
Starting out as a singer, songwriter and guitarist for Sydney band The Welcome Mat, Wayne also worked at Fairlight (developers of the Fairlight CMI) before becoming an engineer and producer. Originally working around the Australian power pop scene with bands such as The Flanders, Webster and Jericho City, Connolly began to work on more high profile bands such as You Am I, Silverchair, Youth Group and The Vines. Wayne won 2007 Aria awards for Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year, for his work on Josh Pyke's album Memories & Dust.
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Production credits
1995: Sold by Died Pretty
1997: In Your Bright Ray by Grant McLennan, Space Age Freak Out by Glide
2001: Size Of The Ocean by Big Heavy Stuff
2002: Drag (EP) by Drag
2004: Dallas Crane by Dallas Crane, Skeleton Jar by Youth Group
2006: Factory Girls by Dallas Crane, Casino Twilight Dogs by Youth Group, Vision Valley by The Vines, Nervous Flashlights by The Fauves, Flame Trees by Sarah Blasko
2007: The Bells Line by 78 Saab, Memories & Dust by Josh Pyke
Other artists Wayne has worked with include Starky, Underground Lovers, Red Riders, Even.