Chris McCusker
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Chris McCusker is an Australia
n songwriter
, musician
and sound designer who has worked with many bands over the last 35 years. He has produced albums for many artists and worked for many years in a recording studio in Bathurst, New South Wales
called the Cave.
from 1973. His first band performing some of his original songs from 1974 was a band called Cade
.
He is now in the band The Mad Arabs, since 1989.
He is currently working as a mastering engineer at arthouseMastering and plays bass with Shaking Hands
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and sound designer who has worked with many bands over the last 35 years. He has produced albums for many artists and worked for many years in a recording studio in Bathurst, New South Wales
Bathurst, New South Wales
-CBD and suburbs:Bathurst's CBD is located on William, George, Howick, Russell, and Durham Streets. The CBD is approximately 25 hectares and surrounds two city blocks. Within this block layout is banking, government services, shopping centres, retail shops, a park* and monuments...
called the Cave.
Early years
Chris McCusker started performing live with bands as a bass playerBass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
from 1973. His first band performing some of his original songs from 1974 was a band called Cade
Cade
Cade may refer to:* Cade an important sire of Thoroughbred racehorses.* Juniperus oxycedrus, also called the Prickly JuniperPeople with the surname Cade:* Elsa Salazar Cade, entomologist and educator* Jack Cade , English rebel...
.
He is now in the band The Mad Arabs, since 1989.
Current projects
Chris McCusker is currently working with Higgs Boson and the Strange Charm on their new album "Awaiting Discovery".He is currently working as a mastering engineer at arthouseMastering and plays bass with Shaking Hands
Discography
- Young Blood II (1990 - compilation album - RooArtRooArtrooArt was an Australian independent record label, founded in 1988 by INXS's then-manager, Chris Murphy. The label's roster included several well-known Australian bands and artists such as Crow, Ratcat, Screaming Jets, You Am I, Wendy Matthews, The Hummingbirds, The Trilobites and Amanda Brown...
upSwing - The upSwing (1991) upSwing
- Third Eye (1993) upSwing
- Cockies Joy Live (1997) Cockies Joy
- Glory Box (1998) Glory Box
- Higgs Boson and the Strange Charm (2011) Higgs Boson and the Strange Charm
Albums mastered
- Requested (1988) Peter Coad.
- It's Alright (2010) Spike Flynn.
- When Small Talk Leads To Arguments (2011) Will Tremain.