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Biography
Dr. Pat O’Grady is a music researcher, educator, and artist. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Music at the Australian National University, where he serves as Education Lead and convenor of the Contemporary Music Production and Honours programs.
His research focuses on how people make songs in recording studio environments. He explores the creative use of recording technologies, with a particular interest in how tools contribute to musical outcomes in ways that may remain latent – or inaudible – in the final work. His work also investigates how value becomes attached to specific studio technologies—especially those associated with historically significant studios and iconic artists.
Pat is committed to developing more inclusive approaches to music production. He is the academic lead at Addi Sounds, a community recording studio in Marrickville, Sydney (est. 2025), designed to expand access to recording for underrepresented groups.
His first book, Bee Gees, Process and Latent Elements in Music Production, was published in 2025 by Routledge in the Ashgate Popular and Folk Music series.
Pat serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Music Production Research and was Treasurer of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (ANZ) from 2019 to 2024. As a music artist and producer with over 25 years of professional experience, he has released several albums, produced music for a range of artists, and performed widely.
Qualifications
PhD, MRecordArts, BMus, AdvDipMus
Research Interests
Popular Music
Music Production
Popular Musicology
Songwriting
Recording
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Treasurer, IASPM-ANZ
2019 → 2024
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Bee Gees, Process and Latent Elements in Music Production
O'Grady, P., 2025, 1st ed. Routledge. 152 p. (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Bee Gees, Process and Latent Elements in Music Production
O'Grady, P., 1 Jan 2024, Taylor and Francis. 144 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Limits of the Literary: Rethinking Allusions in Pop Music
O'Grady, P., 2023, Lit-Rock: Literary Capital in Popular Music. R. H. (ed.). 1 ed. New York, USA: Bloomsbury Academic, Vol. 1. p. 227-240Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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‘An essential tool for creativity’: technologies, spaces and discourse within pop music production
O’Grady, P., Feb 2023, In: Media International Australia. 186, 1, p. 136-148 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Everyday Fidelity”: Analyzing Sound Quality in Ubiquitous Listening Practices
O’Grady, P., 2023, In: Popular Music and Society. 46, 1, p. 21-34 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)