BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20464@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Music Improvisation Workshop by Jam With Humans DTSTAMP:20260407T005021Z DTSTART:20260412T130000Z DTEND:20260412T160000Z DESCRIPTION:Explore the edges of your musical creativity with this amazing\ ,\npay-what-you-want workshop presented by the beautiful people at Jam Wit h Humans.\nSimply RSVP at the link in the bio to sign up!\n\nClick here to RSVP for free (Make sure you select the right date!):\nhttps://www.meetup .com/Jam-With-Humans/\n[https://www.meetup.com/Jam-With-Humans/]\n\nAre yo u ready to blast past the limitations of a jam session? Are you ready to\n extract every drop of musical creativity? This workshop is for those who a re\nready to risk putting everything that goes in their brains out there i n musical\nform! After this workshop\, you're never going to look at music the same way!\n\nMore than a jam\, the Jam With Humans workshop is a work shop on how to jam. Your\nteacher will guide you through exercises on musi cal improvisation and\ncreativity. In a typical workshop\, we start by get ting to know each other and\nwhy we came to the workshop. Then\, we warm-u p by allowing ourselves to be silly\nand childishly curious\, usually via theatrical exercises. At this point\, we\nreplace the verbal component of these exercises by improvised music. We proceed\nwith exercising our skill s in coming up with musical ideas\, transferring them\nand listening to th e ideas of others\, and finish the session with one big jam.\n\nThe Jam Wi th Humans Workshops are free to join. A (voluntary) contribution will\nbe requested at the end of the session for helping with production costs\n(su ggested €20).\n\n🤔FAQ🤔\n\nShould I bring an instrument?If you can\, please bring your instrument. Our\nvenue\, PARLOUR AMSTERDAM will be equipped wi th two guitar amplifiers\, a drum set\nand a PA system.\n\nI’m a beginner\ , can I join?Yes! The workshop is for everyone: we’ll be able to\nuse what ever sounds you can produce plus all your knowledge of music (both from\nl istening and playing) to explore how they can be used creatively in an\nim provisational setting. The workshop is also a safe space\, so don’t be shy in\ntaking risks musically\, we have your back!\n\nI’m a professional\, s hould I join?Absolutely! Given that the workshop is about\nimprovisation a nd creativity\, chances are you’ll be faced with exercises that\nallow you to explore your instrument in ways you never thought about before.\nPlus\ , you’ll be practicing mechanisms of being able to improvise with anyone\n else\, in different instruments and with different musical sensibilities.\ n\nHow often should I participate?As often as you want! The workshops are weekly\n(or fortnightly during summer time) and their syllabus is circular . All\nworkshops are different and it’s recommended that you come to at le ast three\nbefore you make up your mind about them. Otherwise\, show up as often as you\nwant: every week\, every two weeks\, many workshops in a ro w and then none for a\nfew months...There is only one catch: those who com e often will be invited\neventually to join The Jam With Humans Orchestra in a separate rehearsal and\njoin our Jam With Humans live shows. Also\, t hose who come really often\n(regularly for over a year)\, will be invited to teach workshops themselves\, as\nthat’s a fundamental part of the Jam W ith Humans pedagogical ethos.\n\nDoes everyone have to participate\, or ca n I just watch?Everyone has to\nparticipate! If you’re in the room\, you’l l have to participate. No observers!\nAgain: we get your back\, no worries . Hold our hand and be ready to dive into the\nworld of improvised music\, we’ll be there to help you through the journey.\n\nWhat style do we play? Whatever you’d like to play. Musical styles\, musical\ngenres\, those are words which tend to not be imposed to the workshop\nparticipants. The goal of the workshop is to harness whatever is your musical\nlanguage and sens ibility to better cooperate with others in an improvisational\ncontext.\n\ nIs there anything I should do to prepare?Actively listen to a lot of musi c. Sit\ndown and think of what went through the musicians/composers heads that lead to\nwhat you are listening to. If you’re looking for inspiration \, start with one of\nthe three big influences on the Jam With Humans musi cal improvisation style:\nJohn Zorn\, Sun Ra\, Frank Zappa. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/music-improvisation-workshop-by-jam-wit h-humans-7 GEO:52.3504671;4.8912837 LOCATION:Parlour - Cornelis Troostplein 23\, 1072 JJ Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-zuid,de pijp,improv,jam session,live,music,orchestra,w orkshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Explore the edges of your musical creativit y with this amazing, pay-what-you-want workshop presented by the beautiful people at Jam With Humans. Simply RSVP at the link in the bio to sign up!

Click here to RSVP for free (Make sure you select the right date!): https://www.meetup.com/Jam-With-Humans/

Are you ready to blast past the limitations of a jam session? Are you r eady to extract every drop of musical creativity? This workshop is for tho se who are ready to risk putting everything that goes in their brains out there in musical form! After this workshop, you're never going to look at music the same way!

More than a jam, the Jam With Humans workshop is a workshop on how to jam. Your teacher will guide you through exercises o n musical improvisation and creativity. In a typical workshop, we start by getting to know each other and why we came to the workshop. Then, we warm -up by allowing ourselves to be silly and childishly curious, usually via theatrical exercises. At this point, we replace the verbal component of th ese exercises by improvised music. We proceed with exercising our skills i n coming up with musical ideas, transferring them and listening to the ide as of others, and finish the session with one big jam.

The J am With Humans Workshops are free to join. A (voluntary) contribution will be requested at the end of the session for helping with production costs (suggested €20).

🤔FAQ🤔

Shoul d I bring an instrument?If you can, please bring your instrument. Our venue, PARLOUR AMSTERDAM will be equipped with two guitar amplifiers, a drum set and a PA system.

I’m a beginner, can I join?Yes! The workshop is for everyone: we’ll be able to use whatever soun ds you can produce plus all your knowledge of music (both from listening a nd playing) to explore how they can be used creatively in an improvisation al setting. The workshop is also a safe space, so don’t be shy in taking r isks musically, we have your back!

I’m a professional, shoul d I join?Absolutely! Given that the workshop is about improvisati on and creativity, chances are you’ll be faced with exercises that allow y ou to explore your instrument in ways you never thought about before. Plus , you’ll be practicing mechanisms of being able to improvise with anyone e lse, in different instruments and with different musical sensibilities.

How often should I participate?As often as you want! The workshops are weekly (or fortnightly during summer time) and their syl labus is circular. All workshops are different and it’s recommended that y ou come to at least three before you make up your mind about them. Otherwi se, show up as often as you want: every week, every two weeks, many worksh ops in a row and then none for a few months...There is only one catch: tho se who come often will be invited eventually to join The Jam With Humans O rchestra in a separate rehearsal and join our Jam With Humans live shows. Also, those who come really often (regularly for over a year), will be inv ited to teach workshops themselves, as that’s a fundamental part of the Ja m With Humans pedagogical ethos.

Does everyone have to parti cipate, or can I just watch?Everyone has to participate! If you’r e in the room, you’ll have to participate. No observers! Again: we get you r back, no worries. Hold our hand and be ready to dive into the world of i mprovised music, we’ll be there to help you through the journey.

What style do we play?Whatever you’d like to play. Musical s tyles, musical genres, those are words which tend to not be imposed to the workshop participants. The goal of the workshop is to harness whatever is your musical language and sensibility to better cooperate with others in an improvisational context.

Is there anything I should do to prepare?Actively listen to a lot of music. Sit down and think of what went through the musicians/composers heads that lead to what you are listening to. If you’re looking for inspiration, start with one of the th ree big influences on the Jam With Humans musical improvisation style: Joh n Zorn, Sun Ra, Frank Zappa.

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