Month: March 2017

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Passport to Power

Reviewer: Glenda Jackson

Positive Comments: Great song. I love the children singing the background vocals. The instrumentation is great. There’s a bit of an island rhythm which is very appealing. I can see this in a children’s ministry and even a children’s play.

Constructive Comments: No Criticism.

Broadjam Artist: The Watchman
Song: Behold your God

Reviewer: Glenda Jackson

Positive Comments: I like this song. Great vocals I love the lyrics describing the character of God I like that we are exhorted to behold our God! The guitar is awesome!

Constructive Comments: No Criticism.

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: I Know Someone Who Knows

Reviewer: Lisa Vivienne

Positive Comments: Very quirky song! Catchy and easy to remember! Well done!

Constructive Comments: a bit long..for this type of song, but otherwise no negatives at all ! Good job!

Broadjam Artist: Randal Dunkle
Song: This Old Cross

Reviewer: Lisa Vivienne

Positive Comments: Good melody and good lyrics! The instrumentation works well and is harmonious! Well done!

Constructive Comments: Vocals are off pitch and there is a lack of variation between verses and chorus. But overall the song has good potential.Well done!

Broadjam Artist: amy abernathy
Song: Love may come late

Reviewer: Michael Cregan

Positive Comments: Like the vocal. Also, a female vocal is perfect for the lyrics. I like the hook line, Love may come late, but it’s always on time. Unique. The playing of the demo is very good and professional. I like the theme and concept of the song.

Constructive Comments: I think the tune would benefit from a higher bpm. The increased energy and swing would help. IN many cases, a bridge is not needed and distracts, but this bridge works well. also, I’d like to hear more variation in the melody, especially the verse.

Broadjam Artist: Michael Cregan
Song: HUngry and Cold

Reviewer: Gladstone Avenue

Positive Comments: Nice mournful song with lyrics that reach into a part of all of us. Good music bed and vocal. Pretty nice song.

Constructive Comments: I think maybe the song goes a little bit too long, an issue I have with some of my work. I think your ideas are complete in the first portions of the song. I really like the song and, as I said in the positive portion, it is a very mournful and soulful song. Nice job.

Broadjam Artist: IBP
Song: In Spite Of All

Reviewer: Elliott Ranney

Positive Comments: I love the piano sound – nice recording – the vocal is strong, range is used very well.The vocal timbre is warm and inviting. The melody is engaging, the most important aspect of a song in my opinion. The singer has great vocal control in the last mode of the piece. Is it her arrangement, dig the way she takes the melody into her upper register and sort of does an altered melody from the main. Well done!The vocal reminds me of the artist that sings: ‘Sweet Dreams are made of These’, cant remember her name

Constructive Comments: I am not well versed with this style of writing. To me it speaks from a deep well of emotion and experience. The piano could have had more dynamics in the performance. The melody keeps repeating itself, in a descending line. Needs a bridge or a chorus vamp after the second verse if just an instrumental vamp, that would make the song more powerful. By having the vocal be the main focus without a musical pause, does not allow the listener to internalize the message before adding even more lyrics. By the last third of the song, I felt overwhelmed by words and had difficulty being present.

Broadjam Artist: IBP
Song: As Long As It Bleeds

Reviewer: HarryBudini

Positive Comments: The voice is tuneful and passionate, the piano is well played, the sound is clear, and overall it feels like one of those modern heartbroken ballads you can hear in the sad sequence of many movies.Hence, commercially, it seems to have above average potential.

Constructive Comments: I’ve tried to avoid reviewing the song, because I knew I was not going to give it a good score – it’s in a style I don’t like – melodically, vocally and whatever – and that you can hear a lot these times – but it kept coming up again and again.Still, I think that people are actually after this kind of stuff. So, it’s got commercial potential, as far as I can see.

Broadjam Artist: Randal Dunkle
Song: Amazing Grace (How Sweet The Sound)

Reviewer: HarryBudini

Positive Comments: It’s pratically a new wave sounding cover of the traditionale Amazing Disgrace, with an upbeat rhythm. It’s a refreshing approach.

Constructive Comments: The mix can be improved, probably.

Broadjam Artist: Floyd Kelly
Song: Deep Sympathies

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: Very beautiful keyboards and sound effects – really give me the feeling of looking out at the sea – very calming.

Constructive Comments: Great piece of music – I can’t really give a lot of constructive feedback because there is not a lot that I would change – the only thing that may make it better would be a bass guitar hitting a few very low frequency notes in the right places – best wishes!