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![THE SUMMER CAMP OF DREAMS RETURNS: Elements Lakewood 2018 [#DroolMode]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/saucy1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
From May 25th – 27th 2018 the BangOn! crew will be bringing back their Elements Festival to Northeast Pennsylvania for some Memorial Day Weekend festivities. This was one of our top fests of 2017 and we’re beyond stoked for its return. As we anxiously await the lineup, we do have knowledge on some confirmed aspects […]
![DJ Abilities: Life After Eyedea [Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/abilities-arms.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Hip-Hop
I chatted with DJ Abilities after his last tour about new projects, his evolving style, and his secrets to success. It has been seven years since Eyedea’s abrupt death and Abilities has been hard at work: DJing for Atmosphere and Aesop Rock and touring his own music. He is set to finish his first solo record later this […]
Electronic
Weekdays are the new black: 5 Denver music residencies that are taking over the weekends Meadowlark’s Jazz Jam Where/When: Every Monday at Meadowlark What: Jazz/Blues Why it’s worth checking out: It’s nice to see instruments on a stage, right? It can be hard to switch it up living in the day and age of electronic […]
![Old Settlers Music Festival Celebrates 30 Years In Grand Style [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cover-photo-pretty-good-shot-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Old Settlers Music Festival celebrated 30 years of good times with a weekend unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. Old Settlers offers a gourmet samplings of the best singer songwriters, jam bands, bluegrass and Americana you can find – bringing in Grammy winning Los Lobos from LA to headline along with locally grown Austin heroes like […]
![Look at the Love We Found: January 2017 Badfish Dates in Texas [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/badfish_newgraphic.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
Sometimes, you just feel lucky. Like when you find out that Badfish, the world’s greatest tribute to Sublime, is touring through your city this month. For me, that’s January 19 at the Aztec Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. For you, it is probably January 22nd at Empire Control Room in Austin, Texas. Maybe it is the […]
![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 […]
![[Photo Gallery] Lianne La Havas at Royale in Boston, MA | September 28th, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DSC_9766.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
London born songstress Lianne La Havas is truly an angel on earth – one listen to her bold new album, ‘Blood’, and you’ll be hooked. Combining her sultry vocals with her expert instrumentals, her performance at Royale was nothing short of mesmerizing. Lianne La Havas is a force to be reckoned with, and we can’t […]
![[Photo Gallery] Gramatik at the House of Blues in Boston, MA | September 17th, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DSC_9042.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Denis Jasarevic, better known as his producer name Gramatik, is without a doubt leading the forefront in the electro-soul scene. His performance in Boston this past month blew away the crowd at The House of Blues. Gramatik has an undeniable ability to groove and connect any audience that stands before him.
Festival Coverage
I’m a recent Colorado transplant, like most of us that now call this place home. Austin’s close-knit music community wasn’t easy to leave, and I have been craving a recreation of that kind of connection since I got here. Therefore, I was really excited to discover that ARISE Festival is taking place in just a […]
![[Artist Interview] Lakefight: Slayers of Apathy | Seattle, WA](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Lakefight1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Interviews
Lakefight is among one of the most energetic acts in Seattle. Singer and piano player David Gladfelter has an ability to lose himself completely to the music. While playing he thrashes his fingers over the keys while screaming, squirming, and rolling his eyes into the back of his head like like a amped up Jerry […]