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![Resonance Music & Arts Festival Brings the Best to Legend Valley [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21319100_786872888159832_7982321090006123288_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Resonance Music & Arts Festival comes to Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio this weekend September 21st-23rd. Bringing a stellar lineup of music and art, Resonance is set to be an unforgettable weekend filled with the best in Jam, Electronic, Bluegrass, Livetronica and everything in between. Resonance offers guests some of the most special and unique […]
![Beats Antique Rings in 10 years with ‘Shadowbox’ [Artist Interview & Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/BA-3.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Beats Antique is back with an album that spanned the Earth in search of the sound for its creation, an album built upon the sound that they have spent forming together and then explored in a way that can only come after ten years of production and mastery. The name of the album is Shadowbox, and in […]
Live Music Coverage
Our current (and always) crush, is the incredible Zoe Jakes of Beats Antique. We can’t wait to catch this stunner with the rest of the talented Beats Antique trio at Envision this weekend! Our live experiences with Beats Antique have always been limited to an inside venue, but week we’ll be swaying to their sultry […]
![[Festival Review + Photo Gallery] A Whole Lotta Gem and A Festful of Jam: Gem and Jam’s 10th anniversary sets the 2016 festival bar to exceptional heights](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/gemandjam.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
A Whole Lotta Gem and A Festful of Jam When I landed in Tucson last Thursday morning, my whole being writhed with anticipation. After being on a week long high from seeing two nights of Lettuce + ProbCause in Portland and Eugene the previous weekend, I was more than ready to hit the desert and leave the Pacific Northwest dreariness for a few days of festival […]
![[Show Review + Photo Gallery] Beats Antique’s Creature Carnival in Dallas, TX at the Bomb Factory | September 19th, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DSC00426.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
In what has become an expected fashion, the members of Beats Antique took their audience on a journey. The night’s crowd was composed of a wide assortment of creatures; owls, squids, tigers, and LED manipulators intermingled from the bar to the barricade. The Bomb Factory, a newly renovated Dallas venue, proved to be an exemplary […]
![[Festival Review] McDowell Mountain Music Festival May 27th-29th, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/robertdelong.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
McDowell Mountain Music Festival has been bringing music and supporting the downtown Phoenix community for the last 12 years. It is Arizona’s first and only festival that gives 100% of its ticket sales to local charities, and this year, McDowell Mountain Music Festival is supporting Phoenix Children’s Hospital and United Methodist Outreach Ministries. UMOM has […]
East Coast
The creeps and freaks of Nashville will be swarming the city when Creature Carnival comes to town next week! This Wednesday, October 29th will mark the night that Marathon Music Works will host an array of stunning visuals, unique shenanigans, and tantalizing surprises that have yet to be seen on any other tour. Featuring Beats Antique, […]
East Coast
It’s safe to say that we’ve been loving the hell out of Creature Carnival tour so far! Looks like NYC’s crowd had a blast. Photos by CYM contributor Nick Soley!
East Coast
Located just north of Live Oak, Florida lies a venue unlike any other: Spirit of Suwannee Music Park. Covered in large Spanish moss-drenched oak trees and featuring stunning details such as an natural amphitheater, we’ve yet to see the 800 acre venue for ourselves, but have already heard of its infectious charm. Rapidly approaching on CYM’s calendar […]
Festival Coverage
Last year, Arise made it’s debut in Loveland, CO, locking down a prime spot in the second half of the Summer, which was grossly underutilized given the amount of avid festival goers strewn about the Colorado front range. Needless to say, the festival was a huge success, and this year Arise is returning with a […]