Dana Nielsen

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. 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, Home Before Dark. In 2012, Nielsen was nominated for a Grammy award for Rihanna's album Loud.

Nielsen also composes music for picture and has worked on projects such as Will Ferrell's Anchorman 2 (Paramount) and Casa De Mi Padre (NALA). He has also produced music for several hit television shows including Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, America's Next Top Model, and the Duplass Brother's HBO series Room 104. 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. Nielsen is also featured in the Judd Apatow/Michael Bonfiglio HBO documentary, "May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers."

More recently, Nielsen has recorded and mixed The Ruen Brothers All My Shades of Blue, recorded, mixed, and played on The Avett Brother's #1 selling album True Sadness (Republic)

Partial discography

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