Month: November 2016

Broadjam Artist: Sam Cooper
Song: HALF WAY THERE

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Just a wonderful travelogue of small town America…lyrics are about as perfect as they can be…the imagery is non-stop….

Constructive Comments: Vocal distracts from the lyrics…the guitar strum gets really old…would love to hear a better production.

Broadjam Artist: Charles Bunting
Song: love shows the way

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: A nice mushy love song about a couple who have been together for years and the appreciation of it all. Nice little recording with vocal up front and great little guitar work.

Constructive Comments: I have a problem with you asking a question and then immediately answering it…kinda takes the mystery out of it…don’t ya think?

Broadjam Artist: Keith Taylor
Song: Lonely Out Here

Reviewer: N.Jones, Music Designer (Protilius Productions)

Positive Comments: I enjoyed the classic singer songwriter feel to this one. Brought me back to the days my mom would sit on the porch with me as a child, sipping wine, listening to 80s broken heart songs. It served its purpose and somehow helped her smile when times got tough for her. She’d swing me around slightly intoxicated on wine while singing Boston, sometimes a hint to the first smile I’d seen from her in weeks… and any gag reflex most children would have, would get shelved for a sense of relief to see her smile. That’s how I got into Elton John actually… But that’s another review (smiles.) Speaking of quality lyrics, I really dug these lyrics. Relatable at one point… light years past this mood and mindset these days, but it has value, just make sure your metadata is on.

Constructive Comments: You could benefit from a little more separation in your stereo stage. The instruments could sound more personal in their microphone positioning, the dynamics could us a nice plushening, mastering could likely get another 8db out of this mix while keeping it bouncy. Most of your fixes are all engineering. The rest is solid for its genre.

Broadjam Artist: David J. Hentosh
Song: Please Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone

Reviewer: Jeff Maguire

Positive Comments: Reminiscent of Bob Welsh period of Fleetwood Mac, bluesy and mysterious

Constructive Comments: Well done, only issue really is I seriously cannot tell what the hook phrase is , the enunciation is just not quite clear. Other than that, nice bluesy tune.

Broadjam Artist: Bob Bentley
Song: Never Been Here Before

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Just a nice tune song with a refrain that is hard to shake. Kinda has a cajun feel to it and a sincere and believable vocal.

Constructive Comments: Recording seems kinda jumbled…like a din…could’ve used more dynamics on every instrument…the bridge seemed added on…and the verses were so short…I could’ve lived without another chorus.

Broadjam Artist: Cat Lamondt
Song: I don’t wanna play House

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Interesting cover of a world famous Billy Sherrill song. The treatment is softer…gentler than Tammy’s version….possibly from someone not from anywhere near Nashville. Vocal is nice.

Constructive Comments: Musical bed was muddy with no dynamics…karaoke?

Broadjam Artist: Margie & Art Corey, S. & A. Corey
Song: Rosa Danced In Veracruz NEW TRUMPET SOUND

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: This is a fine fine folky song about a guy falling for a woman across the border. Simple story, but well told….I imagined a taxi dancer and a mesmerized gringo dreaming of taking her back to the states….but, it wasn’t to be….”Rosa danced in candlelight with spirits of the dead……Rosa listened with her heart to what the spirits said”….those lines are brilliant and all you really need to know.

Constructive Comments: Vocal, while effective and real…could have been better on the higher notes.

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: ’57 Ragtop Chevrolet (from “Modern Progress”)

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: A nice set of naturally flowing lyrics on top of a straight ahead rock n roll bed. Sounds pretty real…must’ve been a cool mom.

Constructive Comments: “When she couldn’t get to church to knee and pray she went cruisin’ in her ragtop Chevrolet”Why couldn’t she get to church?Drums were pretty busy.

Broadjam Artist: Riverside
Song: According to all sources

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Nice folky feel and a kind of a “let’s all join in and sing” quality to the arrangement…very “live” sounding…especially liked the fiddle late in the song.

Constructive Comments: Could use another voice…or chorus even.

Broadjam Artist: Steven Furr
Song: Dreaming Blue Bossa

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Smooth smooth jazz guitar with great tone playing next to a fun and athletic bass guitar. Piano fill works nicely in the opposite channel of the bass….Some really excellent licks later in the tune. Love the ending…

Constructive Comments: Nothing really new being done here,….just fine playing…and a nice recording…