Month: January 2017

Broadjam Artist: Sam Cooper
Song: HEY, BOY SCOUT (featuring Liz Moriondo)

Reviewer: Smokin Joe Pilloud

Positive Comments: Nice blues treatment Singer gets the point, a blend of Bonnie meet Crow

Constructive Comments: This could use a new mix and master Nice work

Broadjam Artist: Earl.C.Webb
Song: IN THE END

Reviewer: Smokin Joe Pilloud

Positive Comments: Singer sings with passion…sort of a Jim Webb meets Donovan

Constructive Comments: Well done no criticism here

Broadjam Artist: Mark R. Harris
Song: Saxuality

Reviewer: Smokin Joe Pilloud

Positive Comments: Well played by pros well written and sounds like movie sound track..to a very cool part of the movie

Constructive Comments: Well done no criticism here

Broadjam Artist: stefo
Song: green carnations

Reviewer: Smokin Joe Pilloud

Positive Comments: I can hear this as a movie sound track. Good Voc

Constructive Comments: Well done no criticism here

Broadjam Artist: Fred Kimmel
Song: Goldfish

Reviewer: Floyd Kelly

Positive Comments: Twisted blue skies with black bird warped shadows with just a touch of weather some droplets on your LCD perhaps. It’s 82 degrees rain forecasted for this afternoon and this electronic downbeat piece of music is nice for at-home meanderings. I have to paint the back room and this would be good music to get into a groove – it’s a beautiful blue.

Constructive Comments: The introductory scratching, at first I thought did not fit after hearing this three times during the review – it’s old, dated, but it fits – I love that section that starts to come in around 1:10 – YES! Love that. I think this is a little heavy in the bass – but that is just my preference because I am very very old and gray and craggly. Have a happy new year.

Broadjam Artist: Osea Codega
Song: Water

Reviewer: Floyd Kelly

Positive Comments: I like this kind of music when I’m petting my lizards, feeding the goats out back and for jumping up and down on the trampoline. This would be cool for making macaroni art, gluing multi-colored corn on papers and for toasting Pop Tarts. My sister says this would be nice at the gas station over the intercom when she’s changing the weekly sale sign.

Constructive Comments: Much more work needs to happen to this piece – in my opinion only. The most noticeable is the flat beat, the kick drum, no velocities, no realism in the percussion. I think the brassy keypad being played could use more variations in the music notes and some breaks here and there would keep the listener’s ear. These are only the thoughts of somebody out in the big world who has never heard this before. Hope you have a happy near year!

Broadjam Artist: amy abernathy
Song: Love may come late

Reviewer: Marilyn Hall

Positive Comments: Enjoyable song with nice instrumental parts. Good story song. Somewhere betweeb pop and country.

Constructive Comments: Verses are high quality. Chorus could be made stronger.

Broadjam Artist: N.Jones, Music Designer (Protilius Productions)
Song: Zero G (2016)

Reviewer: Floyd Kelly

Positive Comments: I like to listen to this kind of music when I am parasailing. I also like this kind of music when I’m parachuting, or for while I’m experiencing my new Oculus virtual-reality device. This would be cool in VR world.

Constructive Comments: This is a unique piece of music. I think the beep in the beginning could have had something added to the effects a touch of ethereal or ghostly – but that’s just me. The nice vocal pad is pleasant and my ear wanted more. This seems to be a mysterious yet cool jaunt into the ambient world. I think the ending could have been better to capture those voices that came in. Have a great new year!

Broadjam Artist: SRJ
Song: Zen (To the Power) [SRJ Electro-Funk Remix]

Reviewer: Floyd Kelly

Positive Comments: I like to play this kind of music when I’m having jam swirling contests here at home, when we mix jams and colors on toast. Jesse says he would like to hear this when he’s doing his downhill snow skiing – he likes to go fast. Lisa says she likes to listen to this kind of music when she’s taking dramatic selfies, practicing her cheerleader routines and for splashing paint on canvas in the backyard. Gunther says he got into a groove – swiping really fast on Tinder while listening to this music.

Constructive Comments: This seems to be a standard electronic beat and it’s obvious work went into this piece and my hats are off to you – cuz I know work goes into music! I do think more is needed in this piece to bring it away from “standard” and “stand out” instead. The vocals could be enhanced some. I think some changes in the kick drum towards the beginning in order to keep the listener curious would be nice. The bass depth is appropriate for this style of music. I thought that big ethereal entrance around the 2:14 mark could have been done better in the spatial field. I loved that funky guitar that should be considered to use in the intro area of the piece – if you ever do a remix. I listened to this twice during my review I think a break is needed in the piece, to rest the ear and set up a big funky wunky environment for the listener. I think the ending could have been more dramatic. Have a happy new year.

Broadjam Artist: Sandra Ada
Song: Funk’n Space

Reviewer: Floyd Kelly

Positive Comments: I like to play this kind of music on my headphones when I’m frosting cakes, making big sugary swirls in strawberry cheesecakes or for getting into a groove when I’m kneading bread dough. This will also help when I do the kitchen cleanup.

Constructive Comments: There’s not much to go on here, simply because this piece is so short. I was just getting into a groove when it came to an end. I think the organ instrument needs a change in the EQ to give more presence and fill the sound field. The ooo-ooo vocal needs a slight change in the notes to avoid repetition. The beat of the bass is spot-on for this style. Mostly, I wish this was longer. Have a happy new year.