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.
Latest From The Blog
Check out our latest blog posts:
- Jitter Latency in Online Music Performance – Read Part 5 of 10 in our series of articles on latency to learn how Internet jitter – the silent killer of quality online music sessions – affects latency, how JamKazam tech uniquely minimizes it, and what you can do for better sessions.
Upcoming Events
We have 18 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, May 19 at 7pm CT
- Willie Nelson Session – Wednesday, May 21 at 7pm CT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, May 24 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, May 25 at 2pm CT
- Blues Session – Monday, May 26 at 7pm CT
- Country Session – Tuesday, May 27 at 2pm CT
- Bob Dylan Session – Tuesday, May 27 at 7pm CT
- Grateful Dead Session – Wednesday, May 28 at 7pm CT
- ZZ Top Session – Wednesday, May 28 at 7pm CT
- Oldies (50s/60s/70s Music) Session – Thursday, May 29 at 2pm CT
- Pink Floyd Session – Thursday, May 29 at 7pm CT
- Eagles Session – Thursday, May 29 at 7pm CT
- West Coast Jazz Session – Thursday, May 29 at 6pm PT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, May 31 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, June 1 at 2pm CT
EU Hosted Sessions
- EU Jazz Session – Tuesday, May 20 at 8pm (UTC+01)
- EU Folk Session – Thursday, May 29 at 7pm (UTC+01)
South America Hosted Sessions
- Tango Session – Tuesday, May 27 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!
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, performed by Troubador Retrievers. Passacaglia for Violin and Viola by Handel-Halvorsen, performed by Marcello Duo. One Horse Town by Blackberry Smoke. Have You Ever Seen The Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival. Chopin Prelude Op. 28 N. 4, with music instructor teaching phrasing. Silverlake by Dirt Bikes.
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.
- A Great Big World – 6 total (5 new)
- Alicia Keys – 8 total (4 new)
- Ambrosia – 4 total (4 new)
- Bad Omens – 5 total (5 new)
- Band Of Horses – 2 total (2 new)
- Barenaked Ladies – 3 total (3 new)
- Beastie Boys – 7 total (4 new)
- Billie Holiday – 11 total (7 new)
- Blake Shelton – 10 total (6 new)
- Creed – 5 total (5 new)
- Commodores – 7 total (7 new)
- Duran Duran – 13 total (6 new)
- Dokken – 6 total (5 new)
- Foster The People – 5 total (4 new)
- Frank Ocean – 6 total (6 new)
- Frank Zappa – 10 total (10 new)
- Garbage – 5 total (3 new)
- Green Day – 9 total (4 new)
- Heart – 11 total (6 new)
- Howlin’ Wolf – 3 total (3 new)
- Joe Walsh – 4 total (3 new)
- John Lennon – 10 total (7 new)
- Joy Division – 5 total (5 new)
- Kenny Chesney – 10 total (6 new)
- Modest Mouse – 6 total (6 new)
- Pet Shop Boys – 5 total (3 new)
- Tina Turner – 15 total (7 new)
Kudos & Stories
Thank God for your incredible platform!
– David G.
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