This page has all of the links (and descriptions) for the websites used in my Online Musical Collaboration project. If you would like more information and/or suggestions on ways to use these resources in your classroom please let me know. Just for Music
Chrome Jam – requires you to invite friends by sharing a link with them – can be done over instant message, email, phone – email address not required but might make things easier. You can also invite friends by using Twitter, Facebook, or Google+. Chrome Jam is a new service that Google has created. You get to choose an instrument and by clicking on parts of the instrument you get to “play” it (click on the drum head and it makes a sound, click on the guitar string and it makes a sound, etc.). You can invite friends to join your “band” and all play together online. There is a chat function to “talk” while you’re playing too. http://www.jamwithchrome.com/
Noteflight – requires email address Noteflight allows you to compose music and write it with traditional notation. You can share and edit documents with others. http://www.noteflight.com
Spotify – requires email address and download, occasional audio advertisements Spotify allows you to search for, and listen to, recordings of music. You cannot download them (with the free service) but if you’re willing to listen to the occasional advertisement you can listen to virtually any music you want for free. You can also create playlists and share them with friends who also have Spotify. http://www.spotify.com/us/
Soundcloud – requires email address Soundcloud is a place to upload and share music with others. This is used mostly by lesser-known artists/composers. But there are great musicians to discover and you can add your recordings to share with others. Similar to Spotify, you can also create “sets” of music to share with others. https://soundcloud.com/
Chromatik – requires email address Chromatik allows you to upload and share sheet music and recordings with others. You can also purchase sheet music so that you always have it electronically. http://chromatik.com/
Kompoz – requires email address Kompoz allows you to work together to create musical projects. It’s really that broad. You can upload music and/or video and http://www.kompoz.com
Audio Connections
NINJAM – requires download NINJAM software allows people to make music together in live time (just audio). You play your instrument (or sing) and your computer records it and shares it with everyone else. It tries to compensate for online audio delays and skips by making the delays so long you can actually count them and prepare for them. You have to download & use their software. http://www.cockos.com/ninjam/
Llcon – requires download Llcon software allows people to make music together in live time (just audio). There is a server running the software, which collects the audio from each person, mixes it, and sends the mix back to each person. You have to download & use their software. http://llcon.sourceforge.net/index.html#About
Soundjack – requires download Soundjack software allows people to make music together in live time (just audio). There is great information on this site about lag time (delays) and how to lessen it. There are also some great demo videos of groups jamming through the Internet (note: they are using other services to have a video connection, Soundjack is just the audio). You have to download & use their software. http://www.carot.de/soundjack/
Social Media
Facebook – requires email address, advertisements are part of sidebar Facebook can be a really great way to collaborate/communicate online. But I ask that you use it very music-specifically (for this project). Maybe set up a page for your chamber group that you use to talk about only musical things. Or use the chat or private message functions to talk about specific musical things. It’s a great & fun service but I only want to know how you use it for musical collaboration (if you use it at all). Can also be used asynchronously. www.facebook.com
Twitter – requires email address Twitter gives you the ability to chat with people back and forth through Tweets or Direct Messages. Like Facebook, this can be a great tool to collaborate/communicate. But I ask that you use it very music-specifically (for this project). Can also be used asynchronously. www.twitter.com
Videoconferencing
Google Hangout – requires email address Google Hangout is a way to videoconference with one another. http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/
Skype – requires download and email address Skype is a way to videoconference with one another. http://beta.skype.com/en/
FaceTime – built into many Apple products, requires AppleID FaceTime is a way to videoconference with one another.
Messaging
Google Chat – requires Gmail email address Google Chat is the chat or instant message function through Gmail. If you have a Gmail address, and are online with other people who have a Gmail address, you can chat with one another. Like Facebook, this can be a great tool to collaborate/communicate. But I ask that you use it very music-specifically (for this project). Can also be used asynchronously. http://www.google.com/talk/intl/en-GB/about.html
Messages/iChat – built into many Apple products, requires AppleID
Messages is the chat or instant message function through Apple products. Like Facebook, this can be a great tool to collaborate/communicate. But I ask that you use it very music-specifically (for this project). Can also be used asynchronously.
File Sharing
YouTube – requires email address to upload videos (not to view them) YouTube allows you to view & share videos. http://www.youtube.com/
Google Drive – requires email address Google Drive gives you a place to upload documents, videos, pictures, audio files, etc. and share them with other people. Other people can also be given permission to edit some of those documents. Can also be used synchronously. http://www.drive.google.com
Dropbox – requires email address and download Dropbox gives you a place to upload documents, videos, pictures, audio files, etc. and share them with other people. https://www.dropbox.com/
Prezi – requires email address Prezi is used by many people as a presentation tool – kind of an online PowerPoint. But it can also be used as a “notebook,” a place to write ideas, upload files, upload pictures, etc and then share them with other people. You can share your Prezi with other people and give them permission to edit. http://prezi.com/