Ambient Jam is a Minneapolis based community of musicians organizing open jam spaces at different venues and community spaces since 2016.
Minneapolis, MN
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Ambient Jam is an open music space. At it’s simplest it’s a room where music happens. There is a general aire of electronica, but we’ve had plenty of guitars, horns, drums, phone apps, vocalists, and experimental instruments. We spend about four hours with constant yet fluctuating sounds emerging from a shared PA. Some musicians come and go throughout the event and some play almost the whole time. You can choose how you participate, Ambient Jam is whatever you need it to be. There’s always snacks and spots to repose and chat with other jammers.
Ambient Jam is super friendly, supportive, and inclusive. That being said no one would fault you for putting on headphones and just playing without too much socializing. We’re a group based on drawing strength from differences and dissonance, we have introverts and extroverts.
All the music is improvised. Tension and electricity in improvised music can be intimidating for some and a breath of fresh air for others, often somewhere inbetween. Ambient Jam can help you learn to listen to what others are doing while figuring out how to move the soundscape ahead. Plus we always have cookies. It’s great.
Check out our events to see if there’s a jam coming up and please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. If you’re interested in helping Ambient Jam by volunteering or if you have access to a space where a jam could be held please drop us a line. Join in the jam!
