Dana Nielsen

{{Short description|American music producer, engineer, mixer and saxophonist}}

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| origin = Chicago

| instrument = Saxophone, Voice, Keyboards, Programming

| genre = Rock, metal, pop, hip hop, jazz, folk

| occupation = Record producer, engineer, mixer and musician

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dana-nielsen-mn0001920816|title=Dana Nielsen {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-10-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dananielsen.com|title=Dana Nielsen - Record Producer / Mixer / Engineer|website=Dana Nielsen|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-16}} 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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Neil-Diamond-Home-Before-Dark-/release/2342267|title=Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-10-16}} Home Before Dark.{{Cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=735|title=Neil Diamond Biography, Discography, Chart History|website=Top40-Charts.com|access-date=2018-10-16}} In 2012, Nielsen was nominated for a Grammy award for Rihanna's album Loud.{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/dana-nielsen|title=Dana Nielsen|date=2018-05-22|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=2018-10-10|language=en}}

Nielsen also composes music for picture and has worked on projects such as Will Ferrell's Anchorman 2 (Paramount){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues-music-from-the-motion-picture-mw0002596956/credits|title=Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: Music From the Motion Picture - Various Artists {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-10-16}} and Casa De Mi Padre (NALA).{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/casa-de-mi-padre-mw0002311967/credits|title=Casa De Mi Padre - Original Soundtrack {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-10-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3459897/|title=Dana Nielsen|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-10-16}} He has also produced music for several hit television shows including Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,{{Cite web|url=http://www.studioexpresso.com/profiles/DanaNielsen.htm|title=studioexpresso - producer Dana Nielsen|website=www.studioexpresso.com|access-date=2018-10-16}} America's Next Top Model, and the Duplass Brother's HBO series Room 104.

Nielsen has worked as an additional Engineer on Grammy winning {{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards?artist=&title=&year=2007&genre=All|title=Awards|date=2017-04-30|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards?artist=&title=&year=2006&genre=All|title=Awards|date=2017-04-30|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en}} 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."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8306226/madison-ryann-ward-jay-z-episode-letterman-netflix-rick-rubin|title=Meet Madison Ryann Ward, Singer Featured in JAY-Z Episode of David Letterman Netflix Series|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-10-16}} Nielsen is also featured in the Judd Apatow/Michael Bonfiglio HBO documentary, "May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers."{{Cite news|url=http://globalpositioningservices.net/client/dana-nielsen/|title=Dana Nielsen -|access-date=2018-10-16|language=en-US}}

More recently, Nielsen has recorded and mixed The Ruen Brothers All My Shades of Blue, mixed Damien Rice's My Favourite Faded Fantasy {{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-favourite-faded-fantasy-mw0002749606/credits|title=My Favourite Faded Fantasy - Damien Rice {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-10-16}} recorded, mixed, and played on The Avett Brother's #1 selling{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7416353/avett-brothers-first-no-1-song-aint-no-man|title=The Avett Brothers Earn First No. 1 Song With 'Ain't No Man'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2018-10-16}} album True Sadness {{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/true-sadness-mw0002943745/credits|title=True Sadness - The Avett Brothers {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-10-16}}(Republic) and recorded Neil Diamond and Promise of The Real for their latest album The Visitor (Reprise).{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/paradox-original-music-from-the-film-mw0003159820/credits|title=Paradox [Original Music from the Film] - Promise of the Real, Neil Young {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2018-10-17}}