Phil McKellar explained

Phil McKellar
Background:non_performing_personnel
Birth Name:Phillip Jeffrey McKellar
Occupation:Record producer, audio angineer
Years Active:1978–present

Phillip Jeffrey McKellar is an Australian record producer and audio engineer. At the ARIA Music Awards McKellar has received nine nominations in the categories of either Producer of the Year or Engineer of the Year. These include You Am I's "Good Mornin'", "Tuesday" and Spiderbait's Ivy and the Big Apples (1997, engineer), The Cruel Sea's "Hard Times" (1998, producer), Spiderbait's Grand Slam (1999, engineer, producer), Grinspoon's New Detention (2002, engineer, producer), Sunk Loto's Between Birth and Death (2004, producer), and Something with Numbers' Perfect Distraction (2007, producer).

Biography

In the late 1970s Phil McKellar worked at the Australian Broadcasting Commission (later renamed as Australian Broadcasting Corporation). In 1978 a fellow worker, Steve Adam, invited him to join an experimental music outfit, the Informatics, alongside Ramesh Ayar, Valek Sadovchikoff and Michael Trudgeon.[1] Trudgeon explained their stance "We were driven by a love of the possibilities of what synthesizers and sequencers could do... Quite often the songs were shaped by the textures and rhythms that this new and exciting technology could generate. I think we were more interested in what we could experiment with rather than compete with well-established genres. The future looked exciting."[1] In August 1982 McKellar issued a solo track, "Some Good Things to Do", which was compiled on a give-away cassette, Fast Forward 12, with Fast Forward Magazine.[2]

From 1990 to 2000 McKellar worked as live music producer for national youth radio station, Triple J. McKellar later recalled "I'd been recording a lot of stuff for Triple J – Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Red Hot Chili Peppers."[3] In April 1994 a demo version of "Tomorrow" by Newcastle teen band, Silverchair, won the Pick Me competition.[3] McKellar produced the group's debut single at the Triple J studios in Sydney, he remembered "It sounded amazing and it was a strong song and as it got whittled down [from its original seven minutes] it focused it more and more... I guess it was obvious to me there was definitely talent involved."[3] From 30 October 1994 it peaked at No. 1 for six weeks on the ARIA Singles Chart.[4] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 "Tomorrow" won Single of the Year, Highest Selling Single, and Breakthrough Artist – Single. McKellar was nominated as Producer of the Year.

McKellar worked as a producer and sound engineer at Hardboiled Productions (1996-2010). He has also worked with many rock bands such as Dirty Three, The Mark Of Cain, Frenzal Rhomb, The Butterfly Effect, Kisschasy,[5] Ash, The Sunpilots, Tumbleweed, Nitocris, One Dollar Short, The Getaway Plan, The Hot Lies, Crash Arcadia and Chasing Gravity. He then worked at ABC Radio National as an audio engineer, and now at Double J.

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Infomatics Album Cover . Crowd Productions . 11 November 2015 .
  2. McKellar, Phil (performer) . August 1982 . Fast Forward 12 (liner notes). . Fast Forward Magazine . FF 012 .
  3. Web site: Silverchair was the sound of a generation . Milsom, Rosemarie . . . 30 August 2014 . 11 November 2015 .
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120118224837/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Silverchair&titel=Tomorrow&cat=s . Silverchair – 'Tomorrow' . Hung . Steffen . Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien . 18 January 2012 . 11 November 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Kisschasy . 6 October 2005 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150816025408/https://www.theage.com.au/news/gig-previews--reviews/kisschasy/2005/10/06/1128562928319.html . 16 August 2015 . live .
  6. Phil McKellar at the ARIA Music Awards:
    • 1995 winners and nominees: Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235646/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1995 . Winners by Year 1995 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 26 September 2007 . 11 November 2015 .
    • 1995 Producer of the Year winner and nominees: Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040222130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/40484/20040223-0000/aria_awards/main.htm . 17th Annual ARIA Awards . Australian Recording Industry Association . 23 February 2004 . 11 November 2015 . Note: User may be required to access archived information by selecting 'The History', then 'By Award', 'Producer of the Year' and 'Option Show Nominations'.
    • 1997 winners and nominees: Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20071222011152/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1997 . Winners by Year 1997 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 22 December 2007 . 11 November 2015 .
    • 1998 winners and nominees: Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20110927121049/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1998 . Winners by Year 1998 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 27 September 2011 . 11 November 2015 .
    • 1999 winners and nominees: Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20110519015907/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1999 . Winners by Year 1999 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 19 May 2011 . 11 November 2015 .
    • 2002 winners and nominees: Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20111211125021/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2002 . Winners By Year 2002 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 11 December 2011 . 11 November 2015 .
    • 2004 winners and nominees: Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20111211130114/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/2004 . Winners by Year 2004 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 11 December 2011 . 11 November 2015 .
    • 2007 winners and nominees: Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20071118143950/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=2007 . Winners By Year 2007 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 18 November 2007 . 11 November 2015 .
  7. Phil McKellar at Australian Rock Database:
    • Grinspoon: Web site: Grinspoon . hem.passagen.se . Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) . Magnus . Holmgren . 11 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220031537/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/g/grinspoon.html . 20 February 2012 . dead .
    • Spiderbait: Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20110514055916/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/s/spiderbait.html . Spiderbait . hem.passagen.se . Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) . Magnus . Holmgren . 14 May 2011 . 11 November 2015 .
  8. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20080817064402/http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=545 . Artists :: Something with Numbers . . . 17 August 2008 . 11 November 2015 .

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