Sean Donnelly is an award-winning musician/composer currently residing in Dunedin under the Mozart Fellowship at Otago University.

Sean Donnelly has released eight albums under the nom-de-plume SJD since 1998, with many nominated for bNets, Aotearoa Music Awards, the Taite Prize and the APRA Silver Scroll - some winning too! While primarily a solo project SJD has had a long history of collaborating with James Duncan, Sandy Mill, and Chris 'O Connor.

For more information check out the muzic.net.nz Profile for SJD

Songs From A Dictaphone debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums on 23 July 2007. It has been in the Top 40 Albums for four weeks with a highest position of #11. There are five albums by SJD in the Top 40 Albums.