20 years · 60+M streams · 275 tracks · 1,000+ shows

My name is ill.Gates and I’m like the opposite of a Gatekeeper. Unlocking and sharing musical secrets is what I do.

I’ve racked up 58 million plays on over 300 songs, including collaborations with the winners of 10 Grammys, and made music for Star Wars and GTA5. My past students and collaborators include Apashe, G Jones, Illenium, Mr. Bill, Beats Antique, Eprom, Pretty Lights, Daily Bread, and Dr Fresch. Grammy nominee Damian Taylor (producer of Bjork, The Prodigy, The Killers, and Arcade Fire) even used my Moog sub multisamples on all his Grammy-nominated albums.

I’ve been DJing since I was 13. Performing is what I do. What I’ve always done. What I will never stop doing. Music runs through my veins. It’s what fuels me. 1,000+ shows on 5 continents, still slayin’ it on the daily.

I also teach. Built the world’s first Ableton DJ Templates in 2006. Invented ‘Mudpies’ in 2008. Built ‘128s’ in 2010. Founded Producer Dojo in 2016 with one mission: launch 1,000 music careers. 300+ consecutive weeks of live classes since. No breaks. No vacations. Guest lectures at Berklee College of Music, NYU, the Ableton Education Summit, and Ableton’s ‘One Thing’. Over 1,000 producers trained. My 128s-style wavetables ship with Serum 2, the world’s most popular synth.

I spent 20 years designing the Dojo to be the most engaging, most effective, and most efficient home base for producers. The place I wish I had coming up.

I’ve worked with the best of the best, and I saw where the rest went astray. I studied both failure and success, tested method after method, and built this community in collaboration with real musicians just like you.

Now it’s your turn.