AAA RECORDING

Alan Andrewartha

Alan began his recording career after meeting ex-Sherbet guitarist Clive Shakespeare and assisting him with the construction and installation of his 16 track recording studio Silverwood. Working as Clive’s assistant he learnt the finer points of recording and worked with various artists including Tommy Emmanuel and Doug Williams as well as various other projects, demo’s, jingles and documentary sound tracks.

Part of being a good recording engineer/producer is having musical knowledge and experience playing music. Prior to working with Clive Shakespeare, Alan played guitar in various Sydney bands who performed on the same bill as bands such as Sherbet, Rose Tattoo, AC/DC and Hush. Eventually Alan became Stevie Wright’s musical director and toured with him across the eastern states of Australia. While working with Stevie Wright, Alan’s band, Silverwing, were signed to Festival Records. Unfortunately they disbanded shortly afterwards due to artistic differences. Alan then went on to tour with The Ike and Tina Turner Revue and English band Osibissa as part of the production crew.

In 1976 Alan set up Roadsound, a sound and lighting production company specializing in large concert production for artists such as Billy Thorpe, Marcia Hines, Ol’55 and The Daley Wilson Big Band (just to name a few). Roadsound also set up a rehearsal and demo recording studio. After Roadsound came to an end, Alan toured with The Silver Studs and Air Supply as sound mixer.

Alan began work at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1980 firstly in radio and then moving to television. He worked as a sound recordist, sound mixer and sound editor as well as recording, tracking and mixing various programs and animated segments. He also composed, recorded and produced themes and incidental music for sporting, current affairs and children’s programs.

During his time at the ABC he pioneered the use of digital samplers and Midi sequencing for the creation and editing of complex sound effects and also recorded and edited Foley and ADR on various dramas. In addition he also worked with Ampex and Studer 24 track analogue recorders in the ABC’s “Neve-Necam” automated mix-down suite and was instrumental in the design and installation of equipment in editing and production suites.

In 1989 Alan moved to Cairns and started his own studio, Alan Andrewartha Recording, and recorded CD’s, demos, jingles, voice overs, documentaries, tourist videos and much more. He also worked as a freelance sound recordist on documentaries, commercials and corporate videos. While in Cairns he travelled with the Tjapukai Dance Theatre on their World Tour as sound recordist for the ABC documentary, “Proud to Be”; worked for Air Niugini in Port Moresby on their in-house training videos; and a documentary featuring Bonita Mabo for CAAMA / Film Australia.

Alan re-located to Hobart in 2012 and started AAA Recording with his son-in-law Patrick Neumayer, running Pro Tools as well as conventional analogue recording and also offers on-line mixing, mastering and rehearsal space. Over the past 5 years the studio has produced a wide range of recordings of various styles and continues to grow its clientele.