Month: March 2017

Broadjam Artist: Signal 30
Song: Alligator (New Version)

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: I like the beat and the unique vocals, great sounding drums and horns – takes me back to the sixties!

Constructive Comments: Very good piece of music – I think that the only thing that I would add is a saxophone solo – best wishes!

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Who Stole The Ivy (#1 No. Amer, USA, Folk & Folk-Americana)

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: I love the live playing, upright bass and acoustic guitars are working well. Sweet two part vocal harmony! This is folk music. getting a John Denver vibe and that’s a heavy comparison. Loving the lyrics, a little early CSN too but it’s your own thing for sure!! Love the instrumental break with the ummmms. excellent execution on all vocal parts and instruments… you guys are the real deal!! Loved it, especially the reprise near the end.

Constructive Comments: Bass is under mixed and acoustic guitar is a little. The vocal is a little dry but not bad. Little pop at 2:27 – 2:34… try and eliminate those things if you have the means. Where is the brushes kit or hybrid percussion??!! For me, the right performance could take this already incredible song to the next level. I know again it’s always availability, budget, connections… Who knows, maybe you tried percussion. It’s awesome the way it is. Just sayin. I felt the production could have been slightly better, perhaps the recording is all analog maybe 15 years old…..

Broadjam Artist: Delta Burnett Reed
Song: Sixteen Tons

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: The intro is very professional sounding. Great production and recording, I love all the live playing!! Thank you! Excellent instrumental arrangement on this classic.

Constructive Comments: Intro could have been a little long. Interesting panning with the acoustic far right (a little distracting only because it really sticks out). Some of the vocal doubling is not tight (2:00 etc). I like to mix my doubled vocal track substantially lower than the main this way it gives the main vocal track a fuller and slightly phased sound without show the obvious imperfections which will be there naturally unless you’re a robot. Choose your best performance as the main and drop that double back about 6 to 10db and pan it slightly L or R 9 or 15. The same voice, inflections and style throughout did become somewhat redundant A little more variation or adding other voices, maybe group backgrounds?? I am being very picky, obviously I liked the song.

Broadjam Artist: Drew Hale
Song: Linen Fortress

Reviewer: Jeff Ashbaker

Positive Comments: A really listenable song right from the start with gentle guitar and into the gentle vocal. The harmony comes in nicely adding a good dimension to the wonderful feel. Very well played and sung, excellent job, so much so I listened to it twice!

Constructive Comments: just right the way it is

Broadjam Artist: Delta Burnett Reed
Song: All Through The Night

Reviewer: Jeff Ashbaker

Positive Comments: Such a soothing piece and the vocal is just the right match. Particularly like the oohs at the end, they seemed soo right Nice job

Constructive Comments: Nothing to add…

Broadjam Artist: Gary Mazzola
Song: TRUE LOVE

Reviewer: The Song Writers

Positive Comments: Great record execution and production 5 Stars…..

Constructive Comments: Good recording sounds real rich in soul keep up the fine work – definitely got some True Love going on around it for sure….

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: That Was Then and This is Now

Reviewer: The Song Writers

Positive Comments: Not bad really a good record it has a lot of potential – it has sort of a country flare to it good job.

Constructive Comments: If you remix the drums and vocals you will have a 5 Star song – love the concept and the arrangements plus the guitar is superb

Broadjam Artist: Kathyjo Varco
Song: Dare To Love

Reviewer: The Song Writers

Positive Comments: Beautiful angel voices mixed with some heavenly guitar, mountainess drums, grooving bass, fairy dust keyboards make this record a hit – it sounds top 10 material definitely a 5 Star song, great work….

Constructive Comments: Keep up the outstanding work you guys are really something special – we enjoyed the listen…..

Broadjam Artist: David Gosey
Song: LATE NIGHT – BPM124 | BEATSBYDAVIDG.COM

Reviewer: The Song Writers

Positive Comments: 5 Stars across the board with this kick ass R&B instrumental- nice arrangement and choice of instruments great production- good work…..

Constructive Comments: Again – great production and good work…..

Broadjam Artist: Dave Mason
Song: Zander

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: very cool sounding song, I like the drums and the bass guitar. I also like the sound of the keyboards.

Constructive Comments: I think the song is very well recorded however, I think the special effects sound at the beginning and at the end of the song is just too much – I would throw it in occasionally and leave it out of the introduction and the ending – best wishes!