Dale Penner

Dale Penner’s credits have sold more than 13 million records and have millions of streams. In the late 90’s, three years before Nickelback hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their breakthrough, decade defining hit “How You Remind Me” and about a decade before Billboard declared them the most successful rock band of the 2000s, Dale Penner produced The State, which laid the groundwork for the band to become a six time Grammy nominated, 12 time Juno Award winning artist – and one of Canada’s most commercially successful bands ever. Originally released independently in 1998, The State achieved mainstream success once Penner and their management in Los Angeles shopped their agreement with the band to Roadrunner Records, which signed them for a re-release in 2000. Both the lead single “Leader of Men” and the third single “Breathe” hit the Top Ten on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

In addition to Nickelback, Penner has worked with several other mainstream pop household names, including Loverboy (his very first engineering session at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, for their “Top Gun” soundtrack song and Top 15 hit “Heaven in Your Eyes”), kd. lang, Michael McDonald. Back when he was engineering regularly, he also contributed to Jamie Walters/The Heights’ #1 hit “How Do You Talk to An Angel.” Over the years, even as he’s collaborated with countless artists in the U.S. and Europe, the producer has also racked up an impressive series of Juno Award winning and nominated projects by top Canadian artists Holly McNarland (whose album Stuff also earned him P.M.I.A.’s Producer of the Year), Jonas & The Massive Attraction and Econoline Crush. He also produced the debut album of future Juno Award winners, alt rockers the Matthew Good Band. Some of the U.S. based musicians and bands he has worked with are Boston’s The Winefield (for Priority Records), The Red King (Sony Publishing), Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago.

Most recently, Dale has partnered as lead Music Producer with Synapse Publishing & Entertainment where he has worked on multiple music and film related projects with artists Andrew Salgado, Delaney Ann, Julia Cozby, Sarah Harralson, Derryl Perry, Carson Alexander, Wendy Moten, Judy Paster, and others.

Despite 35 years of hit-helping and hit-making, Penner’s never focused on his accolades – only the adventurous sounds and dynamic contemporary crossing his console or through the Session Wire online music collaboration app, which allows him to hook up his studio with artists anywhere in the world. These days, he is most excited about the ten tracks he recently helmed for SM6, a Chicago area originated pop/rock band of six siblings (ages 14-22) who became global TikTok sensations (2.7M followers, 200M likes, 980M total social media views) and whose latest single “Oddity” has over 1M Spotify streams.

In recent years, Penner has used all the latest sonic bells and whistles he has accumulated to create audio for film, TV, and online content. His credits include numerous projects doing Final Mix & Sound Design and Foley for Farpoint Films (the series “Alive” and “My Misdiagnosis” and films “Sorry For Your Loss” and “Perfect Match”); Final Mix & Sound Design for Fosca Features (“After the Ashes,” “Technical Difficulties”; voiceover on “Aboard the Namao” from Sogo Films/MTS on Demand, final mix on “Double Date” and “Intersection” for Theia Entertainment; and voiceover, final mix and SFS on the series “Live Well Winnipeg” for GALB Productions/Snow Angel Films and MTS On Demand. Penner is currently working on audio post mixing for “Friday I’m in Love,” a documentary film that explores the history of the legendary Numbers nightclub, a counterculture landmark in Houston and one of the longest running alternative music venues (43 years) in the United States and Women Behind The Lyrics, LLC to document the story of four independent female singer-songwriters on tour with Synapse Publishing & Entertainment, LLC.