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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 […]
![The Babes of Fuzzy Doom: Blackwater Holylight are barreling down to Levitation 2019 [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ce9800d1-https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_77087163_303109133833_1_original.jpeg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
As we gear up for a weekend of rock n roll in Austin for Levitation (formerly known as Austin Psych Fest), the best part has been digging into the lineup to get excited for what lies in store. One of our most looked forward to acts are an all female stoner doom band from Portland, […]
![An Interview with the Dirty Disco Originator: Throttle [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/15aa177c-51014162_2933418003598240_1598426990363279360_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Hailing from the land down under, 22-year-old Throttle will be trading green Melbourne suburbia for the desert city of Phoenix when he makes his debut performance at Phoenix Lights Festival in early April. Growing up in Australia, Throttle, aka Robbie Bergin, took to music at an early age. Learning guitar as a child and […]
![Staring Deep into ‘Empath Eyes’ with Founder Jeff Warnock [Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/af783422-p1266810.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Interviews
Pursuing a passion in music and digital media, Empath Eyes founder Jeff Warnock has proved his commitment to learning his trade over years of practice. Elevating his homemade studio into a full-service digital marketing agency, Warnock has found that adapting to change is the key to success. Not only has Warnock created a comfortable life […]
Hip-Hop
Denver rapper Looney Ando has been making big moves in his city lately. His sit-ins with artists such as Tnertle, MIDIcinal, Homemade Spaceship, and The Party People have helped propel him into the forefront of the city’s hip-hop scene. Ando is an Illinois native that has spent time all over the midwest and parts of […]
Electronic
“In the beginning, there was Sass” This Wednesday, Compose Yourself’s #WCW is the dynamic hip-hop, soul-funk trio Sassfactory hailing from Boulder, CO. The group is made up of Emma Badman on the decks, rapper Zoë Simone and singer Jade Elise. Their first EP, “Out Here”, combines flavorful instrumentals with heavy, hard hitting bars and charismatic […]
![Sound on Sound Fest 2017: The creative minds behind the most brilliant lineup of the year [Interview + Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sos9.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
After taking in such a monstrous lineup, you’d be surprised to learn that 2017 will mark only the second year of Sound on Sound Fest. Who says newcomers can’t knock the big boys from the top? Their inaugural year was executed effortlessly, even when the fest was met with mother nature’s rainy wrath. Walker Margin, the A […]
![Digging into Euphoria Music Festival: Why We Keep Coming Back [Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/euphoria1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
As we inch closer to the 6th installment of the season’s best festival, Euphoria, it’s become a beautiful experience to watch this gathering grow exponentially in the past few years. With the countdown underway, we felt there was no better time than to get the lowdown from the man himself, EMF executive producer Mitch Morales. […]
![Picking Apart the Pigments with Collidoscope [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/collide.jpg?resize=600%2C310&ssl=1)
Electronic
Collidoscope is bringing the heat to the funk hungry masses with their fresh and sophisticated jam fusion. This Electro-funk, Jamtronica band from Austin, Texas, just recently relocated to colorful Colorado and have been settling right into this booming livetronica mecca. The band is composed of Hank Brigham (production/bass/sax), James Hatch (production/synth/keyboards) and the newest addition Jacob Muhle (drummer). We had a chance to sit down with the crew and ask them […]
![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 […]