Hi. My name is Gordon McLeod and I am the producer at McLeod Nine Music Studio. I have been composing and performing music for as long as I can remember. I have rather eclectic taste and enjoy playing, writing and producing many styles of music. I have recorded a collection of my original songs on my album called "Dog Year". The songs range from reggae-tinged pop to North Carolina fiddle ballads. You can hear samples of many of these on the audio page of this site. I have also been studying and performing a lot of acoustic and traditional music, particularly Irish fiddle. About ten years ago I started the celtic-flavored folk group, Beyond The Pale (www.beyond-the-pale.com) with my wife Christy. (Check out beyond The Pale’s latest CD “Paleontology” at CD Baby). I also perform with the Dirje Smith (the marvelous cellist) and Christy in the Aisling String Trio (www.aislingstrings.com ). Dirje and I also work together in the studio crafting string parts for hire in The Amazing Stringtet and Christy and I perform as a duo known as McLeod 9 playing our original music and our sometimes wonky versions of other well known favorites. I alos play violin and guitar in  The Texas Gypsies.

I own and operate a full service 24 track recording studio called "McLeod Nine Studio where I produce recordings for a lot of singer songwriters and acoustic musical groups. I specialize in acoustic recording and love to produce traditional music projects. Some of my recent clients have been The Wahooloigans, Randy Brown, Loretta Callens and Lisa Byrn.

I have been lucky to perform over much the US and in Europe some too. Besides performances with my own bands, I also work as a sideman on fiddle and guitar live and in the studio with various acts in many styles from acoustic blues and folk ( with folks like Pierce Pettis and JohnSmith) to R&B, pop and jazz. I recently had the pleasure of doing a couple of shows with Sara Hickman ( a wonderful person and performer).