Month: September 2016

Broadjam Artist: Jon Babb
Song: As My Heart Beats

Reviewer: Hank Thomas

Positive Comments: I don’t usually do ‘random’ reviews but I’m glad I did. Beautiful

Constructive Comments: Beautiful vocal is overwhelmed by the equally beautiful music. A better balance would make it far more enjoyable to listen to

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: I Still Miss Her Kiss (DEMO)

Reviewer: Hank Thomas

Positive Comments: Clever lyrics and a great production

Constructive Comments: Hi Warren. Nice jobHank

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Once Upon A Time / Country

Reviewer: Hank Thomas

Positive Comments: Great singer/harmonies

Constructive Comments: Not really a ‘country’ song. It does have TV potential

Broadjam Artist: amy abernathy
Song: Heart Shaped Glass- ( Featurung Mellisa Duvall

Reviewer: Hank Thomas

Positive Comments: Well sung/produced & written. Great beat, too!

Constructive Comments: I recognized the singer-She’s done a few for me-always great!Nice job all around

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Roberts
Song: Out of the Gaze of the Evil Eye

Reviewer: Scott Tingley

Positive Comments: Very nice, sounds like the underground 60’s music I grew up with from LA and San Francisco. Like the guitar playing and arrangement which allows ample space for jams and clever verses. The song really has a good flow with the vocal and harmony vocal arrangements. Definitely should get some good airtime on the right stations.

Constructive Comments: Not really anything at all to find fault in this song. I gave the hook a 4 out of 5 simply because it is not defined earlier in the arrangement. That’s fine with my taste in music, because songs that come out throwing hooks at me are not my preference…unless it’s The Beatles of course. Best of luck. Definitely adding this tune to my playlist.

Broadjam Artist: Josh Walker
Song: Chill Mood

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Good sounds, good groove, and a definite “in limbo” kinda mood–pensive, unsettled and feeling like stuck in an elevator with 60’s decor. It’s good music for a scene where a decision is being made by the hero (the wrong one), or there’s an underlying anxiety.

Constructive Comments: As a separate listening piece it doesn’t have enough melodic & changes variety, IMO, but definitely a “mood success” !

Broadjam Artist: Steve Dafoe – Songwriter
Song: You Are The One

Reviewer: Bob Higgs

Positive Comments: Guitar part is a bit harsh and simple. Vocal is excellent. Lyrics quite strong. I don’t find it easy listening. But it could be good live.

Constructive Comments: I’d re-do the guitar part with a gentler mix.

Broadjam Artist: DENNIS MAKEPEACE
Song: It’s a lonely city

Reviewer: Bob Higgs

Positive Comments: Nice musical work- pretty prominent vocal. Chorus is a bit repetitive. Lyrics descriptively strong. Tune a bit pedestrian.

Constructive Comments: Could be that the hook gets used for a tv documentary as it is quite catchy.

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: The Needle In His Arm (Solo) (#1 Folk-Contemporary)

Reviewer: Bob Higgs

Positive Comments: Strong guitar part at the beginning. Good vocal. Lyrics continue strongly, but the guitar part doesn’t really develop as much as the vocal which continues strongly.

Constructive Comments: Strong work with a dark subject. Not very uplifting. Can see this on a tv drugs documentary.

Broadjam Artist: Ian Graham
Song: Lullaby Close By

Reviewer: Bob Higgs

Positive Comments: The guitar part is very muted and the vocals a bit indistinct. Nice enough tune, though quite familiar.

Constructive Comments: Beef up the music a bit- this isn’t very commercial as it stands.