| Anna Laverty | |
| Birth Name: | Anna Webster |
| Occupation: | Music producer |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
| Awards: | Studio Production Award at the Australian Women in Music Awards 2018 |
Anna Laverty (née Webster) is a music producer who has been active in London and Australia since 2008. In 2018 she won the Studio Production Award at the Australian Women in Music Awards.[1]
She has worked in a variety of roles including engineer, producer, mixer, and vocals engineer,[2] [3] working on award-winning recordings with artists such as Lady Gaga and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. She was the recording engineer on the 2019 TV show The Recording Studio, which won the 2019 ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack.[4] [5]
Laverty wanted to be a sound engineer from about the age of 15.[6] She studied sound engineering at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
On graduating she travelled to London where she worked in various roles including at a record store, running indie club nights, and starting a record label. She secured a job as assistant engineer at Miloco Studios where she worked with Ben Hillier (U2, Blur, Elbow)[7] and Paul Epworth (Adele, Azealia Banks).[8] In this time she assisted on a number of records with international acts including Florence and the Machine, Bloc Party, Depeche Mode, Travis and Jarvis Cocker.
She returned to Australia and freelanced at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne. Laverty was the assistant to Adam Rhodes and Steven Schram, before getting her own gigs.[9]
Laverty has volunteered on projects such as Girls Rock!, which is a music camp for young females, trans and gender diverse people.[10] She has also volunteered with the Audrey Recording Initiative, where young women can apply to have their first recording experience.[11]
She worked as a producer for the SongMakers program run by APRA AMCOS, mentoring students who are interested in a career in music, in a program where they recorded and performed original songs.[12]
In 2018 Laverty was a recording engineer for the Vast Project.[13] Vast was a "collaborative project conceived in an historic desert settlement in the Western Australia Pilbara region, featuring music inspired by the landscape that celebrates the history and culture of the desert land." according to Double J.[14]
In 2018 she won the Studio Production Award at the Australian Women in Music Awards.
In 2019 Laverty appeared on the ABC television program The Recording Studio as the sound engineer for every episode.[15]
Laverty managed Newmarket Studios for 6 months in 2019.[16]
The Australian Women in Music Awards is an annual event that celebrates outstanding women in the Australian Music Industry who have made significant and lasting contributions in their chosen field. They commenced in 2018.
|-| 2018[17] | Anna Laverty| Studio Production Award |
The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2005.
! |-|rowspan="2"| 2020| herself for Milk on Milk | Best Producer| |rowspan="2"| [18] [19] |-| Anna Laverty| Outstanding Woman in Music| |-| 2021| Anna Laverty| Best Producer| | [20] |-| 2023| Anna Laverty| Best Producer| |rowspan="2"|[21] |-