Toronto-born San Francisco-based producer, performer and educator ill.Gates has had a long and lavish career in music. DJing since his earliest teenaged years, Gates has established a global fan base and enjoys an increasing reputation as dynamic, definitive and decisive EDM artist.
Toronto-born San Francisco-based producer, performer and educator ill.Gates has had a long and lavish career in music. DJing since his earliest teenaged years, Gates has established a global fan base and enjoys an increasing reputation as dynamic, definitive and decisive EDM artist.
His famous DJ and Studio templates are used and enjoyed by such successful performers as Beats Antique, Pretty Lights, Bassnectar and DJ Vadim during their live stage shows. ill.Gates’ is both a sought-after producer as well as a celebrated mentor to some of the baddest names in the bass music scene. He’ll begin his visit to Richmond and the Canal Club with his ill.Methodology Workshop, starting at 3 PM.
THE ILL.METHODOLOGY is an artistic development workshop series ill.Gates conducts while touring throughout select cities in the U.S and Canada. It presents a comprehensive skill set of techniques acquired from his prolific 17 years of experience in electronic music production. This extraordinary workshop is targeted to increase your productivity and efficiency in writing finished compositions in Ableton Live, and providing you with all the tools you would need to fast track your production, accelerate your workflow, and achieve the success that will make music sustainable for you.
ADMISSION INCLUDES:
Digital copy of the ILL.GATES Guide to Producing (with recommended reading + viewing)
Subscription to the ILL.GATES Ableton Rack Collection 3
Access to the world famous DJ Templates (a $50 value here alone)
Misc Documents detailing workflow, 128s, etc…
Copy of ill.Gates’ ill.Methodology album.
This 4 hour workshop has been getting incredibly positive reviews and feedback from producers in North America wherever it’s touched down.
WHAT: ill.Gates’s ill.Methodology Workshop
WHERE: The Canal Club, 1545 E. Cary St.
WHEN: Thursday, July 12, 3 PM – 7 PM
ADMISSION: $50 for men / $25 for ladies (when women are encouraged to produce, and are paid the same wage as men, their admission cost will be the same. But until that day ill.Gates will cut them a break.) Advance tickets can be purchased at illmethodologyrichmond.eventbrite.com.
Too steep? If you’re strapped or just thrifty, you can get in FREE by pre-registering two people who pay the full price. APPLIES TO ONLINE PRE-PURCHASES ONLY. THIRD (free) PERSON MUST ARRIVE AT THE SAME TIME AS TICKET HOLDERS. NO EXCEPTIONS.
This event is All Ages!
After the workshop, take a quick break, then head back to the Canal Club starting at 9 PM for the afterparty, featuring ill.Gates himself performing live! This is going to be an unforgettable show! Don’t miss this epic opportunity to see an icon of bass music culture. The accompanying lineup is full of talent, ready to loosen everyone up for the epic throwdown that will commence from the Phat Conductor himself, Ill Gates.
WHAT: ill.Gates Takes Over The Canal Club!
WHO: ill.Gates, Synthascience, Akasha & Jzamo, MTK, Mr. Jennings
WHERE: The Canal Club, 1545 E. Cary St.
WHEN: Thursday, July 12, 3 PM – 7 PM
ADMISSION: $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Purchase advance tickets HERE.
This event is brought to you by The Party Liberation Front!
