Ringing in the New Year with SNoWGLoBE 2013

January 5, 2014 By Sober_Raver Leave a Comment

Freio Music had an amazing time attending and documenting our first ever SnowGlobe, set in the beautiful Lake Tahoe, California. Unfamiliar with this festival? Check out some of the music below:

Lake Tahoe by FreioMusic — Nature’s Beauty

Oh yeah, folks, that is Lake Tahoe- if the music wasn’t enough, just check out that view!

Meet our photographer, Jeff Patriarca (plus two fine ladies and a ballin’ photobomber in the background).

With artists like Snoop Dog, The Polish Ambassador, Zion I, and Dillon Francis, there was sure to be a set of music to jam into the New Year for everyone.

So, you going next year?!

Stay tuned for the story of SNOWGLOBE13

right here on FREIO MUSIC!

Best Original Song – Win 2 FREE tickets to ARISE festival 2013

June 20, 2013 By FreioMusic Leave a Comment

Hey Freio community! We are super stoked to say…. WE HAVE 2 FREE TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY! Best original song (that’s right, no samples) will win the tickets to ARISE festival 2013 and a couple of those delicious CO micro-brews on the Freio Team at the fest. Think you have what it takes?!

Make a hot jam and fill out the form below! We are looking for creativity, passion, originality…and of course, steez.

Contest ends August 1, 2013 12AM MST

Thank you for your submissions! We will be selecting a winner by August 3rd!

Immerse Yourself – Arise Festival – Loveland, CO

June 15, 2013 By Sober_Raver Leave a Comment

ARISE FESTIVAL 2013

“The music is like the fire …. and we all gather around it to warm our souls”

~ Paul Bassis, Producer of ARISE ~

A new festival has emerged onto the Colorado scene this summer. Backdropped by the serene beauty of the Rocky Mountains, Arise Festival has set its sights on being the very essence of a festival – co-creation, music, art, yoga, and community. Sunrise Ranch, an hour north of Denver, will provide the magical space for festival goers to explore and re-connect with nature and one another. The atmosphere is looking to come together seamlessly, complete with Hemp Village, Kids Village, Organic Food and Beverage Village, and hey, my fellow beer lovers, a Craft Beer and Wine Village!

The festival will also feature a selection of independent films including – Bidder 70, Chasing Water, Arise, and The Bloom. If that doesn’t expand your mind enough – check out the healing space, Temple of the Heart, on site. It will encompass activities like yoga, kirtan, meditation, and a healers tent to completely rejuvinate you- mind, body, and soul.

THE BASICS

WHAT TO BRING: face paint, headlamp, re-fillable water bottle, warm clothes for the CO nights

Festival Info

Complete Lineup

Camping & Lodging

Aside from the perks… the music lineup is stacking up quite nicely to create an incredibly diverse world sound to fill up those Colorado mountains.

So who is playing you ask?

Freio Favorites:

We are very excited to be apart of this melding of art and community. Not convinced yet? Check out the music below…

But just you wait… the complete lineup so far includes:

STAY TUNED FOR THE ARISE FESTIVAL CONTEST

FOR 2 FREE TICKETS!!

It’s All About Being You At Sonic Bloom

May 28, 2013 By FreioMusic Leave a Comment

Sonic Bloom is a festival created to help us realize our individual and group potential. It inspires us all to be aware that we all work together to co-create this reality. It is about realizing your full potential and striving to create whatever reality you choose to direct your intentions. I feel like the intentions of Sonic Bloom’s creators are to bring beautiful people together in a wonderful place filled with inspiring music. I feel they will easily succeed in this goal, especially because the festival is stacked with over 100 talented artists each expressing their own vibrations of life through music. I was blessed enough to be able to attend Sonic Bloom last year. It was my first time ever in Colorado and I fell in love with the area and the amazing people that attended the festival. I traveled for over 22 hours by car last year and never regretted a second. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a festival that is worth the trip and definitely should not be missed.

They just announced these additional artists: Samples, Omega, Miraja, Soulacybin, Mikey Thunder, Gken-E, The Digital Connection, Cloud-D, J.WAIL, Cualli, Late Night Radio, Mouseterious, Nunchuck, Kruza Kid, Verdarluz, White Robot, Subliminal, Lux Moderna, Damnesia-Vu, G.O.A., Buddha Bomb, Chemdawgz, Kyma Muse, Ginger Perry, and Namaslay.

If you would like more information on Sonic Bloom:
SONIC BLOOM FULL EVENT EXPERIENCE
SONIC BLOOM FACEBOOK
SONIC BLOOM TWITTER

And here is a playlist previewing the artists playing this year that should keep you entertained until Sonic Bloom 2013:
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Why You Should Go to a Festival Alone

February 5, 2013 By Sober_Raver Leave a Comment

Ah New Zealand. The land of of serene natural beauty, friendly faces… and awesome festivals. Oddly enough, I found myself heading up to Luminate on behalf on my new expatriate boss, not too shabby. Cruising up Takaka Hill onto the mystical Canaan Downs property with a couple from Uruguay, the festival vibes hit good and strong. Making its way into the festival’s sixth year, Luminate 2013 is what every festival aims to be. An extremely international crowd ready to get naked by a tribal fire, groove barefoot the dirt dance floor, participate in workshops, and be inspired about living sustainably. With no alcohol allowed, the stoney energy was peaceful and open.

The opening ceremony, which I now believe every festival should incorporate, gathered the tribes togethers to sing, dance, hold hands, and light the main fire, igniting the seven day journey. This kicked off the nude tribal dancing next to the Pagan circles of fire throughout the different festival zones. Luminate celebrates the ancient summer harvest festival of Lughnasadgh. It was celebrated by our ancestors in all parts of the world. This time is exactly mid way between the summer solstice and autumn equinox when people to gather together, share food, music, stories, knowledge and send a lot of thanks to the earth mother for looking after us.

The workshops in days following were also of incredible caliber. I took courses on eco-villages, tantric meditation, native plant medicine, and Mayan Dreamspell.

Commitment to ZERO WASTE

Luminate’s innovative approach to Zero Waste through its Clean Environment Strategy is unique amongst events in New Zealand and the first I have ever experienced: Pack out what you pack in, composting toilettes, solar/wood fired showers, no recycle or trash bins, bring your own cup/bowl/plate/utensils…. it is all quite awesome.

As my first solo festival, I had to let go of all my inhibitions and hop into random circles of strumming guitars and rotating spliffs. I found a rad posse of travelers: my lanky UK stoner and compost toilette extraordinaire, a Canadian meaning of life seeker, and a beautiful German who taught me the hip new movement of electronic swing. So why do the solo festival?

1. Being by yourself you have no real obligations to be anywhere or find anyone

2. You’re on your own time where time doesn’t really matter

3. No consulting- go where you want to go – this way, you meet an incredible amount of people

But back to the music, eh?

Best Reggae Artist: Rhythmonyx

Best Electronic Artist: Adham Shaikh

This artist bumped Luminate and kept the Live Stage vibin late into the night. He is a Juno Award-nominated music producer, composer, sound designer, and DJ who brings his powerful global groovin sounds to the world stage. Many of my new German friends at the festival dug a new genre of electro dubbed – Gypsy Swing- Check out the new sounds!

Best World Music: Mundi

“…Fresh…funky. Intricate, multi-layered works…dynamic solos” The Press

“Unique and bursting with creative genius” Presto Arts & Culture

This group was matched the perfectly sunny afternoon…world music to move to.

Human Nature '12 – Learning to Adapt

June 28, 2012 By Michael Leave a Comment

Midnight Thursday June 28th

Today we, Sober Raver and I, learned that it is part of human nature to adapt to one’s environment. Lesson: as one car breaks down another one lends a wheel. Our (initial) Plan, was to leave Thursday to attend the Volunteer Orientation sesh, and set up camp. We were all packed up and ready, just need to pick up some beer and food, when my car dies enroute, and glides to a stop when gravity permitted. Power-steering = gone, hazard light = won’t work, engin = dead, progress = halted. Plan B: Call some friends, jump onto facebook, find a ride share, repack our gear (take less) and make it work. Success, or so it seems….

Want to join us? Grab your tickets from: http://humannaturefestival.com/

We will be posting some recordings from the concert throughout the event. Stay Tuned~ nex t (line up & Ekim)

See the Music

November 10, 2011 By Michael Leave a Comment

Deaf people are not only amazing visual artists (see above artwork), but musically inclined as well! In American Universities, music-history classes often discuss influential blind musicians. History is old, out of date, yet it is being written today. There are some very influential Deaf musicians, alive today, who have yet to be included in the textbooks.
Roughly 5 months ago, Greece had a revolutionary concert for both the Deaf and Hearing populations called ‘See the Music’. As stated on the ‘seethemusic’ website: “Our goal with hosting this event is to bring together two superficially different worlds, since the only difference between them lies on the language they use.” The phrase ‘linguistic minority’ is used to describe the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, illustrating the lack of popularity and fluency in Sign Language. The concert was translated/ preformed in ASL as well as the Greek Sign Language (GSL). This concert was free to enter and open to the public.
Artists including K.TBHA and Signmark both preformed at the event.

More info:
See the Music – on the web
K.BHTA on myspace

Music by K.BHTA

A Special thanks to K.BHTA for being the first Artist from Greece to be featured on freiomusic!

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