JD’s Fayetteville Acoustic Open Jam Night

12/26/2024

Merry Christmas from the Garcia Family to all our Acoustic Open Jam friends.
Enjoy your family now, and we'll be back Thursday, Jan 2, Location to be determined.
If you know a business that would like to host our jam, please let me know so we can have several reliable partners.

12/20/2024

Everyone jamming together on Wonderful Tonight. We want everyone to have a chance to lead on a song.

12/20/2024

It was a great show tonight at JD’s JD’s Fayetteville Acoustic Open Jam Night at the Happy Cup in Hope Mills.
Owner Johnson Sy made sure we were all prepared for a crowd- and wow, what a huge turnout, with players of every skill level working together. Everybody got the chance to learn a little and improve their confidence and experience.
It was also a great chance to meet other local musicians to grow our Fayetteville music community.
Next week will be off for Christmas, but we’ll be back somewhere on Jan 2. I’m sure everyone will be happy to get past the holidays, and there’s not much else on Jan 2.
Please like, follow, share and send pictures if you have them. This is a great idea, and it’s exceeding my expectations, so let’s keep it going.

12/13/2024

What a great debut night for our jam. A small but eager gathering where we all worked to improve our skills and stage presence. Thanks to everyone who came out, and we’ll be thrilled to return to Old Street Tattoos.

12/12/2024

Tonight’s our big debut at Old Street Tattoo. Grab your guitar and come strum along! The next generation of open mic superstars!
See you at 6:30

12/10/2024

JD’s Acoustic Open Jam
Thursday Dec 12th, 6:30 pm
Old Street Tattoos
116 Old St, Downtown Fayetteville

We’re getting revved up for our debut of our open acoustic jam night.
My intent is to get tuned up, and go over some music fundamentals, including the GCD and Em chords, and basic ABCs.
I will then start off leading the chords and strum pattern of our first song, Steve Miller’s ‘The Joker’.
We will try to get to songs listed below, giving everyone a chance to lead. Try to listen to the song list so you’re familiar with them. If you’ve got a good simple song, share it with us.
If you are a beginner, just strum. If you’re working on lead, we can go over some box leads so you can take a short solo. Our goal is to help build confidence and ability throughout our music community.
Bring your guitar, a music stand, tuner, capo and picks if you can. I’ll have a few extra, plus a banjo, mandolin and dulcimer if anyone wants to try one.


songs
1 The Joker- Steve Miller
2 For What It’s Worth- Buffalo Springfield
3 Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver
4 Knocking on Heaven’s Door - GNR
5 Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
6 Wonderful Tonight- Eric Clapton
7 Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker
8 Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road - Louden Wainright III
Advanced- Am7 Em7 Dm7
Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers

12/03/2024

Check out Troy Duke’s Old Street Tattoo. A very nice space, clean and modern, and set up,perfectly to host our Thursday night jam sessions.
We want people to change their opinion of tattoo shops and see they can be clean, inviting and family friendly.
Troy is setting up a stage with a drum kit, and there should be plenty of room for everyone to strum along together. Make plans to be there Thursday evening, Dec 12th, 6:30 pm

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Troy Duke's Old Street Tattoo is located in beautiful, historic, downtown Fayetteville NC.
(910) 491-8684

12/03/2024

Welcome to our new page and our new jam!
Fayetteville has a rich and vibrant musical scene, with several open mic opportunities around town.
But Fayetteville also has an abundance of skilled semi-pro musicians, so it can often be difficult to get a spot at one of these shows.
It can also be very intimidating to get on stage with others of higher skill levels. Most events are held at bars, and not everyone is comfortable in that environment.
The best way to improve as a musician is to play with others. So we’re aiming to fill that void with a shred free, judgement free, low key, strum along jam for beginner, intermediate and mediocre musicians looking for a chance to improve their skills.
We are hosting weekly open jams, based out of Old Street Tattoo, behind Capitol Encore Academy- just a few feet from the Markethouse.
We do intend to expand to other locations around town to give everyone a chance to join in. This page will keep you updated on our rotating locations.
We”ll have a few available acoustic guitars, mandolins and banjos on hand if you’d like you can try one, but feel free to bring your own. Electric guitars are welcomed if you keep it clean and at a comparable volume. Dropped tune chugging and high gain pedals will be discouraged.
We will be providing some easy G-C-D-Em chord songs to start, and go over enough basic theory to get everyone strumming along. Song selection will typically be classic rock or country, but if it’s playable, catchy and family friendly, we can use it. Everyone will have an opportunity to bring in a song and lead the group, but keep in mind our goal of playing together and building each other up, rather than showing off.
This is something this region has needed for a long time. We hope you can make it to our first session on Thursday Dec 12 at Old Street Tattoo, 6:30 pm till around 9.
We’d like your help, advice and promotion to get this show rolling. You can respond here, or write to me directly. Thank you Troy Duke for your generous help with the facility, and we’re all excited to see this get started!