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Ep. 052 - [ill.Gates Tells Crazy DJ Stories]

It’s our one year anniversary of the podcast and we’re celebrating with our mentor, the one and only ill.Gates! ill.Gates is a successful producer who has DJ’d at shows and festivals around the world. He also followed his passion for education and launching other producer’s careers by founding the Producer Dojo where all of our hosts studied music production and are currently on staff coaching the next generation of producers. Listen in on part 1 of our conversation as ill.Gates tells crazy stories from starting to DJ in high school, raving before cell phones, getting his first record deal as The Phat Conductor and how his first Burning Man experience changed his life. He also tells a story we’re calling “Frank’s Lemons” which is hands down the craziest story that has ever been told on this show!

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

03:52 - ill.Gates’ Super Hero Origin Story

10:27 - Being a Child Voice Actor

11:58 - Getting Into DJing in High School

28:12 - Lessons in How To Network and Build

35:07 - Frank’s Lemons: The Craziest DJ Story Ever

1:00:22 - Going to Raves Before Cell Phones

1:02:49 - How Technology Has Changed The Music Industry

1:05:00 - Moving to Toronto and Getting His First Record Deal as The Phat Conductor

1:24:20 - First Burning Man, Losing All His Music and Becoming ill.Gates

1:31:21 - Life Lessons and Quitting His Day Job

1:46:35 - Outro

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