Supajam Education

Being a Music Promoter & Gig Organiser - Charlie from Real Sounds tells all!

Ever wanted to learn how to put on gigs, work with amazing artists, and create memorable events?

Then Charlie is your man!

In this episode he tells our students all about his career in music,

and how he started out from being a shy teenager in the background, to working with some of his favourite bands ever!

What's it like to perform live electronic music at a major theatre?

Our students tell us all about performing live electronic music at a special show in Canterbury

 

Check out videos from the event here:

 

 

SupaJam Live at the DITTO Music Conference! - Supporting Young Music Creatives

SupaJam hosted a panel talk at the UK's largest music conference this year!

Our very own Tom led a chat with Gil Tee from Black Deer Festival, and Phoebe from Youth Music.

They talked about opportunities for young people in the music industry, and gave some amazing advice and stories.

 

Enjoy!

 

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Music education pioneers SupaJam lead a panel of industry pros whose careers revolve around supporting and educating young music creatives, offering real-world insight and guidance on making a career out of music.

Our student Brad talks about performing music in different languages

In this week's show, we chat with our student Brad, who has a strong interest in different languages, and international music.

 

We chatted about some of his favourite songs and artists, and a song he was just about to perform on stage that same day!

 

If you want to explore different corners of the global music scene, this is for you!

Youth Music Funding - Live from DITTO!

We recorded this one live at the 2024 DITTO conference, and we are looking forward to their next one.

It was amazing to learn all about the funding available to young musicians, and neuro-diversity in the music industry!

 

Radio Producer Tells Us Industry Secrets!!!

This week we have a video podcast (video available on YouTube), recorded live at our Canterbury base 

 

(and we are hoping to record more of these across all our bases in the future!)

 

Our guest is Casey Dale, a freelance radio producer who has worked on award winning shows, including BBC Introducing.

 

If you are interested in a career in radio & podcasting, then this is for you!

 

And, because BBC introducing is all about showcasing new artists....

 

.... if you are a musician, song writer or rapper, then this podcast has some tips for you too!

 

Ways to watch or listen:

Check out the video on our YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/@supajameducation407

Listen on Spotify here:

https://open.spotify.com/show/7ynkzodMl5OFM42lYnPOtB?si=c8b061f5d9dd40f1

Listen on Apple Podcasts here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/supajam-education/id1834639138

Or, listen on our free web player here:

https://supajameducation.podbean.com

 

What's it like to have a creative job in marketing? - Live from the UK Creative Festival

Hello! Ever wondered what it is like to have a cool and creative job in marketing, where you get to work on different projects all the time, and develop different skills?

 

Well, Katie and Noel have spent years in this industry and now even have their own agency!

 

Find out all about it here

https://www.anotheracronym.com/

Celebrating National Coming Out Day Podcast - NHS x SupaJam Special!

To celebrate National Coming Out Day (Sat 11th Oct 2025), Yasmin and Simon from the NHS recorded this special podcast at SupaJam.

Yasmin is in charge of NHS Kent's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team and program, and she records a regular podcast at SupaJam, delving into relevant topics in each episode.

These recording sessions create great work experience opportunities for our students too!

She recorded this episode with her colleague Simon, and was kind enough to allow SupaJam to share it on our channels too!

 

You can find other episodes in her series at:

https://www.youtube.com/@KentMedwayMentalHealth

David from FENDER chats with our students - Part 2

Hello everyone! I know you have been excited to hear part 2 of our in-depth chat with David from Fender...

 

In this episode, get to know more of his back story, how he got into the job, and what things you can do if you'd like to work in the creative industries yourself!

 

 

INCREDIBLE - How visually impaired music producers can still make AWESOME music - with Andre Louis

Andre Louis (AKA Onj), a visually impaired musician from London, demonstrates how he makes music using Logic, Voice Over, and his keyboard.

The skills on show here are unreal, and Andre is an inspiration! Andre has also been mentoring some SupaJam students and the results have been incredible.

I hope you enjoy finding out his music making process, and also look out for his insane finger drumming skills!

 

Check out Andre's channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/@TheOnjLouis/videos

 

Thank you to Jon for editing this video and audio, much appreciated!