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 and Casa De Mi Padre. 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 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 and recorded Neil Diamond and Promise of The Real for their latest album The Visitor.

Partial discography

ArtistYearAlbumMixerEngineerEditingMusicianProducer-
The Smashing Pumpkins2018Shiny and Oh So Bright
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DRAM2018Check Ya Fabrics
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Promise of the Real / Neil Young2017The Visitor
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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real / Neil Young2017Earth
The Avett Brothers2016True Sadness
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Crown And The M.O.B2016All Hail Now
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Ruen Brothers2015Point Dume
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Damien Rice2014My Favorite Faded Fantasy
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Noah Gundersen2014Ledges
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Crown2013Forthcoming Album
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Black Sabbath201313!
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Anchorman 22013Original Score
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Jake Bugg2013"Shangri La"
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Kanye West2013"Yeezus"
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Johnnyswim2013"Heart Beats EP"
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Jennifer Nettles2013"That Girl"
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Bob Dylan2012Tempest
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Christina Aguilera2012"Casa de Mi Padre"
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Chic Gamine2012Closer
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Those Darlins2012"Pet You And Hold You"
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Avett Brothers2012"The Carpenters"
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Red Hot Chili Peppers2011I'm With You
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Adele201121
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Alela Diane2011Alela Diane & Wild Devine
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Rihanna2011Loud
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Outasight2011Figure 8 EP
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We Are Scientists2010Barbara
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Slayer2009World Painted Blood
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The Gossip2009Music For Men
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Thirty Seconds to Mars2009This Is War
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The Avett Brothers2009I and Love and You
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Cecilia Noël2009A Gozar!
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Jakob Dylan2008Seeing Things
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Metallica2008Death Magnetic
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Neil Diamond2008Home Before Dark
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Weezer2008Red
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Jesse Lewis2008Atticus
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The Hush Sound2008Goodbye Blues
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Valencia2008We All Need a Reason to Believe
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Linkin Park2007Minutes to Midnight
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Dan Wilson2007Free Life
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Alex Acuna2007The Rhythm Collector
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Red Hot Chili Peppers2006Stadium Arcadium
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Justin Timberlake2006FutureSex/LoveSounds
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Anti-Flag2006For Blood & Empire
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Heavens2006Patent Pending
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Neil Diamond200512 Songs
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System of a Down2005Mesmerize
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System of a Down2005Hypnotize
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