Rules & Etiquette
First of all, Westman Jams prides itself on making everyone feel welcome and at ease. We encourage all jammers to participate with their talents. In other words our jam will always be a completely open-mic and as uncomplicated as possible. Thus, the reason for our “circle concept.” Each and every person will get an equal opportunity to be “front and center” to show off their talents. We are constantly upgrading our equipment to provide the best possible sound re-inforcement tools to facilitate this.
• REMEMBER The first rule is to have fun
• Show up with your own instrument and ensure it is tuned and ready to go when you are called upon to do your part.
• Be respectful of all no matter what their skill level. If you are unfamiliar with the piece do not try to be in the lead. This is NOT a competition but rather a venue to keep our local music alive and well and living in the Westman Area.
• When electrified instruments are used, back off the volume when an acoustic instrument or a vocal part is called upon to stand out.
• Join the circle if you plan to take part. It is difficult to ensure everyone gets a turn when participants are not front and center and ready to perform. This also speeds things up so everyone might get another turn at the mic.
• It is hoped that everyone will help others get past certain skill shortfalls but please do not do this during the actual formal jam. We often see others doing this before the jam actually commences. It is a beautiful thing to witness.
• Everyone will get a turn to perform “One” piece when their turn comes up. Please adhere to this so everyone will get an equal opportunity.
• Our jams will always be completely non-profit so be respectful of all the equipment. It has been paid for and bought by jammers. Our equipment cannot be loaned out to individuals for personal gigs or parties. Please do not ask as we really dislike using the word “NO”. Only Westman Jams organized activities will have the use of the equipment.
• From time to time some of our jammers get called upon to perform at various local events and this is wonderful, however, the name Westman Jams should not be used in accordance with these unless prior permission has been granted.
• We will attempt to have a “Financial Report‘ for your perusal at all of our jams, to provide you with a detailed audit trail to show where our collections are going. There shall never be a time when any individuals are going to profit financially from our jams.
• Every attempt shall be made when we organize certain charity events that the actual costs come out of our funds and not a part of the actual charity drive.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and to adhere strictly to our concept for everyone’s enjoyment.
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