Daniel Rowland

VP of Strategy and Partnerships @ LANDR

About

Daniel Rowland is a unique combination of music producer, audio engineer, tech executive, and educator. In addition to the 17+ billion streams of the music he has helped create, Daniel is VP of Strategy and Partnerships at LANDR, co-founder of online DAW Audiotool, and longtime Recording Industry instructor at MTSU. For over a decade his primary focus has been on the empowerment of music creators via ethical AI-driven tools and accessible design, sharing that message on dozens of panels and podcasts. As a creative, Daniel is credited for producing, mixing, or mastering over 3000 projects for artist/entities such as Pixar (including the Oscar winner “Piper”), Disney, Nine Inch Nails, Jason Derulo, Seal, Eminem, Phillip Glass, Keith Richards, Thundercat, Sigor Ros, Gucci Mane, Adrian Belew, Korn, David Foster, Burna Boy, Nina Simone, and Jhené Aiko, along with dozens of soundtracks for Star Wars, Marvel, The Fast and the Furious, John Wick, and others. His latest focus has been on delivering cost-effective Dolby Atmos mixing for artists and labels.

Country

United States

City

Las Vegas

Industry

Music

Skill

Partnerships, Audio Engineering, Music Production, Pro Tools, Sound, Recording, Studio Recording, Mastering, MIDI, Sound Design, Live Sound, Music, Film, Music Technology, Video Editing, Songwriting, Sound Editing, Electronic Music, Entertainment, Business Development

Experience

VP of Strategy and Partnerships

LANDR

2025-1 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Head of Production Services

LANDR

2016 - Present · 10 yrs

Montreal, Canada Area

The industry leader in AI mastering w/ over 2.5 million users, the LANDR platform has grown to include samples, plugin rental, and music distribution, among other services. Besides working on product strategy, Rowland heads a team of mastering engineers, working on hundreds of projects for Warner, Disney, Sony, and Universal music groups.

Senior Audio Engineer

LANDR

2015-9 - Present · 11 yrs 1 mo

Montreal, Canada

Developing LANDR's automated mastering service, leveraging the power of machine learning, Big Data and MIR.

Head of Strategy and Partnerships

LANDR

2020-10 - 2025-1 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Co-Founder

Audiotool

2022-9 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

Seattle, Washington

Audiotool is an online platform for music creators to produce, collaborate and share music in the cloud.

Co-Founder

Immersive Mixers

2022-6 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

Santa Monica, California, United States

Mixing Dolby Atmos for music, film, and television. In particular focused on AI source separation of older recordings that lack stems, and mixing those in immersive.

Voting Member

The Recording Academy

2021-2 - Present · 5 yrs 8 mos

Professor

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

2008-1 - Present · 18 yrs 9 mos

Professor

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

2008 - Present · 18 yrs

Murfreesboro

Full-time professor, currently remotely teaching Intro and Advanced Pro Tools classes, as well as Electronic Music, Synthesis, and MIDI. Previously classes included Critical Listening and Recording Studio Techniques.

Producer/Engineer/Programmer

Adrian Belew

2009 - Present · 17 yrs

Mt. Juliet, TN

Working mostly with Adrian Belew (David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Paul Simon,Talking Heads, King Crimson, Nine Inch Nails, etc). Designing his guitar system and studio, engineering/producing his music, and touring the world. This includes Academy Award winning and Grammy nominated projects for Pixar and Nine Inch Nails, among others. Check out the "Modular Closet" pic below--tons of effects, analog tape, vinyl, instruments and toys, all wired in to patchbays for endless possibilities. Including routing signal underwater and re-recording it in stereo.

Audio engineer, musician, editor, etc, etc.

Independent

1993 - Present · 33 yrs

Owner/Instructor

TheOnlineAudioSchool.com

2009-3 - 2023-2 · 14 yrs

Online, interactive audio production and recording classes.

Founding Partner

NOIISE

2014-1 - 2020-9 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

NOIISE is a company focusing on creating innovative mobile music production apps. FLUX by belew, an interactive audiovisual album that never plays the same way twice; and FLUX:FX, a multitouch audio fx processor that lets you create incredible sounds.