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Pat O’Grady is a music researcher, educator, and artist with over 25 years of professional experience. As a Senior Lecturer in the School of Music at the Australian National University, he serves as the Education Lead convenor for Contemporary Music Production Honours programs. His research focuses on how people create songs in recording studio environments, exploring the creative use of recording technologies and how these tools contribute to musical outcomes that often remain latent in the final work. He investigates the value attached to specific studio technologies, particularly those historically associated with significant artists. Pat is committed to developing inclusive approaches to music production, serving as the academic lead for Addi Sounds, a community recording studio in Marrickville, Sydney, designed to expand access for underrepresented groups in 2025. He authored a book titled "Bee Gees: Process Latent Elements Music Production," published in 2025 as part of the Routledge Ashgate Popular Folk Music series. Pat also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Music Production Research and is the Treasurer of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (ANZ) from 2019 to 2024.
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