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Band Practice at Home Alone, Together: How JamKazam Became an Essential App Amid Self-Isolation
After four years of investing their own money, raising $80,000 through Kickstarter and working nights and weekends, David Wilson and his two colleagues ran out of capital for their new venture: JamKazam, which allows musicians to perform together over the Internet. They drew 5,000 band sessions per month, but that wasn’t enough; Wilson, an Austin, Texas, tech-company product executive, dropped user support and stopped updating social media by 2017. All the founders returned to their day jobs. Until March. When the coronavirus pandemic forced millions of musicians into their homes, JamKazam’s free monthly sessions