eJAMMING AUDiiO – Collaborative Network For Musicians
June 5, 2009 by Isaac Timothy T
eJAMMING AUDiiO is a platform that connects musicians and their friends so they can create, play and record together LIVE, in real time, over the Internet with minimal latency — no matter where in the world they are.
eJamming presenting at unConference Singapore 2009.
P – Problem
Musicians were having difficulties finding fellow musicians to play music with and spaces to jam at. Also, once a place was found, equipment would have to be lugged down to the location. While this may not seem like a problem in Singapore where everyone is at most 1 hour away (even with public transportation), it is not impossible to imagine musicians around the world who are physically ‘isolated’.
I – Idea
The Internet can be more than a place where musicians meet each other but also be used as a tool for real-time collaboration to produce music. One of the road-blocks for such a tool was network latency issues which prevented musicians from experiencing a ‘live’ jamming session over the Internet.
S – Solution
The solution involved developing technology that would seamlessly sync what is being recorded across the web. eJAMMING AUDiiO’s software is an implementation of that technology.
$ – Money
The money is made from paid subscriptions for usage of the platform. Benjamin Scherrey shared at the recent unConference Singapore 2009 that the company was having a healthy subscription rate against free trial users.
As a non-musician, I would not be in a position to gauge whether such a service would be useful to the target group out there. However, I remembered the presentation shared by Rambling Librarian at BarcampSG3 on how he collaborates to produce music online and I can begin to see the appeal of a platform like eJAMMING AUDiiO.
The one question I have is whether such services which try to be a one-stop shop for musicians to do everything will appeal or will users continue to stitch applications and online services together do meet their needs?
What do you guys think?
About The Author
Isaac Timothy T - Product Manager
Sometimes writer, sometimes programmer, full time behind-the-scenes guy, Isaac is responsible for keeping SGE running and ensuring the success of SGE's projects. While not working on SGE, he is running his own start-up that hopes to change how we look at the simple checklist. He plays football and is eagerly awaiting the day he can support Singapore at the World Cup.
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