Daniel Mendez

Daniel Mendez

Daniel Mendez is an American music recording professional who has worked for over 20 years as a producer, engineer, and mixer. In 2011, he founded the music production, publishing, and licensing company, Head Above Water. Mendez began his career in Seattle, Washington, as an engineer working for producers such as Steve Lillywhite, Tim Palmer, Joe Chiccarelli, Jack Endino, Adam Kasper, David Torn, and Michael Shrieve on sessions with Heart, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Posies, Green Apple Quick Step, Built to Spill, Super Deluxe, The Cunninghams, Quiet Riot, Phish, and Barenaked Ladies, among others. During this time, Mendez worked out of studios in the Pacific Northwest, including Bad Animals (now Studio X), London Bridge, Avast!, and Robert Lang Studios. Mendez was recruited to Los Angeles, where he went on to work at houses such as The Record Plant, The Village, Sage & Sound, and NRG with a diverse roster of artists and bands including Don Henley, Michael Jackson, Ice Cube, k.d. lang, Duran Duran, Lit, Eve 6, Dashboard Confessional, and Train. Mendez’s work can also be heard on the soundtracks/scores of the Academy award-winning film Almost Famous (credited as Daniel Mendes), the Academy award-nominated Vanilla Sky, and Sweet November. He has produced singer/songwriters and bands like Noah Gundersen, and Tanya Gallagher. He operates out of Matchbox Studios, in Austin, Texas. He is producing Gallagher's upcoming album set to be released in Fall 2018.

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