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![A Gem & Jam To Remember: My highlights of Gem & Jam Music Festival 2020 [Review]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514525253161-7a46d19cd819?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80)
Electronic
For over a decade, Gem and Jam Music Festival has become home to countless artists, performers, live painters and attendees from across the country, all bringing with them smiles and memories that weave themselves into G&J’s legacy forever. This world-renowned festival is a must attend for so many reasons. Take a road trip with your […]
Electronic
After taking a year off in 2019, Gem and Jam Festival are back to doing what they do best; throwing insane desert parties with a fine selection of art, gems and of course, jams from across the genre board. Music lovers from across the country will be traveling to Tucson for artists like Tipper, Billy […]
Electronic
If you’ve yet to experience Capyac live, there is no better time than now. The imagination that goes into their performances is unparalleled, so you know they pulled out all the stops for their New Year’s Eve show in Austin, thrown by Vibe Vessel. Joined throughout the night by rotating collaborators, Capyac set lasers to […]
![A Very Castle Christmas featuring Divino Nino, Inner Wave, Beach Fossils, Avery Davis of Wild Moccasins and many more [Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A7205711.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Indie
Saturday night was a production for the books! Houston’s own Castle Booking joined forces with beloved venue Satellite to host the Christmas party of the decade. Re-live the show through our photographer’s shots. Thank you to Satellite, Castle Booking and the bands involved for a perfectly curated night! If you are unfamiliar with any of […]
![Back to their roots: Desert Dwellers discuss new album, tribal house and more [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/49a5e6bd-img_3885.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Desert Dwellers have been a staple of electronic music for almost twenty years. Their latest album ‘Breath’ topped Beatport and came in at number 9 on the Billboard dance chart. Their sound explores the multiple millenias’ of World Music, while maintaining progressive, ever fresh track productions. The soundscapes they create can provide a soundtrack to […]
![Jasmine and Jazz: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019 Celebrates Life, Love and Music [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/e270b16e-img-2048-e1579225155881.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
For New Orleans residents, the Jazz Fest spirit is alive and well all year round. Celebrating 50 years, I was ecstatic to experience Jazz Fest for the very first time. As a relatively new jazz listener, I knew I loved classic players like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, but I had yet to dig […]
![Phoenix Lights Festival Lands for Successful Fifth Anniversary [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/c5e4fbf9-51745129_2954931091446931_3637419828890828800_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
For the 5th consecutive year, an ominous series of lights hovered over a crater sized piece of land at Rawhide Event Center in Chandler, AZ during the first weekend of April. These flashing lights did not come from the sky, instead they were shining out from the weekend-long extraterrestrial themed rave during Phoenix Lights Festival. […]
![Highlights of SXSW 2019: Dungeon Family, Ivy Roots, Elevated Taste Showcase, Hembree and More [Artist Spotlight]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/1e4d79c1-dh-dungeon-family_outdoor-stage_auditorium-shores_031519_01.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Highlight Talents of this Years SXSW In years past, the giant known as South By SouthWest would dominate my friends and I’s schedules – we’d spend weeks RSVPing to parties, checking our spam folders for any missed confirmations and making sure our most looked forward to artists had open tour dates – in those days, […]
![Phoenix Lights Festival Invades Arizona for Fifth Anniversary [Festival Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/600d8b40-phx.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Calling all Earthlings: Reports have been confirmed that an alien mothership is touching down this Spring in the Arizona desert. This alien aircraft has been identified as the vessel carrying the lights and sounds of one of the region’s largest and wildest parties. Phoenix Lights will be making landfall at Wild Horse Pass in […]
![Imagine Festival: A Rendezvous with the Future [Event Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/dd6d7964-imf.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Imagine Festival was a secret kiss planted on the lips of the new age. Deadmau5 receiving artist of the year by Rolling Stone back in 2012 stands out in my mind as the point in which EDM emerged fully into the mainstream. Since then, we have witnessed the proclaimed death of dubstep, as well as […]