Dan Weller is an Award winning Alt/Rock producer mixer with US Active rock number one and Official UK chart number ones to his name. Clients include.. Enter Shikari, Bury tomorrow, Holding Absence, Monster Truck, Those Damn Crows, Baby Metal.
Known for his work in Metal/rock Dan has forged a reputation for his artist centric approach. As of 2025 he is now making use of his new state of the art studio in London to offer remote mixing services. Wherever you are in the world Dan can send you a live link and work with you to reach the highest standard.
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Interview with Dan Weller
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Caskets ‘lost souls’ we made it in a garden shed and they went on to have 2 million monthly spotify listeners.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: Mixing numerous records
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Both. A balance between the two is the best and most efficient way in my opinion.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Honesty and it aint finished until you’re happy.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Going to shows and seeing the crowds react to tracks I’ve made.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: It really varies from Job to job.
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That its an exact science. Every job is different.
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: 1. Are they self funded ? 2. Can they provide midi snd guitar Di’s 3. How involved would they like to be ?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Ask for transparency and be clear on what youre looking for. Prepare the files well :)
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: Mac / protools / my audeze LCDX’s / a midi keyboard and my bock 251
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I founded SikTh and signed a record deal in 2002 we’ve toured all over the world / with Slipknot/Machine Head/Slayer and so many more. From there I became a producer.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Hi-fi / lots of lo-end. Vocal focused.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Dayseeker. Its just the perfect combo of a lot of my favourite stuff.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Do not cut corners and always trust your gut.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Ita completely varied. Metal, rock but ive had success in americana and i do a lot or programming / weird alt pop (listen to Cody Frost, Zand, North Atlas)
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Commitment and focus
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I care deeply about everything I do in music. I wantvthe artist to be 100% satisfied.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: When it comes to remote mixing it is as follows. 1. We connect / zoom chat / discuss project 2. Discuss references (usually a spotify playlist) 3. I provide an upload link for files 4. I send first mix 5. We then either do a series of revisions or the artist can receive a live link to the mix and we can communicate live
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I run protools ultimate with more plugins than anyone I’ve ever met. I also fuse with various outboard elements / Tube-tech CL1B / Chandler 124 / Alan smart c2
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I have always been a huge spike stent fan. I love Serbans mixes, Zakk Cervini. Having come from being in Sikth i worked with Colin Richardson who was always a hero of mine.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I tend to co-write / produce / mix in equal measure. However - i will be using soundbetter purely as a remote mixing platform.
- Caskets
- Cody Frost
- Bury Tomorrow
- Hybrid protools ultimate / outboard / KII 3’s monitors
