Month: January 2017

Broadjam Artist: Nick Berry
Song: Without You With Me

Reviewer: Marilyn Hall

Positive Comments: Really enjoyed this song. it’s emotion and depth. Excellent composition and lyrics.

Constructive Comments: Loved the piano and strings. Great song.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Maguire
Song: Dirty Mama

Reviewer: N.Jones, Music Designer (Protilius Productions)

Positive Comments: I can picture the soccer jocks boozing their way across England looking for a good time after the home team won. It’s upbeat with a little edge. Great touch with the organ. Rocking solo guitar (even if a little hot in the mix). Raw in a great way. Perfect for pulp fiction’esq films or similar television themes.

Constructive Comments: Meh… It’s all mix issues and a few arrangement changes. Focus on what works, pay attention to mix balance, watch your reverb levels in the drums and consider backing your solo guitar off 5.8 DB. Consider a raunchy vocalist with glitter addictions and a fake accent for marketability beyond your typical film or television sinc. Keep both versions available and make sure you let publishers know you can provide “this instrumental” once you record to it. Publishers like stems. Especially the exclusive kind the go out to NBC. So get your session together. A publisher will eventually ask. Good luck! Hope it’s useful.

Broadjam Artist: Gary Mazzola
Song: BREATHE IN

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: I love the drums and the horns – very good lyrics as well. I also like the keyboard work. The entire song has a professional sound.

Constructive Comments: I really like this song a lot, even though I’m a guitar player – I would cut out the lead guitar solo and stay with the horn. After the lead guitar solo part and the female singers I would try to end the song and keep it between 150 and 180 seconds throw out one of the middle verses and keep the last – best wishes!

Broadjam Artist: J Edna Mae Thomas
Song: Luminous

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: Beautiful female vocals and piano – sounds very much like an angel, great lyrics as well, sounds a lot like Olivia Newton John!

Constructive Comments: Great song and beautiful angelic voice, it really draws the listener in. I don’t know that I’d change anything, except there are a few times where the voice sounds a little strained at the beginning of the song but it’s very minor – best wishes!

Broadjam Artist: Black Diamonds
Song: Lurking in the…

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: I like the sound of the mix and the lyrics, I also like the sound of the female backing vocalist.

Constructive Comments: I really can’t understand a lot of the words in the chorus lines, you may want to bring them out a little, I would also use the female vocalist a lot more to give the song a little more lift – best wishes.

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

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: I like the sound of the lead vocals and the bass guitar has a really great tone. I also like the music mix as well, sounds a little like Whitney Houston.

Constructive Comments: Great sounding Pop Song – I really don’t have anything to add except I think the song would sound better with a Saxophone solo – best wishes!

Broadjam Artist: Earl.C.Webb
Song: CAN’T HURT ME NOW Instrumental

Reviewer: Smokin Joe Pilloud

Positive Comments: Wow …I really enjoyed the ride. Rock and roll meditation ..I went right to the zone kept my attention

Constructive Comments: Well done no criticism here

Broadjam Artist: FRED GROSS
Song: Everybody Needs Somebody

Reviewer: Smokin Joe Pilloud

Positive Comments: well played by pros ..Song has that 70 80’s sound …I like that era …

Constructive Comments: Needs mix and master ..I would like to hear the lead vox on top of the mix

Broadjam Artist: STEPHEN CONNOLLY
Song: Carmelita Dancing

Reviewer: Smokin Joe Pilloud

Positive Comments: Love the tune ..well played by pros … kept my interest.. That’s a good live band tune …those guys are in the groove zone

Constructive Comments: needs new mix and master a bit of noise at the top

Broadjam Artist: Laurence Watkins
Song: Blues For You

Reviewer: Smokin Joe Pilloud

Positive Comments: Nice Idea… what a cool sound idea ..I like the writing and the creative take.. good luck

Constructive Comments: Guitar solo is a bit too effected and off for me. I think this song needs new mix and master…a few parts just need a power jump great idea though