JammerDirect: More Social Networking for Artists
As its name suggests JammerDirect.com is a social network that hopes to bring actors, artists, musicians, filmmakers, painters, dancers, record labels, studios and venues together all in one place with the intention of acting as a promotional platform for creative works.
Joining the site is free and members are able to post the usual array of blogs, videos, pictures whilst at the same time interacting with people through a commenting and followers system. Each month JammerDirect chooses one member to be the Jammer of the month and their work gets displayed on the sites homepage.
Aesthetically JammersDirect is really well designed, it looks very sleek and sexy, which should certainly go a long way to appealing to the kind of artistic members they are looking to attract. All the usual social media bells and whistles come fully attached, so members can promote their content via other platforms like Facebook and Twitter from within JammersDirect.
Creative individuals often have trouble making the right kind of contacts to get their work off the ground, so a network that aims to promote artists to publishers and venues could potentially be a good idea. The only problem with the site is it is too late?
There are already a plethora of platforms artists can use to promote themselves, both on a large scale and within specific specialized communities. If people want to get themselves seen by a potential audience in order to start building a fan base, aren’t they better off using Facebook or YouTube? If people are looking for feedback on their work from creative peers, wouldn’t they be better served to join one of the existing social networks that caters to their particular brand of creative talent? When agencies look for fresh talent don’t those same platforms already provide them with the necessary tools to do so? Unfortunately these are questions that JammerDirect doesn’t really have the answer to.
Being a quality platform definitely helps JammerDirect’s case, the website certainly makes its members look a lot better than they otherwise might on MySpace. The trouble is that whilst JammerDirect looks very slick, it doesn’t really bring anything new to the table, which is why I think they will probably have trouble becoming a truly significant network. That said they do already have an active community of members, whose work is definitely worth checking out if you find yourself with some time to kill.
Dear Sexy Social Media,
First off, thank you so much for the honor of being featured on your website. It feels good to know that there are sites like Sexy Social Media out there where people can go and learn about such a broad world as social media. I thought your article was very thought provoking on our end. I agree that it is getting harder and harder to distinguish oneself with the plethora of platforms out there on the internet but I can assure you that we have alot now and in the works to prove that Jammer Direct can not only be distinguishable but a viable alternative to other mediums. Without getting into detail, some of the things we are implementing are more interactivity not seen anywhere else on social media (believe me, we checked), more live streaming events in HD (which we started doning in 2008), an enhanced profile system unlike you’ve ever seen (can’t get any more detailed on that….sorry), more enchanced JamMedia section with more branded channels. I could go on and on. But the point of my writing is this: All Social Media is good. Any website who’s objective is to link people together is doing the world a favor by bringing people closer to one another and I think that should be applauded because, in the end, all we have is each other. Think about how social media has already changed the world. How great is it to feel that , when you create a profile on Facebook, MySpace, Jammer Direct, Tumblr, or any other SM site that almost instantly find that there are other people with similar interests or that feel the same way as you about certain subjects. Social Media not only makes the world smaller, but it makes it a nicer place to live.
Thanks again for the great article,
Ryan Martin
Creator of Jammer Direct