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![[Photo Gallery] Breakaway Music Festival in Dallas, TX | September 23+24, 2014](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/BREAKAWAYfest-2311-e1381364262695.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
In its first year of conception and only touring through Columbus and Dallas, Breakaway Festival aims to create a special festival environment unlike any other. Using soccer stadiums in these individual cities as their backdrop, they bring world-renowned talent to that field’s audience. Your field, your fest. Seeing artists like… Ra Ra Riot, Matt & Kim, […]
![[Photo Gallery] Rusko at Trees | Dallas April 10, 2010](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/27703_1257661656376_5718715_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Christopher Mercer, better known as Rusko, is a British dubstep DJ who is largely credited with popularizing the genre here in the US, and his chaotic live presence. After releasing ‘Cockney Thug’ in 2007, the electronic dance music scene was flooded with several artists sampling this among Rusko’s other tracks, springing it into the radio […]
![[Photo Gallery] The Expendables at House of Blues |Dallas,TX November 2010](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/156205_1434007584914_378809_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Reggae
The Expendables is a band made up of four longtime friends, who decided to make a career out of playing music with one another. It’s as simple as that. In fact, the initial 7 years of the band’s career was completely independently funded by the members themselves. Their relentless dedication has kept them in the […]