Reaction video for improvised music on guitar and drums. Letus know if you prefer the jams cooked or raw. Jazzy syncopation at the circus? Ben’s brain farts? Don’t want to miss this one.

The podcast is getting pretty official – they’ve got anotepad and pen. Talking about uploading jams to platforms like Amazon Music and Spotify using the app “Lander” (not a sponsored promotion)

• Reacting to improvised jam on guitar and drums fromOctober 2021, called “Jazzy” or something. Not really jazz, but syncopated music.
• · More complaints about Spotify
• · Nick and Ben don’t like 2 dollar Steve andBasement Bill anymore
• · Jack Funk is a different band that Nick Ringplays guitar for
• · Is playing out of key… naughty?
• · Petals = flowers. Pedals, with a D, are used forguitar FX.
• · Jazzy little Jazz punk
• · Genre of the Jam: Post-Rock Jazz Punk
• · Start playing loud music in a church basement…and the rest will follow.
• · The circus performance gets too intense… closesthe whole show.
• · Jack Funk album in progress… taking some timedue to, you know, life.
• · Here’s the store, get a hat:

In this episode, BW Derge (drums) and Nick Ring (guitars)are talking about an improvised jam from January 2024.

Something about bowling? The jam’s got loops, reverb – all that jazz. “Jam”-uary, get it? Playing clue with effect pedals instead of weapons… maybe?

The jams are free, unlike bowling. Also – a review of the recent Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, and Primus 2025 spring tour. Possibly going to post the little video clip as a YouTube short… we’ll see.

Follow-ups from episode 7 – delay and reverb. Which is more complex? Free drum lessons for Ben? Video game playing islagging.

• · Switch 2 still too expensive.
• · Signals to aliens or each other?
• · Ads suck. HBO has commercials now?!
• · Still need to add jams to Spotify…
• · Listen on iHeart – is YouTube Premium worth it?
• · Episode 11: Upside Down Tree Jam is on YouTube.
• · Reverb is the space, not the echo. (Natural decay)
• · Delay is more complex, according to Nick. (Multiple delays!)
• · Getting old, talking about shoulder pain and massages

It’s turtles all the way down. BW Derge, drummer, andNick Ring, guitarist, talk about a jam from May the fourth 2024. Ninja turtles, sea turtles… all about turtles.

Turtle jam. We’re talking all about turtles. There’sninja turtles, Nick’s like a turtle, sea turtles, the phrase “turtles all the way down.” No follow-ups this episode, stay tuned!

Bouncy turtles? Ben’s favorite animal. Are we turtleyenough for the turtle club? Listening to jam music, reacting to old improvised music.

· Overdrive and a little reverb

· Check out BW Derge’s upcoming novel, RememberMe, Nothing-

· Nick’s band’s new single, Aftermath by@jackfunkmusic –

· Possible band name or on-stage personas:two-dolla Steve and drunk basement Bill

· Remember when the internet used to be fun?

· Finding CD-ROM video games in cereal boxes… the1990s were a different time.

· Animorphs! Demo game with 1 level, that was fun.

· No politics on the podcast! (but F--- theCheeto)

20 years of jamming together, few actual songs written, noband name (yet?) – but 100s of recorded jams. So we’re talking about them on the podcast. All rights reserved.