Re: Finding, sharing and starting jam sessions


I think it's the first, but I can't tell from the site which venues
offer which sort of music, let alone whether I can join in or not.

Colin,

This is an area where it is really up to the submitter to properly tag
their post(s). Each post can be associated with one or more musical
styles and the instruments that tend to be played. You can search by
these criteria by starting on the front page and looking about halfway
down the page, in the right hand bar. Additionally, each post lists
out the instrument(s) and musical style(s) selected by the submitter,
and you can click on the styles/instruments to see a list of other
jams in your area that were also tagged (aka categorized) with that
style/instrument.

But again, this is up to the submitter. We don't force people to pick
"bluegrass" or "native american flute" (lots of that near you for
sure :) ). They have to decide they want to.

Can you join? If the session/jam is posted to www.folkjam.org then
yes, you can.

We also support private sessions in our groups area at http://www.folkjam.org/groups
In this part of the site you can essentially create your very own
folkjam.org with a private map and forum. Your group can be wide open
to where anybody can join, or it can be by-invitation-only where you
directly manage who is part of it. A group itself can appear in the
directory and on our maps, or it can be hidden away so that nobody can
know about it unless you tell them.

The group-on-a-map thing is subtle and important. You can create a
group that says "I am here and looking for musicians to play acoustic
death metal", pin it to the map and have it show up integrated with
the local jam/festival/workshop listings. When you post that same
sort of thing to a forum or a usenet group it shuffles off the active
bit of the list in a few hours or weeks that that's it, your post is
no longer being seen all that much.


If anything you appear to be understating the problem!


Thank you. I am also confident that there are areas where we've
missed something. If you see one, tell us. http://www.folkjam.org/feedback
This is a weekend and evenings project so progress is measured in
weeks and not hours, but we do really value feedback both positive and
negative. We didn't do everything right, we know that, and we need
help refining the site.

Anyway, thanks again for the interest. We are really pleased with the
reception the site is getting. By the time we retire in a few decades
I'm thinking it will be impossible to do a road trip to even 70% of
the domestic jams on the site in anything less than a year. That's
cool - thanks to the folks who are making that possible by posting
their jams to the site.

Scott
One would would know a whole lot more fiddle tunes if not for www.folkjam.org




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