PROFILEDylan Ward is a Mi’kmaq musician, recording engineer and producer based out of Fredericton, New Brunswick. Ward fronts rock icons-in-the-making, Marian (recipient of Indigenous Artist of the Year from Music New Brunswick  2020), and operates his recording studio, Shiftwork Recording. At his studio, Ward works alongside artists to help realize their music vision, and to create a recording that represents the uniqueness of who they are, with a focus on helping build up New Brunswick and Indigenous artists. Ward recently completed the JEDI Art Accelerator  program, an 11 week business program focused on nurturing indigious entrepreneurs within the arts. NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTSMarian - “Indigenous Artist of the Year” •Music New Brunswick 2020Music New Brunswick nominee for Emerging Artist of the Year (Run the River - Engineer & Producer)Jerry Faye EP (Engineer, Producer, Musician) - Best Music of 2019 (Music New Brunswick)Marian EP (Engineer, Producer, Musician) - The Best Music of 2019 - Peer Review (The East)Music New Brunswick nominee for Rock Album of the Year & Emerging Artist of the Year (David in the Dark - Engineer & Producer)Recipient of album support via the MID program through the government of New Brunswick (Marian) 2020East Coast Music Awards 2017 theme song “Sun Head” (David in the Dark)RELEASES2021    “Shiftwork” EP -Run the River, Aug 2021 - Engineer/Producer2020    “Channels” LP -Aftersurf, Feb  2020 - Engineer/Producer2019    “Wonder” LP -Quinn Bonnell, Nov  2019 - Engineer/Producer2019    “Marian” EP -Marian, June 2019 - Engineer/Producer2019    “Jerry Faye” EP -Jerry Faye, August 2019 - Engineer/Producer2016    “Fire” LP - David in the Dark, May 2016 - Engineer/Producer