we DJ Panel: Mental Health and Music Industry in Partnership with Skiddle

At the 2025 DJ Show, moderator Duncan King from Skiddle sat down with Mak 10, Jess Bays, Grace Meadows from Music Minds Matter and Jeordie Shenton from Tonic Music to about this important subject, the panel members own journeys and what organisations like Music Minds Matter & Tonic Music are doing in the music industry.

Full Video of all we DJ Live panels are available here: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2071759

we DJ Origins focuses on the journey and influences of some of the most exciting DJ's in the world... Presented by Terry Hooligan of On The Rise and we DJ.

On episode 1, Terry had the great pleasure of sitting down with DJ Babu. A foundational Turntablist (he actually coined the phrase), member of the World Famous Beat Junkies, head tutor at the Beat Junkies Institute of Sound & 1/3 of legendary Hip Hop group Dilated Peoples.

DJ BABU EPPISODE COMING MARCH 24TH

This is the we DJ podcast channel where you can catch the we DJ Origins podcast plus more!

We’re here to make music accessible through DJing.

Most importantly, we aim to provide this for FREE.

Since the creation of weDJ in 2024 – when On The Rise DJ Academy and Westend DJ collaborated on London’s first DJ Expo in over a decade – we have held an OPEN DECKS session and All Women Ableton Workshop at RichMix in East London, DJ workshops in Central Northwest London for FREE. We’ve also taken over G-Shock radio to spread the weDJ vibe and give our community the opportunity to connect with their audience.

Terry (Hooligan) Ryan of On The Rise Music

'As with everything I do at On The Rise, I wanted to both create something for our DJ community where they can learn, network and play, but also invite new DJ’s and producers in… to be part of this exciting and welcoming community. With my partners at Westend DJ we are focused on providing people with access and resources to help step up their game or just get the most out of their hobby. We agreed that the best way to do this was to make this 2 day event free to everyone and accessible to every level of DJ, as we have been doing for the last few years with our workshops, networking events and open decks. But now, we have turbo charged it!'