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WE REMIXED THE REMIX YOUR LIFE CHALLENGE

I have touched lives with my art, but I TRANSFORM lives with Producer Dojo. There is a big difference in how it feels to see producers I've helped crush it out in all avenues of music world and I am HOOKED!

This year for our Remix Your Life Challenge we are taking it to the next level... get ready for some serious growth!

Are you ready to make the music you were born to make?


Jamuary - Create 31 daily synth jams.

February Album Writing Month - Write 14 songs in 28 days.

Mix March - Finish, mix, and master your 2024 breakout.

I’m going to show you how jamming and working in a modular way (even when you’re not using a modular synthesizer) can create that organic vibe and emergent complexity in an extremely simple way.

This is how you let the music make itself.

After Jamuary, it’s time to put all those new jams to use for… February Album Writing Month! For the first time ever, we will all be participating in F.A.W.M together as The Dojo.

Writing 14 tracks in 28 days is no joke, but the Dojo community will pull music out of you that you never knew existed!

So what happens after Jamuary and F.A.W.M?

Mix March!

We’re going to spend a WHOLE month mixing, mastering, and finishing your new album.

You are your habits. The only way you can be a musician is if you’re in the habit of making music. Forming that habit is the most important thing.

So we developed a Habit Tracker to help keep you on track. You will stay motivated and inspired to keep on your goals when you see others in the community doing the same.

Will you be the one to hold that top spot in the weekly leaderboard?

We're going to be celebrating every week. And it wouldn't be a party without... PRESENTS!

We want to celebrate YOU and YOUR wins. Every week we'll give away a sweet prize to that week's winner.

And this year, we have MOOG as our sponsor!

ARE YOU READY TO REMIX YOUR LIFE?

You know that the music is in there. We're all waiting for you to let it out.
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THE REAL SECRET: THERE ARE NO SECRETS

DON'T SPIN YOUR WHEELS, SPIN RECORDS INSTEAD!

Listen: I’ve been there. I’ve struggled and failed, I’ve procrastinated and missed deadlines, I’ve been depressed and confused and alone. This is a normal part of learning how to make music and it is to some extent inevitable, but it doesn’t have to go on forever. The rough part only takes as long as you let it take. It can take the rest of your life, or it can end today.

Let’s see if any of this sounds familiar:

You know there is music in you. You hear music in your head while you're awake and you dream about it when you’re asleep. You love listening to music and can’t imagine life without it. Music is there for you when you need it. It lifts you up when you’re down and brings you highs better than any drug.

When you try to finish your own music all of that passion starts turning sour, bringing you lows that make you question everything. When you compare your work to the work of your heroes, you wonder why you even bother…

'I’ll never be THAT good, maybe I should just give up?’

Sessions sound amazing the night before but sound awful in the morning. Plugins and sample packs sound awesome on YouTube but once you load them up they fall flat. Your expensive gear is collecting dust, your hard drive is full of tools you never use, and your WIP folder borders on pathological.

THAT WAS ME. FOR YEARS.

But then I got a little help from my friends: When I finally accepted that it was next to impossible for me to figure it all out on my own, and started treating music as a collaboration instead of a competition, it was like a huge weight lifted from my shoulders. When I started learning from established producers who were making the music I wanted to make, instead of dry tutorials from educated wanna-bes, I learned the workflow and started finishing my tracks.

When I learned to make the process FUN for myself, I became addicted to making music and the 10,000 hours it takes to become an expert flew by before I knew it.

Music saved my life. Making music took me places I never imagined. When it was my turn to give back I created Producer Dojo, and now the Dojo has a life of its own. I knew it would be good, but I never thought it would be THIS good. Your success is my success, and the success of our Producer Dojo members is living proof that the system works.

DON'T SPIN YOUR WHEELS, SPIN RECORDS INSTEAD!

Listen: I’ve been there. I’ve struggled and failed, I’ve procrastinated and missed deadlines, I’ve been depressed and confused and alone. This is a normal part of learning how to make music and it is to some extent inevitable, but it doesn’t have to go on forever. The rough part only takes as long as you let it take. It can take the rest of your life, or it can end today.

Let’s see if any of this sounds familiar:

You know there is music in you. You hear music in your head while you're awake and you dream about it when you’re asleep. You love listening to music and can’t imagine life without it. Music is there for you when you need it. It lifts you up when you’re down and brings you highs better than any drug.

When you try to finish your own music all of that passion starts turning sour, bringing you lows that make you question everything. When you compare your work to the work of your heroes, you wonder why you even bother…

'I’ll never be THAT good, maybe I should just give up?’

Sessions sound amazing the night before but sound awful in the morning. Plugins and sample packs sound awesome on YouTube but once you load them up they fall flat. Your expensive gear is collecting dust, your hard drive is full of tools you never use, and your WIP folder borders on pathological.

THAT WAS ME. FOR YEARS.

But then I got a little help from my friends: When I finally accepted that it was next to impossible for me to figure it all out on my own, and started treating music as a collaboration instead of a competition, it was like a huge weight lifted from my shoulders. When I started learning from established producers who were making the music I wanted to make, instead of dry tutorials from educated wanna-bes, I learned the workflow and started finishing my tracks.

When I learned to make the process FUN for myself, I became addicted to making music and the 10,000 hours it takes to become an expert flew by before I knew it.

Music saved my life. Making music took me places I never imagined. When it was my turn to give back I created Producer Dojo, and now the Dojo has a life of its own. I knew it would be good, but I never thought it would be THIS good. Your success is my success, and the success of our Producer Dojo members is living proof that the system works.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KEEP SHOWING UP.

Our system, our senseis, and the Dojo community will keep you on track, keep you accountable and make sure you meet your goals. It’s not impossible to learn everything on your own, but it’s a LOT harder, and it takes at least five times as long. Progress is all about momentum, and you can’t have momentum without direction.

You can take a long zig-zag path full of dead ends and false starts OR you can learn from those who’ve made the mistakes and save yourself a ton of time and effort.

Every producer is different,  but the problems we face are the same. We think external factors will solve our problems but the real issues are internal: we get distracted by shiny objects and infinite possibilities. We procrastinate. We get in our own way. We fear we are not living up to our potential. We have trouble finishing things. We have trouble meeting deadlines and we have trouble taking accountability.

The good news is that this is all normal so you don’t have to feel bad about it. But you’re not going to escape this cycle if you don’t commit to making a change. If you want to solve a problem once and for all, you have to tackle the root of the problem.

That solution begins with you, right here, right now deciding that enough is enough and making the commitment to Remix YOUR Life with Producer Dojo today.

IMAGINE how it’s going to feel when you cross those goals off the calendar on your wall.
IMAGINE how you’ll feel when your friends hear your progress and say, “Damn! What have you been DOING!?” 
IMAGINE how you'll feel knowing that you’re living a life authentic to your OWN values, setting your own rules and living up to your own measure.
IMAGINE how you’ll feel when someone at a party asks what you do and you can point them to a sick artist page filled with all of your awesome new music.

You’ll know you put your money where your mouth is and did something of real value that you can be proud of for the rest of your life. 

When you taste that feeling, you’ll get hooked and then it becomes easy. We’ll get you through the hard part as quickly as possible. It’s like a recipe we’ve made a thousand times before:

If you follow the steps it won't take long.

 
 
 
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SUPPORTED BY SCIENCE

HACKING DISCIPLINE BY MAKING IT FUN

Playing music on stage is fun, but sometimes making music seems like work. The reason it seems like work is that you’re not making it fun enough for yourself. When you make it fun it becomes addictive and then the hours fly by. Our proven methods are built on behavioral science and our members are the living proof that they work.  Producer Dojo is a  record label that promotes our artists-members. Our competitors are schools that at the end of the day, only provide limited education with no real opportunity for progress or real results. We’re proud of our members and we want you to be one of them!

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:

We hack discipline by making it fun. We get together online frequently, we support and encourage each other, and we all share everything we learn with the community. There is strength in numbers, but there is also FUN in numbers! We get together every week to celebrate the progress of our members and we give away prizes to the most deserving members. We have amazing prizes, too: you can get one-on-one time with me personally, software, additional training at Producer Dojo, and even physical hardware prizes from Moog!

HAVING A GUIDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE:

Working on a shared goal with a supportive community will be the backbone of your growth in Producer Dojo. This is hands down the most important part. I cannot stress this enough. When you have a clear goal to focus on, you'll take the fast path around the noise.

You'll have EVERYTHING you need to be successful.

THE POWER OF CHOICE

I geek out on people who transform their lives, we all do. It’s inspiring, special and reminds us that WE ourselves have the power to change our lives at almost every level. That’s the beauty of free will: you have the power to make a decision and Remix Your Life.

Humans are geniuses at rationalizing our decision making. No matter what you believe, there is a website out there with all the confirmation you need telling you that you’re on the right path. There are a million reasons NOT to make music, write a novel or go to Burning Man. They’re expensive, they take lots of work, you don’t know how they’ll turn out, blah blah blah, on and on and on. We don’t make decisions rationally, we make them emotionally. The thing to realize is that we all have a metaphorical demon inside that gives us terrible advice all day and makes us say things about ourselves we would NEVER be mean enough to say to another person. This demon feeds on fear and shits poison. It’s your job to slay this demon by choosing love. If you face every choice as a choice between fear and love it is a lot easier to see through the demon and make less regrettable decisions.

In this fascinating study a large group of older people were asked to reflect on what they regretted when they looked back on their lives. One would assume that older people reflecting on their lives would regret some things they had done. People do awful things every day after all, but as it turns out, the subjects regretted the things they HADN’T done much more acutely. It turns out it is much easier to forgive ourselves for making mistakes than it is to forgive the lack of initiative. This makes sense in retrospect; humans make mistakes and we are all only human, but the price of our humanity is the inevitability of death and the reality of all the time we wasted. I am reminded of this anonymous quote:

“The definition of Hell: The last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.”

So how then are we to avoid slipping into inertia and apathy, procrastinating and distracting ourselves while we run out the clock? How can we learn to delay gratification, prioritizing what we TRULY want over what we want in the moment? I have thought long and hard about this. I’ve studied some of the best science on this subject, and I’ve experimented on myself and my students for fifteen years now. I’ve learned to hack my psychology with a simple, easy to follow recipe for tricking myself out of being a lazy bastard and into creating the life I always wanted. And, I’ve learned to replicate this effect on thousands of others. I call this art of lifestyle design ‘Remix Your Life’ and it kicks off every January at Producer Dojo. Now let’s talk about the science of why it works.

 
 
 

REMIX YOUR LIFE THREE FACTORS:

SCIENCE!

According to many studies (like this one from Gail Matthews at Dominican University) there are three magic tweaks that, when used together, are able to more than DOUBLE the rate at which people achieve their personal goals, regardless of whether the goals are about fitness, creativity, or anything else.

These three factors used together are how I have been able to Remix My Life, finally getting regular with working out, quitting drinking, losing weight, writing in my journal daily, and even doing timer beats every single day for over three months!

Another major factor in the determination of success is Loss Aversion: a cognitive bias first identified in 1979 by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman in their groundbreaking paper ‘Prospect Theory’. In this paper, they showed that we value the pain of loss more than we value the pleasure from gaining the same thing, even when it is clearly irrational to do so. Athletes perform better when they are behind and there is a distinct psychological advantage to being the challenger vs the defending champion. Here’s another classic example of loss aversion: In a tennis club with a free outdoor court (weather permitting) and an indoor court that requires $50 to reserve - what do you think happens on a nice day? Most people who paid the $50 will play the objectively inferior game of indoor tennis so they don’t count the $50 as a loss in their memory afterwards.

I experienced the power of loss aversion for myself at the turning of the millennium. I was the DJ in a breakdance crew full of straightedge vegans who were always making fun of me for smoking, drinking, eating bad food and not exercising enough. They had a bet going where they all put in $50 and promised no drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, unhealthy or non-vegan food and working out every day for three months. One slip up and your $50 went into the pot and those who remained impeccable got to split the pot at the end. They saw me as easy money and asked me to join in. I saw them as pretentious vegetabullies and wanted to beat them out of spite. One by one, I saw them all fall. At the end of the three months I emerged a changed man. I had developed a taste for discipline and home cooking that has stayed with me to this day.

So all of this is to say that one of the MOST motivating things you can do is to commit, and to place a bet on YOURSELF with some real consequences (after the 30 day trial period of course). You don’t need to bet a lot of money because the Dojo membership is extremely affordable, but even the small amount we charge has proven to be enough to tap into loss aversion and help motivate our members to be their best.

REMIX YOUR LIFE THREE FACTORS:

SCIENCE!

According to many studies (like this one from Gail Matthews at Dominican University) there are three magic tweaks that, when used together, are able to more than DOUBLE the rate at which people achieve their personal goals, regardless of whether the goals are about fitness, creativity, or anything else.

These three factors used together are how I have been able to Remix My Life, finally getting regular with working out, quitting drinking, losing weight, writing in my journal daily, and even doing timer beats every single day for over three months!

Another major factor in the determination of success is Loss Aversion: a cognitive bias first identified in 1979 by Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman in their groundbreaking paper ‘Prospect Theory’. In this paper, they showed that we value the pain of loss more than we value the pleasure from gaining the same thing, even when it is clearly irrational to do so. Athletes perform better when they are behind and there is a distinct psychological advantage to being the challenger vs the defending champion. Here’s another classic example of loss aversion: In a tennis club with a free outdoor court (weather permitting) and an indoor court that requires $50 to reserve - what do you think happens on a nice day? Most people who paid the $50 will play the objectively inferior game of indoor tennis so they don’t count the $50 as a loss in their memory afterwards.

I experienced the power of loss aversion for myself at the turning of the millennium. I was the DJ in a breakdance crew full of straightedge vegans who were always making fun of me for smoking, drinking, eating bad food and not exercising enough. They had a bet going where they all put in $50 and promised no drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, unhealthy or non-vegan food and working out every day for three months. One slip up and your $50 went into the pot and those who remained impeccable got to split the pot at the end. They saw me as easy money and asked me to join in. I saw them as pretentious vegetabullies and wanted to beat them out of spite. One by one, I saw them all fall. At the end of the three months I emerged a changed man. I had developed a taste for discipline and home cooking that has stayed with me to this day.

So all of this is to say that one of the MOST motivating things you can do is to commit, and to place a bet on YOURSELF with some real consequences (after the 30 day trial period of course). You don’t need to bet a lot of money because the Remix Your Life Challenge is extremely affordable, but even the small amount we charge has proven to be enough to tap into loss aversion and help motivate our members to be their best.

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YOUR NEXT BREAKTHROUGH STARTS HERE 

HERE'S WHAT'S INCLUDED:

WEEKLY WORKSHOPS W/ iLL.GATES

Join us for a total of 12 workshops throughout the Remix Your Life Challenge. Tune in when we go live every Wednesday at 7pm PST and access the recording after. Here's your chance to ask me your questions!

COMMUNITY

Having a supportive community to take on the challenge with makes all the difference. Access the Habit Tracker we created, connect with other like-minded producers, and let's crush our goals together!

REFERENCE LIBRARY

In addition to the weekly workshops, you'll also get access to supplemental classes. I've started you out with a selection to help you prepare for the challenge and will be adding additional content throughout the duration.

WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS

Do you ever leave a YouTube binge session wondering how much you actually absorbed? You must put that new knowledge to practice if you want it to stick. After each week's class I'll give you an assignment so you can stay focused on the goal at hand. 

DOWNLOADS

Every week you'll receive the project file from each class. Yup, that's right- you'll end the challenge with 12 dope new downloads that contain a bunch of new racks, instruments, sounds, presets, templates, and more! These are sure to become some of your new favorite tools.

LIFETIME ACCESS

All classes, downloads, and assignments will be yours to keep for life! You'll be able to return to everything here whenever you want. 

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THIS COURSE CONTAINS:

  • 12 Addictive Production Challenges For Beginners and Above

  • 12 Themed Levels of Listening + Creativity Discussions

  • 12 Themed Levels of Fundamental Production Techniques

  • 12 Themed Levels Of Digging + Preparation

  • Deep Reference Library to Catch Beginners Up!

  • Music Library + Templates To Kick-Start Your Progress

  • NOTHING Unnecessary. Skip Right To The Finish Line!

  • Scientific Goal Setting Method That More That Doubles Finish Rate!

  • The Prep + Organization System Adopted By Household Names

  • Little Psychological Tweaks That Make it Feel Effortless...

  • Enough FUN To Fall In Love With The Fundamentals!

  • Enough DEPTH That You Can Repeat It Any Time You Want To Level Up! 

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!! BONUSES FOR BUYING TODAY !!

Don't Waste Any Time

We created a new Timer/Synth Jam Template for the #RemixYourLife Challenge 2024 so you can hit the ground running and get right to making music.

Exclusive Access For You

Once a year, we have our Synthmas giveaway where we give out 25 downloads in December. But you’ll have access to all 25 downloads for life!

Let's Get Your Music Out There

We want to showcase all of the amazing music that is created during the challenge, so we’ll be putting out a mixtape with the best of the best to end these 3 months.

Join the RYLC Discord channel

Meet and connect with other producers going through The Challenge. You will have a community of other like-minded individuals to help you stay on track throughout the course. 

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YOU HAVE AN EASY CHOICE AHEAD

You're at a turning point, with a critical decision to make.

Will you keep doing things the same way, getting the same results and missing out on the chance to achieve your musical dreams?

Or will you take a bold step and make a small 12-week investment in your future?

Imagine the feeling of standing on the other side, empowered with the skills, confidence, and a unique sound that sets you apart and propels you towards the success you've always wanted.

With a 30-day money-back guarantee, this is a risk-free leap of faith in yourself.

Don't let this opportunity pass you by.

Make the choice to Remix Your Life today.

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ZERO REQUESTED REFUNDS, SO YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE

Speaking of refunds, we always allow 30 days for you to change your mind and ask for a refund.  Although I don’t consider myself Buddhist, I try to live by their Eightfold Path, a set of best practices which includes ‘right livelihood’ squarely in the middle. In this day and age it’s also really hard to go around being a jerk without it blowing up in your face and taking you down. As a result we have an extremely high customer satisfaction rate. I know that having this policy means you could sign up, raid the entire website, do a session with one of our Senseis and then get a full refund, but I’m willing to bet that you won’t do that. I win this bet every time because the Dojo is the real deal and it transforms lives every day. I have the utmost confidence that once you’ve made your commitment, turned your goals into deadlines and made some new friends in the Dojo, you’ll want to keep training and celebrating your victories with us. Check out what other members just like you have to say about their time with Producer Dojo.

 

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NOW WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS AND YOU HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE

 You can keep doing what you’ve always done and keep getting the same results you’ve always gotten. OR, you can choose to commit to this path and Remix Your Life with Producer Dojo. Do you have a burning voice inside of you telling you that you HAVE to make music or are you cool just doing whatever? Are you 100% happy with your music or do you want to push yourself to improve? Are you cool playing WIPS for houseguests or do you want finished releases for the whole world to hear? Do you want your 90 year old self to be proud or call you out? Do you want to choose fear or love?

I’m asking you to bet on yourself, but it’s not a risky bet. The Dojo recipe has worked thousands of times before. You have 30 days to get a full refund if you change your mind. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose. The only way you lose this bet is by not making music or booking your sessions.

ARE YOU SICK OF WAITING FOR ‘SOME DAY’?

ARE YOU READY TO REMIX YOUR LIFE?

 

GREAT. THEN I’LL SEE YOU IN THE DOJO.

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ILL.GATES' RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF...

NUMBERS DON'T LIE!

With 60 Million plays on 300 tracks, official music for Star Wars, Microsoft, GTA5, releases with the winners of 9 Grammy Awards including Gucci Mane and Alanis Morissette ill.Gates has played over 1000 shows on 5 continents, put out 58 tracks in 2022 alone, starred on Andrew Huang's "4 Producers 1 Sample" series and is a household name among producers worldwide.

ill.Gates taught university classes at Berkelee, NYU, ACC Austin, the S.A.E (School Of Audio Engineering) and was even paid by Ableton to educate other educators at the 2022 Ableton Education Summit. 

Forthcoming releases with Noisia/Foreign Beggars, Mr Bill, Tempa T, Souleye, Alanis Morissette, Captain Hook and Dubstep don Boogie T show he's just as relevant as ever 20 years into his explosive career. 

Also: not a dick. Being nice is important.

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A Proven History

 

This isn't our first Remix Your Life Challenge. Over the years, many have participated and have made insane breakthroughs. We've seen what's worked best and are bringing it all together for this year's Challenge.

Take control of your life. Join The Challenge and Remix Your Life in 2024 and beyond!

THE UNBEATABLE GUARANTEE

If you aren't completely happy with your purchase you have 30 days to get a full refund.