Dave Cook

Independent Producer & Engineer

Discography
Woodstock Workshop

Dave grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island, New York and now lives in nearby Saugerties, NY with his wife, Julie and two kids, Ian and Lola. Dave have been a musician (guitar player) since the age of 8 years old and played his first gig when he was 9. When Dave was 19 years old, he decided to be a recording engineer. He found a job at a studio called Prince Recording in NY in 1981. There, he learned the ropes as he was immersed in working long hours on many different types of sessions from Latin to Rock to Gospel, to early Rap (Curtis Blow!) to Russian folk, to Jazz. You name it, he did it.

In 1985, he moved to Woodstock while continuing to work in Manhattan a 3-4 days a week for a few months. Shortly after moving to the Catskills, Dave became the Chief Engineer at Dreamland Studios, a great place built in a 110 year old church. He was there for ten years and was instrumental in making it a world class recording facility. While on staff there, he engineered records for such artists as the B-52’s, 10,000 Maniacs, Graham Parker, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Suzanne Vega, Joe Henry, and many others.

Both during the time Dave was on staff at Dreamland and after he left, he worked on a freelance basis in studios in NY, California, Boston and Louisiana. During this period, he collaborated with artists such as Juliana Hatfield, Willie Nelson, Morphine and Buckwheat Zydeco. He was the chief broadcast engineer for a series of small live radio concerts for Boston stations WFNX and WBCN. The shows included, Lenny Kravitz, David Bowie, Alanis Morissette, Radiohead, Bare Naked Ladies and many others.

Dave has also been involved in Live Audio, Remote Recording, Production, Album Budget Management, Studio Bookings, etc. He has been awarded Gold and Platinum sales awards and has been interviewed by Mix magazine, EQ magazine and Pro Sound News amongst other trade publications.