Review Fix Exclusive: Theresa Talks ‘Be By Your Side’

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Theresa, who discusses her origin in music and new single, “Be By Your Side.”

About Teresa:

Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Theresa had aspirations in becoming a musician since childhood. She wrote her first song at age 11 and closely studied the careers of Madonna and other stars of the 80s. Working to make her dream into a reality, she formed  The Yips, a rock band in her early 20’s, in which she was the lead singer and lyricist. After a string of unforeseen traumatic events, she decided to put her dreams aside. With a strong passion for all things music, Theresa re-focused her music career to work behind the scenes, taking roles at Jive Records and Sheryl Crow’s management company, W Management. Presently, as an established music advertising executive, Theresa has reignited her long-standing passion for songwriting and performing while sharing her story with the world – one song at a time. 

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Theresa: My involvement in music started at a very young age. I was a kid who was always singing along with the radio, begging my father to buy me the albums by the artists I was starting to idolize. I literally wanted to be Madonna – and started to write songs while dreaming of my popstar future. Throughout my teenage years, life got super tough, but I still had hopes of one day achieving my early goals. When things didn’t go for me as planned in my mid-twenties, I started to lose self-confidence and began making up excuses as to why I couldn’t be in the spotlight (ie: “I’m not good enough”, “I’m not pretty enough”, etc). I started working behind the scenes in the music industry – first by taking internship and assistant positions at Jive Records and with Sheryl Crow’s management company, W Management…later landing as a music executive in advertising. However, two short years ago, I re-discovered my passion for my own music and have been pursuing my dreams of becoming the pop artist and songwriter that I always wanted to be.

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Theresa: I am lucky that I find inspiration on a daily basis. In the past year, I’ve been practicing meditation and living more in the moment. I feel like the space I’ve been able to create in my mind, body and soul have led me to have more bandwidth to feel thoughts and emotions that I might have tried to block out or simply not allow in while dwelling on bullshit. I get inspired by my past experiences, future self, former loves, beautiful days, cloudy skies and most recently by the passing of my beloved cat, Sprinkles.

Review Fix: What does music mean to you?

Theresa: Music is life. Through every moment in my life, whether it’s good or bad or in between, there has been a song in my head helping set the stage for what I needed right then and there.

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

Theresa: POP. POP. POP. I love pop music and proud to be an honest pop artist and songwriter.

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

Theresa: Ask me again in about 6 months once I get the band back together! I literally had my first rehearsal with my killer band the night before we all went into quarantine. But live shows are most definitely in my future!!

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Theresa: My latest single, “By Your Side”, is about a person who is no longer in my life, but I will always leave the door open to some sort of reconciliation. Although the song itself is about a love interest, I find there are people who have come and gone but our story is far from over. Sometimes a bond is too strong to say goodbye forever…it’s all about forgiveness and acceptance of the past and an appreciation of an unknown future.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?

Theresa: My goal for 2021 is plain and simple – to keep going! I’ve come such a long way over the past two years as an artist, writer and most importantly, a woman. I’ve dedicated a lot of my time and energy into pursuing my dreams and I get such a high when looking back at all I accomplished. There is something driving me to do what I do, and my inner voice is pushing me to go even further on my journey. To quote my song, “Marathon” – ‘I won’t stop til I get to the top and when I’m on top I will not stop!’

Review Fix: What’s next?

Theresa: My next single, “Level Up”, will be released in early May! In the meantime, I will be writing and recording new material – and hopefully playing live very, very soon!

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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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