Chances are that if you listen to our show, you love music. 

You live it, you speak it, you breathe it.

You’ve probably gone to countless gigs, you’re somewhat in and amongst the underground Sydney music scene and maybe you’ve even picked up a dingy guitar to try your hand at writing your own stuff.

Now if you identify as a woman, cis, trans, femme or gender non conforming and you hold that same love of music, chances are you would know that the scene is overwhelmingly dominated by cis white hetero men and it can often feel like a rather isolating environment to even step into, let alone trying your hand at starting your own band. 

Be Your Own Groupie is a community based initiative that runs free or by donation group guitar lessons for women, cis, trans and those of us who are gender non conforming whose goal is to break down those barriers and create a safe space in community for people to learn, get inspired, laugh, and to encourage a more diverse range of people to start playing music.

Take a listen to Beth and Belle talk all things groupie with BYOG founder and creative mastermind Lauren McAuliffe.