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Music as a Team Building Activity
What is Team Building? Team building activities are important in all walks of life and can sometimes be misinterpreted as a strange day out that you are forced to go on in which trust exercises are practised with a co-worker you've only had two previous conversations...

The 101 guide on How and Why to Start a Band
In this ongoing guide, we’ll be exploring how anybody can start their own band, and why being in a band can positively affect other aspects of life. The traditional method of learning to play an instrument involves a lot of pain at the outset. Emphasis is placed on...

Why Jamming Is The Perfect Team Building Activity
Among the many rites of passage to go through when starting a band, jamming has to be one of the first. Not only will those first few jam sessions determine whether band members are compatible or not, but they may also define the sound of your band as the foundations...

Why Being in a Band is Good for your Health
If you’ve ever gone to a live performance, you might be familiar with the sight of musicians and bands rocking out across the stage. You might have even done it yourself! While it’s certainly a lot of fun and provides an adrenaline rush, it can also be great for your...
What Is Multiplayer Music Making?
Technology today is constantly under development and tech start-ups, as well as industry giants, are constantly breaking new ground. At WeJam, we’ve heard along the grapevine that there have been talks of integrating the communal feel...
What Is An Artist Rider and Why You Should Have One?
There are a lot of benefits to being a performer aren’t there? You can do what you love and entertain crowds of thousands of people. But of course, we already know that, don't we. One of the benefits a lot of people don’t know about is the artist rider, but what is...
Top Things to do in London This Weekend for Music Lovers
During this time of year, London is an incredible travel destination. Surprisingly, it has a lot to offer not only to visitors but also to locals. Its vistas, skyscrapers, and cutting-edge architecture are genuinely gorgeous and magical. London, on its own, may be...
Top 10 Multiplayer Music Games Ever
If there’s anything that can make a video game better, it’s the ability to play with friends and create some amazing memories while you play. Just when you thought you’d squeezed every bit of fun out of a game, you then play the same game with others, and this can...
The Ultimate Christmas Gift Guide: 30 Gift Ideas for Musicians and Music Lovers!
With Christmas looming around the corner, we all know that dreaded feeling of ‘what on earth should I get them for Christmas?’ Well, fear no more! Here is the ultimate gift guide for the music lover in your life – 30 ideas to suit all budgets. 1. A WEJAM EXPERIENCE...

The Top 10 Apps for Musicians and Bands
Technology has certainly made things easier for people across every industry, and the same is true for musicians. Today there are hundreds if not thousands of apps designed for aspiring artists, and we’ve hand-picked a small selection of our favourites to help you on...
The Other Studios You Need to Visit Near Abbey Road, London
Abbey Road is a road in Northwest London, home to one of the largest and most prestigious recording studios and near the iconic Beatles zebra crossing featured on their album cover for ABBEY ROAD. Since 1931, these iconic studios have seen and entertained the likes of...

The Best Beginner Instruments for Under £100
If you were to run a Google search for the “best instruments for beginners”, you’ll not only get an overwhelming amount of search results, but you will also get a varied definition on what the “best” instrument is. For some people, the “best” is determined by the cost...
The Best Christmas Covers: According to Team WeJam!
At WeJam, we love Christmas song covers! Dusting off our old Christmas playlists and singing along to Christmas tunes are part of all of our Christmas rituals, so we have decided to share some songs with you that are must haves in our Christmas playlists. To get into...
The 10 Best Team Building Activities in London
Team building activities are a fun way to bring all your employees together and just have a good laugh. After all, the best teams are those that not only work well together, but get along with each other. If you have recently made a new team, it’s important to host...

The 6-Step Guide to Forming an Office Band
Socializing with colleagues outside the office is a great way to build camaraderie whilst still being a lot of fun. From company sports teams to quiz nights and many other organized activities, workplaces up and down the country have a number of ways for employees to...

The 5 Best Ways to Find Your Bandmates
Starting a band is incredibly rewarding, but before you can even make a sound, you need to find your bandmates. Maybe you already have some people in mind? Or maybe you’ll get lucky and meet a stranger at a gig who shares your passion. But if this doesn’t apply, keep...

4 Beginner YouTube Channels For Music Education and Lessons
Online learning and education continued in interesting ways over the course of the pandemic. For schools in particular, national curriculum lessons had to move online in the form of video classes. Fun Fact: music lessons for beginners is one of the most searched for...

New to Jamming? Here’s What You Need to Know
If you’re new to jamming, then things might seem a little odd at first – especially when you give it a try. You’ll probably feel a little nervous and anxious, but don’t let that stop you from having some fun rocking out. In this article, we’ll be examining what...

Musical Team Building Activities For Beginners
Musical team building activities might just be the most overlooked activity that businesses can try to improve productivity, motivation and camaraderie. Playing music with your friends and jamming with bandmates can create some incredibly rewarding memories for...

Looking For An After School Rock Band Music Club?
Hosting an after school music club can be an incredible experience for students, parents and even teachers to pitch in on. The students get to experience something they may not have been able to if it wasn’t supported by the school or a group on their behalf, and both...

Learning Music Makes You Smarter & More Successful
Over the last few years, there has been an increased amount of focus on whether learning music makes you more successful in relationships, life and careers, as well as if learning music makes you smarter. Generally, they do, because the discipline and creative values...
Jamaoke, Bandeoke and Rockaoke – What’s The Difference?
Hopefully, most people have heard of the concept of “Bandeoke”, and “Rockaoke”. If these activities are something you’ve not heard of before, then don’t worry, you haven’t missed out on the experience. If anything, all of these fun activities are just waiting for you...
Jamaoke – The Perfect Alternative Wedding Entertainment
When planning a wedding, it’s agonizing to think about how you can make the special day unique, fun, memorable, and engaging in ways that other weddings have not been able to do. Everyone has done funny speeches, everyone has done a choreographed dance, some may have...
6 Reasons You’ll Love WeJam If You Love Escape Rooms
Are you a fan of Escape Rooms? Are you looking for something new, fun and challenging to do with friends or co-workers? Then why not try WeJam! The big difference however is that rather than trying to get out, you’ll be trying to stay longer! Instead of scratching...

How To Start a Band Even If You’re A Complete Musical Beginner
Before jumping straight into picking your first venue or which iconic outfits you and your bandmates will wear, there are a few steps we need to cover before we get you headlining. Here at WeJam we have compiled a list of five, sure-fire ways to start a band - even if...
Hard Rock Hotel, London – Local Musical Experiences
Visiting London for the first time? Looking for an immersive Rockstar experience during your visit? Staying at Hard Rock Hotel, London and looking for other musical attractions? Then read on, you are at the right place. There are numerous attractions all across London...

Guitar Hero vs Rock Band – The Surprising Story of Two Billion Dollar Rivals
It feels like video games are a medium that lend themselves to practically every genre out there: horror, sports, action, adventure, and yes, even music. When it comes to living your musician fantasy, there are two games that stand head and shoulders above the rest –...
5 Innovative Music Start-ups to Watch
WeJam It would be a sin if WeJam didn’t come in at number one, and it is not for the reason of tooting our own horn. Here at WeJam we provide a fully interactive music studio for groups between three and six people. The technology we use combines the thrill of jamming...

Easiest Cover Songs for Beginner Bands
Want to get jamming but not sure where to start? Look no further, we’ve got you covered! You're guaranteed to know at least one of these songs, we at WeJam have compiled a list of the easiest cover songs for beginner bands to get your bandjamming in no time. Song...

Don’t Let Theory Get in the Way of Rocking Out
So, music theory, huh? The very words conquer up one of three reactions. You are either A: ready to close this webpage and go somewhere else, B: have very little idea about what we’re talking about, or C: very interested because you love theory.That latter category is...
Are Bassists the Most Underappreciated Band Member?
John Paul Jones, Roger Waters, John Deacon. What do these three have in common? That would be that they're all bass players. While they are not exactly household names, we have all heard of the bands they played with: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Queen. Now what do...

10 Traits High Performing Teams Share With Successful Rock Bands
If you’ve ever been responsible for a group project, you’ll know that there comes a certain point where your team building ideas have to generate meaningful results. It’s all well and good if you’re in a team of great thinkers, but you also have to be part of a team...
10 Top Tips to Encourage Children to Practise Their Musical Instruments
A fun fact about the composer Mozart is that by the age of five he could read and write music, which enabled him to compose full symphonies at the age of just six years old. Not only did Mozart have a natural flair towards music, playing and creating it, but he had...

8 Things Great Bands Have in Common
Being in a band can be one of the greatest experiences, however it can be a challenge to become successful. Here are eight things that great bands have in common, and some of the ways in which you can increase the popularity of your own music group. 1. Continuously...

8 Fun Musical Team-Building Ideas That Don’t Involve Singing
For many employees, the thought of a team-building away day fills them with dread. Why is it these corporate off-sites always seems to centre on some humiliating and embarrassing activity? At WeJam we believe music is a brilliant way to bring people together, but...

7 Signs You’re Ready to Perform Live
Performing live can be a daunting experience. Especially if this is your first band, and you’ve never performed live before. Naturally, you want to make sure you’re ready - no one wants to get up on stage to find out they should have practised a bit more first. And...

7 Mistakes Your Favourite Musicians Would NEVER Make
At WeJam, we are always taking inspiration from music legends. We admire how they overcome their struggles and how they then use their experiences to write some great hits. But as we all know, success doesn’t come easy for most. Ourfavourite musicians may have hit...

7 Dressing Room Demands of Artists Who Were Secret Divas
When artists reach a certain level of interstellar fame, they unlock certain privileges when they are due to perform at a venue. These are referred to as a Rider, and they are demands that an artist can make to the host of a venue they are appearing at. Some...

6 Reasons Why New Bands Should Begin with Cover Songs
Finding members is one challenge but finding your own sound and writing original material is even harder. That’s why for so many new groups, cover songs are a great way to get off the ground.

6 Predictions for the Future of Live Music
Live performance has been an integral part of all music, regardless of time and genre, it currently finds itself at one of its most pivotal and unpredictable moment of its story.

5 Ways to Jam Remotely
Remote jamming really does offer you everything you could want from a good jam session!