Month: November 2016

Broadjam Artist: Monday Funeral
Song: Let me Know

Reviewer: Stainedegos

Positive Comments: Keep creating I could hear this in movie or tv

Constructive Comments: Maybe some more professional recording could help

Broadjam Artist: Joshua Rice
Song: Easy Street

Reviewer: James Neilson Graham

Positive Comments: Hey, really refreshing! Emotive lived-in voice, simple bluesy lyric (‘whisky – and it’s gone too’ made me laugh), great groove, idiomatic honky-tonk piano, just the right balance of musical organisation and freedom of performance . . . delightful!

Constructive Comments: All pluses from me . . .

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Was It Written That Way

Reviewer: James Neilson Graham

Positive Comments: Nice user-friendly voice, interesting lyric and attractive country-style arrangement (the violin embellishments especially skilful). Altogether a pleasing production.

Constructive Comments: Pretty much all pluses from my point of view

Broadjam Artist: FRED GROSS
Song: Stay

Reviewer: COSTA / Costa Ioannides

Positive Comments: A relaxing but intruiging piece with good guitar and percussion work. The instruments all come across clearly and never sound repetitive.

Constructive Comments: The track is probably intended to be a song at some stage so working with lyrics and melody may be a good idea. The overall mix is a little raw with some ambient effects to diffuse the guitar work for example.

Broadjam Artist: Charlie Shock
Song: SO CRUEL

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Energetic Pop Rock with a melody and hook that stays right with ya…Nice storyline and therapeutic at that…when we were kids…ya know?….My kind of tune ala Fountains of Wayne.

Constructive Comments: Seem to be too much sauce on the lead vocal…almost sounded autotune to me.

Broadjam Artist: Dave Mason
Song: Highland Cathedral Military Band

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: A nicely built Celtic orchestral piece. Starts small with bagpipe-type lead but comes through exactly when needed with voicing and horns…Melody is strong…was waiting for Mel Gibson to show up.

Constructive Comments: I think the regular drum beat that comes in doesn’t fit the grandeur of it all…timpani would fit better…something other than that snare.

Broadjam Artist: Marc S. Pate
Song: Rainy Night

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Slow moving but eventually energetic jazz guitar piece with some very interesting drums. A very cool out of the box ending.

Constructive Comments: There was a portion in the middle that lost my interest…just guitar being favored…liked it more when everyone was involved.

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Quasar Sleeper (2015)

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Going into Thanksgiving day, I needed this moment to calm myself…thanks.

Constructive Comments: I almost nodded off….but maybe I was supposed to.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: What Are Friends For

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Really sweet Irish folk song…straight ahead with few curves, but perfect for the sentiment. Vocal is real and sincere…”damn it” was nice at the end.

Constructive Comments: I think I would lose the female moaning behind the lead…very distracting…like she doesn’t know the song.

Broadjam Artist: KCKeys
Song: About Face (Be Saved)

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Kind of half from the pulpit and half from the street preacher…electronic church music.

Constructive Comments: It just sounded like you were winging it…music bed had little to do with the vocal….when you hit the stop…I thought…”how did he know that was gonna stop?”