Episodes 17
Avg. Duration 18m
Activity Highly Active
Since Feb 2025
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Months
Format
Episodic
Consistency
60%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

BW Derge (drums) and Nick Ring (Guitar) - 20 years of jamming together, few actual songs written, no band name (yet?) – but 100s of recorded jams. So we’re talking about them on the podcast. All rights reserved.

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Recent Episodes

S1E18 Songwriting, Recording, and Raging Against Machine Covers (Jam Notes Podcast)

Jan 14, 2026 20m

Nick talks about writing songs, debates with Ben aboutthe importance of recording quality, and both discuss Rage Against the Machine’salbum of cover songs (Renegades of Funk) Talking about a jam from…

S1E17 Post-Rock Jazz Punk? Brain Farts and Chromatic Notes

Nov 07, 2025 25m

Reaction video for improvised music on guitar and drums. Letus know if you prefer the jams cooked or raw. Jazzy syncopation at the circus? Ben’s brain farts? Don’t want to miss this one.  The podcast…

S1E16 Jam Notes Podcast: Motion is Lotion? Reverb vs. Delay and Reviewing Recent Primus, Puscifer Concert

Oct 05, 2025 19m

In this episode, BW Derge (drums) and Nick Ring (guitars)are talking about an improvised jam from January 2024.  Something about bowling? The jam’s got loops, reverb – all that jazz. “Jam”-uary, get…

S1E15 Are You Turtley Enough for the Turtle Club? ( Improvised Music Reaction)

Aug 16, 2025 17m

It’s turtles all the way down. BW Derge, drummer, andNick Ring, guitarist, talk about a jam from May the fourth 2024. Ninja turtles, sea turtles… all about turtles. Turtle jam. We’re talking all…

S1E14 let’s Discuss Chaos Theory and the Mandelbrot Set… and Hot Dog Flavored Water

Jul 16, 2025 20m

Late 90s, early 2000s jam sound like Incubus, Radiohead,or Limp Bizkit. Ben’s more experimental on the drums – very nice. The jam itself is chill, sweet, and mellow. Guitar loopsreversed and halved.…

S1E13 New Birthday Song (Microwaved Blunts?)

Jun 23, 2025 20m

Jams from the past, starts pretty chill. “The BirthdaySong” (not THAT birthday song) written in memory of a friend who passed away in high school. Stories from high school – tool and cigarettes.…

S1E12 Are Koalas and Pandas Actual Bears? Also, Learn How Hi-Hats Work!

May 30, 2025 20m

[audio file] Still no band name, tons of jams to listen to. What aboutLaser Fist? Band-Ter? Off the Roll? Snail Bear? Anyway, we also listen to a jamfrom April 2024: “Dreamy, Spacey, No Words.”A very…

S1E11 Drum Solo like Tony Hawk – and Tool Gets BOOED in Mexico?

May 09, 2025 21m

Listening to a jam that has been published on the YouTubechannel already. (LINK) Talking guitar effects, how drumming is like skateboarding…in video games, and how much recording quality matters with…

Napster, Metallica, and Spotify. (The Smattering!)

Apr 18, 2025 14m

BW Derge on Drums, Nick Ring on Guitar – your hosts forthe jam notes podcast. Reacting to an old improvised instrumental music jam. Talking strategy like… keeping eyes open and head up whileon the…

S1E9 Jam Notes Podcast: Talking Deftones, Miyazaki, Wizards, and Demons

Mar 21, 2025 16m

Talking about music we played on February 28, 2023. Thisepisode is about listening – Crank It Up. We’re talking Miyazaki movie settings (not America). True crime ASMR, right? Anything that makes a…

S1E8 Spy Movies, Video Games, and Jams

Feb 22, 2025 12m

BW Derge on Drums and Nick Ring on Guitars. Simple, cleanbeginning makes it easier to get weird and more complex. First jam is like a soundtrack to a spy movie… there’s always a boat to save James…

S1E7 Legend of Zelda Jam Session

Feb 20, 2025 23m

Listening and reacting to jam from December 2022,reminiscent of Legend of Zelda music vibes. Lots of burping, going on a journey, liking the sound of the guitar. Thuds and bangs make the drum go…

S1E6 Who Will Be Primus’ New Drummer? (2 Attempts, One Bear)

Feb 20, 2025 29m

BW Derge on Drums and Nick Ring on Guitar, listening to ajam session from the previous year. It’s a crunchy primal piece supposedly about a bear taking a piss. Uncontrollable piss. Does a bear piss…

S1E5 Jam Notes Podcast: Spotify Kind of Sucks… (Reacting to an old Jam)

Feb 20, 2025 15m

Talking about, reacting to a jam we did in November 2022and why Spotify is not a great platform because of how they pay their musicians.“Off the Roll” possible band name? Everything will fall apart…

S1E4 Jam Notes Podcast: Jamming and the 2024 Rock and Roll HOF Inductees

Feb 20, 2025 21m

This one is kind of all over the place. The Jam Notes guysare talking about an improvised instrumental jam from October 2021 called ‘Lotsof Space… Beautiful.” Builds up slowly and nicely. Gets a…

S1E2 Improvised Guitar and Drum Jam Notes (Post-Genre): Counting Without Numbers

Feb 20, 2025 14m

“It’s Alive!” Nick and Ben discuss a jam from early 2023.Snare sounded good. Loop is possibly reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails. Gets a bitgroovier. One of the more intuitive improvised instrumental…

S1E1 Guitar and Drums Jam Notes: Everything is on the One

Feb 20, 2025 15m

After playing music together for over 20 years, Ben andNick listen to one of their jams and talk about their approach to music andmore. This episode-·        Have they written any songs?·        What…

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