Dave Way

Dave Way is a Grammy Award winning American producer, mixer, and audio engineer based in Los Angeles.

Career Way 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). 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 works at his own private Dolby Atmos equipped studio called Waystation Studio.

Personal Way is married to Jamie Way. They are the former co-owners of 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.

Discography +Dave Way credits Artist Album Label Credit Year Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters Epic RecordsMixer, engineer 2020 Chelsea Williams Beautiful And Strange Blue Elan RecordsMixer, engineer 2020 Jeff Goldblum I Shouldn't Be Telling You This Decca RecordsEngineer 2020 Echo In The Canyon Original soundtrack album BMG RecordsMixer, engineer 2019 BTS BTS World Original Video Game Soundtrack The Verve Music GroupMixer 2019 Gary Clark Jr. Deepwater Horizon Original soundtrack EpicMixer 2018 Gwen Stefani You Make It Feel Like Christmas Interscope RecordsEngineer 2017 Kesha Rainbow RCA RecordsEngineer 2017 Weird Al Yankovic Squeezebox:The Complete Works Of Weird Al Yankovic Scotti Brothers RecordsMixer 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