Dana Wachs is an audio engineer, musician and sound designer based in New York City. She has toured with and done sound for acts like St Vincent, Jon Hopkins, Deer Hunter, MGMT and many many more.
Her solo work, beautifully moving ambient music, has been featured in films, live dance performances, and many other formats and settings. Think: very interesting improvisational ambient experiences.
She will be performing (Vorhees) July 6, 2021 and September 2021 for Oda, an incredibly well-produced online music performance platform. You should become a member!
Dana’s music: VorheesMusic.com Vorhees.bandcamp.com
Live performance: Oda.co
Topics covered: Growing up in New Jersey, getting lost in the timeless Pine Barrens, punk rock and goth music, MTV 120 minutes, Lenape Native Americans, Brian Eno, Beyoncé, L’Rain, sparse but powerful pop music, current hip hop, nervous before doing any sound engineering for concerts, self taught audio engineer, Stanley Kubrick, film as inspiration, favorite shows she has done FOH sound for, touring for YEARS, Iceland, Primavera Festival, doing sound for Deer Hunter and more, overcoming attitude from stagehands and major equipment issues, process in creating her own music (Vorhees), equipment she uses, amazing Eventide pedal, forthcoming coming Vorhees performances, sound engineer work in Central Park this summer…
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Podcast produced by Michael Robinson
Music by Dana Wachs: "Preetyland" https://vorhees.bandcamp.com/album/preetyland
Big thanks to the listeners financially supporting this podcast. It means a lot.
Thanks to Laris Kreslins for marketing, production, and booking guidance. contact: [email protected]
Thanks to Justin Geller for technical audio support. contact: [email protected]
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