Month: June 2017

Broadjam Artist: Patrick E. Muth
Song: BEFORE THE WORLD STOPS SPINNIN!

Reviewer: Denis Hackett

Positive Comments: Nice, well written tune. Good melody, good lyrics, pleasant listening, good upbeat vibe.

Constructive Comments: Wouldn’t change a thing. This song is just fine as it is. Would be well suited to many areas, movies, adverts, or straight release. Well Done.

Broadjam Artist: FRED GROSS
Song: Open Up Your Mind

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Love the live tracks! Reminds me of 70s rock (Ozzy, Foghat or Iron Madian). Good old fashioned classic rock. Arrangement seems good, ready for a screamin vocal. I appreciate your love for classic rock and feel your passion for music!

Constructive Comments: Drum sound is a little thin, a little more reverb on the snare and overheads will fatten and widen the sound. Little mistakes near the end, drummer kind of jumped the beat a little, sounded like he started to go into a new groove. All good though.

Broadjam Artist: David James
Song: Ideal World (Ft. CoriAnder & Amy Reader)

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Good quality recording. Good intro and song builds nicely and appropriately. Very good vocal, nice voice and tone and great production. Outstanding song potential, very nice subject, lyrics and vocal delivery. Best of luck, this music is fresh, positive and cutting edge!

Constructive Comments: Hearing some sounds which imo should have been eliminated… lips smack. Could have built on the arrangement in the second verse, a full groove would have been nice… song at this point sounds string and pad heavy, needs a stronger groove throughout to balance the song. For me the song never quite took off. Great ideas and production but I wanted to hear more development especially in the rhythm section. Song felt sonically unbalanced.

Broadjam Artist: Lisa Vivienne
Song: Holy Lullaby

Reviewer: Hartmut Oberdieck

Positive Comments: I recognized this wonderful song, I wanted to send a feedback personally. But so I can do it this way. Great vocals!! Full of feeling and very precise. And a very moving. When the additional vocals are coming in – it’s absolutely great. Great mix and instrumentation. Good luck with this excellent piece of music.

Constructive Comments: Nothing critical to say.

Broadjam Artist: Mark R. Harris
Song: Music in the Wind (song for Larry)

Reviewer: John Hazlett

Positive Comments: A nice piece that conveys a romance in the holidays. Sort of like, “When Harry met Sally”, but in Christmastime.

Constructive Comments: Some of the instruments sound a bit artificial.

Broadjam Artist: Randy Calligan
Song: When You Go Home

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: Beautiful song, very good vocals as well. I like the piano introduction and also like how the keyboards are layered throughout. Sounds a bit like Rod Stewart voice only better.

Constructive Comments: Very cool Christmas Song, brings back some memories – I don’t think I’d change a thing, except I do think some drum rolls would be nice near the end.

Broadjam Artist: Signal 30
Song: Fat Chance

Reviewer: Jeff Maguire

Positive Comments: Sounds like Blondie meets Lou Reed with the talk/techno vibe, very cool idea.

Constructive Comments: Song itself is cool, lyrics are good. Vocals aren’t exactly on pitch but in this mode that isn’t really bad. Constructive criticism would mostly be the recording itself, drums sound pretty bad, static and mechanical,cymbal crashes are too loud, overall mix needs some work. But I also feel with a bit of effort this could be a really hot sounding track as the song and vibe are both there.

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Great Commission

Reviewer: Janet Murphy

Positive Comments: Love the children repeating lyrics….very good idea. Really nice guitar coming in and out. Nice teaching tool for kids to learn scripture. Liked when the song was raised to another key. Loved ethereal sound in background

Constructive Comments: God Bless Your Ministry!!

Broadjam Artist: The Song Writers
Song: All dressed uP with Cyndi corkraN

Reviewer: Janet Murphy

Positive Comments: Vocals are very good, but too much reverb. There are some very tasty chord changes

Constructive Comments: Couldn’t make out lyrics. Good Luck to you!

Broadjam Artist: LaWanda Lee
Song: Smokin’ Room

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Really posh sound here with a smooth groove that’s totally in the pocket with strategic dropouts and builds where it suits the song perfectly. Really strong vocal performance with a great gospel feel in the backups. Killer bass & drum work and elegant key & string work. Nice staging the way the drums go to a next level on the turnaround after the first verse. This could be Jill Scott leaning toward the Gospel side. Nice work!

Constructive Comments: The vocals aren’t quite as rich in sound as they should be–it sounds like some of the mids were squeezed out? I’d like the lead vocal a bit higher in the mix and maybe duck the instruments more when singing?