MEET THE TEAM

Yama-Nui is led by award winning Senior Producer PaulieB in partnership with renowned bassist and musical director OJ Newcomb and offers sublime musicianship in parallel with production expertise.

We pride ourselves on offering producers who are also multi-instrumentalist creative powerhouses, excelling at producing in the studio alongside being recognised as world class musicians performing nationally and globally with artists such as The John Butler Trio, The Beautiful Girls, Eddie Vedder, george, John Cleary, Bobby Alu and John Lord (of Deep Purple).

Alongside our original founders we proudly welcome producers and engineers Steve ‘STØNEWÄX’ Summers, Justin Tresidder and Scott Mathison to our team.

PRODUCERS / ENGINEERS

PaulieB

Head Producer / Engineer

OJ Newcomb

Producer / Engineer

Steve Summers

Producer / Engineer

Justin Tresidder

Producer / Engineer

Scott Mathison

Scott Mathison

Producer / Engineer / Studio Manager

Yama-Nui is also home to a family of session musicians and professional arrangers that have been enlisted by such artists as The Whitlams, John Butler Trio, Bernard Fanning, Rodriguez, Ash Grunwald, Xavier Rudd, Thirsty Merc, Sahara Beck and THANDO. Check out our personel to see who we could get involved on your next session.

ARRANGERS

Steve Newcomb

Arranger / Composer / Pianist

Sarah King

Arranger / Violin & Viola

YAMA-NUI RESIDENT STRING QUARTET

Dan Williams

Viola

SESSION MUSICIANS BASS

OJ Newcomb

Acoustic & Electric Bass

PaulieB

Electric Bass & Guitar

Paul Watson

Electric Bass

Marc Peric

Electric Bass

Tommy Sexton

Electric Bass

Stu Barry

Acoustic Bass

Shannon Green

Electric Bass

SESSION MUSICIANS DRUMS

Bobby Alu

Drums • Voice • Ukulele

Declan Kelly

Drums & Guitar

Grant Gerathy

Drums

Adam Felton

Drums

Mark Henman

Drums

Mitch Francis

Drums

Dave Sanders

DRUMS

DJ

Drums

Sam Mitchel

Drums

Darran Muller

Drums

Scott Nosworthy

Drums

Nui Moon

Percussion

SESSION MUSICIANS KEYS

Ant Aggs

Synthesizers / Piano / Programing

Peter Golikov

Synthesizers / Clavinet / Rhodes

Andrew Szumowski

Organ • Rhodes • Synthesizers

Marnix Van Bruggen

Piano & Synthesizers

Red Young

Hammond Organ & Pianist

rohantheintern

Keyboards

Brett Orr

Keys and Synth

Daniel Khoury

Keys and Guitar

SESSION MUSICIANS GUITAR

Brodie Graham

Guitar & Voice

Mark Moroney

Guitar & Voice

Shannon Sol Carroll

Guitar & Voice

Dave Orr

Guitar & Vocals

Matt Smith

Guitar

Chris AhGee

Electric Guitar

SESSION MUSICIANS VOCALS

Peter Hunt

Vocals

Laneous

Vocals & Guitar

Jazzella

Vocals

Clint Francis

Vocals

SESSION MUSICIANS WOODWIND

Dyon Tahana

Saxophone

Matt Christensen

Sax • Flute • Clarinet

Nick Aggs

Clarinet & Saxophone

Mark Spencer

Saxophone

Papa Joe Roberts

Baritone Sax

Joel Aspinall

Saxophone

Martha Baartz

Alto Sax

SESSION MUSICIANS UPPER BRASS

Peter Hunt

Trumpet

Jessica McFadyen

Trumpet

James Pendrith

Trumpet & Electric Bass

Shannon Marshall

Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Clint Allen

Trumpet

Greg Spence

Trumpet

SESSION MUSICIANS LOWER BRASS

Ben Young

Trombone

Stevie B

Sousaphone