Month: January 2017

Broadjam Artist: Osea Codega
Song: Shining ray

Reviewer: Tom Reardon

Positive Comments: The song has a nice feel to it. A happy go lucky theme. I like the pause sections where it goes into a more spacey vibe. You should try to put some vocals on it. Something with a little delay might sound nice.

Constructive Comments: The mix is great, crystal clear. Nice tones from the keyboards and synths. The hook is catchy. Great job!

Broadjam Artist: Bill Dake
Song: FIRST LIGHT ON THE PRAIRIE (Instrumental)

Reviewer: Mark R. Harris

Positive Comments: really beautiful piece! beautiful guitar playing…excellent composition…the ebb and flow quite nice…very

Constructive Comments: the only problem i was able to perceive was the eq and the sound of the drums and percussion….thats only my opinion…other than that , i dug it…

Broadjam Artist: Robert Wuagneux
Song: Lies

Reviewer: Jeff Maguire

Positive Comments: Rocking into town , sort of cross between Dave Edmunds and ZZ Top. Very nice slide work, extra points just for that.

Constructive Comments: Players are obviously all talented on their instruments so there’s no big criticism of that. If I had one personal comment it would be that the changing of the perspective from chorus to chorus is more distracting than no. It starts out reminding me of ” Girls Talk ” and then veers into ” we all tell lies ” , which is pretty much true, but more suitable for a marriage counselors couch than a blues rock in your face tune as matter of ATTITUDE. If the idea is ” girls lie ” I’d write about that, if the idea is ” boys lie ” I’d write about that. All of course … IMO.

Broadjam Artist: Tristyn Leach
Song: Big city dreams – (with Frank Radice)

Reviewer: Jonathan Le Vay

Positive Comments: nicely jazzy – as a composition its fine – the guitar is best as it is real

Constructive Comments: Strangely unnatural – mix is all over the place, sounds disjointed, composition disjointed toosome dodgy synth brass doesn’t help the overall feel of the piece

Broadjam Artist: Gary Mazzola
Song: BREATHE IN

Reviewer: Jonathan Le Vay

Positive Comments: Nice laid back chilled feel – nice organ

Constructive Comments: would be nice to hear the organ earlier – as the piano instrumentation and backing lack a bit of life

Broadjam Artist: Bill Oboczky
Song: The Devil You Need

Reviewer: Floyd Kelly

Positive Comments: I’m sorry, I admit, I have an addiction to eclairs topped with lots of creme and sprinkles on top! For too many years, my eclair addiction has daunted my life. My doctor finally put me on music therapy to help alleviate my cravings. He gave me this piece of heavy duty electronic music to listen to whenever I get a craving for an eclair. He says, “I’ll set you free…” … I thought he was being silly. But I did what he said. And nope, it don’t work, but I can tell you this I ate three eclairs while listening to this awesome track that fueled my craving today … the music was good and so was that last eclair 🙂

Constructive Comments: I took off marks in lyrics and vocal pitch although, I do enjoy the vocoder effect a few times I did not understand what was being voiced. Other than that, this was a surprise and enjoyed listening to this a few times in the review – because it is unique. I loved that scream/squelch distortion guitar big time. The vocal line could have been a tad closer in the mix/mix. I was reminded of an exit music piece like in a Transformers movie sequel or something like that. Have a great day today.

Broadjam Artist: Tristyn Leach
Song: The Defeated ( instrumental)

Reviewer: Floyd Kelly

Positive Comments: This is a very thoughtful electronic ambient track that has me captivated! While listening, my mental imagery takes me to a faraway mystical place. The haunting chorals beckon me further to a place where rituals occur perhaps. The instruments and chorals have me wondering if this is music for a serious scene in a TV plot perhaps.

Constructive Comments: I think a few of the drums could be more serious sounding, more present. I’m not sure if it’s a choir or a keypad. At a portion of listening, I thought this was a keypad choir synth – of which, I was hoping a real choir. I did enjoy reviewing this and had a pleasant experience. We hope you have a good day.

Broadjam Artist: N.Jones, Music Designer (Protilius Productions)
Song: Apocalyptic Customer Service (Rage 2012)

Reviewer: Floyd Kelly

Positive Comments: Kneading dough everyday here at the pizza parlor is maddening I tell ya! All day, everyday, … kneading dough … make pizza … knead more dough, dough dough … Aaaaaaah … pizza dough!!! My boss told me to play this funky wunky electronic inspirational music on my headphones to give me inspiration and glute power – and so I did. Amazing! My boss watched closely today and at the end of the day, he said I was kneading dough like crazy and oh it felt good! Punch! Fold over! Knead front. Go back. Fold over. Yeah. Dough!

Constructive Comments: We gave the personnel in the official ‘Complaints and Constructive Comments Department’ the day off. Please call our 800 hotline for attitude adjustment. Have a great day!

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Maguire
Song: Onion Head

Reviewer: Bill Oboczky

Positive Comments: Interesting song…kind of a retro feel, was getting flashbacks to the late 60’s :-)It stands out because while it sounds retro, by that same token this type of music isn’t really hear much these days. Refreshing in a nostalgic way.Great mix, very solid cohesive sound with the guitar definitely up front in the mix and the focus of the song but all the instruments audible. The artist avoided a common pitfall of IDY engineering and had the drums placed properly in the mix, driving the beat but not too hot as to be distracting.

Constructive Comments: Not much constructive to say, actually. I would have liked hearing vocals if for no other reason than they would probably have added to the song’s commercial potential. If the artist wrote this in mind for background music for TV/movies, then most likely it’s fine without vocals though.

Broadjam Artist: Kitty Matkins
Song: The Way You Make Me Smile

Reviewer: Bill Oboczky

Positive Comments: Definite market potential, very sweet song and seems truly heartfelt and sincere. Very professionally written and the performances were very good.Nice strong hook. Hopefully I guessed the name of the song right, seems obvious to me! With some a few production tweaks, I could hear this getting airplay.

Constructive Comments: I would have liked to hear the vocals a bit more up front in the mix, they seemed about 2 or 3db low. I found myself losing focus on the vocalist by some of the instrument parts. I also found the bass guitar a bit hotter in the mix than I would have liked for this genre, but that could be just my preference as well. Overall, a very nice song with solid performances from the singer and guitarist in particular. In my opinion, say, 95% of the way to a hit!Keep up the great work!