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context = window
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rest = context.JK.Rest()
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@JamClassEducationLandingBottomPage = React.createClass({
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render: () ->
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`<div className="top-container">
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<div className="row awesome jam-class teachers">
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<h2 className="awesome">How JamClass by JamKazam Can Help Your Music School</h2>
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<p>Online music lessons offer major advantages to your students, private lesson teachers, and your school's
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booster program.</p>
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<p>
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Students can take lessons much more conveniently from home, while enjoying studio quality audio and while
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retaining the ability to play live in sync with their instructor. Students can take lessons from the best
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teacher vs. settling for someone who lives close by. Parents don't have to leave work early to drive students
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to and from lessons during rush hour, while carting siblings along to lessons. A 30-minute lesson is just a
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30-minute lesson, not a 90-minute expedition. And students can record lessons to refer back to them later.
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</p>
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<p>
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Teachers can now provide lessons to students nearly anywhere, rather than being constrained to students who
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live within a 30-minute drive. Teachers don't have to spend as much time driving to schools and to students'
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homes as they do teaching, so they can travel less, teach more, and earn more. And teachers can provide
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instruction to students from underserved schools that are located in areas that are more difficult to reach.
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</p>
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<p>
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Even the booster program benefits, as JamKazam funnels a portion of lesson fees back into the music program
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booster fund, helping to pay for trips, instrument repairs, and other music program expenses - all without
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students selling things, and without additional time or effort expended by the music program director.
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</p>
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<p>Some teachers and students have historically tried using Skype to power online lessons, but have found that
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the lesson experience is significantly diminished. Why? Because Skype and similar apps were built for voice
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chat – not to deliver online music lessons. This is a major problem. Voice technology processes all audio as
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if it were a spoken human voice, which makes music sound awful in online sessions – so bad that teachers can’t
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assess the student’s tone and sometimes even the pitch of what they are playing. These apps also have very
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high latency – a technical term that means that the student and teacher cannot play together, another
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important requirement for productive lessons. Since Skype wasn’t built for music, it also lacks many other
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basic features to support effective lessons, like a metronome, mixers, backing tracks, etc.
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</p>
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<p>
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At JamKazam, we’ve spent years designing, patenting, and building technology specifically to enable musicians
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to play online live in sync with studio quality audio. We’ve built a wide variety of critical online music
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performance features into this platform. And now we’ve built a lesson marketplace on top of this foundation,
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and crafted a partner program specifically to meet the needs of secondary education music programs. The bottom
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line is that your students, private lesson teachers, and your music program's booster fund can now all "win"
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by adopting this amazing new Internet service. And you don't have to do it all at once. You can simply make
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this available as an option to students and parents who decide this is a good fit for them and will help them.
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</p>
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<p>
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If this sounds interesting to you, read on to learn more about some of the top features of JamClass by
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JamKazam.
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</p>
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<div className="testimonials jam-class teachers">
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<h3>JamClass Kudos</h3>
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<div className="testimonial">
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<img src="/assets/landing/Scott Himel - Speech Bubble.png" className="testimonial-speech-bubble"/>
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<img src="/assets/landing/Scott Himel - Avatar.png" className="testimonial-avatar"/>
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<h4><strong>Scott Himel</strong></h4>
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<div className="testiminal-background">
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Texas high school band director
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="testimonial">
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<img src="/assets/landing/Justin Pierce - Jam Class - Speech Bubble.png"
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className="testimonial-speech-bubble"/>
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<img src="/assets/landing/Justin Pierce - Avatar.png" className="testimonial-avatar"/>
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<h4><strong>Justin Pierce</strong></h4>
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<div className="testiminal-background">
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Masters degree in jazz studies, performer in multiple bands, saxophone instructor
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="testimonial">
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<img src="/assets/landing/Dave Sebree - Jam Class - Speech Bubble.png"
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className="testimonial-speech-bubble"/>
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<img src="/assets/landing/Dave Sebree - Avatar.png" className="testimonial-avatar"/>
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<h4><strong>Dave Sebree</strong></h4>
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<div className="testiminal-background">
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Founder of Austin School of Music, Gibson-endorsed guitarist, touring musician
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="testimonial">
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<img src="/assets/landing/Sara Nelson - Jam Class - Speech Bubble.png"
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className="testimonial-speech-bubble"/>
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<img src="/assets/landing/Sara Nelson - Avatar.png" className="testimonial-avatar"/>
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<h4><strong>Sara Nelson</strong></h4>
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<div className="testiminal-background">
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Cellist for Austin Lyric Opera, frequently recorded with major artists
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome-thing jam-class">
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<div className="awesome-item">
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<h3>
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<div className="awesome-number">1</div>
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Play Live In Sync From Different Locations
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</h3>
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<p>
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<div className="video-wrapper right">
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<div className="video-container">
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<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/I2reeNKtRjg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"/>
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</div>
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</div>
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<p>Teacher and student need to be able to play together to enable effective lessons. As any teacher who has
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attempted to teach using Skype will tell you, Skype doesn't let you play together. JamKazam's patented
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technologies deliver on this requirement at an amazing level. Click the video above to watch 6 bands play
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together from different locations to see our tech in action. And for an even more impressive feat, <a
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zk7-04IAx4" target="_blank">watch this video</a> with a band
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playing together from Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, and Brooklyn using JamKazam tech.</p>
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<div className="clearall"/>
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome-thing jam-class">
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<div className="awesome-item">
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<h3>
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<div className="awesome-number">2</div>
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Studio Quality Audio
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</h3>
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<p>
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<div className="audio-wrapper">
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<a href="https://www.jamkazam.com/recordings/94c5d5aa-2c61-440a-93a4-c661bf77d4a8" target="_blank">Sample
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Session Audio #1</a>
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<div className="sample-audio-text">Electric Guitars & Drum</div>
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<a href="https://www.jamkazam.com/recordings/4916dbfe-0eeb-4bfb-b08a-4085dfecedcb" target="_blank">Sample
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Session Audio #2</a>
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<div className="sample-audio-text">Acoustic Guitar, Bass & Voice</div>
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<a href="https://www.jamkazam.com/recordings/5875be7e-2cc3-4555-825c-046bd2f849e7" target="_blank">Sample
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Session Audio #3</a>
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<div className="sample-audio-text">Trumpet & Keys</div>
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<p className="listening-note">These audio links will open a new tab in your browser. When done listening,
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close the tab and return to this page.</p>
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</div>
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<p>Skype was built for voice - for people talking with each other. It uses something called a "voice codec".
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This just means it processes all audio as a spoken human voice, and the result is that music, whether
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instrumental or vocal, sounds very bad in Skype, as it has been processed through tech built for talking.
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JamKazam delivers very high quality audio. You will be amazed at how good it sounds. It sounds like you're
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sitting next to each other playing. This is also critical for a good lesson. Poor audio is hard to endure
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in lessons.</p>
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<div className="clearall"/>
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome-thing jam-class">
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<div className="awesome-item">
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<h3>
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<div className="awesome-number">3</div>
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Record Lessons & Student Performances
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</h3>
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<p>
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<div className="video-wrapper left">
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<div className="video-container">
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<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/KMIDnUlRiPs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"/>
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</div>
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<div className="cta-text">watch this sample video recording from a lesson</div>
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</div>
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<p>Many times a student thinks they've got it during a lesson, but they get home and realize "I don't got
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it", and then they've wasted a week. In JamClass, you can easily record lessons to refer back to them
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later. Students can also use our app to record their performances, upload them to YouTube, and share with
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them the music program director.</p>
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<div className="clearall"/>
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome-thing jam-class">
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<div className="awesome-item">
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<h3>
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<div className="awesome-number">4</div>
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Use JamTracks to Motivate Students
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</h3>
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<p>
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<div className="video-wrapper right">
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<div className="video-container">
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<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/07zJC7C2ICA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"/>
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</div>
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</div>
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<p>Teachers can also use JamTracks to further motivate the student by letting them play with songs they
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love. JamKazam offers a catalog of 3,700+ popular songs. Each song is is a complete multi-track recording,
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with fully isolated tracks for each instrument and part of the music. So a student can listen to just the
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part they're learning in isolation, turn around and mute that one part to play along with the rest of the
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band, slow down playback for practice, record and share their performances, and more. It's really fun! And
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a great way to keep your students motivated and engaged.</p>
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<div className="clearall"/>
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome-thing jam-class">
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<div className="awesome-item">
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<h3>
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<div className="awesome-number">5</div>
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Broadcast Recitals
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</h3>
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<p>
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<img src="/assets/landing/YouTube Logo.png" className="awesome-image right" width="264" height="117"/>
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<p>When your music program adopts JamClass, you can easily live broadcast video and audio of student
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recitals and even full band performances through YouTube - FREE. This enables other students, parents,
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grandparents, and friends to "tune in" for these performances even if they cannot attend in person. This
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can also be a great way to inspire and attract younger students in feeder schools without transporting
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your entire band or orchestra for remote performances.</p>
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<div className="clearall"/>
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome-thing jam-class">
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<div className="awesome-item">
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<h3>
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<div className="awesome-number">6</div>
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Apply VST & AU Audio Plug-In Effects
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</h3>
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<p>
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<img src="/assets/landing/Top 10 Image - Number 6.png" className="awesome-image left" width="350"
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height="240"/>
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<p>The free JamKazam app lets you easily apply VST & AU plugin effects to your live performance in lessons.
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For example, guitarists can apply popular amp sims like AmpliTube to get any kind of guitar tone without
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pedal boards or amps, and vocalists can apply effects like reverb, pitch correction, etc.</p>
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<div className="clearall"/>
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome-thing jam-class">
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<div className="awesome-item">
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<h3>
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<div className="awesome-number">7</div>
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Use MIDI Instruments
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</h3>
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<p>
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<img src="/assets/landing/Top 10 Image - Number 7.png" className="awesome-image" width="320" height="257"/>
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<p>The free JamKazam app also lets you use MIDI instruments in online lesson sessions. For example, keys
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players can use MIDI keyboard controllers with VST & AU plugins to generate traditional piano sounds,
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Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, and other classic keys tones. And drummers who use electronic kits
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can use their favorite plugins to power their percussive audio.</p>
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<div className="clearall"/>
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome-thing jam-class multi-para">
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<div className="awesome-item">
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<h3>
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<div className="awesome-number">8</div>
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And So Much More...
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</h3>
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<p>
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<p>There are many other features that are specifically useful for online lessons built into JamClass by
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JamKazam, including a metronome feature, the ability for either teacher or student to open any audio file
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and use it as a backing track for session acccompaniment, and too many more to list.</p>
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<p>In addition to the lesson features, an awesome bonus is that once your students are set up to
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play with your teachers in online lessons, they can also play completely FREE with anyone else
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in the JamKazam community any time to use the skills they’re learning in lessons to play with
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others, which again reinforces and motivates students to stay engaged, as it’s more fun to play
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with others than alone. If you teach ensembles and rock bands, your students can practice in
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groups between lessons without having to find rehearsal space, pack gear, and travel. Plus
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there are thousands of online sessions played every month on the JamKazam service, including
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open jam sessions set up by our user community, and students can hop into these sessions,
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create their own improptu sessions, etc. It's a vibrant and welcoming community of fellow
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musicians.</p>
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<div className="clearall"/>
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome jam-class">
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<h2 className="awesome">How Does My Music Program Start Using JamClass By JamKazam?</h2>
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<p>
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One of the great things about this program is that it's extremely easy to get started, and very flexible to
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your preferences. To get started the music program director simply enters his or her email address and a
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password at the top of this page to express an interest in signing up. This is not a commitment, just an
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expression of interest. Someone from JamKazam will follow up with you to answer all your questions. And then
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if you decide this is a good fit for your music program, it takes only an hour of your time (or less) to set
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up the program, and we're happy to help you do it step by step. JamKazam does everything else, so this won't
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be a drain on your time or energy, and you can stay completely focused on your students and your program.
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Additionally, this is not an all-or-nothing service. It's very flexible. You can offer this service to your
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music program's parents and students as a helpful option, and anyone who wants to use it can use it, and no
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one else needs to use it.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome jam-class">
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<h2 className="awesome">What Equipment Does The Student Need?</h2>
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<p>
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A student's family needs to have either a Windows or Mac computer at home that the student can use, and basic
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Internet service. Nothing fancy at all. The JamKazam can use the built-in microphone and built-in webcam on
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these computers to capture audio and video, and the student can plug a pair of headphones or earbuds into the
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computer to hear the high-quality audio.
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</p>
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<p>
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For parents and students who want the best possible audio quality, JamKazam offers a truly amazing package
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deal (below our cost), so that a parent/student may purchase a pro quality audio gear package for just $49.99.
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With this gear, the student can enjoy studio quality audio that is superior to what a built-in microphone can
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capture. This package includes an audio interface (a small box that plugs into the computer using a USB
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cable), a microphone, a mic cable, and a mic stand.
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</p>
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<p>
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JamKazam provides 1:1 support to both teachers and students to help them get everything set up and working
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properly, and our staff get into an online session to verify that everything is working great, and to show the
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student around the key features they can use in online sessions.
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</p>
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</div>
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<div className="row awesome jam-class">
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<h2 className="awesome">How Do the Business Aspects of JamClass Work?</h2>
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<p>JamKazam handles all student billing for lessons, so you and the instructors don't have to worry about this.
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Parents pay online using a highly secure credit card processing system powered by Stripe, one of the largest
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and most secure Internet commerce processing platforms in the world.</p>
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<p>When a parent/student pays for a lesson, or for a month of lessons, JamKazam immediately distributes 75%
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(less 3% for Stripe transaction processing fees) of the lesson fees to the lesson instructor. The instructor
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gives up some income on each lesson, but our service enables instructors to travel less, reach more students,
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and spend more time teaching (and earning). So instructors actually earn more and win with this program
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too.</p>
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<p>And finally, JamKazam distributes 6.25% of the lesson fees into the music program's booster fund to help your
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program pay for trips, instrument repairs, or whatever other expenses your program needs to fund. This is
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processed as a direct deposit, so even this takes no time or effort from you to manage.</p>
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</div>
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<div id="what-now" className="row awesome jam-class">
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<h2 className="awesome">What Now?</h2>
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<p>
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If you're ready to sign up your school, or you think this might be good for your school but are not sure yet,
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scroll back up to the top of this page, and enter your email address and a password. Once you've done this,
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we'll reach out to you to answer any and all questions you have. If you find you want to move forward, we’ll
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work with you directly to help you get your school ready to go. We're excited that you are considering this
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JamKazam service, and we look forward to hearing from you!
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</p>
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</div>
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