Broadjam Artist: John Masarone
Song: Hold Down The Melody
Reviewer: Jeff Roberts
Positive Comments: Oh that is a wickedly cool intro–the work of the drums, and how the guitar comes in against the beat with some reverse sound and super tasty tone. There is an AWESOME tune in the arrangement and instrumental performances here.
Constructive Comments: The vocals are a bit pitchy–you need to go back and carefully fix. The phrasing is very legato and long held notes–it’s working against the tune and your voice–this kind of singing is hard to pull off and regardless I think it weighs down the tune. If you switch to something a bit more punchy–going behind the beat instead of being bound to it, and with less dramatic melody ambitions I think it will serve your voice and the tune better. I LOVE what this tune is doing in the arrangement. If you would like a “producer” input I would really really like to participate in this. Actually I’m gonna ask you: send me the instrument and let me work on the lyrics and melody/phrasing and send the concept back to you to sing. The lyrics are a bit pedantic –the concept is great but it’s too plodding and obvious when it should be more mysterious. I think there’s real genius in this sound. All IMO of course…