Review Fix Exclusive: Betty Harper Talks ‘Blood is Thicker Than Alcohol’ And More

April 13, 2021 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Betty Harper to find out all about her creative process and more.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Betty Harper: I was feeling really gloomy one night and decided to do what I do best and that is to write a song! The outcome resulted in this and I couldn’t be happier about it!

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Harper: Whenever I’m feeling down, motivated or I just feel the need to write a song, I instantly pick up a pen. It’s so important for me to write a song whenever I feel the need to because that’s when songs like Blood is Thicker Than Alcohol are produced. The inspiration isn’t necessarily my surroundings, it’s more of a feeling. I know when I need to write a song, and when I do, my full feelings get written on that piece of paper. 

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

Harper: My standout song would either be Blood is Thicker Than Alcohol or a song that will be out soon! Blood is Thicker Than Alcohol was written when I was feeling helpless, I wanted to write an amazing song that would help not only me but also other people who are either in the situation or are on the sidelines like me. 

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021? 

Harper: My main goal is to try and feel more motivated throughout the year, be more happy and try to be more positive no matter what life throws my way. That’s really important to me.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people? 

Harper: I want to give people music that they can relate to in one way or another, and try to help those people through music. I think there’s a story that comes with each song and people can use that and interpret that in their own way, however they want. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Harper: Well, we have another 3 songs being released this year, so right now I’m trying to think of ways of getting to people and working on the growth of my social media pages!

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13872 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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