Hey forum fam,
How do you feel about jamming? Like…
→ jamming with a jam track
→ jamming to your fav songs
→ jamming with your guitar buddy
→ jamming with a band
→ jamming on top of your toast
So…
I jam at home to my favorite tracks. I jam in the car with people staring back. I jam to my favorite songs. If I had more self confidence, I’d jam in a thong. I don’t really jam with toast, I’d worry the fretboard would be sticky the most.
Really though, I’m still just a basement jammer. I hope to change that at some point but I need to get to a point that I feel like I’m good enough to jam with others (totally a me thing, I get that).
Yes to all.
I dig jamming because it’s so freeing. I can play what I feel. The best part of jamming is when I play subconsciously, out of the conscious act of playing, and I become a listener as everyone gels on a groove or tune. That’s where the magic of jamming happens for me.
All the time - jamming with a jam track! To my favourite songs, but more and more to new & unexpected stuff I discover (here).
I use ToneLib Jam with songs from either CustomsForge or Steam/Ubisoft.
It’s a software that plays the original audio with synched tabs.
Sometimes I sync my own songs, using Songsterr tabs or MIDI from obscure sources.
Usually I have three versions of the song:
It’s the best way to learn, the most fun way to play … and when I’m completely in the “flow”, I feel like being part of the band.
And that is a great feeling that cannot be described…
Without this approach, I would likely have given up!
Three outta the five are true for me 
…don’t currently jam with a guitar buddy…at least at present. Never been in a band. those two may change the down the road. What do I get out of it? Good music moves the soul or least resonates strongly with you emotionally, actually playing it or along with it more so. Take it too another another level or paradigm. Hard to put it words. But if you really love music - play it!!
Playing with a Band is most intriguing - because I haven’t done it yet.
Yes. I particularly like this for warming up at the start of practice.
It starts the session on a positive note. No worries about mistakes. I have freedom to focus on different elements of my playing.
All the time. It’s just fun. It keeps my loving playing and learning.
Often happens that I’ll be listening to music and will be just pull my bass off the wall. Or towards the end of the evening or whenever I have minimal time to devote to practicing.
It is the quickest and lowest self-pressure way to get some valuable time with my instrument.
Focus on feel. Ear training. Get a sense of what the musicians are doing.
I am often surprised by what I end up figuring out in the process.
I’m trying to convince them this is a good idea. They’re less excited about it than I am.
I want us to practice listening to each other more, and work on trying to sound like ourselves rather than sound like the original recording.
Marmalade.
I’d love to jam with anyone but I’m stuck playing cover songs 
I don’t currently jam, except to my own backing tracks. Well, not MY backing tracks. Covers.
Though I’m told otherwise, I’m quite anxious about playing with others because I feel I lack the skill to just pop in to a jam. I don’t feel I know enough to be able to just improvise along with the group.
I would love to be able to do any of the above activities, I just need a little push to know what I’m missing.
mmmmm…toast…[homer drool]
I love jamming with other people. It just almost never happens. Before I go to a family party I ask if anyone is taking guitars. That usually only happens at thanksgiving or christmas.
I have a friend who is a drummer, but he lives two hours away so we jam maybe 3-4 times a year.
I live in a very small town so finding people to jam with here has been difficult.
So, for now I’m doing covers, or I will just jam alone.
Jam is Jelly but with the seeds btw
Yes yes yes!
That’s the main reason for almost all musicians. Especially a bassist. We can be shy and even a bit introverted but we want to share our music expression with others.
Yes to all…. When I jam at home alone, it’s usually with my Alesis drum machine. I like to jam with either my guitar friend or drummer friend (or both when we all get together). When we get together to rehearse some songs, we always start off with a jam session just to loosen up a bit before getting into the meat of things. Today the guitar friend sent me a short video recording of him playing scales that I spent a little time jamming to. I’ve also done the same for him.
FUN!
MOAR FUN!
Now sad. I don’t have a guitar buddy. My brother is a fantastic blues rock guitarist in several bands, but he’s in another league and lives almost 2 hours from me. He’s the closest I get to a guitar buddy.
My 2025 resolution-that’s-not-a-resolution-because-if-it-is-a-resolution-I-won’t-follow-through-on-it is to find or start a weekend dive-bar cover band thing. Until then, still sad, as I have no band to jam with.
Well… jamming with others is only one way to accomplish this though
Lots of modern musicians out there doing really widespread sharing of their music without ever jamming with others.
Different people take different paths and priorities 
The closest I’ve come to jamming is the Instant Band Night thing. It was a ton of fun. I’m interested in playing with people more, especially after that event.
When I’ve tried playing with jam tracks before in like Rocksmith, I always felt a bit lost.
Module 15 helped a lot with some framework to think about what to do when playing with others.
Also sometimes I make jam:
I totally agree. Musicians have gotten together to jam forever, and it thankfully continues to this day. Regardless of the Internet, there’s nothing like sitting face to face and playing as a group of musicians.
Definitely Jam BUT it wasn’t until I played with a band for a year. Once I began to understand leading notes , jams were a bit more comfortable for me.
Drum tracks that count off 1 2 3 4 throughout the track works for me , backing tracks that utilize simple four chord progressions are fabulous , and Jam Bands are the best for a 10 minutes session for just noodling around the fret board. When sitting around a campfire during a bluegrass festival , that is when the “jam” term opened my eyes to possibilities. Picking 101 Baby
I am curious as to way you are asking @JoshFossgreen
Be Well ,
Cheers
It’s so blissful to have a conversation with another person through music. Which lead me to name dropping one of my hero, I once sit in a home (professional studio) when a guy dropped by to deliver a 3 bolt Strat to the home owner, who plays drum, they were talking about that guitar and all of the sudden he said give me E. The drum started and I just play my best groove and he just went off. About 5 minutes later we stopped, I made a comment that he should go pro he’s so amazing. I even found myself playing better than ever, should have asked him if he wanted to form a band with me, 
After he left I was asked what I thought of Ed, I said he’s really really good. Had I known the Ed was Eddie Van Halen I would have been too star struck and couldn’t have even plugged a note, 
To my defense he has short hair clean cut nothing like the big metal hair I’ve seen him on all of the video.
