Stu Watts chats with Gormie (Alex O’Gorman), who is a Recording and Mix Engineer and Producer based at his Collingwood Studio, Purple Wayne. Prior to this Alex worked professionally at Risk Sound Studios in Port Melbourne, with a focus on Voice Over and Short Film Audio. Alex left Risk Sound in 2016 to focus on touring as a Bassist for Melbourne band Big Smoke, and to co-produce their debut LP ‘Time is Golden.’ Alex was then fortudiously introduced to Shawn Everett, a multi Grammy award winning Producer (Alabama Shakes, The War on Drugs, The Killers) who had been hired to mix ‘Time is Golden.’ Alex later travelled to Los Angeles on two occasions to sit in on recording and mixing sessions with Shawn. Alex now continues in his work with bands and songwriters, producing, recording and mixing at Purple Wayne. Notable Artists Alex has worked with include: Angie McMahon, Blake Scott, Julia Jacklin, James Ellis, A. Swayze and the Ghosts, David M. Western, The Closet Straights, Hannah Blackburn, Gab Strum, Loose Tooth, George Alice, Fenn Wilson, Alexander Biggs, Rachel Baiman, Batts, Tesse and The Florets Alex has worked on two ARIA nominated recordings (Angie McMahon - Salt, 2019 and Tracy McNeil - You Be the Lightning, 2020) and also been nominated for Music Victoria’s Producer of the Year in 2021.

Topics discussed include:

• How he went from voice-over engineering, to playing in Big Smoke and taking over Purple Wayne Studios


• Making artist comfort the #1 priority


• A discussion about microphone choice and placement


• ...and more

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