As a teen-ager, Jeremy Wilms studied classical guitar with Todd Seelye and John Sutherland. He earned a degree in music from Georgia State University where he also pursued Jazz Studies and formed a trio with drummer Woody Williams and bassist Mamaniji Azanyah. In 1997 Jeremy moved to New York where he continued studies with pianist Kenny Werner and guitarist David Gilmore. He has performed since then in New York and around the world spanning many styles of music.

He has performed with Butch Morris, Steve Shelley and Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth, TV On The Radio, EL-P, Antibalas Afro-beat Orchestra, Bill T. Jones Dance Company, Chin Chin, Christina Rosenvinge, Daniel Carter, Sunny Jain, Sabir Mateen, Gold Sparkle Band, Tim Foljahn, Chris Lee, Andrew Burnes, Reverend Vince Anderson, Akoya Afro-beat, Yusuke Yamamoto, Dub Nomads, Kevin Shea, Ted Leo, Danny Leo and the Holy Childhood, and others.

In 2002 Jeremy began a production company doing sound design and soundtrack work for both corporate and independent clients. His production company, Its The Sound (ITS), co-owned by musician/producer Torbitt Schwartz, won a Flash Forward Award for the Fall 2004 NikeLab website sound design. The same website also won a Cannes award for web design. ITS also produced the music for Far From Home, a CNN documentary about an inter-racial school bussing program in Massachusetts, as well as numerous independent film scores.

Its The Sound is in an ongoing collaboration with Andrew Barker that provides series music for the  Sundance Channel Iconoclast  series. The first installment, Jackson on Russell, premiered November 17th, 2005.