Broadjam Artist: Julia Schmidt
Song: A new Horizon ( by Thierry Coupey)
Reviewer: Floyd Kelly
Positive Comments: So you like cardio workouts do you? This musical piece has a nice beat and ambiance to get you through today’s workout. I can imagine listening to this in a gym, spurring people on to health and vitality as they work off yesterdays General Tso’s Chicken. I like the vocals and the message being sung by the vocalist.
Constructive Comments: A few suggestions. With the vocals, I would not categorize this as Ambient. This musical piece could go two ways. Either remove the vocals for an ambient mix or go vocal and go Pop genre. The vocals need more presence in the EQ and I noticed that the bass drum is a little heavy in the very low frequency – drawing away from the vocals and other instruments. A few areas in this piece the vocalist with her very nice voice is drowned out by the kick/bass drum which also needs a change in the EQ to blend in better. The bass line and drum line aren’t really working together yet. I listened to this twice and was not satisfied as I was wanting to hear the beautiful vocalist break out in a beautiful chorus solo to wrap things up – i.e. the vocals seem incomplete.