Ep. 051 - [illexxandra’s Virtual Reality Festival Life]
Illexxandra is a producer, DJ and coach based out of New York City. She’s been released on ill.Gates’ Producer Dojo label and topped the beatport charts with her EP Out The Shadows and regularly DJs in virtual reality as well as in real life (when it’s not a pandemic). Today you’ll learn about her DJ Preferences, what it’s like DJing and attending festivals in VR, whether opera singing would work on bass music, creating and following inspiration and happy accidents and her songwriting and release process.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
06:02 - illexxandra’s Superhero Origin Story
18:27 - DJ Problems and Preferences
22:39 - DJing In Virtual Reality
32:35 - What Do Virtual Reality Festivals Look Like?
44:30 - Would Opera Singing Work on Bass Music?
52:18 - Lockdown Difficulties and Wins
58:08 - What to Do When You’re Not Inspired
1:02:35 - illexxandra’s Writing and Releasing Process
1:17:18 - Rolling With The Happy Accidents
1:23:50 - Creating And Following Inspiration
1:32:52 - Question From DOJO TV Chat
1:35:16 - Outro
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