Review Fix Exclusive: Jon Crabb Talks Goals For 2021 And More

March 18, 2021 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter and guitarist Jon Crabb, who discusses his new project and goals for 2021.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Jon Crabb: It was the breakup of my college band after we graduated, I decided to go solo and write, and record under my name. I did however manage to form a post-punk band called The Rioters, but lasted for only four years, which is the only longest I’ve ever been in a band. Right now, I’m just working as a solo artist.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Crabb: It’s going fine actually. Throughout a whole year of lockdown, it’s made me spend more time to improve my guitar playing and songwriting.

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

Crabb: I would say “Young Lost Rebel”, because I’ve always been familiar with the ‘rebel without a cause’ phase and identity. It’s just more interesting to me, because you never know what a person’s thinking and how no one is able to give them clear answers when they ask deep thoughtful questions. So I decided to write that all into a song from teenage experiences and the feeling of being torn within a radical establishment, between left and right. Occasionally I would write a political tune about something and would’ve made it my standout song, but I prefer not be too much of a political activist, except only when it’s serious.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?

Crabb: Get back to gigging! Show must go on! That and hopefully form a new band, perhaps a rockabilly trio.

Review Fix: How do you want music to effect people?

Crabb: I want my music to be like a voice of ‘hope’ that will give listeners that positive assurance of knowing that no matter how much of an outcast you feel and how much society tries to take advantage of you, that you are not alone. Just like an act of solidarity to have a good long life, with music being your guide of entertainment and something that will always be there whenever someone asks to hear it.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Crabb: Well until the venues re-open, I’m going to write, record more songs and do more live stream performances. I have an upcoming new EP coming out called “Out with the Truth” which will be out on March 26th and you can pre-order it on my Bandcamp page.

https://joncrabb.bandcamp.com/album/out-with-the-truth

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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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