Ejamming

__**Resources:**__ [|eJamming] is a tool which allows musicians to collaborate remotely on live audio projects and record the results.

[|eJamming How-To]

More about Virtual Bands in general  __**Strengths**__ - Allows true creative interplay through a web portal with other musicians - Can record the results of your jam session - Can search for other ‘jammers’ by instrument type and skill level - Easy to access tutorials on getting started - Live technical support to resolve issues of connectivity, sound sharing and test sessions - Aimed at more mature level – high school and up – musicians <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">- Provides REAL TIME jamming, meaning users do not have to record and upload sessions.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Required to create a profile and account to explore <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Lengthy download and install of supporting software and audio drivers <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Intimidating learning curve for new users <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">-Users often experience difficulties with internet connections
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Weakness __**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> **__Opportunities__** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Possibility of true creative collaboration, sort of like videoconferencing for musicians <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Could form a virtual band from musicians in distant locations

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Profile information to create an account includes location and other personally identifying data <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">No screening or filtering; possibility of inappropriate content <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">To assist with this, though, you can limit the profile availability to a select list of friends <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">-Interactions are not and cannot be monitored
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Ideas for the classroom <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Offers the possibility to practice improvisational skills with a scheduled jam session <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Joint rehearsal with another group through the weblink <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">-Students can share music from their local culture and hear music from students around the world.