Broadjam Artist: Sam Cooper
Song: BOOTAHOLIC (featuring Ashley E. Norton)
Reviewer: Mike Nicholson
Positive Comments: Nice stuff. I totally dig the vibe. Fonky. Sexy, insistent vocal. Sweaty groove. Great horn arrangement and the clavinet brings the funkiness. Lots of nice rhythmic syncopation throughout. No one instrument stands out, the vocal is the thing. It feels like a band playing but I can tell there’s a lot of programming going on.
Constructive Comments: The only drawbacks are the fact it seems like the instrumentation is all programmed. Especially the drums. They sound a bit processed and clinical. There are ways to make programmed drums sound less machine like. The horns don’t sound like they’re real either but for demos they rarely are. You gotta pay them cats. The vocal is too far out front in the mix, but it’s such a good vocal it’s hard to complain. I’d love to hear this tune played with a full band and no click track within a mile of the session. Let it loose!