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.[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]