Andrew Dawson
Born(1980-03-12)March 12, 1980
OriginMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
  • Piano
  • guitar
Websitehttp://soundeq.com/

Andrew Dawson (born March 12, 1980) is an American music producer, engineer, mixer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Dawson is a three-time Grammy award winner and six-time Grammy nominee, having won for his work as engineer and mixer on Kanye West's Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) - each winning the Best Rap Album category.[1][2] Dawson is also credited with additional production on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.[3] Although Dawson made his initial breakthrough with hip hop artists including Kanye West, Jay-Z, Common, Tyler The Creator, and P.O.S, Dawson has also moved on to produce and work on records for pop, indie and rock bands including fun., The Rolling Stones, Pet Shop Boys, Sleigh Bells, Baskery and Night Terrors of 1927.

Life and career

Personal life

Dawson began playing piano at the age of 5, studying jazz and classical piano at a private music conservatory until the age of 16. During the last few years of high school, Dawson interned at a Minneapolis recording studio and during the summers did live sound mixing for outdoor concerts.[4] Dawson then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he majored in Music Production & Engineering. While living in the Boston area Dawson worked at Lexicon - a company famous for manufacturing digital reverb units including the 480L.[5] In 2001 Dawson moved to New York City, where he worked as an assistant then later became a staff engineer at Sony Music Studios.[4][5][6] Dawson prefers to work on projects that have meaning, due to his passion for music, and work with artists who are equally as passionate about their records.[7]

Work with Kanye West

In 2003, midway through the recording and producer sessions for Kanye West's The College Dropout, Dawson was called to try for the position of Kanye West's engineer. The rap artist and producer Kanye West had gone through a string of seven engineers, all of whom were fired.[8] Dawson was able to impress the rap star and maintained his position. Since then Dawson has worked as Kanye West's primary audio and mixing engineer. In a period spanning almost 9 years, Dawson has been directly involved in all five Kanye West studio album releases, totaling in sales of over 11 million records[9][10][11] and four #1 US albums.[12]


SoundEQ Studios

Dawson currently has his own studio, SoundEQ Studios in Hollywood.[5] The majority of fun.'s chart topping album Some Nights, including #1 single "We Are Young" was recorded at SoundEQ Studios.[13] Dawson has hosted co-writing sessions with artists and writers including Andy Grammer, Hudson Taylor, Baby E, Zack Waters, K.Flay, Michelle Branch, Kimbra, and Jimmy Harry.

Discography

Artist Year Album Producer Engineer Mixer Co-writer
Code Orange 2020 Underneath check[14]
Teyana Taylor 2018 K.T.S.E. check check
Baskery Coyote & Sirens check check check
Mike Shinoda Post Traumatic check check
Pusha T Daytona check check check
Linkin Park 2017 One More Light check
Childish Gambino 2013 Because the Internet check
Night Terrors of 1927 Guilty Pleas check check check check
Tyler, The Creator Wolf check
Kanye West Yeezus check
Phlo Finister Poster Girl EP check check
Sleigh Bells Bitter Rivals check
The Rolling Stones 2012 GRRR! check
Kanye West Cruel Summer check
Pet Shop Boys Elysium check check check
Versa Emerge Another Atmosphere check check check check
POP ETC POP ETC check check check
P.O.S. We Don't Even Live Here check check check check
fun. Some Nights check
Beyoncé 2011 4 check
Kanye West, Jay-Z Watch the Throne check
Big Sean Finally Famous check
Snoop Dogg Doggumentary check
Chamillionaire "When Ya On" single check check check
T.I. 2010 No Mercy check
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy * co-P
check		 check check
Rick Ross Teflon Don check
Various Artists Just Dance Vol. 3 check
Common Go! - Common Classics check
Mr. Hudson Straight No Chaser check check
Thirty Seconds to Mars 2009 This Is War check
Mary J. Blige Stronger with Each Tear check
Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of Day check
Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 check
N.A.S.A. The Spirit of Apollo check
Kanye West 2008 808s & Heartbreak check check
T-Pain Thr33 Ringz check
T.I. Paper Trail check
Kanye West feat. Chris Martin "Homecoming" single check check
Lil Wayne The Carter III check
Kanye West 2007 Graduation * check check
Chrisette Michele I Am check
Ne-Yo Because of You check
Consequence Don't Quit Your Day Job! check check
John Legend Once Again check
UGK 2006 Underground Kingz check
Common Finding Forever check check
Jay-Z Kingdom Come check
Nas Hip Hop Is Dead check
The Game Doctor's Advocate check
Monica The Makings of Me check
The Notorious B.I.G. 2005 Duets: The Final Chapter check
Paul Wall The People's Champ check
Kanye West Late Registration * check check
Common Be check
John Legend 2004 Get Lifted check
Destiny's Child Destiny Fulfilled check
Maria Mena White Turns Blue check
Kanye West The College Dropout check
  • Indicates Grammy win.

References

  1. ↑ Kanye West: Past Grammy wins
  2. ↑ Berklee College of Music: Alumni Shine in Hip Hop Hits
  3. ↑ AllMusic My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantast Credits
  4. 1 2 An Interview with Grammy Award–Winning Mixer/Engineer/Producer Andrew Dawson Archived June 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 3 Andrew Dawson: Interview
  6. ↑ ".: Kanye West's Sound Engineer Andrew Dawson Interview with L.A. Times". December 28, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Andrew Dawson: Mixing Projects With Meaning". Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  8. ↑ Producer's Corner: Andrew Dawson
  9. ↑ "Chart Watch Extra: The Top 20 New Acts Of The 2000s - Chart Watch". New.music.yahoo.com. July 22, 2009. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  10. ↑ Nabavian, Evan (February 24, 2010). "Kanye West Returns With 'Coldest Winter' Video". Billboard.com.
  11. ↑ Jacobs, Allen (February 22, 2012). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 2/19/2012". HipHop DX. Cheri Media Group. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  12. ↑ Peak chart positions for albums in the United States:
  13. ↑ Interview: Andrew Dawson
  14. ↑ "Underneath - Code Orange | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
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