Bill Shillito
DM Ashura at BemaniFest 2006
Background information
Birth name	William James Robert Shillito
Also known as	DM Ashura
Born	March 26, 1986 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genre(s)	Trance, psychedelic trance, goa, ambient, drum and bass, ethnic[1]
Occupation(s)	Producer, remixer
Instrument(s)	Keyboard
Years active	2002-present
Website	http://www.dmashura.com/

William "Bill" James Robert Shillito (b. 1986-03-26 in Brooklyn, New York), more commonly known as DM Ashura, is an electronic artist whose work can be found in the music games O2Jam, Dance Dance Revolution and Flash Flash Revolution. Image File history File links Dmashurasface. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_USA.svg‎ REDIRECT File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Elvis Presley Stevie Nicks Jodie Foster Janet Jackson Meryl Streep Jessica Lange Faye Dunaway Madonna (entertainer) Trent Reznor Diana Ross User:Mtiedemann... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... NY redirects here. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Trance is a style of electronic dance music or slow ambient music that developed in the 1990s. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Goa trance (often referred as Goa or by the number 604) is a form of electronic music and is a style of trance music which originated in the Indian state of Goa, as opposed to most other forms of trance music which appeared in Europe. ... Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise. ... Drum and bass is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... Look up keyboard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... NY redirects here. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Opensource music video game StepMania A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, rhythm action game, or rhythm game, is a type of video game where the gameplay is oriented almost entirely around the players ability to follow a musical beat and stay with the rhythm... O2Jam is an online rhythm game developed in South Korea by O2Media. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

History

Bill lived in Queens for 8 years and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. He started playing piano at the age of 2 and composing around age 8. He also has played viola since age 12.^[1]

Bill was formerly known as DJ Demon, but upon his realization that this handle was already being used by another individual, he changed his alias^[2]. He now creates his music under the name DM Ashura; the "DM" stands for Digital Maestro, while "Ashura" (spelled 阿修羅) is Japanese for "fighting demon".^[3] He has made a number of remixes (mostly from music games), particularly "neoMAX" (a remix of the MAX series), which won first place in Tournamix 4, a DDR stepfile-writing contest.^[3] He has also since written a number of original tracks, and is well known in the music game community for his work.^[4] A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Work in games

DM Ashura's music has recently been licensed for a number of music games:

Tracks in O2Jam (for PC):^[5] O2Jam is an online rhythm game developed in South Korea by O2Media. ...

• Euphorium
• GO!
• Astral

All three of these songs can be found on the Malaysian server. GO! can be found on the Japanese server as well.^[6]

Tracks in Flash Flash Revolution:^[7]

• KlungKung 2004
• Boss Machine
• neoMAX
• Classical Insanity

Tracks in Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4 (for XBox) This article, image, template or category belongs in one or more categories. ...

• GO! (Mahalo Mix)
• Celebrate Nite (Like It's '99 Mix)

DM Ashura got his tracks into DDR when he won Konami's music competition on www.broadjam.com. ^[8] His song GO! was selected among around 300 other entries. The other three winners were Grandolin by Zerofuser, Race Against Time by Jeff Steinman, and There's a Rhythm by Dig Bear feat. Kat Blu.

Discography

DM Ashura's first album, Digital Maestro, is currently in the works, and is slated for release in January. Two of the tracks, "Snowblind" and "Nautilus", will feature guitarist Ricky Graham. ^[9]

Also, "Celebrate Nite (Like It's '99 Mix)" can be found on Konami's Ultramix 4 V-Rare 11, as well as the "Cusimo & Co. Extended Mix" on the Supernova/Ultramix 4 Combo V-Rare 10.^[10]

References

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External links

• DM Ashura's website
• O2Jam Interview with DM Ashura