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.