JAMs: A Taste of Sydney's Music Scene

Sarah Cherlin’s music tastes like Maraschino Cherry Jam with Chocolate Chips. This episode we talk LOVE. Sarah gives us advice and takes us through the pros and cons of having her boyfriend also be her producer. We talk about music love and what to do when you feel like you’ve fallen out of love with music. We talk women, aging in the industry, classical training and more. Come have a laugh with us!

Alex Partridge’s music tastes like Green Apple Jam with Salt Flakes. Hear how Alex has taken self-managing to the max with tonnes of research and just pure dedication to making his own luck. We also talk about the importance of having a creative community surrounding you and how his family are instrumental in helping him on his journey. If you’re an independent artist, this is a must listen!

Arrowbird’s music tastes like Mulberry Jam in an Enchanted Pine Tree Forest. Hear how World of Warcraft helped her make a really important decision with her music. We also talk about the difficulties of “closing the loop” - which she knows a lot about after taking five years to release her EP. What happens when a gamer girl that grew up worshipping Avril Lavgine, loving film music and spent her younger years living in Cyprus makes music? Listen to find out.

Frankie Bouchier’s music tastes like Iridescent Blue Heaven Jam. This psychedelic retro glam god also happens to be a trained opera singer. How the love of 60s/70s music, opera and balkan music collided into the musical universe that is Frankie Bouchier. We discuss Frankie’s writing process and how technology can help create new ideas, his synth obsession leading to the iso adventure of building his own oscillator, band envy and more!

Shenoa’s music tastes like Rainbow Crystallised Strawberry Jam. From our never released disaster EP to Shenoa now going solo with her EP ‘Love & Leaving’ out 7 Feb. We talk about feeling comfortable and safe in your collaborations with other artists, producers & mixers, sisterhood and reflect on our past musical career together over the past almost 15 years. Come join some old friends talking about new Sydney music.

Mansion's music tastes like Lychee Jam with Blueberry Bubbles. Our first ever interview with guitarist Sam Killick. Hear how a rehearsal turned into a recording session and EP release. How an improvised band plays, performs and records music! How we can and will make the Sydney music scene great. (And listen out for a small disaster in the middle of the interview).

Meet your host Sam Latto and hear all about how JAMs aims to change the Sydney music scene.