RSR263 – Dana Nielsen – Recording with Rick Rubin, Neil Young, Smashing Pumpkins, and Will Ferrell - Recording Studio Rockstars

RSR263 – Dana Nielsen – Recording with Rick Rubin, Neil Young, Smashing Pumpkins, and Will Ferrell

Dana shared stories of recording with Rick Rubin at Shangri La Studio, how to work with digital vs analog consoles, creating a great vibe in the studio, getting chewed out by Neil Young, and ejecting Christina Applegate from the control room, and more!

My guest today is Dana Nielsen a Grammy-nominated mixer, engineer, producer, and saxophonist known for his work with Damien Rice, The Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Adele, 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 Will Ferrell’s Anchorman 2 (Paramount) and Casa De Mi Padre (NALA), as well as the Sam Rockwell/Olivia Wilde dark comedy Better Living Through Chemistry.

I am psyched to talk with Dana today about everything from recording to mixing both in the studio and remotely around the world.

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