Posts Tagged ‘jam session’

Jordan Clarke explores the phenomenon of the “jam session” — with the original sound track silenced. Jordan wanted to capture and express the energy level, emotions, movement, social interactions, and “vibe” of the musicians involved in the jam fest. He spliced these film clips together and added his own soundtrack called Jungle Jam

Jordan said:

I was in this room at folk fest working on my computer when all these musicians started coming in and out of the room jamming then leaving then jamming more. I had my camera with me so i started filming. The sound quality turned out unusable so i thought i’d make my own song up and instead of highlighting the music, i would focus on the way people groove while making music and the energy that comes from a spur of the moment jam session.

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