Pat O’Grady is a contemporary music researcher, educator and practitioner, specialising in music production. He is a Lecturer in Music Technology at the Australian National University. In 2016, Pat was awarded a PhD for his thesis on popular music recording and songwriting practice. He has since published articles in Popular Music and Society, Popular Music, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Creative Industries Journal, Convergence, Continuum, and Perfect Beat. Pat has two decades of professional experience in producing and performing contemporary music. He is the current treasurer of the Australian/New Zealand branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music