A student of Georgia Institute of Technology, Bill Shillito started playing piano at age 2 and composing at age 8. His first track under the name DM Ashura (in which DM stands for "Digital Maestro") was neoMAX, a remix of the popular "Max" series in Dance Dance Revolution. Since then he has spent his time honing his skills in electronic music, working in FL Studio, and making a number of tracks, some remixes of Bemani songs and some original tracks. He is currently working on his first album release, Digital Maestro.