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![Ryan Viser Delivers Euphonic Brass Funk With ‘Volumetric’ via Mile High Sound Movement [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/volumetric.jpg?resize=600%2C315&ssl=1)
Electronic
Louisiana’s Ryan Viser has once again pleased fans with his latest EP, ‘Volumetric’. It’s been a year since the release of ‘Louder and Louder’, and his musical progression and fresh influences are evident on all four tracks. With ‘Volumetric’ coming from the heated Mile High Sound Movement label, we’re excited to see Viser getting more […]
![Lettuce Rage Rocks 2017: A Night of Funkin’ Killah Proportions 5.13.17 [Event Review]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514525253161-7a46d19cd819?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80)
Electronic
The funkiest outfit on the block, Lettuce, brought their closest friends and family together for what will go down in history as a legendary funky stew of epic collaborations for the band’s second annual Rage Rocks this past Saturday, May 13, 2017. The iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre was transformed into a kaleidoscopic canvas of funk for […]
![Pretty Lights & Friends Surprise Second Line Parade + Pop-up Show Through New Orleans 5.7.17 [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/unnamed-15.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Sunday, May 7th, marked a legendary day for Pretty Lights, PLF, New Orleans residents and the lucky people in town for Jazz Fest alike. Earlier that day, Live For Live Music announced that Derek Vincent Smith, the famed American electronic music producer known as Pretty Lights, would be throwing a second line parade to the seventh ward […]
Funk
Calling all funk fools, Lettuce fam, music lovers and curious Red Rocks cats alike! The time in almost nigh for the annual Lettuce Rage Rocks. The date set for the Funk rager is Saturday, May 13th, just in time to kick off Summer at Red Rocks proper. The lineup for this year’s Rage Rocks is […]
![SunSquabi Cruises through Austin on ‘Deluxe’ tour, Jason Hann Sits in on Percussion [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/17834779_1479189255438853_1259214415288432356_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Funk
The Sunsquabi boys have been on quite the roll over the last few months. The trio, made up of Chris Anderson on drums, Kevin Donohue on Guitar/Keys/Production and recent Winter addition of Josh Fairman on Bass/Synth, these Colorado cats are making huge waves in the ever bending Electro Funk Livetronica realms. April 7th marked the […]
![‘Nunya’, a fresh track collaboration from Maddy O’Neal and Megan Hamilton [New Release]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/nunya.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Maddy O’Neal just unleashed a fresh tune featuring soulful babe Megan Hamilton, making it an epic two for one deal of auditory bliss. The latest is called ‘Nunya’, and it’s a rendition of Salt N Pepa’s “None of Your Business”. ‘Nunya’ is a funked up slice of girl power pie, and though it might be a […]
Electronic
Georgia’s had its share of epic festivals, from Counterpoint to TomorrowWorld, and Imagine Festival has held its own every year since its inception in 2013. With this being only the first phase lineup, we are sure that Imagine is packing a serious punch with the rest of their music announcements to come. They’ve literally snagged […]
![If you are going to one “festival” this year, it better be Oregon Eclipse. Why and how to make it happen [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/OE17-siteheader_CAP.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
If you haven’t heard some mention of the Oregon Eclipse Gathering yet this season, you either aren’t hanging around the proper festival friends or you are living under a rock. Either way, there is WEEK long gathering happening August 17th-23rd in the middle of the Ochoco National Forest at a private ranch called Big Summit […]
![Robert Randolph and the Family Band at the Gothic Theater in Denver, CO | March 25, 2017 [Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSC_56941.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Funk
If you’ve yet to experience the greatness that is seeing Robert Randolph live, we urge you to do yourself a favor and see them now! The entire live band came rolling through the Rocky Mountains last week, and we were fortunate enough to send out photographer Mitch Taylor (Concentrated Images) to grab some epic shots for […]
![Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe Tacked On to Austin’s Stellar April Schedule [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/17620328_10155144610462392_6225593575478938516_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Funk
You may have read how absurdly awesome April is going to be, but can you believe it keeps getting better? Believe it. Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe will be jamming at Scoot Inn on April 27 for their Runnin with the Deisel tour with special guest Brownout. KD’s Tiny Universe brings a sound so funky you […]