Welsford's professional recording career began in 1984 at a small largely unknown Studio called Frontier Studios, Wellington New Zealand. Frontier was located in the same building as Marmalade Audio and was best known for recording local Reggae bands on 1" 16 Track Tape. In 1986 he became a freelance engineer at Marmalade Studios until relocating to Auckland in 1989 where he mainly worked out of
Mandrill Studios and Phil Rudd's
Phil Rudd own personal Studio. In 1992 he began construction of
York Street Studios with Producer/engineer and studio owner Martin Williams & Killing Joke front man
Jaz Coleman which opened to the public in 1993. In 1996 Welsford took over the old Radio New Zealand Studio [http://dayout.co.nz/attractions/attraction.aspx?attractionId=2067 building on Shortland Street which became Studio Two and housed several other private studios including
Tom Bailey's studio. Welsford relocated his production operation to Karekere Studios early 2000.
Karekare, New Zealand is best known for its natural beauty, black sand beaches and isolation. Between 1993 and 2005, Welsford contributed to the success of many international and local New Zealand artists such as ZED, Garageland, Pacifier, Shihad, Bike, The Feelers, Supergroove, The Headless Chickens, The D4, Indicator Dogs, Eight, PanAm, Eye TV, Neil and Tim Finn, Bic Runga and Killing Joke. Welsford moved to the United States early 2005 to focus on Artist development. ==Later career==