Illmind- Filipino-American Multi-Platinum Music Producer and Innovator

Many articles, films, and interviews have been made about Illmind’s extraordinary career producing many albums for several of the top names in Hip-Hop today. This isn’t one of those interviews. In this week’s episode, John digs deep into the early experiences and upbringing that shaped Ramon Ibanga Jr - AKA !llmind - as a musician and planted the seeds of what has become a life’s quest towards community building. After years of social innovation within the Producer Community, we catch up with this 2x GRAMMY Award winning artist just days before he speaks at Gary Vaynerchuck’s VeeCon and just a couple months after the launch of his landmark NFT project: Squad of Knights.  MUSICAL MENTIONS 0:00:10 World Music Foundation Podcast 0:00:12 John Gardner 0:00:18 GRAMMY 0:00:20 Multi-Platinum 0:00:21 Producer 0:00:26 !llmind (aka Illmind) 0:00:38 Last Week’s Episode 0:00:48 Si Kahn 0:01:07 VeeCon 0:01:16 NFT 0:01:21 Gary Vaynerchuk 0:01:29 Squad of Knights 0:02:22 BLAP Kit Volume 13 0:02:44 Jay Z 0:02:44 Beyoncé 0:02:44 Drake 0:02:44 Eminem 0:03:00 Hamilton Mixtape 0:03:02 Black Panther: The Album 0:03:17 “You’re Welcome” (from Disney’s Moana) 0:04:19 Music Business 0:04:32 NFT 0:04:32 Blockchain Technology 0:05:38 New Jersey 0:06:33 Musician 0:06:34 Guitar 0:06:38 Wedding Band 0:06:36 Band 0:06:50 F.A.M.E. (Filipino American Music Entertainment) 0:07:26 Instruments 0:07:32 Drums 0:08:00 80s 0:08:01 90s 0:08:04 Soul 0:08:05 70s Soul 0:08:06 Funk 0:08:07 Jazz 0:08:15 Hip-Hop 0:08:35 LPs 0:08:36 Vinyl 0:08:44 Stereo Systems 0:08:47 Cassettes 0:08:52 CDs 0:09:13 Disco 0:09:21 Mambo Number 5 0:09:24 Electric Slide 0:09:41 Covers 0:09:53 Rhythms 0:09:54 Chords 0:09:58 Dance Floor   Filipino Culture   Philippines   Karaoke   Singing   Guitar   American Dream   America 0:14:36 Disco 0:14:36 Classic Rock 0:14:58 Hip-Hop 0:15:06 Producer 0:15:34 J Dilla 0:15:36 Beats 0:15:37 Fantastic Volume 2 0:15:38 DJ Premier 0:15:40 Gangstarr 0:15:42 Mannie Fresh 0:15:46 TR808 0:15:46 Bounce Beats 0:16:17 Beat Machines 0:16:18 MPC 0:16:43 Compose 0:16:44 Keyboard 0:18:11 Roland 0:18:18 Swizz Beatz 0:18:18 DMX 0:18:24 DMX’s Second Album 0:18:59 Pete Rock 0:18:59 DJ Quik 0:18:59 Dr. Dre 0:20:02 undergroundhiphop.com   Music Producer Community Forum   Producer   Beats 0:20:23 SoundCloud 0:20:32 Bounce an MP3   Single 0:21:48 Akrobatik 0:21:56 Remind My Soul   12-Inch Vinyl Single 0:22:11 Fat Beats NYC   Mount Rushmore of Hip-Hop   Jay Z   Beyoncé   Kanye West   J Cole 0:24:48 Little Brother 0:24:58 Atlantic Records 0:25:16 G Unit   G Unit Records 0:25:59 Cruel Summer 0:26:11 Rhymefest 0:27:20 Pass the Aux 0:28:09 BLAP 0:28:22 DJ 0:28:32 Cypher 0:28:47 New York City 0:29:12 BLAP on the Radio 0:29:57 Recording Studio 0:30:32 Web 3 0:31:21 Bitcoin 0:32:00 Squad of Knights 0:32:02 NFT 0:32:59 Piano 0:33:00 Guitar 0:33:01 Drum Set 0:33:02 Beat Machines 0:33:33 Music Software 0:33:35 Music Hardware 0:33:39 Cables   BLAP Kit 0:35:19 ZIP File 0:37:20 Snare 0:37:26 EQ 0:37:35 TR-88 Machine 0:37:38 Foley 0:37:55 Sound Design   Squad of Knights   Rhymefest   Skyzoo   Live from the Tape Deck by Skyzoo and Illmind   Kanye West   Audio Engineers   Music Producers   PFP   Moonwalk   Wallet   Metaverse   Gary Vaynerchuk   VeeCon   Discord   Chronicles of S.O.K. (Squad of Knights)   Executive Producer   Arrangements   Mixing   Quincy Jones   R&B   OpenSea   LooksRare   Ethereum   Tabla   Sitar 1:04:38 Liturgical Music 1:04:48 Notes 1:04:48 Bending Notes 1:04:51 Sliding Notes 1:04:59 “High Lonesome Sound” 1:05:00 Bill Monroe 1:05:01 Bluegrass