Broadjam Artist: John Hazlett
Song: To You I Give My Heart
Reviewer: Floyd Kelly
Positive Comments: My name is Flooby. Yes, I am proud to say, that, yes, mmmm…, I am a red-colorful Gummy Bear. Me and my kin green Sleevy, Luly, Cheesey, yellow Glooney and John are just sitting here in this opened bag o’ flimsy plastic. The colors of my friends are officially melting all over your brand new pink blouse. Unfortunately for us our owner left us sitting in the hot sun here in the jalopy and … …. rrrrrr …. waaarrrhhhh …. we’re all just slowly melting away. Bye bye world! … … there goes Midgy – bye Midgy.
Constructive Comments: I think the flute or flutish sound I am hearing which is the overall lead – needs some work in the equalization. I would re-mix this to soften the upper harsh range by doing a slight cut in those frequencies. Since the flute is the main character here any mess-up on this and the song is lost on the listener. So, it has to be perfect. Even with minute details heard while playing. I hear a few strings in the back that could be more present and add warmth and depth to the piece. I put this in Electronic because to the person who has never heard this music before – it comes across as total electronic which is not a bad thing. In the New Age field people are very picky about certain sounds – much is used for relaxation and meditation and inspiration – this piece – even though is okay – doesn’t evoke emotion doesn’t welcome the listener to stay and if this were to be used for meditation it would not work. Softening the main instrument would help much and since – if you do a remix where you soften the instrument = while you’re in there, doing some panning and reverb and stereo enhancement would take this piece to a new level and THEN it could have New Age genre caliber. And always remember, these are just the thoughts of a hairy feeted hobbit up in the woods ok. Have a great day!