Hi JamKazammers –
Read on for the latest software updates, blog posts, upcoming hosted events, recordings/broadcasts, JamTracks catalog updates, and more.
Office Hours
We continue to offer two weekly office hours sessions for anyone who needs help.
- JamKazam Session Office Hours (Every Tuesday 7-8pm US Central Time)
If you have our app installed and your gear set up, you can join this JamKazam session as a safe space with a JamKazam support team member to experience and learn how to play in online sessions, or to ask questions about particular features or issues you’re having. To find this session, start the JamKazam app, click the Find Session tile, then click the Open Jams tile, and look for the session called “JamKazam Office Hours”, and click the Join icon on this session. - Zoom Office Hours (Every Wednesday 11am-12pm US Central Time)
If you haven’t set up your gear yet and need help getting started, you can join this Zoom meeting room to ask a JamKazam support team member any questions you have. Don’t be shy, we’re here to help! To join the Zoom, click this link on any Wednesday at the time above.
New Features & Fixes
We got very close to a major release/update to our audio recording feature set, but didn’t quite get it done. Should be an announcement in our next email for this!
Latest From The Blog
Check out our latest blog posts:
Internet Latency in Online Music Performance – Did you know that JamKazam delivers the lowest Internet latency of any online music performance platform? Read Part 3 of 10 in our series of articles on latency to learn how. Catch up on Part 1 and Part 2 in the series if you missed them.
- Audio Processing Latency in Online Music Performance – Read Part 4 of 10 in our series of articles on latency to learn about how audio processing works, how it affects total latency in your sessions, and how you can minimize it.
Upcoming Events
We have 25 hosted session events planned for the next couple weeks. Click a link below for more information. If you want a session for a particular artist or genre you don’t see listed, drop us a note at support@jamkazam.com.
If you can’t access the event links below on Facebook, here’s how to find and join these sessions. Open the JamKazam app at the start date/time of the session you want to join. Click on Find Session on the app home page, then click on Open Jams. You’ll see a list of currently active public/open sessions, and you should see the name of the event listed among our sessions – e.g. “Blues Session” or whichever one you’re interested in. Click the Join icon next to that session.
US Hosted Sessions
- Blues Session – Monday, April 7 at 7pm CT
- Country Session – Tuesday, April 8 at 2pm CT
- Blackberry Smoke Session – Tuesday, April 8 at 7pm CT
- Fleetwood Mac Session – Wednesday, April 9 at 7pm CT
- Oldies (50s/60s/70s Music) Session – Thursday, April 10 at 2pm CT
- Beatles Session – Thursday, April 10 at 7pm CT
- Eagles Session – Thursday, April 10 at 7pm CT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, April 12 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, April 13 at 2pm CT
- 80s/90s/00s Rock Session – Sunday, April 13 at 5pm CT
- Blues Session – Monday, April 14 at 7pm CT
- Country Session – Tuesday, April 15 at 2pm CT
- Tom Petty Session – Tuesday, April 15 at 7pm CT
- Grateful Dead Session – Wednesday, April 16 at 7pm CT
- Rolling Stones Session – Wednesday, April 16 at 7pm CT
- Oldies (50s/60s/70s Music) Session – Thursday, April 17 at 2pm CT
- Steely Dan Session – Thursday, April 17 at 7pm CT
- Pink Floyd Session – Thursday, April 17 at 7pm CT
- West Coast Jazz Session – Thursday, April 17 at 6pm PT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, April 19 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, April 20 at 2pm CT
- 80s/90s/00s Rock Session – Sunday, April 20 at 5pm CT
EU Hosted Sessions
- EU Jazz Session – Tuesday, April 8 at 8pm (UTC+01)
- EU Bluegrass Session – Sunday, April 13 at 7pm (UTC+01)
South America Hosted Sessions
- Tango Session – Tuesday, April 15 at 7pm CT (musicians from South & North America welcome, includes instruction)
If you’d like to host a session for a specific genre or artist or playlist, please email us at support@jamkazam.com, and we’ll work with you on it!
Session Recordings & Live Broadcasts
Following are some recording excerpts from hosted sessions above, as well as JamKazam recordings made by members of the community. Come to a session to join the fun!
When The World Is Running Down by The Police, performed by Dragonsong Productions. Middle Of The Road by The Pretenders, performed by Troubador Retrievers. LateNite Jam 1 by JD, Mark, and Akeley. Hello by Lionel Richie, performed in reggae style by Reggaefied. Seja O Que For by Banda ES.KP. Crazeology by Charlie Parker, performed by Katsumi & Tomoko. Aja by Steely Dan.
If you’d like to send us a recording or live broadcast of a JamKazam performance that we can share with the community, please send us an email at support@jamkazam.com with a link to your recording/broadcast.
JamTracks Catalog
We have added new songs to our JamTracks catalog. Learn about our JamTracks to see how you can play along with your favorite artists and songs. Below is a list of artists with total songs available per artist, and how many of these are new to the catalog. Click an artist link to preview the JamTracks available for that artist.
- The 1975 – 7 total (6 new)
- Alanis Morissette – 6 total (5 new)
- The Beatles – 88 total (33 new)
- The Chainsmokers – 7 total (7 new)
- Drake – 42 total (42 new)
- The Doobie Brothers – 13 total (7 new)
- Ella Fitzgerald – 31 total (21 new)
- The Flaming Lips – 4 total (4 new)
- Glass Animals – 5 total (5 new)
- Halestorm – 7 total (4 new)
- Incubus – 7 total (6 new)
- Joe Satriani – 11 total (11 new)
- Kane Brown – 5 total (5 new)
- The Lumineers – 9 total (9 new)
- Miranda Lambert – 10 total (7 new)
- The Notorius B.I.G. – 15 total (15 new)
- The Offspring – 9 total (9 new)
- The Police – 23 total (14 new)
- The Revivalists – 3 total (3 new)
- The Smashing Pumpkins – 7 total (6 new)
- Tom Petty – 21 total (9 new)
- Vulfpeck – 4 total (4 new)
- Willie Nelson – 19 total (12 new)
Kudos & Stories
Thanks for making and maintaining such an awesome platform. So much joy has ensued over JamKazam’s first 3 million sessions.
– Paul R.
If you have kudos or a story to share, please send us an email at support@jamkazam.com. And as always, thanks for being part of the JamKazam community!
Best Regards,
Team JamKazam