UNDERWATER RESEARCH AND DESIGN
I want to help musicians make interesting, emotional, and impactful art. I tend to work on darkwave, shoegaze, electronic, and alternative pop music, but I love a great acoustic singer-songwriter, and lo-fi indie as well. I treat each mix with individualized care as if it were my own.
My name is Jeremy Wilkins. I am a mix engineer, producer, and keyboardist. My 30 years of experience began in Florida with my first bands; Rosewater Elizabeth and underwater, then continued through several projects and a few cities to eventually land in Portland where I run my boutique home studio, underwater research and design. All along the way I've found the time and passion to regularly work with other artists, helping to record, produce, and mix their ideas into being. I have extensive knowledge and skills for producing, arranging, and recording, including vocal recording, editing, and fine tuning.
I spent many years being disappointed with how other people mixed and mastered my music so I decided to start doing it myself. Then, I spent awhile feeling like a failure, realizing how hard it is, especially as an artist to mix your own music. But over the past decade I have focused intensely on learning the craft, mastering the technology, and becoming a skillful and creative mix engineer. I want to use everything I've learned to help other artists avoid the mixing and mastering distress that I've been through.
I mix in an acoustically treated room with Focal Solo6 Be monitors and a Focal sub. I prefer to mix in Reason but if a project is Pro Tools dependent I am willing and able to use Pro Tools, it’s just not nearly as fun.
WORK
“I’ve never felt so comfortable with an engineer/producer as I have working with Jeremy. He’s responsive, communicative, patient and open within his approach to this craft. He will tweak until it’s right and carve out the very best from a mix. I’ve worked with him on several projects and have been really happy with the process and the product each time. Jeremy is creative, intuitive, passionate and tireless with his work. 100% recommend!”
SERVICES
“Jeremy has the best ears of anyone I know. His mixing ability is unparalleled and he’s the most professional, efficient, and communicative sound engineer one could ask for. He listens, he’s patient, and he makes sure you’re getting the exact sound you’re going for. I refer everyone to him and I can’t say enough good things about him and his work.”