Broadjam Artist: Lars Michnevich, a.k.a. Chief Inspector of “Bunko Squad”
Song: Tossed Salad
Reviewer: Jeff Roberts
Positive Comments: This has a Tony Joe White meets Southern Culture on the Skids vibe. That opening vocal line is pure film noir / David Lynch. The backing vocals are ace –love ’em!! Nice spanky guitar leads with a great tone and snappy rhymic phrasing. The rhythm guitar is just as good. This is a way cool tune!!!
Constructive Comments: This is on the verge of being majorly camp cool. The bass is way too scooped out and deep–it drags the tune with too much low end and asks for too much attention. Keep that bass more 100hz with some 1K mid to keep it snappy and take the chorus off–also don’t play leads on it–play the beat. Much better drums needed–that is one crappy snare and the high hat worse. Where’s the kick? Seriously a good drum track and some percussion esp congas would make this swing hard.Some places the vocal phrasing needs to be more rhythmic and not sound like crowding syllables into measure. In that verse maybe don’t try to sing it–just narrate it. Have a listen to Southern Culture’s “Camel Walk” to hear a masterpiece in this vein. Maybe through some grit / lofi into the vocal track–you wanna avoid the mundane/sincere.