Month: January 2017

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: You’ll Never Know / New Age

Reviewer: Kevin Winkel

Positive Comments: Really good! Had a great experience listening! Very good guitar playing and the mix was solid so everything could be heard.

Constructive Comments: Not much to say . . . I’m not normally a fan of much tremolo or phase shifting which I heard in this arrangement. I would normally prefer a clean sound. But you made it work here even for me so go figure.

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: “The Blue” – Instr (#1 New Age-Contemporary)

Reviewer: Kevin Winkel

Positive Comments: I enjoyed listening! The song has a very content feeling to it that gave me a relaxed feeling. Guitar playing was very good and the mix was good with everything where it needed to be.

Constructive Comments: I didn’t really hear a defined hook that would tell me this is your song as soon as I heard it. The other point I would mention is the fills for the drum programming. They tended to fight against the groove to me instead of meshing with it. of course, these are just opinions. Overall a very nice job! Good luck to you!

Broadjam Artist: Kevin Winkel
Song: Forbidden Love

Reviewer: RICARDO ALONSO

Positive Comments: very introspective and moody song. instrumentation very simple but this is what makes this song so good. I really enjoyed it.

Constructive Comments: good as it is.

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: A Masque For The Queen / Renaissance

Reviewer: RICARDO ALONSO

Positive Comments: a very instrospective song, so with only guitar captures the feeling.

Constructive Comments: perhaps a little too repetitive

Broadjam Artist: N.Jones, Music Designer (Protilius Productions)
Song: Zccentuated harmony (2016)

Reviewer: RICARDO ALONSO

Positive Comments: simple but easy to remember melody.

Constructive Comments: this song is definitively new age, not electronic. I will like to be included strings for a more dramatic feeling of the song.

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Bringing The Heat / Big Band

Reviewer: Mark R. Harris

Positive Comments: i listened to the whole tune…i did like what i heard…the premise and ideas were all there…

Constructive Comments: i need to say that it sounded on the whole rather rigid and mechanical … i’ve learned when working with midi you need to work with the velocity controls to make the parts sound fairly natural and human…it can be a tough thing to accomplish…it takes a lot of time….but definitely time worth spent…i especially noticed on the bass part….i hope this wasn’t too much of a harsh review…

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Good Times (was #1 Broadjam: Bluegrass)

Reviewer: Mark R. Harris

Positive Comments: enjoyed this tune immensely …. good lyric…dug the bass line as well..a nice positive message that we need so much right now

Constructive Comments: i can’t think of anything bad about this song….

Broadjam Artist: Kitty Matkins
Song: Whispers In The Darkness

Reviewer: FRED GROSS

Positive Comments: Very nice vocals. Very controlled and lovely. Recording is good and balanced. Instrumentation is well done also.

Constructive Comments: No comments here. Nicely done!

Broadjam Artist: Randal Dunkle
Song: I owe You everything

Reviewer: FRED GROSS

Positive Comments: tune could work in a film -movie script maybe. not sure if you were going for this “thin” sound, but I would remix and beef up the whole overall sound.

Constructive Comments: recording sounded a bit like a transistor radio sound… maybe that’s what you were going for. I thought the playing was on the elementary side but it works for different applications.

Broadjam Artist: Gary Mazzola
Song: BREATHE IN

Reviewer: FRED GROSS

Positive Comments: always love to hear a sax! I like the lead vocals tone a lot. and the organ and guitar were excellent!! I could listen all day to this musicianship! I wish I could have heard more of the instruments jam!! good job.

Constructive Comments: nothing to add really. I’ll listen to more of your stuff, hoping for more of that guitar, sax and organ!!