Month: August 2016

Broadjam Artist: David Austin
Song: DON’T CANCEL CHRISTMAS

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: I like the sound of the drums and the bass guitar, I also like the keyboard, sounds a lot like the Grateful Dead.

Constructive Comments: I think the vocals sometimes get a little jumbled, because the words are just too close together – I would try to redo the lyrics and although I do like the yeah,yeah,yeah, yeah – I think it is used just a little too much – best wishes!

Broadjam Artist: Margie & Art Corey, S. & A. Corey
Song: Hello Greyhound

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Like the lyric direction, and the recording is top-notch.

Constructive Comments: Keep moving on, you’re on the right bus!

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Intimate Affection

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Nice Vocals, and clever, fresh lyrical direction.

Constructive Comments: A little confusing on what hook exactly is…hope I guessed right. Cool lyrics, though, maybe just needs a little bit of tweaking.

Broadjam Artist: Janet Murphy
Song: Paid Back

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Great vocal work, and piano.

Constructive Comments: A little to R&Bish to work in country category IMHO. Also a few too many competing hook lines make it difficult to lock in on which hook to hook onto.

Broadjam Artist: Keith Taylor
Song: Lonely Out Here

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Great vocals, recording, instrumentation, and arrangement.

Constructive Comments: A little too heavy on the string pad for my taste, but other than that solid performance and song.

Broadjam Artist: Charlie Shock
Song: ON EVERY CORNER

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Great vocal, instrumentation, recording, and arrangement.

Constructive Comments: Not terribly compelling hook, but lyrically fine otherwise. Not sure how to improve hook, though, so I’d let this one lay…it is what it is, and what it is is very good.

Broadjam Artist: Jon Babb
Song: Holy Knight

Reviewer: Ronald Arduini

Positive Comments: Lasts only 1 minute 14 seconds yet we the listener, explore beautiful different moods.. ei at 25 seconds and then at 34sec…ah then around 53sec understanding.. 1 min03sec the final thoughts..MY WORDS DO NOT DO THIS PIECE JUSTICEBRAVO

Constructive Comments: NO NEGATIVE THOUGHTS

Broadjam Artist: Marc S. Pate
Song: Rainy Night

Reviewer: Ober Rivers And His DUI’S

Positive Comments: Smooth operators indeed, very reminiscent of Carlos in both style and tone. Nice melodic guitar excursion.

Constructive Comments: On the track to being really good. Drums are a little loud, guitar could be even more present, bass also a little more present. Has soundtrack potential as is, but to reach the height of Santana or something similar I’d really like to hear more. A very compact melody and a little less just riffing. Carlos music is also very sectional, changes in rhythm particularly can be pretty dynamic from section to section. He rarely just grabs a four chord sequence and jams on it for over 4 minutes. He develops it in very precise ways.

Broadjam Artist: Bob Higgs
Song: She Ain’t Gonna Get It

Reviewer: Chet Nichols

Positive Comments: Ahhh, nice to hear a true folk tune placed correctly in the genre. Shades of Bob Dylan with the sound and feel and lyrics. Love your vocals here. Guitar is very solid and nice played. Nice to hear a recording of a non-plugged in guitar and a well mic-ed instrument and vocal. Really enjoyed the story aspect to the lyrics and the unique images you created…. This is a a very well-crafted song and I really enjoyed it.

Constructive Comments: Really not to much to say on this side of the review. As stated above, this is a very nice tune that stands alone as a quality song and could also find a home in a movie or TV show…. Thanks for sharing this tune. Keep up the good work.

Broadjam Artist: Billy Pilgrim
Song: Hill Top

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: The drums sound fantastic and the piano really has a good feel to it as well.

Constructive Comments: Very good sounding Pop Song, I really like it a lot – so much that I wouldn’t change a thing, except I think you could put lyrics to this one and make it better – best wishes!