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ABOUT & UPDATE
January 10th, 2026
“Rhythm & You” and rhythmandyou.com was created to support my effort to catalyze creative spaces and capture “the moment”. My idea was to create a garden of resources for the community to use to supplement artistic expression. Creativity can come in waves or moments so we add video and audio recording to many events to ensure we can save these memories and creative ideas. A safe space to develop artistic expression.
I started this concept in Mianz-Kastel, Germany with the creation of “Studio365”. This was a large space to support: Music, Paint, Games, and Exercise. The ‘Music Room’ was staged as a general “Jam Session” where audio and video were recorded at all times. This allowed artists to come and go as they felt ready without any setup or prep. Painting supplies are staged with music being propagated from the Jam Session, keeping this activity “connected” to the music activity. This connected concept continued through the gym and the gaming environment. The gym was used day and night by the artists. We scheduled collective exercise and yoga sessions to help boost self image and confidence. We supported martial arts with a few resident experts, so you will find videos of sparring. I observe “Gaming” as “Puzzling” where games give you various types of puzzles to solve. Exercise, relax and solve puzzles, go try to innovate in your art: this was the pipeline intended.
Artistic expression may be seen as pushing imagination into reality. I want to nurture innovation and elevate a community of free thinkers. At the beginning of March 2020, Sudio365 was created and staged for this community. By the end of March 2020, we were in an epidemic. We were able to create a few events during the allowed periods of time, but without an ability to host events to support the location: we were forced to close before two years.
Moving from this location and keeping the idea alive was quite difficult. One of the nomadic painters that worked for many months in Studio365 introduced me to Dr. Osmangic of the Archeological institution in Bosnia. The nomad suggested I bring this environment to the Summer Solstice pyramid festival, Dr. Osmanagic agreed, and I called the community to tread new waters. With saxophonist, DJ, rappers, and producers from the United States backed by european artists from the german based community: we were able to bring a very nice show for 4 years to Bosnia and the streets of Visoko.
We conducted a public event in Frankfurt Germany, where we were able to introduce our US community to our German based community. The videos and interviews collected along this path should explain enough about the artists and their experiences during this journey. We collaborated in events during Art Basel Miami with the community as well.
I decided for 2026 to once again start the creative sessions with a partnership with the Music Palast of Wiesbaden, Germany. This location can support all of the original goals of Studio365 and create a more stress free environment for creation rather performance focused events. A great bonus is a local restaurant and bar “Hibashi Imbiss”. The community is now sponsoring Jam Sessions every Friday at Music Palast with paint and games for side pleasures. We will stage small amounts of gym equipment outside in the back garden and plan to host calisthenic events in the summer. We hope to see you.
-John Adams