DANA BILLINGS

Recording Engineer - Producer - Composer

ABOUT

Dana Billings is an American sound engineer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer committed to elevating every project he works on. He can creatively realize the visions of his clients thanks to his patience, warmth, and deeply collaborative nature.Growing up in Ithaca NY, Dana began his musical journey as a founding member of the rock band IY. He discovered his passion for art creation through co-producing, recording, and mixing IY’s first full length album “The Things That Tie Them Down”, self-released at age 15. This started a never-ending love affair with sound production, that led to his work on hundreds of albums, films, and musical productions.Dana attended Ithaca College’s School of Music for Sound Recording Technology, while simultaneously interning and working at Electric Wilburland Studios. Dana has engineered recording sessions for Grammy award-winning engineer Will Russell, and Grammy-award winning producer Craig Street, among others. He has worked as a session musician for artists including Joe Crookston, and Eric Harvey (Spoon).As an accomplished mixing engineer, Dana has worked on music spanning multiple genres for a variety of artists, including Felicia Douglass (Dirty Projectors), and Brittany Campbell (award winning musician and actress). Dana is particularly proud of his production work for Andrew VanNorstrand’s solo album, “That We Could Find A Way To Be,” and his recording and mixing work on the album “This Hopeful,” by acclaimed Brooklyn-based indie band, Zula.Dana composes music for film, multi-media, and television. He notably worked with google to coproduce music for their GoogleNest social media campaign. He also writes music for radio spots, podcasts, and indie films including the documentary “The Hemlock Woolly Edelgid: A Film About the Loss of an Ecosystem” (Boone Festival Winner 2016, New York State International Film Festival Official Selection 2016).Dana possesses an extraordinary musical intuition developed over many years through countless performances. He has toured extensively across the U.S., Canada, and Australia, playing drums and keyboards for musical acts that include IY, Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand, Big Mean Sound Machine, Uniit Carruyo, Jsan and the Analog Sons, and Bronwen Exter.Outside of music, Dana enjoys cooking, adventuring with his lovely wife, and playing Magic the Gathering.

RECORDING

SOLO MUSIC

Support Dana's solo music on Great Bear Records

COMPOSITION

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CREDITS

SERVICES

Recording
Mixing
Mastering
Production
Composition

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"Dana provided the knowledge to realize my ideas in the recorded format, and the patience to make sure I came out with exactly what I was envisioning. In the process, he taught me sonic skills that ultimately made me a better producer and musician."

– Joshua Hatcher

“Dana Billings is a genius. For real. He is honestly one of the most intuitive and talented musicians and engineers I have ever had the pleasure to work with.”

– Will Russell
Grammy award winning engineer at Electric Wilburland Studio

"Dana is a talented musician and wonderful person who elevates every project he works on. His passion for music and his seriousness about quality sound is only matched by his warmth and good humor. He possesses attention to detail and patience as an engineer, mixer, and producer that gives artists the space and confidence to focus on their ideas. In short, Dana has the skills to bring musical ideas to beautiful fruition.”

– Henry Terepka
Zula

“Dana is a brilliant musician, producer and engineer. Calm and steady when you need to stay on task, creative and engaging when you need to think outside the box, patient and attentive when you need to get it right. He's got incredible ears and great instincts for giving a song exactly what it needs.”

– Andrew VanNorstrand
Great Bear Trio, Andrew and Noah Band, Wake Up Robin