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
We’re excited to announce the following new releases this week!
- Improved Audio Recording – We have upgraded and improved our feature for making audio recordings during sessions. If you are recording in an open/public session, we now handle musicians entering and exiting the session while a recording is in progress gracefully. The user who starts the recording can now specify whether they want to record just the session mix or the session mix plus all the individual parts from all musicians. And if someone else starts a recording in a session you’re in, you now have preferences to control what, if anything, your own computer records. Read this help article on audio recording to understand all the powerful features you can use to record your performances in JamKazam sessions. And send us your recordings so we can share them with the rest of the community!
Upcoming Events
We have the following 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 – Wednesday, July 2 at 7pm CT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, July 5 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, July 6 at 2pm CT
- Country Session – Tuesday, July 8 at 2pm CT
- Tom Petty Session – Tuesday, July 8 at 7pm CT
- Metal & Hard Rock Session – Wednesday, July 9 at 7pm CT
- Oldies (50s/60s/70s Music) Session – Thursday, July 10 at 2pm CT
- Eagles Session – Thursday, July 10 at 7pm CT
- West Coast Jazz Session – Thursday, July 10 at 6pm PT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, July 12 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, July 13 at 2pm CT
- Grateful Dead Session – Sunday, July 13 at 7pm CT
EU Hosted Sessions
- EU Jazz Session – Tuesday, July 1 at 8pm (UTC+01)
- EU Folk Session – Thursday, July 10 at 7pm (UTC+01)
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!
Dancing With Myself by Billy Idol and Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin, performed by Troubador Retrievers. The Middle by Jimmy Eat World. Sonata Undine Part 2 by Carl Reinecke. Sounds Of Bells by Joao Pernambuco, performed by Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
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
- Alice Cooper – 5 total (3 new)
- All Time Low – 6 total (6 new)
- Aretha Franklin – 11 total (5 new)
- Billy Idol – 5 total (3 new)
- Black Sabbath – 7 total (4 new)
- Bob Dylan – 17 total (9 new)
- Casting Crowns – 4 total (4 new)
- Chuck Berry – 10 total (4 new)
- Coheed & Cambria – 6 total (4 new)
- Cole Porter – 12 total (7 new)
- Dr. Dre – 9 total (9 new)
- George Harrison – 6 total (3 new)
- Gov’t Mule – 3 total (3 new)
- Janelle Monáe – 2 total (2 new)
- Jeff Buckley – 5 total (2 new)
- Khruangbin – 1 total (1 new)
- Lyle Lovett – 4 total (3 new)
- Mt. Joy – 2 total (2 new)
- Muse – 10 total (5 new)
- Steely Dan – 23 total (12 new)
Kudos & Stories
Like many others, I started using JamKazam during the pandemic. I had been playing with two wonderful guys in Southern California, and JamKazam allowed us to continue playing. I’ve since moved to Arizona, and we get together twice a week online. This platform has allowed me to maintain my great friendships with these two guys who teach me so much.
– Shelly B.
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