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The Long Game

Trust me when I say “I can relate”.

You’ve been making music for years. You love it more than you love most things you do.

You want to find out what happens if you actually go for it. If music is the thing you focus on, not the thing you squeeze in.

You want to belong somewhere. A room full of producers taking it as seriously as you do. A teacher who’s been where you’re trying to go, and a path that is a proven system to get you from here to where you want and need to be. Without hesitation.

Twelve months from now you will actually sit with tracks you’re proud of, a sound that’s truly yours, and friends who watched you get there and stay on that path with you for life.

Now’s the time to bet on yourself.

The Full Dojo Path

The Whole Dojo Curriculum.

Every course in the Producer Dojo catalog, bundled into your annual membership. Plus permanent ownership of The Producer’s Path the moment you enroll.

The Producer’s Path

The Producer’s Path

Finish music you’re proud of.

Beginner
Mastering Composition and Arrangement

Mastering Composition and Arrangement

Find your style.

Intermediate
Mastering Sound Design

Mastering Sound Design

Sound like yourself.

Intermediate
Mastering The Mix

Mastering The Mix

Get your sound pro.

Intermediate
The Crucible

The Crucible

The Album Challenge.

Advanced
Welcome To The Dojo

The home baseI wish I’d had coming up.

The Dojo is the community I built around the mission to launch 1,000 music careers.

The Weekly Download is the library. 400+ classes covering sound design, arrangement, philosophy, history, interviews. Every topic you could ask for. Every episode ships with ill.Gates’ session file. Open it, teleport into his DAW, get your hands dirty.

Live feedback every week. You show up, you get notes, you keep moving.

This is the home base I wish I’d had coming up.

The Weekly Download archive. 400+ class library.
The Dojo community on Discord.
ill.Gates and EkoZu running live track feedback.
Everything You Get

Everything you get for the whole year.

The Producer’s Path The place to start. Finish music you’re proud of. Make the jump from exercises to real art.
$499
Mastering Composition and Arrangement 20+ years of ill.Gates’ specialty, compressed into 12 gamified levels. Full song structures that hold.
$499
Mastering Sound Design The intermediate sound design trilogy. Make sounds that don’t exist anywhere else.
$499
Mastering The Mix The intermediate mixing trilogy. Get your tracks translating on every system.
$499
The Crucible The 90-day album-making bootcamp. The heaviest workload. The finishing move.
$499
5 Courses × $499 each Every level. Your pace. All included in Annual.
$2,495
Lifetime Ownership of The Producer’s Path Yours to keep forever, even if you cancel.
$499
1-on-1 with ill.Gates 60-minute private session. Booked after enrollment.
$250
The Weekly Download My Library of Alexandria… 400+ class/downloads on every topic you could ever want. You have to see it to believe it.
$4K+
The Music Tools Vault 20+ Years of Studio, DJ, Performance and Mixing Templates plus Samples, Presets and Racks Galore. A Huge Vault.
$497
The ill.Methodology This workshop made me a household name and changed thousands of producers’ lives for the better.
$97
The EDM Cookbook Easily master all the classic workflows as step-by-step music recipes that work every time.
$97
Track Feedback & Community Access Music sounds better with friends, doesn’t it? Get feedback on your songs and make awesome new producer buddies.
$37/mo
128s Multimaker I learned to code JUST so I could build 128s… It does a whole day worth of sampling and prep work in under a minute.
$49
Unbeatable Drums Over 3500 premium hardware drum sounds meticulously crafted over many years. Ready to be played, out of the box.
$39
Total ValueTools, content, courses, and mentorship.
$8,063+
You Save$6,564 · 81% Off · Or $996 / 40% off if you compare to paying $49/month for a year
$6,564
Your InvestmentFull year of access. Renews annually.
$1,499

Renews annually. After year one, rolls to $125/mo. Same benefits, monthly billing.

Your Instructor

ill.Gates

ill.Gates (Dylan Lane)
ill.Gates in the studio

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’d 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.

Real Students

Real Students,
Real Breakthroughs.

Remember you’re not going at this by yourself. You’re part of a community going through the same assignments, the same problems, working on the same level as you. See how others have worked through course material, and chime in when you’ve had your own breakthroughs. Drop your tracks in the Discord and get community feedback, including from ill.Gates personally.

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Here’s who else is in your corner.

G Jones testimonial
Illenium testimonial
Mr. Bill testimonial
Excision testimonial
Protohype testimonial

This is what consistent study sounds like.

Pick Your Path In

Three ways to join. Annual is the full path.

If you know you want all 5 courses and you want The Producer’s Path forever, this is for you.

Free Trial

Free Month

$0 $49

Card at signup. Nothing charged until day 31. $49/mo after. Does not include the 5 linear courses.

  • Full Dojo access
  • The Weekly Download archive
  • Track feedback & community
  • 128s Multimaker included
  • Cancel anytime, one click
Start my free month →
Monthly

Monthly

$49/mo

Lighter version. Does not include the 5 linear courses.

  • Everything in Free Trial
  • Stay as long as you want
  • Cancel anytime, one click
Start monthly →
Full Path Annual · Best Value

Annual

$8,063+$1,499/yr

Renews annually. After year one, rolls to $125/mo. Same benefits, monthly billing.

  • Everything in Monthly
  • All 5 linear courses (The Producer’s Path, Mastering Composition and Arrangement, Mastering Sound Design, Mastering The Mix, The Crucible)
  • Permanent ownership of The Producer’s Path. Yours forever.
  • 1-on-1 with ill.Gates
  • First access to new releases
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Risk-Free
30
Day Refund

Try It Risk-Free

Try it on.

Show up. Watch the classes. Do the assignments. If 30 days in, the Dojo isn’t delivering what I promised, email support and get every dollar back. No phone calls. No hassle. No weird cancellation hoops.

The only risk is staying stuck.

FAQ

Questions before you join.

I’m already on Monthly. Do I pay on top of that?
No. Going Annual replaces your monthly subscription.
When do the courses start?
Anytime. Start any course whenever you’re ready and go at your own pace.
What if I finish all 5 courses in 6 months?
You still have a full year of Dojo access. And The Producer’s Path is yours forever.
Why $1,499 if each course is $499 on its own?
Because the Annual is the same price as three courses bought individually, and you get all five. Plus the Dojo on top, plus permanent ownership of The Producer’s Path, plus a 1-on-1.
Is 128s included?
Yes. Full access while you’re a member.
What happens after the year?
You get a notification before the year ends. Renew another year or cancel. Otherwise it rolls to $125/mo. Same Annual benefits: all 5 courses, permanent ownership of The Producer’s Path, community. Just billed monthly ($1,499 ÷ 12).
30-day guarantee. What counts as “didn’t work for me”?
Anything. Email support within 30 days. Full refund. No hoops.
Decision Time

The Whole Dojo. For The Year.

Every course. Every download. Every live workshop. Permanent ownership of The Producer’s Path. A 1-on-1 with ill.Gates. $1,499 for the year. Start today.

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P.S. Most members tell me the same thing: they came for the courses, they stayed for the people. You get both. For a year. For $1,499. And The Producer’s Path is yours forever, even if you leave.

See you in the Dojo.