Chris McCusker

Chris McCusker (born 13 August 1958 in North Lidcombe, Sydney) is an Australian 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.^[1][2]

Early years

Chris McCusker started performing live with bands as a bass player 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.^[3]

Current projects

Chris McCusker is currently working with Higgs Boson and the Strange Charm on their new album "Awaiting Discovery".^[4] He is currently working as a mastering engineer at arthouseMastering^[5] and plays bass with Shaking Hands^[6][7][8]

Discography

• Young Blood II (1990 - compilation album - RooArt 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 ^[9]

Albums mastered

• Requested (1988) Peter Coad.^[1]
• It's Alright (2010) Spike Flynn.^[10]
• When Small Talk Leads To Arguments (2011) Will Tremain.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Peter Coad". Countrymusichalloffame.com.au. http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com.au/HandsOfFame/Coad_Peter.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
2. ^ "Coming In from the Old". Web.me.com. http://web.me.com/jasonroweth/Site/Coming_In_from_the_Old.html. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
3. ^ "General". kylemanningmusician.com. http://kylemanningmusician.com/?cat=1. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
4. ^ "We are living in very exciting times.". somethingsgobang.com. http://somethingsgobang.com/StrangeCharm. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
5. ^ http://arthousemastering.com
6. ^ Posted by Mal's Team Gherkin (2011-05-26). "Sounds Live on 2MCE-FM: Matt Williamson "Shaking Hands Trio"". Soundslive.blogspot.com. http://soundslive.blogspot.com/2011/05/matt-williamson.html. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
7. ^ "ARTISTS « Inland Sea of Sound Festival". Inlandseaofsound.wordpress.com. 2011-04-16. http://inlandseaofsound.wordpress.com/artists/. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
8. ^ Posted by Bob (2011-01-28). "That Striped Sunlight Sound: Matt Williamson - Shaking Hands". Stripedsunlight.blogspot.com. http://stripedsunlight.blogspot.com/2011/01/matt-williamson-shaking-hands.html. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
9. ^ "The Higgs Boson and the Strange Charm's Sound". somethingsgobang.com. http://somethingsgobang.com/StrangeCharm/strange_charms_unique_sound. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 
10. ^ SpikeFlynn.com. "Lyrics". SpikeFlynn.com. http://www.spikeflynn.com/?q=node/3. Retrieved 2011-08-01. 

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