This week on Thinkin’ and Drinkin’, Bart talks with Dan Weller. Dan is an International metal music producer that has worked with Cody Frost, Bury Tomorrow, and Enter Shikari. Being introduced to Metallica by his sister, his interest in metal music started early. Before getting into production Dan had a successful band that went by Sikth. This episode brings you through his transition of careers and how he reflected during the pandemic.
Meet Dan Weller: London-based Dan Weller is an award-winning **** producer/mixer, writer, and guitarist, known for his work in rock and metal, but with credits as diverse as Children's BBC to his name.
Dan began his musical career as a founding member/producer of metal band SikTh. Renowned in the metal scene and along with Meshuggah credited with spawning the microgenre 'djent'.
SikTh are often name-checked as an influence by bands the world over. In a career spanning almost 20 years, they released six records and toured the globe extensively. In 2015 they toured with US metal titans Slipknot and were featured on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine in India. Their final show was in 2019 where they were invited to Manila in the Philippines to support Slayer on their farewell tour.
These days Dan is best known for nurturing talent and extracting the very best from the artists he works with - taking a completely holistic approach from start to finish. His long-time studio collaborations with UK's Enter Shikari have seen them rack up 3 x UK top 5 records* including a number 2 in April 2020**), Monster Truck, Bury Tomorrow, Young Guns (Active number 1 in US***) and many more.
In more recent years Dan has found a balance between Producing/Mixing and his first love - Songwriting. Credits include Taylor Swift approved Austrian-based Hunger, Sea girls, Holding Absence, Shvpes, Cody Frost, and many more.
What Bart has to say: I met Dan on a Country writing session with another guy named Dan Weller that I knew from when he played banjo/guitar/keys with Flordia Georgia Line. We hit it off because of our mutual love of metal. Ever since we’ve stayed buddies. We’re hoping he’ll be our tour guide on an upcoming trip to the UK.
In this episode, you’ll hear
(around 11 mins in) Dan started talking about how he heard the Metallica ‘Black Album’ coming out of his sister’s room as a teenager and he knew he’d never be the same.
(around 31 mins in) During Dan’s time off (with COVID), he was concerned he was getting into working with too many different genres of music.
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