Stu Watts chats with Dr Lachlan Goold, who is a recording engineer, producer, mixer, popular music educator, researcher and lecturer in Contemporary Music at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Better known in the music industry as Australian music producer, Magoo, he is a two-time ARIA award-winning producer and engineer having worked with an extensive list of Australian artists. Since 1990, he has worked on a wide range of albums from some of the country’s best-known artists including; Midnight Oil, Regurgitator, Powderfinger, Art Vs Science, Butterfingers, Custard, The Cruel Sea, Renee Geyer, Jebediah, The Jungle Giants, Saskwatch, Spiderbait, Tex Perkins and many more. Lachlan has produced 39 Triple J Hottest 100 entries, and his recordings have sold over 500,000 copies over this time achieving a multitude of Gold and Platinum awards.
As an academic, his research focuses on practice-based music production approaches, theoretical uses of space, cultural geography and the music industry.

Topics discussed include:

• His DIY ethic and approach to producing


• Focusing on making the song as strong as possible


• The hard work required to be the best you can be


• ...and more

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