Part 2: What is a Jam?
Part 2: What is a Jam? So what is a jam? It is a unstructured group of musicians who gather to play together. Or in other words, not a band. For my discussion, we will refer to the jam as acoustic instruments only. Why? Well, there are more acoustics out there (usually sitting in corners), Electric instrument players tend to play a little better (sort of), and finally electric players usually are going to play music that really can be played by acoustic instruments. An electric jam works very similar to an acoustic. If you watch the pros play in a set ending, everyone on stage, a lot of the same things are at work. There may or may not be a set list. There may or may not be a single leader (more on that later). There may or may not be a genre (more on that later too). Musical ability may vary as well. A jam can be in someones basement, back yard, around a fire pit, at a festival, at a location like a bar, coffee shop or store front and I guess on line, but I haven't tried it. An...