Month: August 2016

Broadjam Artist: Keith Taylor
Song: Anne

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Awesome vocal, recording, and instrumentation.

Constructive Comments: Hook falls a little short at end of chorus, don’t know if simply “Ann” is enough to hold it all up. Just my opinion…

Broadjam Artist: Janet Murphy
Song: Breathe On Me.

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Love the vocal and instrumentation.

Constructive Comments: This was listed under country, but seems better suited to Christian market.

Broadjam Artist: amy abernathy
Song: Ashes ( Dallas martin singng)

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Great vocals and instrumentation.

Constructive Comments: Interesting hook/lyric idea maybe a little too heavy for overall market appeal, though.

Broadjam Artist: Randy Calligan
Song: Pick Up My Heart And Go Home

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Great vocal and instumentation!

Constructive Comments: Great song, but seems more appropriate to be pitched to POP market.

Broadjam Artist: Charlie Shock
Song: RIDE THOSE HORSES (performed by GORD MAXWELL)

Reviewer: Tim Ely

Positive Comments: Really good vocal reminds me of Chris Stapleton.

Constructive Comments: Great production and vocals. Interesting hook and lyric content.

Broadjam Artist: Delta Burnett Reed
Song: Wedding Song

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Very solid performance of a Peter, Paul and Mary classic. Very nice vocal performance and good backing instruments.

Constructive Comments: Nothing really. It’s hard to write a lot of critique on a cover. What you’ve got is really good!

Broadjam Artist: Tony DeSimone
Song: Stay Beautiful

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Great thumping drum beat with big toms and an oh oh chorus that really sounds current and starts the song off with a bang. This is a big, positive vibe that’s very much a teen oriented sound. Everything’s right here, and this should be a theme for a tv show.

Constructive Comments: The vocals probably need a smidge of bass freq reduction.

Broadjam Artist: Fred Kimmel
Song: No Need To Reply (featuring Sali Oguri)

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: This is a very solid example of writing, performance and recording. It’s not my cuppa but I recognize the quality. Nice voice and a good hook over a great beat. Very Eurovision sort of sound, and this could be a theme for numerous program contexts.

Constructive Comments: I think this is pretty dated at this point, but I could be wrong.

Broadjam Artist: One More River Music
Song: Los Gatos de Alf

Reviewer: Ober Rivers And His DUI’S

Positive Comments: Stevie Ray Vaughn meets John Mayall in his jazz/blues fusion period, two very cool things. Well executed jazz/blues instrumental. Some really nice solo work all around.

Constructive Comments: Guitar intro is way to long for commercial purposes. Some of the horn playing is certifiably awesome, especially the trumpet solo. Kept waiting for the smoking guitar solo and it was very nice indeed. Most of this arrangement is really well executed, but some of it’s impact is being lost in the length of the tune. Personally I’d go straight into full blown guitar solo rather than bringing down the band dynamic, and it’s probably too long as a whole. But the playing is top notch stuff.

Broadjam Artist: David Austin
Song: SUMMER LOVERS – (SCAMP)

Reviewer: David J. Hentosh

Positive Comments: This has a nice smooth jazz feel with good instrumentation – and the quality of the recording is very good. Overall, this works as a smooth jazz tune.

Constructive Comments: I felt the vocal to be a little too “in-your-face”. It seemed too stark for the nice, smooth, Sade-like feel of the tune. Some reverb would blend it in much better. I also felt that the chorus would be stronger with more harmonies and maybe letting the lead vocal do something (plaintive?)in the background to make it even more interesting.