User:Enstone42/Nickleby Stone

INTRODUCTION

'Nickleby Stone' is the solo project of singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Paul Grimley who is based in Coventry, England.

HISTORY

Nickleby Stone's music is charecterised by good musicianship and strong songwriting and if it had to be defined, it's heart is in funk and soul with some rock n roll thrown in the mix for good measure. Playing almost all of the instruments on his first three albums including guitar, bass, drums, piano and all other keyboards, whilst also taking on all of the vocals meant, growing up he listened to a large variety of music and is reflected in his versatility and fusion of styles. His 'sound' is hopefully good music and not one style. Beginning as a session musician in and around the Midlands in the early 90's, in 1994 he studied sound engineering at the now defunkt' Depot Studio' formerly in Bond St, Coventry under the leadership of 'Mike Roberts', former songwriter and keyboard player for Coventry 80's band King. Experience gained in both playing and production over the following years led him in 2010 to decide to record some original material, initially for himself but, aftet playing these tracks to various people, it wad decided to put an album together and at the start of 2011 'This Is My Kung-Fu' was recorded. At this time, his only 'social-media' outlet was 'Myspace' and the tracks placed there were very recieved. Always writing and recording, a year later he'd amassed enough material for a second album and in late 2011 'The Road To Heaven' was recorded. To coincide with it's completion in May 2012, his first website 'nicklebystone.co.uk' was launched. Still writing and recording, putting his third album together, he now resolved to fully utilise social media and increase his profile so in October 2013 opened 'Facebook', 'Bandcamp' and 'Soundcloud' accounts and via Bandcamp on December 20th released his third album DANCE.