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I was wondering if there was a way where muso's can jam live over the internet. Like Zoom and other conferencing Apps.

Not sure if there are newer versions especially for music as I know apps like Zoom can lag.

But it would be great if this was the case and we could setup something along those lines. THis would be great for say either a ad lib jam session between a few or for getting collaborations ect.

I say this partly because I am looking for a jam or group that gets together especially for guitarists. But I also enough any instrument in a jam. I use to jam but have moved to a new area and am a bit disabled nowadays.

Still I volunteer at a local homeless hub and started a music group as I notices a lot of people played guitar or loved guitars and music. So I am eager to recreate this kind of group or opportunity as I think music is a good therapy.
 
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Ok in the meantime I was thinking of maybe people sharing some of their music projects. How they recorded songs, what equipment and software. Whether they record all at once, track by track and what sort of instruments do they use such as real as opposed to virtual instruments.

I have used virtual instruments and they are ok. But nothing like the real thing. Though I don't mind the precussions and synths. They can life a song. I am not skilled in audio engineering so I don't know how to get the best out of software instruments. I think they may be pretty good nowadays.

What about song writing. I tend to first come up with a tune or a loop of somesort in my head and build a song from that. Or sometimes I have some good wrods of a phrase that flows and I may work with this. But mostly I think the best songs come out of an experience and it sort of comes out as an expression. Thats how I think musicians write the best stuff. Its the artistic expression of self and lifes experiences.

I sometimes have a tune or section usually the hook or chorus where I mumble the words or make up words to fit the flow and then later try and fit proper words with the same flow. But I sometimes get stuck and cannot find the right words and think I will just use the made up or temporary word as it works best.

I heard that Lennon sometimes just used silly words or just made up words and people read all sorts of stuff in them lol. Or when Ozzy was in the studio and they needed another song for the album. They had the rift and that but no words. So Ozzy wanders out to the back garden for a moment and comes back with the words for 'Paranoid'. Simple as that lol. That says words are just one part of expression a song.
 
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Jamming over the internet
I ran into this recently, its called "Lutefish", its a real time jam tool that minimizes the latency over the internet for musicians to jam. I never pursued it or even looked into it much other then heard that it was available as a tool for jamming for musicians. Play Music Together, Miles Apart

How they recorded songs, what equipment and software. Whether they record all at once, track by track and what sort of instruments do they use such as real as opposed to virtual instruments.?
Equipment for me is been an endless list of things. I collected what works through the years, the hardest was playing/recording live drums to track, I have electronic kit now, still having problems playing them how I hear it. I sing & play all my instruments as best I can, bass, drums, guitar, keys, recording them to a program called Reaper, track by track, mix it all up in the end. Years of goofing around with this process trying and failing, sharing the good stuff when I can, and thanking God for every bit of it. I can say it is fun doing. =)

What about song writing. I tend to first come up with a tune or a loop of some sort in my head and build a song from that.
Thats seems like how allot of other people do it too..if it works dont fix it. I usually come up with the music, listen to it to see what its saying, and then figure out if I can sing to it. and mostly unpacks with some phrases that I usually can build the rest the rest of the song to.

sometimes get stuck and cannot find the right words and think I will just use the made up or temporary word as it works best.
yep ..its a tricky thing to get through, some times a song can sit without words for years, they get added and then changed depending on mood swings, weather, or if I ran into a circumstance or movie that inspired something ..little bits..allot of bits..time. Keep at it basically..try and remember its fun.

Lennon sometimes just used silly words or just made up words and people read all sorts of stuff in them lol.
yea why not right? I sometimes give my tracks to other singers in my company and they come up with all kinds of things to sing..and then I record them singing to it.
 
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