Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Paris Music Box (Instrumental – from “Earthways”)
Reviewer: Floyd Kelly
Positive Comments: The brush of the musical paint a flair of the imagined colors supplanted on the canvas of yearning. The tender qualities we seek the whisps on the frailties of life. Yonder here. Yonder there. The peace of the heart comes forth from the dreamer’s might. Play the heart, play the soul, a quaintness of sweet goes into the bold. Seek the peace, seek the heart, seek beyond the seas of the old.
Constructive Comments: Regarding the jarring piano, perhaps too much in the upper range, could be taken down perhaps 1.0-1.5 – it is not bad, but in a long piece like this, the human ear goes waaah!… The rhythm piano in the back could come to the fore at portions of the mix to balance the playing of the higher piano notes. I think some more bass or low-end warmth in this, not by too much, and on the lead piano could add a nice depth and emotional response to this. The lovely strings could have been more present to add even more warmth to this and get the listener truly emotionally involved. I think, after hearing this on the third play-through the piano may be over compressed. This is a beautiful piece of music. This has potential for multi-media services like weather segments on The Weather Channel and similar venues.