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![Fruition Takes Vertex Festival’s Inaugural Year By Storm [Artist Interview + Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4K9A2956.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
The festival gods sure blessed Vertex when they the scheduled Fruition FOUR sets over the inaugural festival’s three days in Buena Vista, Colorado, August 5th-7th. It is the sort of material festival wet dreams are made of and CYM was also blessed enough to be apart of the fruity and freaky ride. If you are […]
![Getting To Know Trout Steak Revival At Vertex Festival [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4K9A3678-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
It was a brisk Saturday morning at Vertex and as I sat down to talk with Colorado based bluegrass group, Trout Steak Revival, Bevin Foley, the fiddler of Trout Steak, asked me if I wanted a homemade blueberry muffin. ‘Um, does she know the key to my heart?’ I asked myself. Already this interview was […]
![An Introspective Q+A with Beloved Founder Elliot Rasenick + Top 10 Artists to See [Interview + Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/beloved.jpg?resize=600%2C355&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
This weekend, the small town of Tidewater, Oregon will be filled with thousands of passionate music lovers from all corners of the country, and it’s all due to the enrapturing gathering known as Beloved. Priding itself on being one of the most spiritually awakening and transformational gatherings out there, Beloved goes beyond the stretch of […]
![Get to know your new favorite Beat Makers, Jaw Gems + Free Downloads from ‘HEATWEAVER’ [Download + Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13497997_1016047308463637_196561121166708997_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Jaw Gems, a young collective of exploratory producers from Portland, Maine, have taken the traditional production of beats and transformed it into an enchanting live setting complete with vintage dueling synths, drums and bass. In a world where producers are plentiful and live electronica is flourishing, you may be asking yourself, what makes this tetrad stand so […]
![The Transmutation of Jeremiah Allen Welch [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1658429_1724169434474798_1633209219197795043_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Interviews
If you are a connoisseur of visionary art, chances are that you’ve undoubtedly come across The Welch Brothers before. The sibling duo have developed a style that has since been often recreated yet entirely unrivaled and have only just begun to make waves within the visionary community. They have painted along side Alex Grey […]
![Future Rock gives us the lowdown on Dream Collabs, Tour Life, their Favorite Festivals, and the Future of Music [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/LongAgoArt_MASTER_03_OG70.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Interviews
Future Rock, from the “windy city” of Chicago, Illinois, have released five albums to date and have performed their music at shows and many different music festivals all across the country. They have just released this breakthrough album, Long Ago, on 1320 Records last month that features a 7 track set list with four tracks […]
![Blunt Force Comin’ At You From Austin: Festivals, Tour Life & Tacos [Artist Interview]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514525253161-7a46d19cd819?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80)
Electronic
Blunt Force is the euphonious duo of Brian Gustafson and Deniz Baykal. The two fuse their unique instrumental talents with old school style sampling and heavy electronic production to create an infectious sound to make you feel good and move your feet all day and night. They have found a perfect mixture of funk, hip-hop, […]
![Big Wild Talks Sold Out Tour Feels, Dream Collabs, Destinations and What’s Next! [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/big-wild-tour-1.jpg?resize=600%2C315&ssl=1)
Electronic
Jackson Stell, a.k.a. Big Wild, has been leaping through creative portals that know no bounds, and the people have spoken – his current Spring tour has sold out almost all the dates throughout the U.S.! With bookings at major festivals all over, including most recently Euphoria Music Festival in Texas and Coachella in Cali, Big Wild […]
![Skydyed: Diving into ‘A Quantum Dream,’ Touring Life and What’s Next [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/skydyed-3.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Funk
Hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado, Skydyed is a progressive livetronica trio that is surely on the rise to success. Formed almost two years ago, Andrew Slattery (bass synths/bass guitar), Max Doucette (guitar/keys) and Shane Eagen (drums), have established a diverse, encapturing sound of their own by fusing their individual musical talents with top of the […]
![Making Moves With The Motet at Euphoria Music Festival [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Motet-3.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
The Motet have been grooving and pumping their eclectic, funky tunes across the world for the last ten years and have definitely made their claim as a must-see progressive funk band in a sea of acts these days. Known for their seasoned musical members, their amazingly fun, themed Halloween shows and their vibrant, infectious energy […]