I’m Jake Kimmel - a Montreal-born, Toronto-based artist and creative producer, trained at Berklee College of Music.

I write, record, and release indie music under my own name, and I work with artists to turn ideas into fully formed records: writing, recording, production, mixing, and mastering.

Alongside formal training, I spent years leading music in informal settings, too - plenty of campfires, house shows and rooms where songs had to work magic without much polish.

I’ve worked with artists from each stage of the process - finishing writing sections, shaping arrangements, mixing and mastering once everything’s in the DAW. I’ve engineered sessions from inside studios, bedrooms, dorm rooms, and basements, building independent workflows that help artists make the music they hear in their head.

At its core, my job is simple: to use modern tools to capture art and help artists feel understood. 

The best way I can do my job is by making the recording feel like song, the song sound like the artist, and the artists like themselves. Whether I’m crafting my own songs or collaborating on someone else’s, I’m always trying to create something that I would want to hear.