“I was producing demos for a band that was called Physical Ed. Out of production of demos I went and did a few jam sessions with then in Northern California clubs, but I never actually toured with them.” BandProductionsClubsCaliforniaSessionJamDemosNorthern California Author:Ronnie Montrose
“It's a very complex scenario, and certainly Dave was, and is, not the only person in Pearl Jam with personality flaws. Everybody in this band exhibits some form of neurotic behavior. And we couldn't find a balance, a mutual respect for each other.” PersonsFormPersonalityBalanceBandBehaviorComplexesMutualFlawsPearlsScenariosNeuroticJamExhibitsDaveMutual RespectPersonality FlawsPearl Jam Author:Stone Gossard
“My first place in Nashville was like Animal House. The whole band lived under one roof, and most nights the jam sessions ended close to sunrise.” FirstsWholeNightHouseAnimalBandRoofSunriseSessionJamNashville Author:Charlie Worsham
“The only band I was really over-into was Cream. And the only thing I really liked about them was their live stuff 'cause they played two verses, then go off and jam for 20 minutes, come back and do a chorus and end. And I love the live jam stuff, the improvisation.” TwoEndsCausesStuffMinutesBandVersesCreamJamImprovisationChorus Author:Eddie Van Halen
“Phish is such a good band; they just make stuff up as a jam band.” StuffBandJamGood BandsPhish Author:Sharon Jones
“Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my head, catch it, sing and hum, and if something is missing, just jam, and that's the [songwriting] process.” IfsWellsWholeInspirationSongProcessSeeingMissingBandStructureCome UpRoughMelodySongwritingWriting ProcessChordsJamImprovising Author:Chris Wyse
“We all just meet up and someone's house or the studio and we'll just jam and we'll lock into something that sounds cool. I'll go home with tracks of cool parts and work on words. Everyone in the band has a job to do and everyone knows their job and we all do it really well. So, when we're writing, we can just look at one another and say, 'OK, go write this part'. It's not just one person writing or producing everything - everyone's working to product what we have.” KnowsWritingWellsLooksPersonsHomeJobsHouseSoundProductsBandTrackStudiosJust OneLocksJam Author:Mitch Lucker
“That's why it's called Sebastian Bach. I mean, it's a permanent band, pretty much, but if I jam with other people, it just makes a better album, I think.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanBandAlbumsPermanentJam Author:Sebastian Bach
“I've been involved in a lot of different kinds of projects. I've been on straight hip hop tours. I've been on underground rock tours. I've been on multimillion selling rock shows. I've been in the jam band thing, and both commercial and underground hip hop. Very few people listen to one kind of music.” PeopleKindDifferentShowsRocksInvolvedBandProjectsHip HopSellingHipsHopsDifferent KindsJam Author:Boots Riley
“We are probably the most frustrating band to soundcheck because we always go off on jams and our sound-man is sitting there going: "oh god, I don't want to interrupt this, but... we've got to get things moving along..." We're just easily distracted because we want to be writing all the time!” MenWantWritingMovingSoundBandSittingFrustratingDistractedJam Author:Theresa Wayman
“It was sort of in the jam-band era and it was at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester [New York], right where I grew up. I actually went back there a couple years ago when I was on tour for Kroll Show. I performed at that theater, which was really cool to go back to the first place I'd gone to a concert.” YearsFirstsShowsGoneNew YorkGrewCoupleBandGrew UpYears AgoTheaterTheatreErasConcertsJamReally CoolPortCapitol Author:Nick Kroll
“I somehow always found the right people on my own to jam with as well as playing with all my buddies. I didn't get to a point where I was auditioning for any bands.” PeopleWellsFoundMy OwnBandBuddyJam Author:John Petrucci