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Infobox musical artist| name = Paul Mac| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| image = Paul Mac.jpg| image_size =| birth_name = Paul Francis McDermott| origin = Sydney , Australia | instrument =| genre = Electro-pop , Electronica | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1996–present| label =| website = Paul Mac (born Paul Francis McDermott )cite web|publisher= Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)|title="Sunshine Eyes" at APRA search engine|url= http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd? q=Sunshine%20Eyes|accessdate=5 May 2010 is a musician, producer and music remixer from Sydney , Australia . He was classically trained at Sydney's Conservatorium of Music. Paul Mac formed the bands Smash Mac Mac , Itch-e And Scratch-e , BooBoo, Mace, & Nutcase (a successor to Itch-e And Scratch-e, made up of the same 3 band members), The Lab (band)|The Lab , and The Dissociatives , as well as releasing two records under his own name. He has also played with Severed Heads and Silverchair .
Mac has produced remixes for Silverchair, Powderfinger , The Mark of Cain (band)|The Mark of Cain , Grinspoon , The Cruel Sea (band)|The Cruel Sea , INXS and Placebo (band)|Placebo . He has also done soundtrack work for Baz Luhrmann and on the films Head On and Sample People . He also worked as musical director on the Australian TV show Good News Week and has composed music for several programmes for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC including The Ferals , Big Square Eye , The Reading, Writing Roadshow , The Afternoon Show (Australian TV series)|The Afternoon Show , EC Plays Lift Off and TVTV .
Mac is not to be confused with Paul McDermott (comedian)|Paul McDermott , an Australian comedian and host of Good News Week & mdash;although Mac co-wrote and produced the single "Shut Up/Kiss Me" for the other McDermott and Fiona Horne . He is also not to be confused with the UK techno DJ and producer Paul Mac (alias of Paul Souter).
Mac was part of Silverchair's touring band and helped record piano parts for their last album, Young Modern .
Solo discography
Albums
3000 Feet High (album, Eleven/EMI, 6 August 2001) - "Above The Clouds", "Just The Thing", "See You Much Later", "The Sound Of Breaking Up", "Gonna Miss You", "Heatseeking Pleasure Machine", "Set You Free", "Stay", "Post Jesus", "Everywhere I Go", "Rave Goodbye", "Disconnected" ... AUS#29
3000 Feet High ''double pack - bonus CD track "Mac's Megalong Mix" * Panic Room'' (17 October 2005) - "Panic Room", "It's Not Me, It's You, "Sunshine Eyes (Album Version)", "Love Declaration", "Never Been Before", "Heaven Where You Find It", "As Long As I Am", "All We Really Want", "Slow Down Time", "The Beginning Of The End Of Time" ... AUS#39
Panic Room - double pack - bonus remixes CD (Renovations Disc) (17 October 2005)
"Just The Thing" feat. Peta Morris (single release, 4 June 2001) AUS#17
"The Sound Of Breaking Up" feat. Peta Morris (single release, 29 October 2001) AUS#25
"Gonna Miss You" feat. Abby_Dobson_(Australian_musician)|Abby Dobson (single, 18 March 2002)
"Stay" feat. Jacqui Hunt (single, 5 August 2002)
"Sunshine Eyes" (single, 25 September 2005) AUS#27
"It's Not Me, It's You" feat. Ngaiire (Airplay Promo Only - B-side on "Love Declaration"))
"Love Declaration" feat. Aaradhna (Aaradhna went on to appear on the Savage (rapper)|Savage track " They Don't Know ") (single release, 2006) AUS#31
"The Only One" feat. Bertie Blackman (radio promo single, February 2008)
Apple Influence
The album Panic Room is a feature of the iTunes Music Store Essentials with many singles featuring as a part of the AppleCare Technical Support music on hold .
References
External links
http://www.paulmac.com.au Paul Mac home page
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