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 audio example: Melody : Drone : Groove