@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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@caseyliss @menz @marcoarment @troygilbert

It strikes me that one thing uniting a lot of jam bands is not so much any one genre or approach or sound so much as an interest by fans in how they do what they do.

Not everything is for everybody, but I bet most folks will find at least one tune that interests them here.

That's what makes them so interesting to me anyhow. If that makes any sense.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC4Rx_vdLM940ABNerc-LfCbAF8lsn1wJ

Put differently, KGLW do a lot more than spoodily-spoodily metal pyrotechnics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7t2FL1SRaE