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 have a new video feature ready to go, but are having trouble with the digital signing process on our Windows installer, which is holding up this release. Hopefully we can get that fixed and will have some good news on video features in our next email.
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
- Country Session – Tuesday, July 29 at 2pm CT
- Blues Session – Wednesday, July 30 at 7pm CT
- Oldies (50s/60s/70s Music) Session – Thursday, July 31 at 2pm CT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, August 2 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, August 3 at 2pm CT
- Country Session – Tuesday, August 5 at 2pm CT
- Pearl Jam/AIC/STP/Nirvana/Grunge Session – Tuesday, August 5 at 5pm CT
- Metal & Hard Rock Session – Wednesday, August 6 at 7pm CT
- Oldies (50s/60s/70s Music) Session – Thursday, August 7 at 2pm CT
- Eagles Session – Thursday, August 7 at 7pm CT
- West Coast Jazz Session – Thursday, August 7 at 6pm PT
- The Realm Free Improv Session – Saturday, August 9 at 5pm CT
- Bluegrass Session – Sunday, August 10 at 2pm CT
EU Hosted Sessions
- EU Jazz Session – Tuesday, July 29 at 8pm (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!
Pride & Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan, performed by Troubador Retrievers. Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15, Mvt. 2 by Gabriel Fauré, performed by Carnac Quartet. Jazz piece performed by a trio of musicians. Oh Darling by The Beatles, performed by The Jam.
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
- Bullet For My Valentine – 6 total (6 new)
- Empire Of The Sun – 3 total (3 new)
- Falling In Reverse – 6 total (6 new)
- Little Big Town – 5 total (5 new)
- Metric – 3 total (3 new)
- Nina Simone – 8 total (4 new)
- Panic! At The Disco – 7 total (7 new)
- Pat Benatar – 9 total (6 new)
- Post Malone – 6 total (6 new)
- Rainbow Kitten Surprise – 4 total (4 new)
- REO Speedwagon – 6 total (3 new)
- Rush – 31 total (26 new)
- Sex Pistols – 2 total (2 new)
- Stevie Wonder – 20 total (8 new)
- Styx – 16 total (11 new)
- The Script – 11 total (7 new)
- Tim McGraw – 10 total (5 new)
- TLC – 5 total (3 new)
- Waylon Jennings – 4 total (3 new)
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