@troygilbert It took me a LONG time to realize this, but, my definition of "jam band" is "any flavor of music but heavily centered around improvisation”.

@marcoarment’s [rather bananas] definition of "jam band" is "very guitar-forward music but heavily centered around improvisation”. (Or, less charitably, "sounds similar to Phish or The Grateful Dead”.)

Once I realized this was the gap between us, I found peace.

@troygilbert @caseyliss Close, but not quite. 😉

Casey's definition of "jam band" is, effectively, "a band that jams”. It's a description of activity that any band in any genre can choose to engage in.

My definition of "jam band" is *its own musical genre*, on the level of rock, pop, hip-hop, etc., albeit much smaller.

They don't need to sound like Phish any more than every "rock" band needs to sound like the Rolling Stones, but it's definitely a genre with certain broad styles.

@menz @marcoarment @troygilbert I reckon KGLW is a bit too out there for either of us, but I wonder (fear?) that one or both of us will fall into the trap.

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