Dan Ponich describes himself as a North Vancouver, B.C. Canada based mixer, engineer and producer.

Blue Dirt Girl describes Dan Ponich as an accomplished guitarist, keys & synth player, percussionist/ drummer, songwriter and composer. 

Dan understood how to translate Kathryn’s emotive sonic ideas into a unique modern soul sound in the recording studio. He took Kathryn’s rich array of vocal thoughts and groove electric guitar stylings, Albert’s acumen with bass playing, mandolin and vocal harmonies and added his extensive experience with the Park Sound Studios myriad of studio amps, specialty vocal mics, and guitars to the recording process.

An essential ingredient for the Blue Dirt Girl’s mix of genre sounds from: modern soul, rock, psychedelic sound was also the creative connection between Kathryn Sutherland and Dan Ponich.  Their artistic kinship started with the bands Nothing is as it was EP recording sessions (03.17.21) where both Kathryn and Dan were the co-producers, and continued with No Street Signs No Straight Lines(04.21.23) album recording sessions in 2022. Dan played multiple instruments on this album and Blue Dirt Girl’s Albert Klassen joined Kathryn and Dan as co producer.

On our upcoming 4th album, Love Adjusted, Dan will be recording engineer and co producer with Kathryn and Albert. The band is jazzed to see what the 3 artists come up with on Blue Dirt Girl’s upcoming November 2025 studio recording and 2026 album release.

Blue Dirt Girl and Dan also have had several amazing concerts together over the last 4 years. Watch us hear live.

Finally, Dan and his partner Meghan have started a new music project called BITLIP. Please follow them on socials and support a new dynamic West Coast Canadian music project.

Contact Dan Ponich for recording studio projects at Park Sound Studio, North Vancouver B.C. Canada,  at  dan@parksoundstudio.com.