Dave Chale
Founder, Head Engineer
Dave has two decades of audio engineering experience working as a recording, mixing, and live engineer. He first opened the doors to DeadBird Studios in 2008 and hand built the studio over the years with the help of friends and colleagues. He has worked as a guest engineer at Ardent Studios, Sonic Ranch, and Prairie Sun Recording, and was head of production at Louisville music venues Zazoos and The New Vintage. Dave has worked as FOH and monitor engineer at Mercury Ballroom, Odeon, Iroquois Amphitheater, and Abbey Road On The River music festival and Louder Than Life music festival, as well as the touring FOH engineer for Low Cut Connie and Tyler Lance Walker Gill. He also spent years touring and recording as the drummer for many local and international acts, including Wax Fang and Quiet Hollers.
Dave received Engineer of the Year in 2013 and 2014 from the Lousiville Music Awards, and a Judges’ Choice Award from Berklee College of Music. His work on Low Cut Connie’s Dirty Pictures Pt. 2 received 4 stars in Rolling Stone, and Cabin’s Among The Rectangles and Changeable Parts earned WFPK’s Album of the Year in 2010, as well as Song of the Year for “A Lie Worth Believing”.
