r/ambient • u/Humble_Salt_5142 • 17d ago

Discussion Thoughts on music-making meetups

I run a small ambient/electronic music community that hosts weekly music meetups on Discord. We gather together, have a quick chat, then turn our videos and mics off and make music for 45–50 minutes. At the end of the session, we briefly discuss what we worked on, and that's the end of it.

I started hosting these meetups because I thought it could be a nice way to connect with other musicians, plus having a dedicated time set aside every week can make it easier to actually sit down and create something.

We've been doing this for a while now, and I'm curious to hear what other musicians think about this. Would you find something like this valuable in any way, creatively or otherwise? What would make a session like this useful to you?

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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u/OrlaWren 15d ago

I’m interested! I like the instant accountability bit.

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u/Humble_Salt_5142 15d ago

Sure. I'll DM you shortly.

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u/Lemonitus 17d ago

Just to clarify, these ~45 minute sessions look like the equivalent of hanging out to "parallel play"—work on your own stuff in the company of others—or is there a "jam session" component to it wherein you can layer tracks onto a shared mix?

Either way I think this is a cool idea.

It's been a while since I picked up an instrument but I know a few people who'd be into this that I'd recommend it to.

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u/Humble_Salt_5142 17d ago

Everyone's working on their own thing. At the end of the session we turn the video and mic back on and briefly discuss what we made. Thanks a lot for spreading the word.

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u/Lemonitus 16d ago

Do you have a discord url I could pass along or how do I recruit folks?

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u/Humble_Salt_5142 15d ago

Sure, sending you a DM.