JamPlay

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JamPlay
Type of site
Privately held company
Available inEnglish
Founded2006
Headquarters Beavercreek, Ohio,
US
Created byJeff Booth, Chris Dawson, Kevin Wimer
IndustryEducation, mobile applications
Services Guitar lessons
Revenue $4.1 million (2013) [1]
URL www.jamplay.com
RegistrationRequired
Users 404,363
Current statusActive

JamPlay is an online instructional guitar-playing subscription service. [2] [3] The company was founded in Beavercreek, Ohio in 2006 by Kevin Wimer, Jeff Booth and Chris Dawson. [4] [5] From 2010 to 2013, the company's revenue rose from $2 million to $4.1 million, a 105 percent growth. [1]

JamPlay streams videos of guitar lessons and live chats with music teachers. [6] It has over 4,000 lessons from 70 professional instructors including musicians such as Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Steve Stevens, [7] Robb Flynn, Phil Demmel, [8] Glen Drover, [9] Rex Brown, Andy James and Mike Mushok. [10] [11]

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