RSR263 - Dana Nielsen - Recording with Rick Rubin, Neil Young, Smashing Pumpkins, and Will Ferrell
Recording Studio Rockstars
Lij Shaw
4.8 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2020
⏱️ 125 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by OWC, JZ Microphones, Prisones, Spectra-1964, and API Audio. |
| 0:11.4 | So get ready to rock. |
| 0:14.8 | Like, all that stuff is really happening so much on the fly, too, you know. |
| 0:18.7 | I'd say especially with Rick, you know, there's no like, |
| 0:22.6 | don't worry, it's gonna sound great later. |
| 0:24.6 | You know, like, it has to sound great now, |
| 0:27.6 | otherwise we need to make some changes. |
| 0:29.6 | Yeah, yeah, so you kind of know, like, |
| 0:32.6 | right away if it's gonna work, |
| 0:34.6 | or if it's completely not the right vibe. |
| 0:50.1 | Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars. |
| 0:57.9 | I'm Lid Shaw and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio. |
| 1:09.0 | If you feel like the fast pace of computer tech has made your studio Mac obsolete, then think again. |
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| 1:17.6 | Why ditch your existing computer when you can take your studio far into the future |
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| 1:23.6 | Learn how to supercharge your studio and find out how awesome your Mac can be at OWC.com so that you can focus on making great music. |
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| 1:46.2 | with intuitive drag-and-drop simplicity, making it great for beginners yet flexible and powerful |
| 1:51.7 | for experienced producers. Whether creating beats, recording a band, or composing a Blockbuster |
| 1:57.2 | film soundtrack, you will find everything you need to create your masterpiece. |
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