Dave Way

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Dave Way is a Grammy Award winning American producer, mixer and audio engineer based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He has worked with Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Kesha, Pink, Iron And Wine, Fall Out Boy, Al Green, 21 Pilots, Yebba, Victoria Monet, Ben Folds, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Rita Orta, Andra Day, Ringo Starr, Shakira, Phoebe Bridgers, John Doe, Savage Garden, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Norah Jones, Beck, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Babyface, Ziggy Marley, Weird Al Yankovic, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, Gwen Stefani, Chris Botti, Jakob Dylan, Andrew WK, Foo Fighters, TLC, Guy, Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Kool Moe Dee, Heavy D. & The Boyz, Ayumi Hamasaki, Ronan Keating and many more. He is a four-time Grammy Award-winner as well as a songwriter and is co-writer of the number one single "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" by the group Hi-Five (1991). [1] He has mixed the score for the films Echo In The Canyon, Flag Day, Reminiscence, Stand Up Guys, as well as music for Sons of Anarchy, The Bastard Executioner, The Bodyguard, School Of Rock, Deepwater Horizon, True Blood, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad, 50 First Dates, Teen Titans Go To The Movies, Spider-Man, White Men Can't Jump and others.

Way, an alumnus of Berklee College of Music, [2] works mainly at his own private Dolby Atmos equipped studio called Waystation Studio. He previously owned a commercial studio in Los Angeles, called The Pass Studios (formerly known as Larrabee East and Andora studios).

Dave Way credits [3]
ArtistAlbumLabelCreditYear
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt CuttersEpic RecordsMixer, engineer2020
Chelsea WilliamsBeautiful And StrangeBlue Elan RecordsMixer, engineer2020
Jeff Goldblum I Shouldn't Be Telling You ThisDecca RecordsEngineer2020
Echo In The CanyonOriginal Soundtrack AlbumBMGMixer, engineer2019
BTS BTS World Original Video Game SoundtrackThe Verve Music GroupMixer2019
Gary Clark Jr. Deepwater Horizon Original SoundtrackEpic RecordsMixer2018
Gwen Stefani You Make It Feel Like ChristmasInterscope RecordsEngineer2017
Kesha RainbowRCAEngineer2017
Weird Al Yankovic Squeezebox:The Complete Works Of Weird Al YankovicScotti Bros.Mixer2017
John Doe The WesternerCool Rock RecordsProducer, mixed, engineer2016
Mikky Ekko TimeRCAEngineer2015
Andreas Varady Andreas VaradyThe Verve Music Group2014
Weird Al Yankovic Mandatory FunRCAEngineer, Mixer2014
7horseSongs For a Voodoo Wedding7horse MusicMixer2014
John DoeThe Best of John Doe This FarYep Roc RecordsProducer, Mixer, and Engineer2014
Thomas Dybdahl What's Left is ForeverStrange CargoEngineer2014
TLC20 Epic Records Mixer, Engineer2013
Leftover Cuties The Spark and the FireLeftover CutiesProducer2013
Scott Weiland Missing ClevelandSoftDrive/New WestMixer2013
Macy Gray Talking Book: The Re-Imaging of a Classic429 RecordsMixer2012
Anita Baker Un-releasedBlue NoteMixer2012
Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel…EpicMixer2012
Human NatureThe Motown RecordUniversalMixer2012
Macy Gray Covered429 RecordsMixer2012
Griffith FrankRomanzaGeffenMixer2012
Tara HollowaySins to ConfessWaystationProducer, Engineer, Mixer2012
The DesignYoung AmericaUAMMixer2011
John DoeKeeperYep RocProducer, Engineer, Mixer2011
Justin Hines Days To RecallDeccaMixer2011
Adam CrossleyAnvil Of A HeartIndependentMixer2010
Andrew W.K. Mother of Mankind: Rare and Unreleased 1999-2010Steev MikeMixer2010
Creed Bratton Bounce BackKindred MusicProducer, Engineer, Mixer2010
Michael Jackson This Is It SoundtrackEpicCo-Produced2009
Celtic Tenors Hard TimesTayberryProducer, Engineer, Mixer2009
Zachary Richard Last KissSelectMixer2009
Michael Jackson King of PopSonyEngineer, Mixer2009
MobileTales From The CityInterscopeMixer2009
Fischerspooner EntertainmentFS StudiosMixer2009
Human NatureGet ReadySony Music AUSMixer2009
Michael Jackson Blood on the DancefloorEpicMixer2008
The Mooney SusuzkiSelected Tracks form the Tropic Thunder SoundtrackLakeshoreMixer2008
PriscillaCasse Comme du VerreJiveMixer2008
Kevin Elliot and The BrokenDamage of This DayBroken City RecordsEngineer, Mixer2008
The Coconutz Forgetting Sarah Marshall Soundtrack – Selected TracksVerveMixer
Brent Spiner & Maude MaggertDreamlandBellaramaProducer, Engineer, Mixer2008
Robben Ford TruthConcordMixer2007
John DoeA Year In The WildernessYep RocProducer, Engineer, Mixer2007
Macy Gray BigGeffenMixer2007
Ziggy Marley Love Is My ReligionTuff Gong WorldsideMixer2007
Taylor KicksDo I Make You Proud - SingleAristaCo-Produced, Mixer2006
Audra McdonalrdBuild A BridgeNonesuchMixer2006
Fiona Apple Extraordinary MachineEpic/Clean SlateMixer2005
Shakira Fijacion Oral Vol. 1EpicEngineer, Mixer2005
Lisa Marie Presley Now WhatCapitolMixer2005
Ringo Starr Choose LoveKochMixer2005
Alice Cooper Dirty DiamondsNew WestMixer2005
Lindsay Lohan “To Know Your Name” - SingleCasablancaMixer2004
Vanessa Carlton HarmoniumA&MMixer2004
Drive By TruckersThe Dirty SouthNew WestMixer2004
Hilary Duff A Cinderella Story SoundtrackHollywoodMixer2004
Old 97’sLive @ TroubadorNew West5.1 Surround Mix2004
Van Hunt Van HuntCapitolMixer2004
Juliana Hatfield In Exile DeoZoeMixer2004
Robert Downey Jr. The FuturistSony ClassicalMixer2004
Wilson Phillips CaliforniaColumbiaMixer2004
Sheryl Crow Best of CollectionA&MMixer2003
Ringo Starr RingoRamaKochMixer2003
School of Rock (Jack Black)School of Rock Original Motion Picture SoundtrackAtlanticMixer2003
Chris Botti A Thousand Kisses DeepColumbiaMixer2003
Andrew W.K.The WolfIslandMixer2003
Macy Gray The Trouble With Being MyselfEpicCo-Producer, Mixer, Engineer2003
Dixie Chicks Home Bonus DVDSonyEngineer, Re-mixer2002
Macy Gray Spider-Man soundtrackColumbiaMixer2002
P!nk MissundaztoodAristaMixer2001
Macy Gray The IdEpicMixer2001
Michelle Branch The Spirit RoomMaverickMixer2001
Mick Jagger Brand New Set of Rules - SingleVirginMixer2001
Paul McCartney Driving Rain (singles mixes)EpicMixer2001
Christina Aguilera Genie in A Bottle - SingleRCAMixer1999
Christina Aguilera What a Girl WantsRCAMixer1999
Christina Aguilera Come On OverRCAMixer1999
Savage Garden AffirmationColumbiaMixer1999
Savage Garden Crash and BurnColumbiaMixer1999
Foo Fighters Next Year – single mixRCAMixer1999

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References

  1. ↑ Droney, Maureen (1 January 2003). Mix masters: platinum engineers reveal their secrets for success. Berklee Press. pp. 90–96. ISBN   978-0-87639-019-1 . Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Dave Way: MIXER ON A HOT STREAK". Mixonline.com. 2000-04-01. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  3. ↑ "Dave Way | BRIGHTMAN MUSIC | PRODUCER MANAGEMENT". Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
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