Review Fix Exclusive: Juster Salter Talks ‘You and Me’ And More

January 1, 2019 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Justin Salter, who discusses his new single, “You and Me,” as well as his goals and hopes during the holiday season.

Review Fix: How’d you get started in music?

Justin Salter: Well, I come from a musical family so music has always been around the house. Piano and guitar and my parents both have really great taste in music. In 7th grade, my Dad bought me a drum kit and I went crazy from there.

Review Fix: What was your turning point? The moment you knew this was what you wanted to make a career out of?

Salter: I think singing the solo in 8th-grade choir and our little makeshift band (Tyson Stevens of Scary Kids Scaring Kids and my Dad) performing an original tune at the 8th grade talent show both lit the spark. We wrote a song and my Dad pushed us to play it over and over for 3 days. I think that taught us the power of repetition and well worth the discipline when the crowd went wild for us, haha.

Review Fix: Who inspires you?

Salter: Great people. I love to read and learn about all the greats. Super inspiring to hear their stories, from Dave Grohl to Elon Musk. And all of the great music, both past and present.

Review Fix: What’s on your playlist right now?

Salter: VHS Collection, Gangstarr, Beach House, Keane, Phantogram, People Under The Stairs…I could go on for a while lol.

Review Fix: What inspired “You and Me”?

Salter: I wrote the song inspired by a girl I’m dating…but didn’t want to just come out with a “hey, look how cool I am” music video so I added the Steve Urkel-to-Stefan character to give it some levity. Both characters are relatable to me and hopefully others as well.

Review Fix: What are your goals for it?

Salter: I just made a fun song inspired by a beautiful girl, and wanted to make a fun and entertaining video. Hopefully, people dig it and check out my other tunes, typically more serious and message-driven songs.

Review Fix: What do you really want for yourself this holiday season? Why?

Salter: Hmmm, besides a financial windfall? Just peace and happiness for all.

Review Fix: Bottom line, why must someone listen to “You and Me”?

Salter: I think the keyboard line is super cool, (played by George Duke from The Soul Treasures patch on Native Instruments.) and it’s a got a nostalgic groove, reminds me of Tribe Called Quest and some people have mentioned Snoop Dogg. which is funny because I actually had the pleasure of working with him a few times, maybe he rubbed off on me? Lol.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Salter: I have some new songs brewing, more serious/emotional sounding stuff. And I also have a funny idea for another video. So we’ll see.

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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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