Month: September 2016

Broadjam Artist: FRED GROSS
Song: Drive Thru Vegas

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: The guitar solo is excellent, sound very Nile Rogers of Chic, very nice melodically.

Constructive Comments: The instrumentation could sound a bit fatter, the arrange also did not flow as well as it could, a more modern sounding production may increase market potential

Broadjam Artist: Signal 30
Song: Keep On, Keepin’ On

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: Love the retro feel of the song, the vocals sound is great and really suites the song. The simplicity of the chorus works well for the genre & i do think this sing would be great place for an advertising project, the sentiment of the lyrics are very postive

Constructive Comments: The production sounds very simple, I thing the harmonic progression could vary to provide more interest.

Broadjam Artist: LaWanda Macik
Song: (Let Me) Love You Right

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: The chorus is very strong the harmonies are great. The arrangement is excellent, the instrumentation is very excellent all the sound fit nicely into their own frequecny range

Constructive Comments: The track seem a bit light in the bass department. Also the track should maybe a semi tone or tone higher as the singer upper vocal register is very strong, the singer does not seem to support the notes in his lower range as well, as the song sound amazing towards then end when he can sing higher

Broadjam Artist: Mz. T. Chelle
Song: My Life

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: The chorus is very catchy,the vocals are very nicely recorded and arranged, the vocalist voice suited the track nicely

Constructive Comments: The music sounds a bit discordant, not a bad thing, but \I think you had a more harmonically accurate instrument like a string pad, it would have pull the track together and the track would have sounded really interesting with the discordant melodies working with more harmonic ones, great idea for a track though

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Turn The Page / R&B

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: The chord progression is very good, sound nice harmonically, the guitar melodies also suite the track

Constructive Comments: The track sounds a bit hissy not sure if its down to the recording equipment you are using.Also the guitars are mixed too loud in the track and the drums to quite

Broadjam Artist: SRJ
Song: No Time To Rest (Funky Vocal Mix), ft Leanne P

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: The bassline is great,the bass sound is great and really enhances the track, the groove is fantastic. The drum rhythm is really good also.The vocal delivery of chorus was also really good, the emotion of the vocal suited the song. I can imagine dancing to this is club, very hypnotic

Constructive Comments: I think if you added a sine wave bass line an octave under the bass line. it would add some umph. The track would song amazing with the extra subbass, because the bassline is so strong, I think the track should be focused on that. Maybe the middle 8 did not really fit the track, but thats just my opinion great track btw

Broadjam Artist: David James
Song: Riptide (Ft. CoriAnder and Natalia Corvington)

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: I like the arrangement of the track. The verse melody is very capturvating. I also like the tone of the vocalist, her tone suits the mood of the track. The sounds are well chosen and complement each other really well. I like the vocal harmonies and arrangement of the chorus towards the end of the song

Constructive Comments: I think the chord progression could have been varied a bit more for interested. I also thing the verse melody is more interesting than the chorus. the chorus sound great towards the end with those nice harmonies, maybe they would sound good on all the choruses of the song

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: 2bwu (instrumental version)

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: The track has a nice 80s retro feel. The chord progression is also very good, I like the change between the verse and the chorus. The harmonic nature of the track is also very good, even without a vocal melody you get a sense of the melody of the song. The song structure is strong the chorus, verses and bridges are all clearly definable

Constructive Comments: The instrumentation sound dated, the drum samples and synth sound do not sound modern enough. Maybe beefing up the sounds would give this track more market potential. I personally do not think the retro arrangement goes against it, but maybe using more current sounds and beefy up the production would make this song more marketable

Broadjam Artist: Geraint Hughes
Song: I WALK THE WORLD

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: I love the sound of the vocal, I really enjoyed the vocalist delivery of the sound. His pitching and intonation really suite the song.The melody of the song is very strong, the simplicity of the chorus is very good and catchy. The vocal production and arrangement is excellent, the harmonies sound great. Also the vocal production frills and interest to the song.

Constructive Comments: The recording sounds a bit thin and tinny, to many sounds in the mid upper frequency of the track. Also the same problem with the bass line. Maybe layering the bass line with a sine-wave bass in the 50-100hz would add the missing umph. Also the world music percussion doesn’t really seem to fit with the song as it only used in the bridge and start and little or no reference in made to this percussion segment through the track, maybe more references are add, e,g on the cadence transitions between verse and choruses, or maybe not have in the track at all. I only became interested in this track after the intro had passed and the vocals kicked in. Also the arrange was a bit too busy, maybe the track may have a better frequency distribution if some of the instrumentation in the mid-high frequency ranges are removed

Broadjam Artist: Fred Kimmel
Song: Cecil’s Wedding (featuring Sali Oguri)

Reviewer: Cyniman

Positive Comments: Like the fact the arrangement was retro, also the melody lines of the instrumentation os very good. The backing vocal arrangement also was very good, the harmonies sound very good.Te lyrical content was also good, the use of rhyme was not to instrusive. Interesting key change for the chorus

Constructive Comments: Even though I liked the retro feel of the song, the instrumentation sounded very dated, the same melody lines with more current instrumentation sounds would have made the track more revelant for todays market. The vocal delivery could have also been strong, the singer was ok, but a stronger singer may have been able to show off the song better