How It All Began:
The Buttery Music School is a queer, female-owned organisation, founded by drummer Jaymee Watkin, in 2014.
Jaymee is a seasoned drummer with over a decade of experience touring, writing, and recording. Between tours, she discovered her talent for fostering confidence and community through music by mentoring young musicians in her Brisbane-based shipping container music studio. As a proud member of the queer community, Jaymee and the gang have cultivated an inclusive environment at The Buttery Music School, which has since grown into a community with 10 inspiring music mentors and 130 students. At The Buttery, students aged 5 years to 500 years old learn music, join bands, and embark on their journeys of writing, recording, and performing.
Jaymee, Will, Tash, Tim, Chelle, Mik, Damien, Josh and Aaron are now more inspired and excited than ever, in their element, growing The Buttery - a place that breathes music, creativity, confidence and comfort into as many lives as possible.
“An unbelievably good music school.
My son has been learning to play guitar with Tim for the last few years and loves it so much.
We have watched Bobby learn a new skill, challenge himself but also gain so much self confidence.
This year he even started their band programme and so had the opportunity to meet other kids and learn how to play with other instruments.
He performed on stage for the first time this year and the whole community that Buttery created made it such a safe and special space for these kids. We were such proud parents.
Thank you so much Jaymee, Tim and Sanjay. You guys are amazing!”