Hi JamKazammers –
Read on for the latest software updates, blog posts, upcoming hosted online sessions, 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
No feature updates to report this week.
Upcoming Events
We have 19 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
- Country Session – Tuesday, May 6 at 2pm CT
- Phish Session – Wednesday, May 7 at 7pm CT
- Oldies (50s/60s/70s Music) Session – Thursday, May 8 at 2pm CT
- Beatles Session – Thursday, May 8 at 7pm CT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, May 10 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, May 11 at 2pm CT
- Blues Session – Monday, May 12 at 7pm CT
- Country Session – Tuesday, May 13 at 2pm CT
- Elton John Session – Wednesday, May 14 at 7pm CT
- Oldies (50s/60s/70s Music) Session – Thursday, May 15 at 2pm CT
- David Bowie Session – Thursday, May 15 at 7pm CT
- Pink Floyd Session – Thursday, May 15 at 7pm CT
- West Coast Jazz Session – Thursday, May 15 at 6pm PT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, May 17 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, May 18 at 2pm CT
EU Hosted Sessions
- EU Folk Session – Thursday, May 15 at 7pm (UTC+01)
- EU Jazz Session – Tuesday, May 6 at 8pm (UTC+01)
- EU Bluegrass Session – Sunday, May 11 at 7pm (UTC+01)
South America Hosted Sessions
- Tango Session – Tuesday, May 13 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 and private sessions, as well as JamKazam recordings and live broadcasts made by members of the community. Come to a session to join the fun!
Is She Really Going Out With Him by Joe Jackson. Old Love by Eric Clapton. Piano Quartet in C Minor Op. 15, 2nd Movement by Gabriel Fauré, performed by Carnac Quartet. Zombie by The Cranberries, performed by Troubador Retrievers. More Than A Feeling by Boston. Jazz tune performed by keys + sax duo.
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.
- Alec Benjamin – 8 total (8 new)
- Alejandro Sanz – 13 total (12 new)
- Ben Harper – 5 total (5 new)
- Better Than Ezra – 4 total (4 new)
- Blink-182 – 8 total (6 new)
- Cake – 5 total (4 new)
- Carole King – 4 total (3 new)
- Carrie Underwood – 10 total (6 new)
- Damien Rice – 4 total (4 new)
- Deep Purple – 6 total (4 new)
- Depeche Mode – 18 total (9 new)
- Elton John – 28 total (8 new)
- Eric Church – 6 total (6 new)
- Fiona Apple – 8 total (8 new)
- Flo Rida – 9 total (6 new)
- Florida Georgia Line – 7 total (7 new)
- Foreigner – 13 total (9 new)
- John Denver – 10 total (5 new)
- Judas Priest – 4 total (3 new)
- Moby – 8 total (8 new)
- My Chemical Romance – 11 total (8 new)
- Peter Gabriel – 12 total (7 new)
- Pink Floyd – 59 total (32 new)
- Tom Waits – 8 total (8 new)
Kudos & Stories
Woohoo! JamKazam has been a staple since Covid. Met many friends and band mates that turned into long-term live relationships!
– Jools H.
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