Wayne Connolly
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| Birth name | Wayne Paul Connolly |
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| Years active | 1991–present |
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Wayne Paul Connollyis an Australian music producer, audio engineer and musician. From 1991 to 1997 Connolly played lead guitar and sang in guitar groupThe Welcome Matand released two studio albums. Since 1994, he has played in Knievel with Tracy Ellis and Nick Kennedy. Knievel have released four studio albums and a compilation of B-sides and rarities.
Career[edit]
Musician[edit]
Connolly formedThe Welcome Matin 1990 with Cory Messenger on vocals and guitar, Pete Bennett on drums (ex-Fiction Romance) and Dave Moss on bass guitar.[1]Leo Mullins (of The Benedicts) replaced Moss on bass guitar in 1991.[1]They released two albumsGram(1993) andLap of Honour(1996) before disbanding in 1997.[1]Australian musicologist,Ian McFarlanesays, "[they] started out as a chirpy, jangly guitar pop outfit before heading in a tougher, though still melodic and harmony-laced, power pop direction."[1]
In 1994 Connolly formed Knievel on lead guitar and vocals with Tracy Ellis (ex-Oliver) on bass guitar and Nick Kennedy (ex-Templebears, Big Heavy Stuff) on drums.[1]The group have issued four studio albums,We Fear Change(1995),[2]Steep Hill Climb(1997),[3]The Name Rings a Bell That Drowns out Your Voice(2000)[4]andEmerald City(2012)[1]as well as a B-sides and demos compilationNo One's Going to Understand in My Way.Knievel achieved rotation on national youth radioTriple Jwith several singles, toured locally and internationally, and supported bands such asLuna,Teenage Fanclub,andDeath Cab for Cutie.
Production and audio engineering[edit]
Connolly has balanced playing music with a varied and successful career as a producer and engineer for some of Australia's most respected artists, includingJosh Pyke,The Vines,Boy & Bear,Paul Dempsey,Youth Group,Underground Lovers,Died Pretty,Hoodoo GurusandYou Am I.
In the early 1990s he took a job managing Paradise Studios forrooART,[5]which put him in touch with emerging artists providing songs for the Youngblood compilation series. Among these wereUnderground Lovers,Glide, andCustard,all of whom formed working relationships with the producer. Production credits from the 1990s includeWahooti FandangobyCustard,Fill Yourself With MusicbyScreamfeeder,The Young Need Discipline,Lazy HighwaysandFuture SpabyThe Fauves,In Your Bright Rayby The Go-Betweens'Grant McLennan,andSoldbyDied Pretty.
Since the early 2000s, Connolly has also worked withNeil Finn,Cloud Control,Dallas Crane,Sarah Blasko,Silverchair,Jimmy Barnes,The Living End,Grinspoon,Powderfinger,The Veronicas,Midnight Oil'sJim Moginie,Halfway,Dappled Cities,Old Man River,The Grates,Turnstyleand many more. Recent credits include albums forThe Apartments,Community Radio,All Our Exes Live in Texas,Husky,Hungry Kids of Hungary,Knievel,Sounds Like Sunset,Babe Rainbow,Tim Hart,Perry KeyesandThe Paper Kites.
Film and television[edit]
In addition to his work in the music recording industry, Connolly has produced work for film and television. His credits includeFriday On My Mind,The Kettering Incident,Love Child,The Black Balloon,Newcastle,Little Fish,Monkey Puzzle,Mullet,WillfulandDirty Deeds.The track, "When We Get There", produced forThe Black Balloon,won best song at the 2008 AGSC/APRAawards.
Studios[edit]
From 2007 to 2015, Connolly worked largely from his own studio within theAlbert Music[6]premises in Sydney where he housed his restoredNeve8026 desk. Since 2016 he has worked extensively at Hercules Street Studios in Sydney and at the newly refurbished Music Farm Studios in Byron Bay.
Selected credits[edit]
Credits:[7]
- 1992:
- 1993:
- 1994:
- 1995:
- Hi Fi WaybyYou Am I(selected tracks)
- Higher Up the FiretrailsbyBluebottle Kiss
- SoldbyDied Pretty
- 1996:
- Hourly DailybyYou Am I
- Rushall StationbyUnderground Lovers
- Disappear Hereby Glide
- Future SpabyThe Fauves
- 1997:
- In Your Bright RaybyGrant McLennan
- Steep Hill Climbby Knievel
- 1998:
- 1999:
- Sweeter Than the RadiobyIcecream Hands
- King Autumnby Hoolahan
- 2000:
- EverydaydreambyDied Pretty
- Urban & EasternbyYouth Group
- The Name Rings a Bell that Drowns out your Voiceby Knievel
- 2001:
- Size of the OceanbyBig Heavy Stuff
- First Translated in 1965byIdes of Space
- Griffith SunsetEPbyEvan Dando
- 2002:
- Drag (EP)byDrag
- We Got This!byNew Christs
- 2004:
- Dallas CranebyDallas Crane
- Skeleton JarbyYouth Group
- The Truth About LovebyDavid McCormack & The Polaroids
- Dear Friends and EnemiesbyBig Heavy Stuff
- Farewell to the FaintheartedbyHalfway
- 2006:
- Forever YoungbyYouth Group
- Factory GirlsbyDallas Crane
- Casino Twilight DogsbyYouth Group
- Vision ValleybyThe Vines
- Nervous FlashlightsbyThe Fauves
- Flame TreesbySarah Blasko
- Remember The RiverbyHalfway
- 2007:
- 2008:
- When Good Times Go GoodbyThe Fauves
- Chimney's AfirebyJosh Pyke
- Easy Fever: A Tribute to theEasybeatsandStevie Wrightby Various Artists (includingNeil Finn,Jimmy BarnesandIva Davies)
- 2009:
- ZoundsbyDappled Cities
- Everything Is TruebyPaul Dempsey
- Ragged & Ecstatic(select tracks) byYves Klein Blue
- 2010:
- An Outpost of PromisebyHalfway
- 2012:
- Young NorthbyThe Paper Kites
- Serious Magicby Community Radio
- Emerald City/Through the Rainbow Darkby Knievel
- 2013:
- Harlequin DreambyBoy & Bear
- You're A ShadowbyHungry Kids of Hungary
- StatesbyThe Paper Kites
- LemonsbyWoodlock
- 2014:
- Labour of LovebyWoodlock
- Echoes in the Aviaryby Jane Tyrell
- Broken Linesby Patrick James
- We Could Leave TonightbySounds Like Sunset
- 2015:
- Baby Blueby Noire
- No Song, No Spell, No MadrigalbyThe Apartments
- 2016:
- Look Now You're Cursedby Community Radio
- When We FallbyAll Our Exes Live in Texas
- ZonebyCloud Control
- 2018:
- Jim Salmon's LamentbyPerry Keyes
- The Narrow CornerbyTim Hart
- 2021:
- Changing ColoursbyBabe Rainbow
- To Find HappinessbyJosh Pyke(selected tracks)
- 2022:
- 2023:
- Treatsby Victoria (selected tracks)
Awards and nominations[edit]
In 1992, Connolly produced the Underground Lovers album,Leaves Me Blind,and subsequently receivedRolling Stonemagazine's Best Australian Record award.[5]The following year he engineeredYou Am I's fourth EPCoprolaliaand their debut albumSound As Ever,alongsideLee RanaldoofSonic Youth.This album went on to win the 1993ARIAfor Best Alternative Release. He has received numerous ARIA nominations and awards for his work, includingProducer of the Yearfor his work on Josh Pyke'sMemories and Dustin 2007,[8][9]andEngineer of the Yearfor his work on Paul Dempsey's "Fast Friends" in 2010.[10]
- 1996–ARIA Engineer of the Yearfor You Am I,Hourly Daily
- 2007– ARIA Engineer of the Year for Josh Pyke,Memories and Dust
- 2007–ARIA Award for Producer of the Yearfor Josh Pyke,Memories and Dust
- 2010– ARIA Engineer of the Year for Paul Dempsey, "Fast Friends"
Nominations
- 2006– ARIA Producer of the Year for Youth Group,Casino Twilight Dogs
- 2006– ARIA Engineer of the Year for The Vines,Vision Valley
- 2009– ARIA Producer of the Year for Paul Dempsey, "Everything is True"
- 2023– ARIA Engineer of the Year for The Teskey Brothers, "The Winding Way"
References[edit]
- ^abcdefMcFarlane, Ian (2017). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Welcome Mat'".The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop.Jenkins, Jeff (Foreword) (2nd ed.). Gisborne, VIC: Third Stone Press. pp. 508–509.ISBN978-0-9953856-0-3.
- ^Lewis, Jonathan."Knievel –We Fear ChangeAlbum Reviews, Songs & More ".AllMusic.Retrieved19 September2022.
- ^"Knievel –Steep Hill ClimbAlbum Reviews, Songs & More ".AllMusic.Retrieved19 September2022.Note: shows US release year.
- ^Torreano, Bradley."Knievel –The Name Rings a Bell That Drowns out Your VoiceAlbum Reviews, Songs & More ".AllMusic.Retrieved19 September2022.Note: shows US release year
- ^abAlberts (2012)."Wayne Connolly".Alberts.ALBERTS PTY LTD.Retrieved2 September2012.
- ^"Home of Aussie rock still rolling".The Australian.News Ltd.Retrieved2 August2014.
- ^"Wayne Connolly | Credits".AllMusic.Archivedfrom the original on 18 September 2022.Retrieved19 September2022.Note: incorrectly gives composer credit for US folk group, Beers Family'sSeason of Peace(1971). It is a different Wayne Connolly.
- ^"Winners by Award – Producer of the Year".Australian Recording Industry Association(ARIA).Retrieved5 November2016.
- ^"17th Annual ARIA Awards".Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived fromthe originalon 22 February 2004.Retrieved5 November2016.Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
- ^The Music Network (28 September 2010)."Angus & Julia, Connolly and Moyes win ARIA Artisan Awards".The Music Network.Retrieved2 September2012.
