Month: August 2017

Broadjam Artist: HarryBudini
Song: I Want My Bunny Back

Reviewer: Junior Murrell

Positive Comments: I’m hearing musical, film musical i.e. Greece? It can work. Not much to say on the song. All the best with it.

Constructive Comments: Found a little hard to understand the chorus lyric an i’m monitoring on good studio speaker so this say to me you need to work a bit on the clarity of you mix and making everything heard. All the best with it.

Broadjam Artist: Marcel
Song: I Want To Be On Top

Reviewer: Junior Murrell

Positive Comments: Great potential here with this track with crossover potential in two camps pop and rap. Instrumentation can be improved. Reminds a bit of Estelle

Constructive Comments: In places there is too much going on, need to refine the arrangement. Musicianship needs to be tightened up too. The vocal pitching is off in places but hey, so was The Clash and the made a success of it. Recording quality can also be improves. Set out to get the best mix you can, after all, you want people to hear what you’re doing. If it’s in the track I want to hear it otherwise don’t put it in. All the best.

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

Reviewer: Dana and Brad

Positive Comments: This song is super fun and super catchy. I couldn’t help smile but listening to it the whole way through. The lyrics nicely match the fun and upbeat feel of thus song. It also has a really lovely harmony. This song is ultimately super positive and I truly enjoyed listening to it! I very much look forward to seeing what else you come up with!

Constructive Comments: I find this sign to be very versatile. It is exactly that happy and inspirational track that everyone needs in their life after a hard day at work. I know it’ll most certainly brighten my hard days at work. While I enjoy the song as is, it wouldn’t hurt to add some compression to the vocals and more of those lovely harmonies! I very much enjoyed taking a listen to this one!

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Roberts
Song: Out of the Gaze of the Evil Eye

Reviewer: Dana and Brad

Positive Comments: Lovely beat and very nice melody! This song is very catchy and has a lot of commercial potential. The guitar work is also very well done. Te arrangement is really nice. This is an easy listener that ultimately puts me in a calm and positive mood. This song has a lot of potential. It was a pleasure listening. Thank you!

Constructive Comments: As a general matter, I am not one to give constructive criticism unless I feel that it could be truly be helpful without interfering with the artist’s creative vision. I really enjoyed this song and don’t have any huge changes that I would make to it. You have a wonderful voice, and a bit more harmony throughout and maybe a touch more reverb would be nice. However, this song is ultimately lovely as is. 🙂

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: It Was Love

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Here’s an interesting story about a couple that was together, raised their kids, drifted apart, and are coming back together after an interval of years. Terrific song plot! Great guitar intro. Instrumentation is sweet and tight. Catchy hook that is fun to listen to. My favorite rhyme: winking/thinking. I love this lyric: Thorn from the paw. Very original! Instrumental guitar lead is fantastic, fun to listen to. Unique story, very engaging. Nice job!

Constructive Comments: Keep on keepin’ on. You’re obviously a polished songwriter and a master storyteller in song. If this song is a true story, I wish you a great happily ever after!

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Barbwire Trickett / Rock Alternative

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Obviously, whoever created this track LOVES to play his/her guitar and is really good at it. There’s a nice energy to this track that picks up into a good vibe as the song progresses. Reminds me of hopping into the van and heading to the beach. Nice job. Bass sounds good. Guitar is sweet!

Constructive Comments: Absent: Drums. I imagine adding some kind of percussion to this would increase the good-feeling vibe created by the guitarist. The guitar sounded kind of weak and cheesy at the beginning, but sounded better at the end. How did that happen? Could have been my faulty ears! Keep up the good work.

Broadjam Artist: Randal Dunkle
Song: The Salvation Song (Roberts/Dunkle)

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Nice Rock intro. The song is about Christian salvation and spiritual growth. It’s got some good information/instruction in it. Good discipleship encouragement. Hopefully it will inspire people to invite Jesus to come in and begin growing in Him. The instrumental section came out really nice.

Constructive Comments: Step One. I kept expecting Step Two? Step 3? You mentioned them but no number. Anyway, it just seemed like that is where you might be headed lyrically…and you weren’t. The song has good information, but it’s kind of cut and dried. Like putting the 4 Spiritual Laws succinctly into a song. If that is what you were trying to do, you succeeded. If this is a Randal Dunkle song, vocals are greatly improved!

Broadjam Artist: Floyd Kelly
Song: Sepias Waltz

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: This piece is pleasant to listen to. It comes across as an easy-listening synthesizer-based piece. Some really nice sounding samples in here. Good background music.

Constructive Comments: I could not detect a recognizable hook in this song. There were a few notes that sounded misplaced to me. I am not an expert in this genre, so take what I say with a grain of salt (whatever that means.)

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Roberts
Song: What You Do

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: Great lead vocals, really like the sound of the drums and I like the lyrics as well – sounds a little like Zepplin.

Constructive Comments: I like the song, has a very clean and classic Rock & Roll Sound – I think the song needs a good hook, like My Little Dixie Queen which I would insert right after the bridge that ends with Just like I dreamed – best wishes!

Broadjam Artist: Mikee Lee
Song: Quazar

Reviewer: Jonathan Le Vay

Positive Comments: sounds like the drums are lagging behind the beat – a unique sound though! Steve Hillage guitar sound – you must be a guitarist….

Constructive Comments: maybe more could have done with the drum loops- more variety and programming to bring it to life a bit more, they aren’t sitting comfortably