Dana Nielsen is a Grammy-nominated mixer, engineer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work with SZA, Rihanna, Adele, Post Malone, The Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, The Avett Brothers, Bob Dylan, and Kanye West. Nielsen also frequently works with music for picture, producing, recording, and mixing a growing number of film scores and soundtracks, such as Kristen Wiig's Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar (Lionsgate), Will Ferrell’s Anchorman 2 (Paramount) and Casa De Mi Padre (NALA), as well as the Sam Rockwell/Olivia Wilde dark comedyBetter Living Through Chemistry.

Based in Los Angeles, Nielsen has amassed credits that run the stylistic gamut from Neil Diamond to Slayer and just about every style in between. Nielsen’s work can be heard on albums by a diverse roster of artists. He worked as an engineer on Kanye West’s Yeezus(Roc-A-Fella) and Rihanna’s Loud (Def Jam), recorded Bob Dylan’s Tempest (Colombia), mixed three songs on SZA’s chart-topping album “SOS” (TDE/RCA), arranged vocals and sang on Post Malone’s “Twelve Carat Tooth Ache” (Mercury), and recorded Neil Young and Crazy Horse for their album Colorado (Reprise).

As a composer, saxophonist, singer and programmer, Nielsen’s own music and/or voice can be heard on countless TV commercials, as well as hit shows like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, America’s Next Top Model, and the Duplass brothers’ HBO series Room 104.

Throughout his career, legendary producer Rick Rubin has frequently tapped Nielsen’s skills for various projects including Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveSounds, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Stadium Arcadium, and The Smashing Pumpkins' "Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol. 1" (Napalm), which Nielsen recorded and mixed. In 2008 he mixed Neil Diamond’s #1 selling album, Home Before Dark, and in 2013 Nielsen worked as an engineer on Black Sabbath’s Rick Rubin-produced 13, the band’s first album to top the UK charts in 43 years. Nielsen has also recently recorded and mixed albums for Santana as well as The Avett Brothers.

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 SHOWTIME series “Shangri-LA” as well as the Judd Apatow/Michael Bonfiglio HBO documentary, “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers.”

MORE PEOPLE DANA HAS RECORDED OVER THE YEARS FOR FOR FILM, TV, AND STUDIO SESSIONS: H.E.R., Anderson .Paak, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Chuck D, Ice Cube, Tom Morello, Blake Mills, James Gadson, Keith Urban, Drew Berrymore, Glenn Close, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Kevin Heart, Antonio Brown, Rob Gronkowski.

ACCOLADES: 1996 voted Geneva High School “Most Likely To Become Famous” 😅 2012 Grammy nomination: “Album Of The Year” Rihanna “Loud” (engineer)