Month: April 2017

Broadjam Artist: Gladstone Avenue
Song: CAN LOVE FIND A WAY?

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Big professional sounds and production… thank you! Sweet melodies blending new age, folk and ambient elements in a theatrical palate. Love the piano lines, the simple patterns complement very well. Lovely flute melody, just perfect. Brass section really sets well with the strings. Bridge into the key change to me was brilliant.

Constructive Comments: Some of the sounds were slightly dated especially the voxpad which comes and goes (slight “Chariots of Fire” vibe). The choirs and strings are great though. I felt the ending could have been set up better, more dramatic. A long timpani roll with low deep strings and just hold a long chord.. I don’t know, everything flowed well until the end, it seemed to drop off. The snare roll maybe was over used… If I were to really scrutinize I’d say a little more variety in the percussion.

Broadjam Artist: Dave Mason
Song: Lorna’s Tune

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Lots of fun and surprises for the listener. Very melodic in ideas and concise sections. The song form is all there expertly orchestrated and programmed! Entire song form done bridge and all and cycling within a minute…. amazing! Very catch melody with solid accompaniment.

Constructive Comments: Everything quantized give it a machine and mechanical sound. I know you are working with-in your means so I get it. I thought the sounds were a draw back and again there is no ‘live playing’ on the song… to me, programming like this, all midi all quantized, can be so much better when integrated with live playing (recordings). Best of luck, you are very good and I’m sure you have a ton of songs and ideas!!

Broadjam Artist: HarryBudini
Song: Harry’s Dead

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Nice mix of sounds, they seem to complement one another. Nothing gets too busy, there seems to be a good blend of instruments sharing the listening zone (I mean ones ability to hear a mix of elements). Great creative juices flowing, I liked the vocal clips panning from side to side around 1:17. Guitar really captures the sinister tone of the song… loving the reverse guitar riffs… the psycho delay and ‘overload’ in the end it great. The music ties in very well with the lyrical direction. Excellent composition.

Constructive Comments: At first the random samples conflicting in the rhythm but as the song played it seemed to all make perfect sense. Nothing more to add, there’s a good variety of sounds being used and it paints a vivid image.

Broadjam Artist: Randal Dunkle
Song: This Old Cross

Reviewer: Margie & Art Corey, S. & A. Corey

Positive Comments: The vocalist has a nice voice, kind of sounds like Tom Petty. I am not much into this genre of music, but this sounds pretty cool. The lyrics are easy to understand and the mix is up front so you can understand every word…..good job!! I would like to hear other song styles from this Artist………

Constructive Comments: There may be a tad too much lyric repetition in this composition, might want to mix it up with more story……..Still a fine job!!!

Broadjam Artist: Lisa Vivienne
Song: Tree of Life

Reviewer: IBP

Positive Comments: Very good song with a huge potential as a Religious-Pop song or to be used for religious broadcast on TV or Radio.

Constructive Comments: Not many possibilities for construction comment on this one – very nice song.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Maguire
Song: Time And Mercy

Reviewer: IBP

Positive Comments: Very smooth arrangement, with huge potential as a background music for movies or commercials. Nice instrumentals!

Constructive Comments: Not many possibilities for constructive comments on this one. Good job!

Broadjam Artist: Denis Hackett
Song: Time For Me To Say Goodbye

Reviewer: IBP

Positive Comments: Very smooth and easy to listen instrumentation and overall arrangement of the song. Huge commercial potential.

Constructive Comments: Try to avoid clichs in the beginning of the lyrics. The quality of the recording could be improved a bit.

Broadjam Artist: HarryBudini
Song: You Can’t Stop The Shit

Reviewer: IBP

Positive Comments: Very original song, but a bit too . In spite of this I think it has its commercial potential.I wish I could be more positive on this one…

Constructive Comments: Very intensive arrangement, straight to the point if this was the intention of the artist. The lyrics are something new…

Broadjam Artist: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)
Song: Hold On Me

Reviewer: IBP

Positive Comments: The sound is very impulsive, catches the ear. In my opinion the song has a good market potential for a soundtrack or commercial.

Constructive Comments: Most part of the lyrics are very common, try to avoid clichs and you’ll achieve more.

Broadjam Artist: David Gosey
Song: COLD BPM150 | BEATSBYDAVIDG.COM

Reviewer: Honi Lane

Positive Comments: In my opinion this instrumental attempts to bridge trap with contemporary R n B and does a good job at it. The hyper percussion and lively synth keeps the listener engaged to see where the train takes you and what a ride it is. I was anticipating a singer or rapper at the start however once i realized it was an instrumental track I focused on the production even more. Overall a solid track

Constructive Comments: I rated this track a solid 3 because I was intrigued by it’s original composition, not your typical RnB sound and loved the percussion tracks. As for the cons – Commercially this track seems just a bit dated. Sounds like a song that would be fire back in 2012 when this style of soundtracks were all the craze. Nevertheless with the right vocal accompaniment this could still be a hit