Review Fix Exclusive: Spizzenergi Talks ‘Valentines Day’ And More

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Spizzenegi discusses his origin in music and more.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Spizzenegi: How does anyone get involved with anything, be it music or art or even football – simple you get involved that’s how.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like? 

Spizzenegi: I don’t set aside a special time of day or place. Ideas simply pop up and hopefully I’m able to make a note or record. Nowadays with modern technology like my phone, instant ideas can be noted – that is the creative process. 

Review Fix: What inspires you in music and on a daily basis ?

Spizzenegi: Whatever gets me excited or angry or emotionally moved. It’s what gets me to take out a pen or to start making notes, or my pencil to draw, or collecting images to make a new image.  

Review Fix: What does music mean to you?

Spizzenegi: It means growing up with the memories attached to feelings that music can generate. Imagination & daydreaming, as only music can inspire. 

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

Spizzenegi: Well that would just be a comparison list and to be fair to other artists, I wouldn’t want to do that. To compare what is unique can only distort your perception. Also, if one was to compare a track to a certain band, then you could end up listening to a track by that band, that’s from a completely different period & therefore prove to be irrelevant. 

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

Spizzenegi: They are three dimensional, louder plus exciting & entertaining.

Review Fix: What was the inspiration to record a version of Bowie’s Valentine’s Day for your latest single?

Spizzenegi: We had a Bowie Convention gig a few months ahead coming up & we decided we’d add a Bowie song to our live set. Then guitarist Luca & I went to see the Bowie play Lazarus at the King’s Cross Theatre where Valentine’s Day stood out above the others. 

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?

Spizzenegi: To survive the creeping dark ages of disinformation, erosion of democracy & the destruction of our natural environment. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Spizzenegi: To survive the creeping dark ages of disinformation, erosion of democracy & the destruction of our natural environment. 

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

Spizzenegi: Stop HS2, disinformation, the erosion of democracy & the destruction of our natural environment.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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