Work

Audio Recording Engineer/ Producer/Photographer/Musician

Dino Gabriel DiStefano has been working as a recording engineer and producer for the past 30 years, including Grammy winning and nominated albums for the Manchester Craftsman’s Guild, and other awarded albums for various record labels. He started working in film and video production in 1999 while living in Seattle. Since then he has worked on feature films, commercials, and many documentaries. Credited also as a sound designer, still photographer, videographer, music arranger and musician.

His documentary photography from Vietnam has been exhibited and also used in the WQED production In Country: A Vietnam story”.  He also has a gallery exhibit for the traveling multimedia show “In Sisterhood: The Women’s  Movement in Pittsburgh” and “Hard Hatted Women”. He directed and produced the music show tv pilot “Live from Nied’s Hotel” that aired on WQED Pittsburgh and was nominated for a Mid Atlantic Emmy along with working at the Manchester Craftsman’s Guild as video director for streaming and archival recordings of such artists as Lisa Fischer, David Benoit, Savion Glover, Arturo Sandoval, Gloria Reuben, Larry Carlton and The Yellow Jackets. He is currently working on album projects and doing sound design and audio post mixing for The National Parks Service and The Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

Audio Recording Engineer/ Producer/Director/Photographer/Musician

Dino Gabriel DiStefano has been working as a recording engineer and producer for the past 30 years, including Grammy winning and nominated albums for the Manchester Craftsman’s Guild, and other awarded albums for various record labels. He started working in film and video production in 1999 while living in Seattle. Since then he has worked on feature films, commercials, and many documentaries. Credited also as a sound designer, still photographer, videographer, music arranger and musician.

His documentary photography from Vietnam has been exhibited and also used in the WQED production In Country: A Vietnam story”. He also has a gallery exhibit for the traveling multimedia show “In Sisterhood: The Women’s  Movement in Pittsburgh” and “Hard Hatted Women”. He directed and produced the music show tv pilot “Live from Nied’s Hotel” that aired on WQED Pittsburgh and was nominated for a Mid Atlantic Emmy along with working at the Manchester Craftsman’s Guild as video director for streaming and archival recordings of such artists as Lisa Fischer, David Benoit, Savion Glover, Arturo Sandoval, Gloria Reuben, Larry Carlton and The Yellow Jackets. He is currently working on album projects and doing sound design and audio post mixing for The National Parks Service and The Westmoreland Museum of American Art..

Portfolio

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Eli Naragon
Beagle Brothers
Paquito D’Rivera
Count Basie Orchestra
Boilermakers Jazz Band – Jive at Five
Valley Forge
Leave No Trace
Layers of Life
Live from Nied’s Hotel
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians 2018
Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians 2019
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Services

My Services

Audio Recording/Mixing Engineering for Music

DGD Recording can take you through the complete recording process from conception of songs to the final masters or any single part of the process that you need.

Post Production for Film/Video

Audio mixing including 5.1 surround, sound design and foley work.

Audio Producer/Musician

Helping to polish and arrange your songs. Dino plays bass and piano but is connected to many musicians within multiple genres of music.

Location Audio for Film/Video

Location sound mixer or boom-op services available for your film or video shoot.

Videographer/Editor/Producer

From small one-man-band shoots to multi-cam shoots.

Audio/Video Consultant for In-House Audio/Video Production

Wether it’s corporate, educational or worship we can help to work out better work flows or help to redesign your current in-house audio or video systems.

Home Studio Upgrade and Design

We can analyze and problem solve your current studio or completely design one from the ground up. We work in conjunction with Vizza Acoustics for studio design.

Vinyl to file transfers

Transferring LP’s and 45’s to any digital file format needed.

Cassette and 1/4” Tape to File Transfers

Transferring 1/4” tapes to any digital file format needed. 15, 7-1/2, and 3-3/4 ips

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