Rod McCormack (born 13 February 1963) is an Australian record producer, musician and songwriter.

Biography

Career

McCormack is responsible for many high selling and award-winning albums and was named

Country Music Awards of Australia The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wale ...

Producer of the Year in 2004, 2008 and again in 2010. He has written over 30 number-one country hits and has produced albums for

Gina Jeffreys Gina Jeffreys (born 1 April 1968), also known as Gina Jeffries, Gina Hillenberg and Gina McCormack, is an Australian country singer-songwriter and radio presenter. Career In 1991, Jeffreys competed in the Toyota Star Maker Quest at the Tamworth ...

, Paul Kelly,

Troy Cassar-Daley Troy Cassar-Daley (born 18 May 1969) is an Australian country music songwriter and entertainer. Cassar-Daley has released thirteen studio albums, two live albums and five compilation albums over 30 years, including the platinum-selling '' The ...

Adam Harvey Adam Harvey (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian country music singer. Harvey has sold over half a million records, has been nominated five times for an ARIA Music Award and has won nine golden guitars at the Country Music Awards of Aust ...

, Beccy Cole amongst others. He was part of the band The Wheel between 1995 and 1999. In 2000, McCormack married Australian country singer-songwriter

. In September 2019, McCormack released his first solo studio album, ''Fingerprints''.

Discography

Awards

CMAA Awards

These annual awards have been presented since 1973 and have been organised by

Country Music Association of Australia The Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) is an association formed in 1992 that promotes and represents the Australian country music industry. As the peak national industry body, its activities include organisation, promotion and stagin ...

(CMAA) from 1993, to "encourage, promote and recognise excellence in Australian country music recording". From that time the recipient's trophy has been a Golden Guitar. (wins only) , - , 1995 , , "Little Rock Gettaway" (with Mick Albeck) , , Instrumental of the Year , , , - , 1996 , , "Cut to the Chase" (with Mick Albeck) , , Instrumental of the Year , , , - , 2002 , , ''Workin' Overtime'' by

(produced by Rod McCormack) , , Album of the Year , , , - , 2008 , , ''I'm Doin' Alright'' by Adam Harvey (produced by Rod McCormack) , , Album of the Year , , , - , 2010 , , '' I Love This Place'' by

(co-produced by Rod McCormack) , , Album of the Year , , , - , 2012, , ''Falling Into Place'' by Adam Harvey (produced by Rod McCormack) , , Album of the Year , , , - , 2014 , , ''Black Coffee'' by Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes (co-produced by Rod McCormack) , , Alternative Album of the Year , , , - , 2020 , , "Timeless Traveller" , , Instrumental of the Year , , , -

Tamworth Songwriters Awards

The Tamworth Songwriters Association (TSA) is an annual songwriting contest for original country songs, awarded in January at the

Tamworth Country Music Festival The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual Australian music festival held for 10 days from Friday to Sunday in mid to late January each year, sometimes including Australia Day, in Tamworth, New South Wales, Tamworth, New South Wales. The f ...

. They commenced in 1986. (wins only) , - , 2002 , "Too Strong to Break" by Beccy Cole, Rod McCormack and

Rick Price Roderick Allan Joseph Stewart (born 6 July 1961) known as Rick Price, is an Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. His debut album, '' Heaven Knows'', was released in July 1992, and peaked at No. 3 on the ...

, Contemporary Song of the Year , , -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mccormack, Rod 1983 births Living people Australian record producers Australian male singer-songwriters 21st-century Australian singer-songwriters 21st-century Australian musicians Australian country musicians