you’ve been to the blues jam. you’ve been to the jazz jam. you’ve been to E-minor for 3 hours jam. you’ve even been to the free noize jam. what’s left?

auto-jam is here to take you up.

auto-jam is the new rule for great jams. fun for the players. fun for the
audience. here’s how it goes:

• Choose any 3 of the following ingredients to create a three part composition.
• Everybody plays through ingredients 1-2-3
• Listen to each other
• Stop when you are done

the ingredients:

• Groove: Because it feels good. (No soloing!)
• Melody: Melody instruments only, no percussion
• Drone: Ambience, space, and minimalist repetition
• Drums + 1: Drummer chooses one other player for duet
• OHC: Avoid all melody, rhythm and pattern
• Pulse: With a single sound, all players begin with the unified pulse rhythm
• Echo: Repeat the sounds of another player

an example: Melody : Drone : Groove