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Lachlan Goold

(He/Him/His)
Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Music, University of the Sunshine Coast

Dr Lachlan Goold is a recording engineer, producer, popular music educator, researcher, and Senior Lecturer, and Music Program Lead at the University of the Sunshine Coast. His research focuses on practice-based music production approaches, theoretical uses of space, cultural geography, regional music scenes and the music industry. He co-authored Regurgitator’s Unit for Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series in 2022, and professionally, he is known as Australian music producer, Magoo, a two-time ARIA award winner.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Senior lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast

Education

  • 2018 
    Queensland University of Techology, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 1991 
    Queensland University of Techology, Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)

Publications

  • 2021
    The impact of the Queensland Government's Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence Policy on live music performances in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia, Drug and Alcohol review
  • 2018
    Space, time, creativity, and the changing character of the recording studio: Spatiotemporal attitudes toward 'DIY' recording , PhD Thesis, QUT ePrints
  • 2017
    The Uncertain Future of the Large-Format Recording Studio, Proceedings of the 12th Art of Record Production Conference: Mono: Stereo: Multi / [ed] Jan-Olof Gullö, Stockholm: Royal College of Music (KMH) & Art of Record Production , 2019, p. 119-136

Professional Memberships

  • APRA/AMCOS
  • SMPR

Honours

ARIA Award for Best Producer 1998; ARIA Award for Best Engineer 1998