Hooking Up With Each Other: Skype
Yeah, Skype definitely works for me. Sure the connection is sometimes a pain, but overall it works pretty good and for that I'm able to chat with friends wherever. Play the guitar....hmmm.....sure, but I actually get totally shy, am nót doing such a good job at it then, haha! :S :laugh:
A few of us tried out jamming together on Skype and a couple of other dedicated online jamming services a few months ago. The Skype connections were okay for talking and sharing ideas, but fell down quite badly in live playing -- sometimes it was bearable, but mroe often the latency just made it frustrating. I can't remember the names of the other services, but my general impression was that the more complicated they were to set up (downloading special tools, opening router ports, etc.), the better they worked. I'd still be interested in exploring some of those if anyone else has time to organize it.