Not
only is Mark Moffatt one of the most experienced and successful
producers to emerge from Australia, he is also an accomplished
musician (guitar, pedal steel), engineer, and writer.
A
musician since leaving school, he honed his engineering and production
skills in London while working as a session guitarist.
In 1980, he took a position as director of artist development/house
producer with Rupert Murdoch’s Festival Records, Australia’s
largest independent record label, with 25% of the market. That
year saw Mark’s first nomination as “Best Producer”
and the beginning of steady chart success through the eighties
and nineties.
At
the 1995 ARIA (Grammy equivalent) awards, seven of the fifteen
awards went to artists produced by Mark. In addition to mainstream
success, he still manages to work with a wide spectrum of artists
and bands in Australia, the UK, and the US, and he has been a
driving force in the development of country music in Australia.
He is continuously featured in reader and industry polls, including
the Rolling Stone “Best Producer” and ARIA “Producer
of the Year ” categories.
Milestone credits include the Saints’ seminal punk track
(I’m) Stranded, and Yothu Yindi’s Treaty, the first
Aboriginal record to reach the Top 5. As a writer he has had three
#1 Australian singles, and two UK & European top ten singles.
Other
major credits include the Divinyls, Midnight Oil ( solo projects
), Neil & Tim Finn (Split Enz / Crowded House), Tony Joe White,
Stacey Earle and Deana Carter. Mark shares production credits
on Leslie Mills' debut album "Different For Girls" (Atlantic
NY) with John Shanks and the Dust Brothers.
An
offer in August 1996 to sign with Ten Ten Music as a writer provided
the long-awaited opportunity to move to Nashville. As director
of A&R with Ten Ten until January 2000, Mark worked extensively
in the development of Stacey Earle and Keith Urban. He is a graduate
of the prestigious Leadership Music programme, and continues to
base his international production activities in Nashville. |