About & Studio History
Hi there, I’m Ken McCormack, and McCormack Audio was my Sydney-based music production studio.
McCormack Audio has now relocated to the UK, continuing my remote music production, mixing, and mastering work internationally under the moniker Niamh Productions.
Originally from the north of England, I spent the 90s working extensively across the UK live and studio music scene as a front-of-house engineer at premier venues, monitor engineer, small studio engineer, composer, and indie guitarist.
Today I focus on production — editing, arrangement, recording, mixing, and mastering — with the top-secret goal of creating end results that stand alongside the very best studio productions.
What I do
My vibe is end-to-end production — whatever it takes to turn musical ideas or demos into something stunning. I’m happy to work in any genre, but (like most people working in the arts), I won’t accept *-ist, anti-*, *-phobic, toxic, divisive or defamatory content.
- New and established original artists
- Indie, alternative, EDM, blues, jazz, classical, progressive, contemporary and crossover styles (all music works the same way!)
- Working with artists internationally via high-resolution remote streaming using Audiomovers ListenTo
Credits
Front of house engineering (UK)
- John Martyn
- Albert Lee
- The Stan Tracey Octet (Stan taught me how to mic an upright piano!)
- The Bryan Spring Trio
- Keith Hancock Band (featuring Fairport Convention’s Martin Carthy, and Dave Swarbrick)
- The Barely Works
- Doug Morter, Jerry Donahue, and Rick Kemp (Steeleye Span)- Martin Stephenson
- Hank Wangford Band
- James Hunter, currently on tour throughout the US with Bonnie Raitt
- Martin Stephenson (The Daintees)
- Captain Sensible
- The Strawbs
- The Hamsters
- Wilco Johnson (Dr Feelgood) and Norman Watt-Roy (Ian Dury and The Blockheads)
- Dick Gaughan
Monitor engineering (UK)
- Jazz - George Melly, Andy Sheppard
- Indie/Rock - Sam Brown, The Wedding Present, The Real People, The Bunnymen, Catherine Wheel, Carter USM, Chumbawamba
- Folk/Contemporary - Tom Paxton, The Poozies/Kate Rusby, Flook, Loudon Wainwright III, Eddi Reader, Boo Hewerdine, and Clive Gregson
- Pop - 911, The Honeys, Steps