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![[Artist Interview] Liquid Stranger Talks Musical Beginnings, His New Record Label, And More](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/10409080_751509934890052_8653149265686584835_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
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Compose Yourself Mag: Your initial interest in music started when you were very young, right? I’ve read that your parents taught you piano as a child. Liquid Stranger: My mom had a piano that I played on from a very early age. I took piano lessons for years until the synthesizers took over my interest. […]
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With Sasquatch! Music Festival being only 22 days away, we thought we would throw together a short list of acts you absolutely CANNOT miss out on this year at the Gorge. Of course, you can’t go wrong catching any of the amazing bands Sasquatch! has locked down for us to create memories with this Memorial […]
![#Throwback Thursday [Artist Interview]: Catching Up With Jason Hann Before Summer Camp Music Festival | May 22nd-24th, 2015 in Chillicothe, IL](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-28-at-6.56.48-PM-e1430342669409.png?resize=600%2C346&ssl=1)
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CYM: Thanks for taking the time to hang out Jason! It’s good to meet you. Thank you for the opportunity your music is extremely inspirational to me. Lets just start off with where your love for music began. I know you had mentioned something about your father being a major influence; can you expand on […]
![[Photo Gallery] The Funk Hunters Debut at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado | April 25th, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
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Talk about EPIC! Canada’s very own Funk Hunters graced the stage at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado last weekend, and they did not disappoint. Opening for Michal Menert’s Big Band, The Funk Hunters played to an open and loving crowd of rowdy funkateers, and stole the hearts of Colorado. The duo have been […]
![[Festie Friday Spotlight] Filibusta at Summer Camp Music Festival 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/filibusta-firefly-website-pic-thefuturefm.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
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With less than a month left to wait, Summer Camp Music Festival has officially taken over our brains as we begin planning for our trip to Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, IL! First thing you should know about Summer Camp, is that it’s a music festival lovers’ dream. Located in the heart of the Midwest, […]
![[Festival Review] Something Wonderful in Dallas, TX | April 18th, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/somethingwonderful2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
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Walking through the hallways of a Dallas high school to drop off a clothing donation, I eavesdropped on a young group of girls who were frantically debating whether they should attend the upcoming Something Wonderful, a single day EDM festival taking place on April 18th at the Cotton Bowl. This would have been my opportunity […]
![[New Music Monday] Duffrey ‘Kiss Cupboard’ 4/20 Release via Street Ritual](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Kiss_Cupboard_Cover-360x360-72dpi.jpg?resize=360%2C360&ssl=1)
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Kicking off this 420 holiday with #NewMusicMonday just feels right, doesn’t it? And of course we’ve got you covered! Leave it up to the folks over at Street Ritual to treat us to this 4 track release by Duffrey, an Oakland producer whose juicy glitch has us floating somewhere between outer space and a rumbling […]
![[Festival Review] Euphoria Music + Camping Festival 2015: A Blazing Success](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thiever.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
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Article by Andy Beyer. Arriving at Carson Creek Ranch on Thursday night before Euphoria Music Festival, I knew it would be a great weekend when one of the festival partners serendipitously found me and golf-carted me to our own special VIP camping area. For my second year at Euphoria, I took hiatus from musical performance […]
![[Festie Friday Spotlight] The Funk Hunters at Sonic Bloom 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/funkhunters.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
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Lauren Pinkney Funk has been making quite the comeback in recent years, but 2015 is the true revival as proved by The Funk Hunters. The Canadian duo creates a truly unique blend of funk, soul, and booty movin’ bass lines, making the dance floor erupt at every venue they cross. The group’s original mixes […]
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Dallas, Texas is gearing up for something exciting, something riveting, and something enthralling, to take place this Saturday, April 18th, at the Cotton Bowl. While many of us are gearing up to party our faces off and fist pump for hours to top EDM headliners, you should consider saving some of that precious plur […]