Dana Nielsen

Dana Nielsen
Background information
Origin Chicago
Genres Rock, metal, pop, hip hop, jazz, folk
Occupation(s) Record producer, engineer, mixer and musician
Instruments Saxophone
Associated acts Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slayer, Neil Diamond, Justin Timberlake, System of A Down, Weezer, Rihanna, Gossip
Website dananielsen.com

Dana Nielsen is an American mix engineer, audio engineer, record producer and saxophonist based in Los Angeles. Nielsen has worked with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justin Timberlake, Adele, Neil Diamond, Linkin Park, System of a Down, Bob Dylan, Weezer, Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, and Christina Aguilera, among others.[1][2] Nielsen has also composed music for TV commercials and TV shows including the hit shows Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and America's Next Top Model.[3][4]

Dana Nielsen grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and attended Loyola University of New Orleans, where he majored in Jazz. During his time in New Orleans, Nielsen gigged as a saxophonist while also engineering local jazz legends and hip-hop artists, working extensively for upstart label Renaissance Records. In the summer of 2000 Nielsen moved to Los Angeles where he currently works as a record producer, audio engineer and musician. In 2006 Nielsen mixed a full length, limited edition of Neil Diamond's 12 Songs album, and in 2008 Dana mixed Neil Diamond's #1 selling album,[5][6] Home Before Dark.[7][8]

Recently, Nielsen mixed and engineered the score and original music to Will Ferrell's "Casa di Mi Padre", including mixing the title song performed by Christina Aguilera.[2][9][10] Nielsen also worked as additional Engineer on Grammy winning[11][12] recordings by Justin Timberlake and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well on Rihanna's Grammy nominated[13][14] Loud.[3][4][13] Nielsen 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 Peppers's Stadium Arcadium, and System of a Down's Hypnotize and Mezmerize.

Dana Nielsen is represented exclusively by Jerimaya Grabher at Global Positioning Services Management in Santa Monica.[15][16]

Partial Discography

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

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