Dana Nielsen

Dana Nielsen
Origin	Chicago
Genres	Rock, metal, pop, hip hop, jazz, folk
Occupation(s)	Record producer, engineer, mixer and musician
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, Voice, Keyboards, Programming
Website	dananielsen.com

Dana Nielsen is an American mix engineer, audio engineer, record producer and saxophonist based in Los Angeles. Nielsen has worked with a wide range of artists including Metallica, Rihanna, The Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, Adele, Neil Diamond, Slayer and Weezer. ^{[1] [2]} In 2006 Nielsen mixed the full length, limited edition of Neil Diamond's 12 Songs album and in 2008 Dana mixed Neil Diamond's #1 selling album, ^[3] Home Before Dark. ^[4] In 2012, Nielsen was nominated for a Grammy award for Rihanna's album Loud . ^[5]

Nielsen also composes music for picture and has worked on projects such as Will Ferrell's Anchorman 2 (Paramount) ^[6] and Casa De Mi Padre (NALA). ^{[7] [8]} He has also produced music for several hit television shows including Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, ^[9] America's Next Top Model, and the Duplass Brother's HBO series Room 104. ^[2]

Nielsen has worked as an additional Engineer on Grammy winning ^{[10] [11]} recordings by Justin Timberlake and Red Hot Chili Peppers and has worked on a number of records produced by Rick Rubin including Metallica's Death Magnetic, Adele's 21, Slayer's World Painted Blood, Red Hot Chili Pepper's Stadium Arcadium, and System of a Down's Hypnotize and Mezmerize. ^[1] Nielsen can be seen on screen working as an engineer alongside Rick Rubin and David Letterman in episode 4 (feat. Jay Z) of Letterman's Netflix series "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction." ^[12] Nielsen is also featured in the Judd Apatow/Michael Bonfiglio HBO documentary, "May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers." ^[13]

More recently, Nielsen has recorded and mixed The Ruen Brothers All My Shades of Blue, ^[1] mixed Damien Rice's My Favourite Faded Fantasy ^[14] recorded, mixed, and played on The Avett Brother's #1 selling ^[15] album True Sadness ^[16] (Republic) ^[13] and recorded Neil Diamond and Promise of The Real for their latest album The Visitor (Reprise). ^[17]

Partial discography

Artist	Year	Album	Mixer	Engineer	Editing	Musician	Producer
The Smashing Pumpkins	2018	Shiny and Oh So Bright	Y	Y
DRAM		Check Ya Fabrics	Y	Y
Promise of the Real / Neil Young	2017	The Visitor		Y
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young		Earth			Y
The Avett Brothers	2016	True Sadness	Y	Y
Crown And The M.O.B		All Hail Now	Y	Y		Y	co-P
Ruen Brothers	2015	Point Dume	Y
Damien Rice	2014	My Favorite Faded Fantasy	Y
Noah Gundersen		Ledges	Y
Crown	2013	Forthcoming Album	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Black Sabbath		13!		Y
Anchorman 2		Original Score (by Andrew Feltenstein)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Jake Bugg		"Shangri La"		Y
Kanye West		"Yeezus"		Y
Johnnyswim		"Heart Beats EP"			Y
Jennifer Nettles		"That Girl"		Y	Y
Bob Dylan	2012	Tempest	Y	Y
Christina Aguilera		"Casa de Mi Padre" (Single)	Y	Y
Chic Gamine		Closer	Y
Those Darlins		"Pet You And Hold You" (Single)	Y
Avett Brothers		"The Carpenters"				Y
Red Hot Chili Peppers	2011	I'm With You			Y
Adele		21			Y
Alela Diane		Alela Diane & Wild Devine		Y
Rihanna		Loud		Y
Outasight		Figure 8 EP	Y
We Are Scientists	2010	Barbara			Y
Slayer	2009	World Painted Blood		Y
The Gossip		Music For Men		Y	Y
Thirty Seconds to Mars		This Is War		Y
The Avett Brothers		I and Love and You			Y
Cecilia Noël		A Gozar!		Y
Jakob Dylan	2008	Seeing Things		Y
Metallica		Death Magnetic			Y
Neil Diamond		Home Before Dark	Y		Y
Weezer		Red		Y
Jesse Lewis		Atticus	Y
The Hush Sound		Goodbye Blues			Y
Valencia		We All Need a Reason to Believe			Y
Linkin Park	2007	Minutes to Midnight		Y
Dan Wilson		Free Life		Y
Alex Acuna		The Rhythm Collector		Y
Red Hot Chili Peppers	2006	Stadium Arcadium		Y	Y
Justin Timberlake		FutureSex/LoveSounds		Y
Anti-Flag		For Blood & Empire			Y
Heavens		Patent Pending			Y
Neil Diamond	2005	12 Songs (Artist's Cut)	Y	Y
System of a Down		Mesmerize			Y
System of a Down		Hypnotize			Y

References

1. "Dana Nielsen". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
2. "Dana Nielsen - Record Producer / Mixer / Engineer". Dana Nielsen. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
3. "Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark". Discogs. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
4. "Neil Diamond Biography, Discography, Chart History". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
5. "Dana Nielsen". GRAMMY.com. May 22, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
6. "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: Music From the Motion Picture". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
7. "Casa De Mi Padre - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
8. "Dana Nielsen". IMDb. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
9. "studioexpresso - producer Dana Nielsen". www.studioexpresso.com. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
10. "Awards". GRAMMY.com. April 30, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
11. "Awards". GRAMMY.com. April 30, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
12. "Meet Madison Ryann Ward, Singer Featured in JAY-Z Episode of David Letterman Netflix Series". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
13. "Dana Nielsen -" . Retrieved October 16, 2018.
14. "My Favourite Faded Fantasy - Damien Rice". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
15. "The Avett Brothers Earn First No. 1 Song With 'Ain't No Man'". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
16. "True Sadness - The Avett Brothers". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
17. "Paradox [Original Music from the Film] - Promise of the Real, Neil Young". AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2018.

External links

• Official Website