Feel like a Rockstar in the jam rooms in Mumbai

Posted by Pooja Poojasab
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Aug 24, 2015
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A jam session is a musical event, activity or process, where musicians play by improvising without predefined arrangements or extensive preparations. Jam sessions are usually used by musicians to prepare a new material or regular practice arrangements. Jam sessions can range from a very loose gathering of amateurs, where the group coordinator has a responsibility to keep it sophisticated and improvised by professionals, so that when music is released, it attracts the audience. Jamming with the friends or the band gives you the freedom to create something creative. When you are jamming, you are free to experiment and try new things, regardless of what instrument you are playing. It gives you a chance to grow and develop and create a sound which makes you proud. Jam rooms in Mumbai are the best possible way to practice together and using each other’s strong points to generate an addicted genre.

How to start the band?

Finding the right people for your band is very important and difficult as well. There are various aspects which have to be considered before you choose someone to be an important member of the band.  It’s not about putting an advertisement out and waiting for dozens of musicians to audition. It’s about getting yourself out there, watching as many as people with their talents, stay connected with other musicians and do take a note from those artists whom you think can be a part of your band. You need to build a rapport, sharing the same level of passions and ideas along with similar musical styles. It’s a high probability that you would be spending lots of time together, so it’s important you get along with other band members as well because a healthy environment can help a band to implement brilliant ideas. While practicing in the jam room studio, clashes do occur to choose between covers and originals. Many musicians strongly believe that staying true to themselves is one of their values and hence they stick to the originals, whereas other musicians feels that covers is the best way to start and it is likely to generate a livable income.

The Benefits of Jamming:

Jamming with others can be easy as well as difficult, it totally depends upon how healthy your relationship is with other band members. Healthy relations in between would result the best ideas and it can be interpreted into awesome genres.

·         Working together-when playing in a group, it is important to work together and to be sensitive with the musicians. The important aspect is not fighting with other members for the spotlight, complementing each other. A band is unity and needs an equal contribution of every member. Two important tips to maintain healthy relationships is sometimes, it is better to stay silent and the most important tip is to remember that you are here to produce great music.

·         Overcome the fear of stage- if you are nervous, which is an obvious thing, and it is because of inexperienced or unprepared. The simple solution for this obvious problem is practicing regularly, learning from mistakes instead of mistakes and stay together, and at the end your genre will make your audience groove.

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