C19 lockdown has provided me with an opportunity to gather my riffs, melody, lyric ideas into one place. My problem is I've no idea what they sound like so my task is to organise them into some sort of order.
Currently I'm reviewing them all and calling them something like 90bpm-4_4-GV-**-Dark-Note with the ** being the name of AN other artist / band that I think it sounds like.
Year include 2014 to 2020.... OK Next....
Procrastination is the thief but time will tell
OK so some new gear is in the studio, and the website has been updated but I'm faffing. We all do it.... Think I have another cup of tea....
But there are seriously some things I need to get done in my real job. So if your visiting and think the website looks fresh then great, but please bear with the music is a little way off.
However while I rebuilt this website it was surprising just how many places I could find my music. I added a few in the contact section but gave up adding them all. We all leave…
Soul Words
Track 4 from the album Focal Point.
It was originally written in 2004 and is simply a tune questioning our ability to look at tragedies on the TV and be numb to the real live devastation that is happening in other lives.
Will we ever be judged for not caring and ignoring the needs of others? We may all have our own judgement day...
LYRICS
You take what you can find
You know the place, the time
You bend the rules that bind
You dance to free your mind
You give what you can’t take
You won’t admit mistakes
You want what…
Fade Away
Fade Away is track 3 from the album Focal Point.
This song was born from a dream about some games I used to play with my brother when we were small. We used to walk on this really big wall, trying to walk fast by outstretching our arms to maintain balance. As an adult I returned to that wall and it wasn't as tall as I remembered
lyrics
There’s a house where I once played
On a hill so far away
And the walls on which I climbed seem much smaller now
The memories slowly fade
Of the childhood games I played
I sit and…
Everblue
Track 2 from the album Focal Point. A song about the environmental legacy we are leaving for our children.
Where have all the flowers gone
The fields where we once played
The grass is green in photographs
And now it’s washed away
Sands fall through the hourglass
Time and tide pass by
A butterfly hangs overhead
Then crashes from the sky
Look what we’re done
You will burn in our sun
You will eat what we breed
You will choke where we breathe
You will fight when we rest
You will die from our thefts
You will drink from our…
Focal Point
Track 1 - Title track from the album Focal Point. An instrumental that starts with the simple tune of chopsticks and develops to a crescendo of a double harmony guitar solos.
I wrote this to musically describe my own musical development. As a boy I remember playing chopsticks on the piano. As I grew older my preferences for different styles of music change. They still do.
A timeline of some of my favourite bands would be something like...
ELO, Gary Numan, Thin Lizzy, The Police, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Saxon…
Read moreWhere have I been?
Be careful what you wish for! I always wondered what that meant?
When I was working at my real job I used to dream of having a recording studio and whiling away the days writing songs, playing the guitar and wondering whether to get dressed?
Then due to the kindness of my pre orders and some family support (thank you mum x) I managed to fulfill that dream. I worked hard, built my little studio and recorded P'dice. It took a little longer than I anticipated but that's because I had no real idea of the work…Read more
When I was working at my real job I used to dream of having a recording studio and whiling away the days writing songs, playing the guitar and wondering whether to get dressed?
Then due to the kindness of my pre orders and some family support (thank you mum x) I managed to fulfill that dream. I worked hard, built my little studio and recorded P'dice. It took a little longer than I anticipated but that's because I had no real idea of the work…Read more
P'dice Reviewed On "Hooked-on-music" - German
Habt Ihr zuvor schon mal von den Bands GABRIEL oder RIPPED & RIVERSEA gehört? Ich auch nicht. Aber einen der Musiker dieser beiden Gruppen, den kenne ich nun. Paul Cusick heißt der Mann, kurz Q, und er war bei den Gruppen für die Gitarre zuständig. Seit 2009 ist er nun solo unterwegs und daher auch gleich für das Songwriting, die Mehrzahl der Instrumente, den Gesang sowie die Produktion seiner Musik zuständig.
Dass sich das auszahlt, bewies gleich seine erste Solo-Scheibe “Focal Point“. Der Brite zelebrierte…Read more
Dass sich das auszahlt, bewies gleich seine erste Solo-Scheibe “Focal Point“. Der Brite zelebrierte…Read more
P'dice Reviewed on DaMusic - Dutch
Als twee van ’s werelds beste drummers op je plaat willen meespelen, moet je wel uit het goede hout gesneden zijn. Na het goed ontvangen debuut, ‘Focal Point’, moet Paul Cusick op ‘P’dice’ (kort voor prejudice) definitief bevestigen. De Britse multi-instrumentalist doet wat van hem verwacht wordt.
Binnen een retrospectief genre als prog toch vernieuwend uit de hoek komen, het is de aard van dit beestje. Niet Yes of Genesis, maar Porcupine Tree, OSI en Tool klinken door in de eigen composities van deze…Read more
Binnen een retrospectief genre als prog toch vernieuwend uit de hoek komen, het is de aard van dit beestje. Niet Yes of Genesis, maar Porcupine Tree, OSI en Tool klinken door in de eigen composities van deze…Read more
P'dice Reviewed By Jerry Lucky
Some folks love the collaborative efforts of being in a band. Others just get the urge to do things on their own. It was the later that finally caught up with Paul Cusick. After spending time as lead guitarist in a number of bands the urge became too great and he struck out on his own and created his first solo CD entitled Focal Points. The response was so positive he’s done it again and given us P’dice. Cusick is playing pretty much everything here although he does have help from two drummers including… Read more