Comments on: Did Not Get that Music Toy you wanted for Xmas? Try JamStudio

By: Alan Levine aka CogDog

Alan Levine aka CogDog — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:27:12 +0000

@Phil- thanks for the read and your post about JamStudio- it certainly does not rival a desktop app, but is not so bad. I had not looked deeper that the Education Grants were US only, that is short sighted in a flat world. Thanks for tip on Noteflight

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:23:37 +0000

Hi Alan. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I am currently researching the impact of computer mediated environments on secondary studnets’ compositional development and am always keen to seen new developments in this area. I have also taken a look at Jamstudio and reviewed it on my blog. I think that JamStudio is a great idea but needs more development for us to see any benefits over really cheap (or free) existing home PC/MAC programs (like Ejay or Garageband). The collaborative aspects of noteflight (noteflight.com) are much better and it’s a shame that Jamstudio don’t offer similar opportunities for sharing. See Alex Ruthman’s blog (alexruthmann.com/blog/) for a useful review of noteflight. Thanks again. Phil.

By: Jamstudio 2.0 | Phil Kirkman

Jamstudio 2.0 | Phil Kirkman — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:41:37 +0000

[...] to Alan Levine and Stephen Downes for bringing Jamstudio.com to my [...]

By: Larry Miller

Larry Miller — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:41:49 +0000

Alan – this is a great find. I can’t wait to mess around with it. Thanks!