Not long after I first started making beats I searched to find a community of beat making enthusiasts on GOOGLE and came across this site. The name "IllMuzik" stood out to me at first and got me interested. Then when I started digging around, I liked the community-centered approach of the website. The battles are fun (although I know I still need to polish off some of my techniques to do better in them). The site definitely makes me approach beat making differently as sometimes I feel like I am in a vacuum and just need some feedback on what I need to do to improve or new ideas I may not have considered before. This site helps provide some of that feedback. Making beats for me at this point is a hobby even though I have been doing it off and on since 2014. My main job is in technology, particularly website/application/software development so I make beats in my spare time. The beat making craft grows on me daily and I hope to continue to grow in it and get better. I find the illMuzik articles to be very helpful, informative and educational as well so keep doing what you do. One area where I think could help the site grow is to continue to investigate "gamification". I know we earn points for certain milestones and activities but what if somehow we could "spend" some of those accumulated points on IllMuzik swag or other items? This could possibly attract more people, return visits, "stickyness" and reinvigorate the site. It's not so far fetched given the right vision. Some might disagree with me and want to keep everything the same but I know running a website there is so much competition, seems unlimited and if you don't continue to reinvent yourself (while maintaining core activities), you leave the door open for someone else to do it and reap the rewards.
) and achieved some big things I never thought I did and I have always missed being on a forum, this was the first one I came across on a Google/reddit search.. Turns out I'm the only rapper as its for producers, but it's fun here. 
