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.
Dana Nielsen
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- Dana Nielsen
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- United States
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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. Nielsen has worked as an additional Engineer on Grammy winning 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 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." 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, mixed Damien Rice's My Favourite Faded Fantasy recorded, mixed, and played on The Avett Brother's #1 selling album True Sadness (Republic) and recorded Neil Diamond and Promise of The Real for their latest album The Visitor (Reprise).
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• Name — Dana Nielsen • Origin — Chicago • Instrument — Saxophone, Voice, Keyboards, Programming • Genre — Rock, metal, pop, hip hop, jazz, folk • Occupation — Record producer, engineer, mixer and musician • Website — dananielsen.com/
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• 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
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- 1.Dana Nielsen. AllMusic.
- 2.Dana Nielsen - Record Producer / Mixer / Engineer. Dana Nielsen.
- 3.Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark. Discogs.
- 4.Neil Diamond Biography, Discography, Chart History. Top40-Charts.com.
- 5.Dana Nielsen. GRAMMY.com. February 2026.
- 6.Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: Music From the Motion Picture. AllMusic.
- 7.Casa De Mi Padre - Original Soundtrack. AllMusic.
- 8.Dana Nielsen. IMDb.
- 9.studioexpresso - producer Dana Nielsen. www.studioexpresso.com.
- 10.Awards. GRAMMY.com. 2017-04-30.
- 11.Awards. GRAMMY.com. 2017-04-30.
- 12.Meet Madison Ryann Ward, Singer Featured in JAY-Z Episode of David Letterman Netflix Series. Billboard.
- 13.Dana Nielsen -.
- 14.My Favourite Faded Fantasy - Damien Rice. AllMusic.
- 15.The Avett Brothers Earn First No. 1 Song With 'Ain't No Man'. Billboard.
- 16.True Sadness - The Avett Brothers. AllMusic.
- 17.Paradox [Original Music from the Film] - Promise of the Real, Neil Young. AllMusic.
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