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On March 26, 1986, William ("Bill") James Robert Shillito was born in Brooklyn, New York. He lived in Queens for 8 years and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Bill started playing piano at the age of 2 and composing around age 8. He also has played viola since age 12. <ref>http://www.dmashura.com/?page=Bio</ref> On March 26, 1986, William ("Bill") James Robert Shillito was born in Brooklyn, New York. He lived in Queens for 8 years and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Bill started playing piano at the age of 2 and composing around age 8. He also has played viola since age 12. <ref>http://www.dmashura.com/?page=Bio</ref>


Bill creates his music under the name DM Ashura. The "DM" stands for Digital Maestro.<ref name="tech">{{cite news | last = Chenn | first = Inn Inn | title = Two students hold unique jobs while taking classes: Bill Shillito. | publisher = Technique | date = 2005-4-11 | url = http://www.nique.net/issues/2005-11-04/focus/2}}</ref> He started writing music for the Bemani community with his track "MaxX ResurrexXion" under the name DJ Demon. He soon came into the public eye when he entered his track "neoMAX" into Tournamix 4, a DDR stepfile-writing contest run from , and won first place in the contest. <ref name="tech"/> Since then, he has made a number of remixes (mostly from music games) and original tracks, and his music has become quite popular in the ] community.<ref>, ], ]</ref> Bill creates his music under the name DM Ashura. The "DM" stands for Digital Maestro.<ref name="tech">{{cite news | last = Chenn | first = Inn Inn | title = Two students hold unique jobs while taking classes: Bill Shillito. | publisher = Technique | date = 2005-4-11 | url = http://www.nique.net/issues/2005-11-04/focus/2}}</ref> He was well-known in the music game community for ]es of songs, particularly "neoMAX", which won first place in Tournamix 4, a DDR stepfile-writing contest.<ref name="tech"/><ref>, ], ]</ref>


==Work in games== ==Work in games==

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


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DM Ashura
Musical artist

DM Ashura is an electronic artist whose work can be found in the music games O2Jam, Dance Dance Revolution, and Flash Flash Revolution.

History

On March 26, 1986, William ("Bill") James Robert Shillito was born in Brooklyn, New York. He lived in Queens for 8 years and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Bill started playing piano at the age of 2 and composing around age 8. He also has played viola since age 12.

Bill creates his music under the name DM Ashura. The "DM" stands for Digital Maestro. He was well-known in the music game community for remixes of songs, particularly "neoMAX", which won first place in Tournamix 4, a DDR stepfile-writing contest.

Work in games

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

Tracks in O2Jam (for PC):

  • 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.

Tracks in Flash Flash Revolution:

  • KlungKung 2004
  • Boss Machine
  • MAX Forever
  • neoMAX

Tracks in Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4 (for XBox)

  • 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. 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 December. Two of the tracks, Snowblind and Nautilus, will feature guitarist Ricky Graham.

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.

References

  1. http://www.dmashura.com/?page=Bio
  2. ^ Chenn, Inn Inn (2005-4-11). "Two students hold unique jobs while taking classes: Bill Shillito". Technique. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. New O2Jam Artiste - DM Ashura!, September 7, 2005
  4. http://o2jam.e-games.com.my/announcement_content.asp?gsection=news&id=4365
  5. http://www.gamania.co.jp/abm04_body.asp?id=188
  6. http://www.broadjam.com/mm/052506/index.html
  7. http://www.rickygraham.net/archive.html
  8. Track listings at http://www.bemanistyle.com/index.php?news_id=107 and http://www.orangeloungeradio.com/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=660

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