Erik Nielsen (Sonic Negotiator)
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Erik Nielsen also known as the "Sonic Negotiator", is a California native who has spent his career as a working musician based out of the San Francisco Bay Area.
He was born on August 1, 1950 in Long Beach, California, and first began playing music in the first grade when his Danish immigrant father, Paul Nielsen,[1] and mother, Molly Nielsen, enrolled him in the Fresno State University Laboratory School. There, Erik learned how to play the drums and was taught music theory.
Erik spent 20 years as a member of Grammy award winning artist Queen Ida and Her Zydeco Band which included touring internationally before her retirement.
A veteran of the local San Francisco music scene since the 1960's, where he first saw music acts at The Fillmore Auditorium, and eventually worked at the Family Dog and the Family Dog at the Beach. Erik has owned his own analog and digital recording studio since 1985 where he recorded such artists as Sally Taylor, Terry Radigan, Peter Case, Joe Ely, the Nields, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Slaid Cleaves, and David Perales.
Erik has also played with such bands as Skin, Balconies Fault, Lady Luck, The Sun Dogs, The Bacon Brothers, and The Pointer Sisters.
Erik worked with Tom Flye and Booker T. Jones at various recording studios including The Record Plant in Sausalito, California and The Site in Marin County.
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- Erik Nielsen - Discogs. (n.d.). https://www.discogs.com/artist/3623093-Erik-Nielsen-4
- Our Sausalito the Insider's Guide to Sausalito . (2022, June 7). The record plant sausalito. OurSausalito.com. https://www.oursausalito.com/fun-sausalito-activities/the-record-plant-plant-studios.html
- Reed, J. (2010, March 12). "queen" Ida Guillory. National Endowment for the Arts. https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/queen-ida-guillory
- Thelen, G. (2020, July 25). The Record Plant, sausalito - nor-cal's Historic Studio Retreat. The Music Origins Project. https://musicorigins.org/item/the-record-plant-sausalito/