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![Endless Summer: Chatting it up with Viceroy [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Viceroy-Press-Photo-Pool-of-Pineapples.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Performing at last month’s Splash House in Palm Springs, Viceroy is truly the Sultan of Summer. A bashful smile and a love for all things Hawaiian, Austen Afridi truly embodies everything about those endless summer vibes. His set during SH’s Saguaro pool was one of our highlights from the weekend, and we’re still riding that […]
![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 […]
![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 […]
![Dreamers Delight on Coachella performance, musical aspirations, and…. chocolate chip cookie transmutation? [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/12916241_1146102208757460_971809210893255224_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Upcoming producer Dreamers Delight blew us away last month when he hit Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, and has been riding that wave of success high ever since. The LA transplant showed his hometown massive love with an explosive performance that won us over through his mix of melodic electro and sultry hip-hop productions. Since the start […]
![[Artist Interview] Alt Rock band Starline debut ‘CJM’ on February 25th, 2016](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12524190_608739042617224_577743462133781246_n-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Interviews
It’s said that some of the best collaborations conspire under the most unlikeliest of situations, and in the case of Starline, the duo’s roots couldn’t be any further apart if they tried. Comprised of former band leader of Pale, Calvin Stanley, and former NBA point guard Matt Maloney, these two had never anticipated creating music […]
![[Artist Interview] Chicago Rapper ProbCause fills us in on upcoming projects, dream collaborations and artistic endeavors, including a children’s book](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/probcause1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Hip-Hop
When we found out ProbCause was opening up for Lettuce’s West Coast “CRUSH” tour, we couldn’t help the huge grins that emerged on our faces. Colin Grimm, also known as ProbCause, is a socially and politically conscious hip hop artist out of Chicago who has been winning over crowds with his aptitude for elevated, fresh […]
![[Artist Interview] Denver Producer kLL sMTH Talks Latest EP, Early Beginnings And More | December 12th, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/11224674_1062913640393983_8251072341733314021_n.jpg?resize=600%2C315&ssl=1)
Electronic
With so much incredible music happening across the states, we’ve made it our mission to get the inside scoop, and in these cold months there are even more great shows to look forward to every night of the week. But having the chance to interview Denver producer kLL sMTH ahead of his performance at Winter […]
![[Artist Interview] 8-Piece Electro-Funk Band Tnertle Talk ‘MataMata’, New Lineup and Plans for 2016](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tnertle1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Marking their very first release under Super Best Records, the group that makes up Tnertle have continued to blaze their trail of success with MataMata, the latest and greatest from the duo turned 8-piece electro-funk group. The 11 track LP spans every bit of the bands’ dynamic style in detail, gleaming with original gems of […]