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Dave Way is a Grammy Award winning American producer, mixer, and audio engineer based in Los Angeles. He has worked with Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Kesha, Pink, Iron & Wine, Fall Out Boy, Al Green, Twenty One Pilots, Yebba, Victoria Monet, Ben Folds, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Rita Ora, Andra Day, Ringo Starr, Shakira, Phoebe Bridgers, John Doe, Savage Garden, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Norah Jones, Beck, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Babyface (Kenny Edmonds), Ziggy Marley, Weird Al Yankovic, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, Gwen Stefani, Chris Botti, Jakob Dylan, Andrew WK, Foo Fighters, TLC, Guy, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Kool Moe Dee, Heavy D. & The Boyz, Ayumi Hamasaki, Ronan Keating, and more artists. Way is a four-time Grammy Award-winner as well as a songwriter and co-writer of the number one single "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" by the group Hi-Five (1991). [1] He mixed the score for Echo in the Canyon , Flag Day , Reminiscence , Stand Up Guys , in addition to music for Sons of Anarchy , The Bastard Executioner , The Bodyguard , School of Rock , Deepwater Horizon , True Blood , Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad , 50 First Dates , Teen Titans Go to the Movies , Spider-Man , White Men Can't Jump, and other films.
Way, an alumnus of Berklee College of Music in Boston [2] works at his own private Dolby Atmos equipped studio called Waystation Studio. He; his wife, Jamie; and other investors previously owned The Pass Studios, a commercial studio in Los Angeles (formerly known as Larrabee East and Andora studios). In 2025, Way appeared as a featured guest at Kingvention, an annual fan convention dedicated to Michael Jackson, held in London. [3]
| Artist | Album | Label | Credit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Apple | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Epic Records | Mixer, engineer | 2020 |
| Chelsea Williams | Beautiful And Strange | Blue Elan Records | Mixer, engineer | 2020 |
| Jeff Goldblum | I Shouldn't Be Telling You This | Decca Records | Engineer | 2020 |
| Echo In The Canyon | Original soundtrack album | BMG Records | Mixer, engineer | 2019 |
| BTS | BTS World Original Video Game Soundtrack | The Verve Music Group | Mixer | 2019 |
| Gary Clark Jr. | Deepwater Horizon Original soundtrack | Epic | Mixer | 2018 |
| Gwen Stefani | You Make It Feel Like Christmas | Interscope Records | Engineer | 2017 |
| Kesha | Rainbow | RCA Records | Engineer | 2017 |
| Weird Al Yankovic | Squeezebox:The Complete Works Of Weird Al Yankovic | Scotti Brothers Records | Mixer | 2017 |
| John Doe | The Westerner | Cool Rock Records | Producer, mixer, engineer | 2016 |
| Mikky Ekko | Time | RCA | Engineer | 2015 |
| Andreas Varady | Andreas Varady | The Verve Music Group | 2014 | |
| Weird Al Yankovic | Mandatory Fun | RCA | Engineer, mixer | 2014 |
| 7horse | Songs For a Voodoo Wedding | 7horse Music | Mixer | 2014 |
| John Doe | The Best of John Doe This Far | Yep Roc Records | Producer, mixer, engineer | 2014 |
| Thomas Dybdahl | What's Left is Forever | Strange Cargo | Engineer | 2014 |
| TLC | 20 | Epic | Mixer, engineer | 2013 |
| Leftover Cuties | The Spark and the Fire | Leftover Cuties | Producer | 2013 |
| Scott Weiland | Missing Cleveland | SoftDrive Records/New West Records | Mixer | 2013 |
| Macy Gray | Talking Book: The Re-Imaging of a Classic | 429 Records | Mixer | 2012 |
| Anita Baker | Un-released | Blue Note Records | Mixer | 2012 |
| Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel… | Epic | Mixer | 2012 |
| Human Nature | The Motown Record | UMG Recordings | Mixer | 2012 |
| Macy Gray | Covered | 429 Records | Mixer | 2012 |
| Griffith Frank | Romanza | Geffen Records | Mixer | 2012 |
| Tara Holloway | Sins to Confess | Waystation | Producer, engineer, mixer | 2012 |
| The Design | Young America | UAM | Mixer | 2011 |
| John Doe | Keeper | Yep Roc | Producer, engineer, mixer | 2011 |
| Justin Hines | Days To Recall | Decca | Mixer | 2011 |
| Adam Crossley | Anvil Of A Heart | Independent | Mixer | 2010 |
| Andrew W.K. | Mother of Mankind: Rare and Unreleased 1999-2010 | Steev Mike | Mixer | 2010 |
| Creed Bratton | Bounce Back | Kindred Music | Producer, engineer, mixer | 2010 |
| Michael Jackson | This Is It Soundtrack | Epic | Co-producer | 2009 |
| The Celtic Tenors | Hard Times | Tayberry Records | Producer, engineer, mixer | 2009 |
| Zachary Richard | Last Kiss | Select Records | Mixer | 2009 |
| Michael Jackson | King of Pop | Sony Records | Engineer, mixer | 2009 |
| Mobile | Tales From The City | Interscope | Mixer | 2009 |
| Fischerspooner | Entertainment | FS Studios | Mixer | 2009 |
| Human Nature | Get Ready | Sony Music Australia | Mixer | 2009 |
| Michael Jackson | Blood on the Dancefloor | Epic | Mixer | 2008 |
| The Mooney Suzuki | Selected tracks from the Tropic Thunder soundtrack | Lakeshore Records | Mixer | 2008 |
| Priscilla | Casse Comme du Verre | Jive Records | Mixer | 2008 |
| Kevin Elliot and The Broken | Damage of This Day | Broken City Records | Engineer, mixer | 2008 |
| The Coconutz | Forgetting Sarah Marshall Soundtrack – Selected Tracks | Verve Records | Mixer | |
| Brent Spiner & Maude Maggart | Dreamland | Bellarama | Producer, engineer, mixer | 2008 |
| Robben Ford | Truth | Concord Records | Mixer | 2007 |
| John Doe | A Year In The Wilderness | Yep Roc | Producer, engineer, mixer | 2007 |
| Macy Gray | Big | Geffen | Mixer | 2007 |
| Ziggy Marley | Love Is My Religion | Tuff Gong Worldwide | Mixer | 2007 |
| Taylor Kicks | Do I Make You Proud - Single | Arista Records | Co-producer, mixer | 2006 |
| Audra McDonald | Build A Bridge | Nonesuch Records | Mixer | 2006 |
| Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | Epic/Clean Slate | Mixer | 2005 |
| Shakira | Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 | Epic | Engineer, mixer | 2005 |
| Lisa Marie Presley | Now What | Capitol Records | Mixer | 2005 |
| Ringo Starr | Choose Love | Koch Records | Mixer | 2005 |
| Alice Cooper | Dirty Diamonds | New West | Mixer | 2005 |
| Lindsay Lohan | “To Know Your Name” - Single | Casablanca Records | Mixer | 2004 |
| Vanessa Carlton | Harmonium | A&M Records | Mixer | 2004 |
| Drive-by Truckers | The Dirty South | New West | Mixer | 2004 |
| Hilary Duff | A Cinderella Story Soundtrack | Hollywood Records | Mixer | 2004 |
| Old 97’s | Live @ Troubador | New West | 5.1 surround sound | 2004 |
| Van Hunt | Van Hunt | Capitol | Mixer | 2004 |
| Juliana Hatfield | In Exile Deo | Zoe Records | Mixer | 2004 |
| Robert Downey Jr. | The Futurist | Sony Classical Records | Mixer | 2004 |
| Wilson Phillips | California | Columbia Records | Mixer | 2004 |
| Sheryl Crow | Best of Collection | A&M | Mixer | 2003 |
| Ringo Starr | RingoRama | Koch | Mixer | 2003 |
| School of Rock (Jack Black) | School of Rock soundtrack | Atlantic Records | Mixer | 2003 |
| Chris Botti | A Thousand Kisses Deep | Columbia | Mixer | 2003 |
| Andrew W.K. | The Wolf | Island | Mixer | 2003 |
| Macy Gray | The Trouble With Being Myself | Epic | Co-producer, mixer, engineer | 2003 |
| Dixie Chicks | Home Bonus DVD | Sony | Engineer, remixer | 2002 |
| Macy Gray | Spider-Man soundtrack | Columbia | Mixer | 2002 |
| P!nk | Missundaztood | Arista | Mixer | 2001 |
| Macy Gray | The Id | Epic | Mixer | 2001 |
| Michelle Branch | The Spirit Room | Maverick Records | Mixer | 2001 |
| Mick Jagger | Brand New Set of Rules - Single | Virgin Records | Mixer | 2001 |
| Paul McCartney | Driving Rain (singles mixes) | Epic | Mixer | 2001 |
| Christina Aguilera | Genie in A Bottle - Single | RCA | Mixer | 1999 |
| Christina Aguilera | What a Girl Wants | RCA | Mixer | 1999 |
| Christina Aguilera | Come On Over | RCA | Mixer | 1999 |
| Savage Garden | Affirmation | Columbia | Mixer | 1999 |
| Savage Garden | Crash and Burn | Columbia | Mixer | 1999 |
| Foo Fighters | Next Year – single mix | RCA | Mixer | 1999 |
