Review Fix Exclusive: Alyssa Joseph Talks ‘Sadboy’ And More

March 11, 2021 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Alyssa Joseph, who discusses her new single, “Sadly” and her goals for 2021.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Alyssa Joseph: Music and performing were always part of my household growing up. I started taking piano lessons and dance from a young age. I have been performing in some capacity since I was eight. It took me until high school to figure out I wanted my main focus to be writing songs and performing those songs.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Joseph: I definitely write as a coping mechanism. I’m a talker. And a singer haha. I work things out by talking them out. Or writing them out. I normally start by playing guitar and finding some chords I like, and then I write the lyrics and melody at the same time over that. Normally candles and mood lighting and incense are involved. It’s all about the atmosphere.

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Joseph: I definitely take a lot of inspiration from life experiences. From emotions. From relationships.

From where I’m at in my life. I work things out when I talk out loud and I also work things out when I write them and sing them out. Sometimes you have to hear yourself say something or sing something to validate it.

Review Fix: What does music mean to you?

Joseph: Music is my life. It’s what connects me to other humans. It’s how I express myself. It’s how I articulate and cope with whatever I’m going through – whether that means creating music or listening to nostalgic records that get me through the tough shit.

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

Joseph: sadgirl, grungy, alternative, indie, singer/songwriter and raw, real, dark, honest, personal.

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

Joseph:My live shows are different depending on the lineup! I play solo a lot – so my songs are more stripped and raw. When I do play with a band, I think the songs are more bright and fun, just because we love performing them.

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Joseph: “sadboy” is just a fun song and a light-hearted look at my past relationships and who I’ve been in those relationships. It’s less about one particular guy, and more so a general look at the dating scene, my experience in it, and the cycle of guys that you meet out there. It’s sort of a tongue-in-cheek look at my dating history and the expectation vs. reality of it all. It’s cheeky. And we all need to learn that we don’t actually want the sadboy…

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?

Joseph: Heal, find happiness in every day, release music, connect with people through music, cherish

the good days.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Joseph: Another single!! and then an EP. and then an LP. :)

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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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