Month: January 2017

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Jezebel (Best Song Award at BJ, #1 Jazz-Smooth Jazz))

Reviewer: Mike Cantwell – TalentEast Productions

Positive Comments: Not a bad song. Wrong genre.

Constructive Comments: Absolutely not Smooth Jazz. You must have made a mistake when you chose the genre. You had to make a mistake. No way on earth is it Smooth Jazz.

Broadjam Artist: Mike Cantwell – TalentEast Productions
Song: Great Symphony Fun (Top 10 in MD)

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth

Positive Comments: Interesting song. the choice of instruments is nice! I like how the instruments and the overall musical scenery changes.

Constructive Comments: I would say that Id be looking for this piece in a science fiction movie or a scary movie. Very interesting melody and progression.Yes, I would pitch this to the above mentioned themes and I think it will be successful!Good Luck with Your Music!! catnip

Broadjam Artist: Randal Dunkle
Song: At The Foot Of The Cross

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth

Positive Comments: good steady beat, nice message. good mix

Constructive Comments: I would like to hear this song change a little bit as time goes by. a break is needed to change it up a little bit. It gets a little monotonous towards the end.Hope this helps!Good Luck with your music! Catnip

Broadjam Artist: Floyd Kelly
Song: The Lucky Ones

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Solid chord construction here and a nice groove once the tune kicks in. There’s quite a bit of arranging skill in evidence here!

Constructive Comments: This is way too “band in a box” to be appreciated as an original piece. Done with with real instruments and a vocal/lyrics on top you’ve got the bones of a very good song!

Broadjam Artist: Jonathan Le Vay
Song: Forty Days and Counting

Reviewer: Floyd Kelly

Positive Comments: This would be good and groovy electronic music for eating a hot ham and cheese sandwich. How do I know this? Because I just heard this music as I was chowing down on a big yummy ham and cheese sandwich! This music set a nice a pace as I carefully intermingled a few potato chips into the groovy moments. My bro says he likes this kind of music when he’s slickin’ back his hair while looking in the mirror – he does that a lot. LOL … The lady next door is banging on the wall, wanting us to turn this down. Grooovy…

Constructive Comments: All personnel in the Official Constructive Comments Department have been given the week off. For further assistance, please contact your local bakery. Have a great day.

Broadjam Artist: Tom Reardon
Song: Changed My Life

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth

Positive Comments: beautiful syncopation on guitar steller voice recorded right!! My Ears are Dancing! Guitar Plater no Sluff! Somehow reminds me of the Beatles!Want to Buy The Engineer a thousand Beers!

Constructive Comments: AMADE MY NIGHT!re You Kidding Mee? Catnip Pat

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: In The Dark / Smooth Jazz

Reviewer: Mike Cantwell – TalentEast Productions

Positive Comments: Good work. Ice feel to it.

Constructive Comments: OK, here goes. STOP playing the piano melody when the vocal is singing. If you are using the melody to sing to (which I have done myself), later turn that melody down to very low volume or completely off. It would be better with accompliment without the melody during the vocal. The piano melody is fine when there is no vocal. Also, it makes it hard to hear the lyrics with the Piano melody in the way. Maybe, just play through the chords and record it. Let the piano melody play where there is no vocal. Remix and replace the song with the revised version. You could even harmonize with yourself on the hook, if so, keep the harmony at a lower volume. Don’t overdo. I think I would like to hear the song if you revise it.

Broadjam Artist: Matias Suescun
Song: Intrigue

Reviewer: Mike Cantwell – TalentEast Productions

Positive Comments: Good for film scene or TV. Better in Soundtracks genre. It’s good.

Constructive Comments: Repetitive. Great for a TV/Film scene, but not enough for a Classical song/music.

Broadjam Artist: Kitty Matkins
Song: Whispers In The Darkness

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: You managed to get the same piano tone as John Lennon’s Imagine (and that’s classic). This feels very Carol King, Janis Ian, or Melissa Manchester. It’s classic old school Pop. The vocal is passionate and there’s a really nice thick timbre. The arrangement skillfully wraps all around the vocal performance

Constructive Comments: The recording sound is rough, as if it was tranferred from another medium (tape). So what clearly was a rich sound doesn’t sound as good as it should here. This isn’t a current approach, but it’s a very musical one!!!

Broadjam Artist: Robert Wuagneux
Song: Shady Lane

Reviewer: Jeff Maguire

Positive Comments: Love the soprano sax, very nicely played jump swing blues. I could see this on something like ” Prairie Home Companion ” by Garrison Keillor, very down home feel.

Constructive Comments: If I was to point to a weak spot it would be the vocals, which while not awful or even bad, sound a little stilted for this style, and the tone and articulating is a little flat … ie … not soulful or really jazz. But the backup band is crackers, and overall it’s got a nice folksy feel.