Jamorama Review - See what all the Fuss is About!

After some searching around I decided to try the famous and highly popular Jamorama guitar course to see what all the fuss was about. So I shelled out my $40 and jumped in.

After going through the card verification process and opening the email I followed the link to the download page where the whole program including all the bonuses (which I’ll get on to in a bit) was in one single .exe file of about 25 MB (if I remember correctly – if not it was thereabouts).

The Jamorama guitar lessons only come with the first 2 of 15 of the beginner module by default giving you the option to download the following lessons as and when you need them, obviously so dial up users can access the material without having to download all 145 or so MB all at once – having a fast connection I used the built in download manager to get the whole lot in one go.

The lessons come in the form of an ebook with text, images, tabs and audio and video snippets where they are relevant. For example when you come across a new chord or scale you’ll have it first explained which notes it is made up of, which strings should be dampened and anything else you need to know. Then you’ll see it in tab, a picture with a hand playing the chord and then a video of the chord being played slowly twice.

Later on you will get jam tracks specifically created for the lessons as you go along. This is one of the strongest points of Jamorama, you can see they’ve gone to a lot of effort to incorporate the most important element of learning the guitar – playing along with music. You can have the guitar part (your part) included or excluded which is quite handy – it’s a bit like learning to ride a bike with the stabiliser wheels then having a go without them.

Unlike some of the more expensive courses and home study DVDs the video content is limited to just what you need to see, this is reflected in the price and also a benefit for dial up modem users who won’t want to download lots of large files.

If you’re looking for more video content then Jamorama – although a very comprehensive learning system – is probably not for you. There are equally high quality and higher priced systems out there.

One thing I liked about the Jamorama guitar course was the little hints, tips and useless although interesting bits of guitar trivia peppered throughout the lessons. At the beginning learning the guitar and practicing can be laborious and a bit tedious so they’ve made an effort to try and keep your morale up and spur you on to greatness.

On the whole I am pleased with Jamorama because it suits my purpose of going over the basics and intermediate technique lessons that I missed out first time round, for its low price it is in my opinion a good investment – especially when the bonuses are taken into consideration – the guitar tuner and metronome I use every time I practice.

Jamorama Pros

• Very affordable price of $40 and great value for money
  
  
  
• Custom made jam tracks for each lesson to get you actually playing not just practicing
  
  
  
• Downloadable in modules instead of all at once
  
  
  
• Nice bonus features, guitar tuner, metronome, extra jam along tracks, music and tab reading games and advanced learning techniques
  
  
  
• Good online community

Jamarama Cons

• Limited video content
  
  
  
• Ebooks can be very slow to scroll down which can be quite frustrating
  
  
  
• Could do with an overall package help wizard to explain how al the bonuses and features go together.

On the whole I was impressed with Jamorama, for the money spent I got value and more, compared to some of the $150-$200 or $10-$15 a month membership alternatives out there it rocks!

If you don’t want to go to an instructor and you’re on a budget and want a total learning package then Jamorama is for you. If you want a sneak peek you can try their 6 part free e-course and sample the audio and video content for yourself.  

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