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Internet jam sessions and indie films.
February 2, 2007
If you are a musician, organising, travelling to and setting up practice sessions with other band members can be a hassle, particularly if the jam-session participants are geographically dispersed.
Pulling together a virtual music session over the internet would seem to provide a solution, but the problem until now has been that varying network latencies (delays) has made it impossible to stay in synch with other band members. EJamming believes it has the solution.
The company’s proprietary technology all but eliminates latency problems, enabling musicians to practise together in real time and in synch. Certainly, the live demo eJamming gave on stage at Demo 07 was impressive.
EJamming’s founders say the technology works best over relatively short internet hops up to about 200 miles, but they have managed to host transcontinental and even transatlantic jam sessions successfully.
EJamming’s software integrates with the company’s web portal, which includes musician profiles, music postings, blogs, job listings, an education centre, classified ads, backing tracks and music distribution, making it a must for all those budding Claptons, Hendrixs and Joplins out there.
Not to be confused with eJamming, Jaman’s services enable film buffs to discover, download and share their thoughts on independent films from around the globe that might otherwise never reach a wide audience.
Jaman combines a better-than-DVD-quality broadband download service with social networking features, enabling its users to compare notes on films, share experiences and make recommendations.
The potential market for the service, which charges $1.99 for a movie rental and $4.99 to own the film, is enormous. Apparently less than one per cent of films produced ever get distributed in the US. Film buffs take note.
