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Derek Cornish

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About Me

Derek Cornish began his musical career in 1988 by joining his first working band IN THE DARK , later renamed DREAMWORLD. Theye were a popular attraction in New York City often playing CBGB's and opening for the Psychedelic Furs and Skid Row. Despite lable interest the band split and Derek tried to go the Industrial music route in 1990 with the formation of CINEBYTES, which resulted in a music video for " It's The Law " . This band inspired the one-off recording of a live ambient / techno project with Slave called THE DEEP RED.Jump ahead to 1996 , and Derek joins new Ska group SPIDER NICK AND THE MADDOGS. They played the hell out of Long Island and became one of the most popular bands here from 1997 through 2001 and released 2 CD's that sold in excess of 10,000 copies in New York alone. The first CD , VOYAGE TO THE PALACE OF KALI is considered a 3rd wave Ska classic . It garnered the band airplay on WLIR 92.7 in New York and won them a LONG ISLAND MUSIC award for Best Ska recording in 1998. The band gained in popularity , opening for the MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES , The Scofflaws , Toasters , Skatalites and more.......After leaving this successful band in 2001 , Derek has again started from scratch and resumed his bedroom recordings .Here are 6 examples. I would love if everybody that listened took an extra few seconds and posted comments on the songs. Thank you. I still haven't changed the way I record music....no computers ....I'll get there soon enough I'm sure..... THIS YEAR Derek played his first live show with SPIDER NICK & THE MADDOGS in seven years....perhaps more will follow.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/9/2004
Band Website: hallwayofmemory.blogspot.com/
Band Members: Derek Cornish - keys , vocals , drums .......basically it's one guy with a keyboard and a 4 track. We're a dime a dozen. It's the songs that matter.
Influences: Dead Can Dance , Depeche Mode , Comsat Angels , David Bowie , Coldplay , John Lennon , Kraftwerk , Cure , Radiohead , Chameleons , David Sylvian , U2 , Postal Service , New Order , Psychedelic Furs , Bob Marley , Madness , early Ministry....................In the end , you can list anyone you want and who knows if anyone is gonna hear those influences. I continue to find inspiration in new and old music. I need a constant influx of new sounds to keep things fresh. I haven't written anything new now in a few years....but I know the day will come soon and I can rejuvinate then
Sounds Like: AS you can hear for yourself , I really don't have a style , Everything I do sounds totally different from the previous recording.But out of over 600 songs I have written , this is what I would call the best 4." GAME OF LIES " - Possibly the most crowd pleasing song I have ever written. It has a very Depeche Mode / Dave Gahan sound to it. That's no accident. I was trying to write a " dance " song.This song is the latest. The other 3 were recorded in the 90's. I will try to change these as often as I can so no one get's bored." LULLABYE " - is what I would describe as Coldplay meets John Lennon meets Cocteau Twins. If that combo sounds stupid , so be it . written in 1996 ." EVERYBODY LOOKS LIKE YOU " was recorded in Northport , NY in the fall of 1989 with my first band DREAMWORLD. It has a bit of a CURE influence mixed with Ocean Blue. I still think this is one of my best songs. I was only 22 and my voice was a bit shaky , but overall I think this is still good." EPIPHANY " was recorded at home in 2004 . I took the lyrics from an old ( bad ) poem I wrote as a teenager. The sound is pure ULTRAVOX. So I guess I'm not jumping onto the Hip-Hop wagon anytime soon.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Check out this video: Derek Cornish - The Game Of Lies

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Split Personality

Well....considering that this is profile . 2 , this space should only be used for music related material. Are bands supposed to have blogs? I mean.....most musicians are not all that interesting to ot...
Posted by Derek Cornish on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST