Wayne Wilkins is a British record producer, songwriter, record engineer and record mixer.
18 Facts About Wayne Wilkins
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Wayne Wilkins has produced and written for artists such as Rick Astley, Natasha Bedingfield, Beyonce, Cheryl Cole, and Jordin Sparks.
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Wayne Wilkins began taking piano lessons at the age of four.
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Wayne Wilkins went on to the Royal College of Music in London.
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Wayne Wilkins later graduated with a physics degree from Imperial College.
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Wayne Wilkins interned at Townhouse Studios and Olympic Studios where he received further training in engineering, mixing, and producing.
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Wayne Wilkins worked on the No Doubt Rock Steady album which Wayne Wilkins said later afforded him higher-profile work opportunities.
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Wayne Wilkins has cited artists such as Michael Jackson, David Foster, Whitney Houston, Chicago, John Williams, and Oscar Peterson as having a major influence on his style and tastes.
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The first band Wayne Wilkins produced after going independent was The Corrs.
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Wayne Wilkins co-wrote and co-produced another hit for Natasha Bedingfield, "Love Like This", which featured Sean Kingston.
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Wayne Wilkins co-wrote and co-produced the 2008 single "Energy" with members of The Runaways, Sam Watters, Rico Love, and Louis Biancaniello.
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Wayne Wilkins co-wrote "We Break the Dawn" alongside Solange Knowles and Andrew Frampton for Michelle Williams's third album, Unexpected.
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Wayne Wilkins was involved in creating the remix for the same song.
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Wayne Wilkins co-wrote and co-produced the song, which features British rapper Tinie Tempah.
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Wayne Wilkins has stated that he prefers to start with chord progressions as opposed to lyrics.
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Wayne Wilkins has said he attempts to be a "vessel" in which music flows out of him naturally.
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Wayne Wilkins says that he tends to write simple lyrics and chords.
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Early in his career, Wayne Wilkins worked under mixing engineer Mark "Spike" Stent of EMI.