty Robbins would perform it. “That Was Me” is a semi-autobiographical song sure to become a fan favorite.

Review Fix: What inspired Mexican Ana?

Cline: The song Mexican Ana was inspired by a trip in September 2019 to the Walnut Valley Creek Festival in Winfield Kansas with my cousins Jannette and Denton and friends Lonnie and Clay for a week of music and camping at one of the biggest music festivals in the Midwest. I met a lady there who was an aspiring writer and lover of music. We visited on and off through the whole festival. She had such a love for words and music that when I got back from the festival it inspired me to sit down and write a song about her, the girl named Ana, and that week in Winfield Kansas.

Review Fix: What is different from the others?

Cline: This song is different from anything I have ever written or put music to before. The words come from a real place and time and a real person. It’s also one of the fastest I have ever put into words and it came together so much easier than other songs I have written. I guess that’s why they call it inspiration.

Review Fix: What do you think makes it unique?

Cline: What makes this song unique is really the music composition that fits so well around the words. The words of the song are talking about a Mexican girl named Ana, so the southwest music composition fits with the words and it kind of makes a complete package of the whole song. The Southwest feel of this music hasn’t really been done since the Marty Robbins days of the ‘60s and the ‘70s.

Review Fix: What has been the reception so far?

Cline: The song has only been on radio promotion a little over 5 weeks and the song has done quite well being in the top 10 on European and World charts for independent artists. From what I hear from my listeners they like the composition of the song, the story behind it and the Southwestern feel that the music creates. So, the response has been strong and feedback for this song has been very promising for me.

Review Fix: What are your goals for this track?

Cline: One of my goals for the track would be to see it fit into a western movie of some sort! But in the meantime, I want to get it out to all the streaming service providers. It is currently on Spotify and Amazon along with 250,000 radio stations world-wide. I want to get it to as many outlets as I can and to the ears of as many listeners as possible with the help of Musik and Film president Stephen Wrench and publicist Tom Estey to help bring a fuller awareness of my music to a wide range of listeners and open people up to hear many more songs to come.

Review Fix: Where do you think this stands in your catalogue of tunes?

Cline: This song rates very high in my catalogue. I’ve been writing and playing music for 47 years and have written a host of songs but never one that came together as fast as this one. The words and music fit together so well and that made it one of the easiest songs I’ve ever written. This song encompasses the Southwestern feel that has almost been forgotten over the years. It still appeals to the Country music people but also has the flair of Americana. I would definitely rate it as one of my top three songs.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Cline: I’m planning on releasing another song in spring of 2021 called Lucky Day. I think will fit well with what people have been through in the year of 2020 and the Covid pandemic crisis and the hard times people have been through. Also, I hope to get out on the road in 2021 and promote the songs live and get my music out there to as many ears as I can. (I’m sure all artist are feeling like this at this point and time.)

To finish up, I would like to say a thank you to the people that have made this journey possible during the roughest year since the Great Depression. Ray and Lisa Wait, Gary Beard, Denton and Jannette Benson, Pat Norman, Kenny Royster and the A TEAM in Nashville, Larry and Connie Wilmes, Stephen Wrench and Tom Estey, Scott and Michelle Low and all my fans and family! It takes a village they say! They’re right!!

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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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