After migrating from Canada to Australia in 1994 at the age of 14 years,[1] Reid became one third of the band Gerling in 1997.
Following the announcement of a hiatus by Gerling in 2007, Reid continued in the music industry as a record producer.
The first album that Reid produced was The Mess Hall's Devils Elbow which won the Australian Music Prize (AMP) in 2007.
He was subsequently involved with numerous AMP-nominated albums, such as The Drones' Havilah, Dan Kelly Dan Kelly's Dream, Jack Ladder Love is Gone and Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.
[1] Producer, engineer and/or mixer for the following artists: Musician and co-producer for the following albums as a member of Gerling: