Phill Nimmons aspires to be a professional DJ and he wants to bring new producers with him.
In what he describes as a darker time in his life, Nimmons recalled the success of his high school’s producers club, and used his frustrations to build a strong outlet for creative minds on campus. Founded by Nimmons in the fall of 2014, the University of Guelph Producers Club (UGP) is an all-inclusive group that helps musical producers grow and provides a way for students to learn how to make and market their own tracks.
“If you bring a lot of ants together you can move mountains,” said Nimmons, who is currently running for another term as co-president of the club with running-mate Kalin Thompson-Spence. On Monday, Sept. 25, UGP played Frank and Steins for the first time as part of an Enactus Guelph club event — the first time that UGP has played as a unit downtown.
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Soon, UGP hopes to secure a permanent residency in downtown Guelph that will allow new talent to be explored and have as many Guelph producers and DJs take part as possible.
“Long term, [our] goal is to make the club into something that’ll last,” said Nimmons. “It would be nice to […] have the club stand on its own when we leave.”
“My friends and I like to think of it like, I shot a flare and now I have these lifelong friends — that’s what the producers club should really be about; the coming together of people that have the same dreams as you and making them happen.”
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