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Dave Way is a Grammy Award winning American producer, mixer and audio engineer based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He has worked with Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Kesha, Pink, Iron And Wine, Fall Out Boy, Al Green, 21 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, 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 many more. He is a four-time Grammy Award-winner as well as a songwriter and is co-writer of the number one single "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" by the group Hi-Five (1991). [1] He has mixed the score for the films Echo In The Canyon, Flag Day, Reminiscence, Stand Up Guys, as well as 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 others.
Way, an alumnus of Berklee College of Music, [2] works mainly at his own private Dolby Atmos equipped studio called Waystation Studio. He previously owned a commercial studio in Los Angeles, called The Pass Studios (formerly known as Larrabee East and Andora studios).
In 2025, Way appeared as a featured guest at Kingvention, the annual European 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 | Mixer, engineer | 2019 |
| BTS | BTS World Original Video Game Soundtrack | The Verve Music Group | Mixer | 2019 |
| Gary Clark Jr. | Deepwater Horizon Original Soundtrack | Epic Records | Mixer | 2018 |
| Gwen Stefani | You Make It Feel Like Christmas | Interscope Records | Engineer | 2017 |
| Kesha | Rainbow | RCA | Engineer | 2017 |
| Weird Al Yankovic | Squeezebox:The Complete Works Of Weird Al Yankovic | Scotti Bros. | Mixer | 2017 |
| John Doe | The Westerner | Cool Rock Records | Producer, mixed, 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, and Engineer | 2014 |
| Thomas Dybdahl | What's Left is Forever | Strange Cargo | Engineer | 2014 |
| TLC | 20 | Epic Records | Mixer, Engineer | 2013 |
| Leftover Cuties | The Spark and the Fire | Leftover Cuties | Producer | 2013 |
| Scott Weiland | Missing Cleveland | SoftDrive/New West | Mixer | 2013 |
| Macy Gray | Talking Book: The Re-Imaging of a Classic | 429 Records | Mixer | 2012 |
| Anita Baker | Un-released | Blue Note | Mixer | 2012 |
| Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel… | Epic | Mixer | 2012 |
| Human Nature | The Motown Record | Universal | Mixer | 2012 |
| Macy Gray | Covered | 429 Records | Mixer | 2012 |
| Griffith Frank | Romanza | Geffen | 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-Produced | 2009 |
| Celtic Tenors | Hard Times | Tayberry | Producer, Engineer, Mixer | 2009 |
| Zachary Richard | Last Kiss | Select | Mixer | 2009 |
| Michael Jackson | King of Pop | Sony | Engineer, Mixer | 2009 |
| Mobile | Tales From The City | Interscope | Mixer | 2009 |
| Fischerspooner | Entertainment | FS Studios | Mixer | 2009 |
| Human Nature | Get Ready | Sony Music AUS | Mixer | 2009 |
| Michael Jackson | Blood on the Dancefloor | Epic | Mixer | 2008 |
| The Mooney Susuzki | Selected Tracks form the Tropic Thunder Soundtrack | Lakeshore | Mixer | 2008 |
| Priscilla | Casse Comme du Verre | Jive | 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 | Mixer | |
| Brent Spiner & Maude Maggert | Dreamland | Bellarama | Producer, Engineer, Mixer | 2008 |
| Robben Ford | Truth | Concord | 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 Worldside | Mixer | 2007 |
| Taylor Kicks | Do I Make You Proud - Single | Arista | Co-Produced, Mixer | 2006 |
| Audra Mcdonalrd | Build A Bridge | Nonesuch | 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 | Mixer | 2005 |
| Ringo Starr | Choose Love | Koch | Mixer | 2005 |
| Alice Cooper | Dirty Diamonds | New West | Mixer | 2005 |
| Lindsay Lohan | “To Know Your Name” - Single | Casablanca | Mixer | 2004 |
| Vanessa Carlton | Harmonium | A&M | Mixer | 2004 |
| Drive By Truckers | The Dirty South | New West | Mixer | 2004 |
| Hilary Duff | A Cinderella Story Soundtrack | Hollywood | Mixer | 2004 |
| Old 97’s | Live @ Troubador | New West | 5.1 Surround Mix | 2004 |
| Van Hunt | Van Hunt | Capitol | Mixer | 2004 |
| Juliana Hatfield | In Exile Deo | Zoe | Mixer | 2004 |
| Robert Downey Jr. | The Futurist | Sony Classical | Mixer | 2004 |
| Wilson Phillips | California | Columbia | 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 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Atlantic | 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, Re-mixer | 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 | Mixer | 2001 |
| Mick Jagger | Brand New Set of Rules - Single | Virgin | 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 |
