[jazz_guitar] Jamming via SKYPE

[Chin Yaik Chee]

I just bought a webcam and installed Skype. Anybody interested in virtual jamming? It would be interesting. Please send me a private email containing your Skype id so I can add you if interested. I'm just an amateur but thought it would be fun to play together with people who can be in different countries.

Kind Rgrds.

Chee.




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[l.m.]

Your idea is great but I think latency will kill your dreams. Let us
know if it works.

Luism

[Matthew Chambers]

"Your idea is great but I think latency will kill your dreams. Let us
know if it works."

There is actually a service online called Ninjam, that allows for these
virtual online jam sessions by utilizing the concept of FORCED latency.
It's a pretty unique and clever concept, albeit possibly a little weird. It
forces a latency on all the players that is so long that no one else you're
playing with hears what you're playing until a measure or so after you
played it.



Essentially, you are constantly jamming one bar behind the person or people
you are playing with. I've never used it myself, but I have heard jam
sessions recorded with it before. As long as you have really good players
it works for ethereal , fusion-y sorts of jams. A popular YouTube player
volvoxburger (phenomenal jazz, as well as, funk amateur pianist) has posted
some of his jams using the service under his YouTube account.



Here's one over a sort of ii-V jam:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7wlgUO1FzA



Yields some interesting results. On a sidenote, I'd highly recommend
checking out some of volvoxburger's other vids. He was one of the first
people I saw on YouTube that I ever "subscribed" to like 4-5 years ago.



-Matt

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[Chris Smart]

At 10:08 PM 12/8/2009, you wrote:
>I just bought a webcam and installed Skype. Anybody interested in
>virtual jamming?

I am if you can somehow defeat the latency involved so we can play
in time. :P

[CaptainLee]

So chin what types of music do you like? california Cap.

[Bob]

--- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "l.m." <luism@...> wrote:
>
> Your idea is great but I think latency will kill your dreams. Let us
> know if it works.
>
> Luism
>

I just noticed this article on sourceforge, in case anyone wants to try llcon:

https://sourceforge.net/community/llcon-enables-musical-jam-sessions-over-the-internet/

"If you can converse over the Internet, and collaborate for work and play, why not extend that collaboration to musical performance? That's the thought that led Volker Fischer to create llcon, a low-latency connectivity tool that enables musicians to get together for real-time jam sessions over the Internet. A new version was released this week. ... "

Bob Keller

[Chin Yaik Chee]

--- On Wed, 12/9/09, CaptainLee <captain...@cox.net> wrote:
>So chin what types of music do you like? california Cap.

I love mainstream jazz guitar and blues. What about you?

Kind Regards,

Chee.

[CaptainLee]

Hi Chee, those are great music venues. i am studying an on line course at truefire.com and have been studing jazz, blues, country,, rock and acoustic guitar
I gess i like to know some about all forms of music I have three guitars amps drum machines to enjoy music I have been playing for 35 years but have really studied only a few . how about you?? Cap.

[Chin Yaik Chee]

Hi Cap,

I've been playing close to 17++ years. I feel I really have a lot to learn and really lacking in my playing. Great if we can try SKYPE sometime.

Kind Regards,

Chee.

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[CaptainLee]

Yea I am not really into skype but I have enjoyed talking with you. Perhaps wecan continue to email our thoughts on music or what ever?
you did'nt tell me what kind of axe you have,i have a lot to learn about lead and jazz cord pregressions. I live in San diego ca. whare doyou live??
Cap.