Wayne Connolly is an ARIA Award-winning producer, engineer, musician and composer with over two decades’ experience in the music industry.

He began his career as an electrical engineer writing software for Fairlight, and in 1990 started as studio manager and in-house producer at Paradise Studios, which at the time was home to rooArt, a company set up by INXS and their manager Chris Murphy to develop new Australian talent.

Some of the significant artists Wayne worked with as engineer and/or producer at Paradise include Underground Lovers, Died Pretty, The Fauves, Grant McLennan, Custard, and You Am I. Wayne won his first ARIA Award in 1996 as engineer on You Am I’s platinum-selling Hourly Daily.

Over his career, Wayne has worked with hundreds of bands and artists. In 2006. Youth Group’s single ‘Forever Young‘ reached Number 1 on the Australian charts. That year Wayne also received two ARIA nominations for his work with both Youth Group and The Vines. The following year Wayne received two ARIA Awards for Best Producer and Best Engineer for his work with Josh Pyke on the album Memories and Dust.

In 2009, Wayne produced the first solo album for Something for Kate’s Paul Dempsey. Titled Everything Is True, the album achieved Gold status, and Wayne won an ARIA for his work with Dempsey.