Month: November 2016

Broadjam Artist: Shirah Kahol
Song: Home

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Pretty straightforward message of coming home. Good building of instruments to the fade at the end.

Constructive Comments: Not much new here to grab hold of…thought the singer was flat on several occasions…may have been the doubling …hard to do.

Broadjam Artist: Fred Kimmel
Song: Dance All Day

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Pretty much what the title suggests…”Let’s dance all day”…this is fun and simple…best not let my wife hear it though…she will insist on it….Humor later in the song…Vocalist is having a lot of fun at my expense…lol

Constructive Comments: Maybe it’s just my earphones, but I thought it could be more raw…more filthy…

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Prayer Bucket (#1 Broadjam: Earth)

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Calming New age blast that tempts you with a melody…then pulls it away…over and over again…but that’s what makes it “New Age…right?

Constructive Comments: Something to grab hold of would’ve been nice…noodling only goes so far.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Garden of Sheer Delight

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: A most delightful (pun intended) re-telling of Adam & Eve’s last few days in the Garden of Eden…nicely performed and arranged.

Constructive Comments: That piano could use a little softening…or maybe another instrument to double it.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Maguire
Song: Onion Head

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Distortion city….Guitar craziness.

Constructive Comments: Not sure what this was all about…didn’t sound live…just real messy…I’d add dynamics to the rhythm section and take a little sauce off that guitar.

Broadjam Artist: Denis Hackett
Song: Is There a Light

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Excellent performance and imagery. The line “Is there a light that some don’t see?” is really powerful and pretty much explains the whole song in an instant. Feelings of being on the outside looking in or being on the wrong side of life….. beautifully done…would make an great addition to a movie credit line….

Constructive Comments: Don’t get the genre category…”New Age”..??.it’s contemporary …but not really New Age…unless you gave it to Sarah Brightman…wait a sec…then it would be POP…lol

Broadjam Artist: Keith Taylor
Song: Head On Down The Road

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Really nice bluesy Rock country song about homelessness and what happens now…Some very good imagery that made it easy to understand…”fire in the barrel”…good stuff!

Constructive Comments: Thought it could use some oomph …never really picked up like I thought it would..most notably at :38 where the first chorus comes in. Pete Townsend could’ve slashed it right there…

Broadjam Artist: The Sugar Pups
Song: Life Bite Size

Reviewer: Jeff Maguire

Positive Comments: Argent meets the Doors meets iron Butterfly in a psychedelic extravaganza of peace love and universal bliss.

Constructive Comments: Lots of good musical ideas here, but also some technical issues… IMO. Vocal has some serious pitch problems, drums have issues mostly with snare fills, but overall pretty stilted. They ” sound ” canned. Honestly, to me it sounds like a pretty good first pass at working out some ideas, but needs that’s second pass before it’s radio ready.

Broadjam Artist: Randal Dunkle
Song: Jesus, Savior, Lord

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: A straight ahead thank you to Jesus…Distortion and all.

Constructive Comments: Why are you thanking Jesus for his grease?…tongue and cheek?…I didn’t get it.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Maguire
Song: Last Free Man In America

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: This is spectacularly good work. John Prine goes Buffett goes Springsteen …An old muddy analog recording but a real keeper…still singing the resounding hook.

Constructive Comments: Not sure if this is about guns…if so…I hate it…but…ya didn’t really dwell on them.