The Old-Time Jam: New Timey Technology for Old Timey Needs

Oldtime jams can be a great way to meet musicians and learn new tunes, but not every area has local jams and not everyone can make it to jams even if there are some nearby.  Old-Time Jam is a resource for musicians in either of those situations.

      I just found a great resource for old-time musicians, Old-Time Jam!  I can't believe it took me this long to find this website.  Basically, it is a media player that has tracks for numerous old time songs played in various ways (banjo and fiddle, backup guitar, fiddle and guitar etc.), and also displays the chord progression for the songs.  Creator, Josh Turknett, intended for it to be a practice tool for old-time musicians so they could work on songs even when there aren't other musicians to jam with.  He did a great job achieving that goal.  In addition, it is pretty relaxing to just let the tunes play in the background even when you aren't playing.