master the art of sound & rise to the top of the dojo
Producer dojo belt system
A way to track your skills and progress as a producer through experience, not by memorizing a textbook or notes.

HOW TO BECOME A WHITE BELT:
You’ve joined the Producer Dojo community (either FB or Discord), you've purchased a workshop, youve subscribed to DOJO TV, or you're Weekly Download member.

HOW TO BECOME A YELLOW BELT:
You’ve joined one of our coaching memberships, completed the onboarding steps and booked your first session with one of the Senseis.

HOW TO BECOME AN ORANGE BELT:
You’ve implemented feedback from a Sensei and completed your first track as a Dojo member.

How to Become a blue belt:
You've Composed, mixed, and mastered a track that is strong enough to be released on an established record label.

HOW TO BECOME A GREEN BELT:
You’ve submitted four complete tracks of blue belt quality using recipes from the ill.Gates EDM Cookbook.

HOW TO BECOME A PURPLE BELT:
Given out once per month to a ninja that is demonstrating notable progress and growth.

HOW TO BECOME A RED BELT:
You've been featured on a Producer Dojo Mix Tape that’s released on all Producer Dojo channels.

HOW TO BECOME A BROWN BELT:
You've been featured on an official Producer Dojo compilation EP.

HOW TO BECOME A BLACK BELT:
You've released your own EP on the Producer Dojo Label.
ninjas who have achieved BLACK belt

HEXIS (Dustin Dvorak)
Earned:

Spiderhound (Sean Naughton)
Earned: March 2018

RIP Kenny (Evan Gilsdorf)
Earned: September 2018

TESKO (Nikola Zjalic)
Earned: December 2018

Trigem (Casey Walters)
Earned: February 2019

moonsplatta (Jack Kolpin)
Earned: March 2019

6TH STREET (Richard Wang)
Earned: April 2019

illexxandra (Lexi Ferguson)
Earned: August 2019

Cryptochronica (Chris Shimanoff)
Earned: October 2019

UHNK (Alex Saldana)
Earned: January 2020

Metasine (Connor Proctor)
Earned: February 2020

MESSEA (Jessie C Messea)
Earned: August 2020

Shadowstar (Dylan Lohrstorfer)
Earned: September 2020

DWELM (Greg Dehmlow)
Earned: November 2020

Ahee (Chris Adams)
Earned: January 2021

DETØX (James Dietrichson)
Earned: March 2021

Mammyth (Anthony Brewer)
Earned: April 2021

Lucien Francis (Lucas Franco)
Earned: May 2021

Tyraze (Mike Shada)
Earned: July 2021

Alby (Alex Simpson)
Earned: July 2021

Herbalistek (Noa & Yota)
Earned: September 2021

Slowform (Kaitie Echele)
Earned: November 2021

Sharrol Kelby (Alec Smith)
Earned: November 2021

MAD-LAB (Parker White)
Earned: December 2021

Future Twist (Kris Reish & Quin Antoniuk)
Earned: February 2022

Munchii (Li Chien)
Earned: March 2022

Memory Code (Mike Adamo)
Earned: March 2022
ninjas who have achieved brown belt

Imperivm (Winn Lavorgna)

Mindset (Timmy Walker)

Vaedynn (Vaedynn Erlandson)

Danielwiththe balance (Daniel Simmons)

Trap Jesus (Luke Rain)

We Forgot.. (Scott Thorpe)

Kudos Lokey (Snappy Homefry)

Skewbs (Gavin Jurewicz)

Sather (Huntingdon SAther)

Zodiak Iller (Jesse Edelman)

Seancy (Seancy)

Schuz (spencer schumacher)

like water (chris ford)

Squidot (Scott Mensink)

Lodestone (Josh Stephan)

Koexist (Kurt Owen)

Rickachu (Rick Dilley)

Plumcharlie (Vincent Plummer)

Knobreaks (Brian Zagaja)

Catawompus (Cole K Hughes)

Pirate Radio (Brian Taylor & Karan Mehra)

Wolfstax (Ehren Wolf)

Porch (Nicholas Loporchio)

Seda (Reza Moinossadat)

Tao Moon (William Renner)

Leo Light Work (Leo Mazzio)
ninjas who have achieved purple belt
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DWELM (Greg Dehmlow)
Earned: November 2020
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Producer Dojo Streaming

Subscribe to #DojoTV
Dojo TV is an open format, where we host streams of all kinds highlighting music and topics relevant to the Producer Dojo community and producers across the world.
Expect music events, track feedback, music history lessons, round table discussions, tutorials, podcasts, track breakdowns, and more.
DojoTV is a channel where our members can stream their content and grow their audience through presenting, performing, and engaging with the community!

Producer Dojo Discord
Every show has an artist green room. You can pick up your backstage pass right now.
Imagine having a group of musician allies to help you level up... people who've come together, shared music, and helped other members advance their production. We've covered everything from the local scene to free samples and our favorite production tips.
We have chat rooms with a variety of topics including sound design, mixing and mastering, and even virtual reality.
grow on the producer dojo record label
As a Class of 808 Ninja, You'll Have A Chance To Release On The Producer Dojo Record Label!
Curated by ill.GATES himself the Producer Dojo showcases a diverse array of edge music from artists both inside and outside of the Dojo community. Every month we release a soundcloud mixtape with a specific theme, and then either an artist EP or remix EP with full distribution. Dojo releases can be found anywhere digital music is sold and the music on our label often hits #1 on Beatport among other things.
Notable artists who have emerged from Producer Dojo are EyeOnEyez, AHEE, UHNK, Rip Kenny, Metasine, Pedestrian Tactics, 6th Street, Dwelm, Messea, Sharrol Kelby, Eko-Zu, ill.GATES & Mr Bill.



