Month: September 2017

Broadjam Artist: Jimmy Michaels & Dick Hieronymus
Song: Goin My Way

Reviewer: SRJ

Positive Comments: *I love disco-funk so this is right up my street!*Great use of funk rhythms and instruments!:)*Takes me back to the day!:)

Constructive Comments: *The pace could be slightly slower…?

Broadjam Artist: Jimmy Michaels
Song: Ines Reiger – All In The Way You Love Me (E39 Club Version)

Reviewer: SRJ

Positive Comments: *My type of electronic dance music!*The production is of high quality.*The voice complements the arrangement – it has a kind of 90s/early 00s feel to it.*Nice use of varied but complementary instruments.

Constructive Comments: *The hook could do with a bit more work to it.

Broadjam Artist: Dana and Brad
Song: Flawed and Perfect

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth

Positive Comments: GOOD VOCALS HERE LIKE THE SIMPLE LAYOUT HERE 90% OF SONGS ARE OVERPRODUCED THESE DAYS

Constructive Comments: GOOD USE OF DYNAMICS HERE NICE VOICE CONTOURA TAD MORE BASS WOULD MAKE ME A LITTLE HAPPIERKEEP ON TRUCKIN!=================CATNIP=======================

Broadjam Artist: amy abernathy
Song: Lord I worship you

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth

Positive Comments: LIKE THE BEGINNING SLOW PACED AND DEFINITE GREAT VOICE

Constructive Comments: IM NEEDING JUST A LITTLE MORE BASS END ON THIS ALSO A LITTLE DIFFERENT EQ ON THE GUITARS WOULD GIVE A BETTER CONTRASTTHANKS AND GOD BLESSKEEP ON TRUCKIN=================CATNIP========================

Broadjam Artist: Junior Murrell
Song: Sail Away

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth

Positive Comments: OH LIKE THE START! UNIQUE FEELING NICE BALANCE AND CHOICE OF INSTRUMENTS LITTLE LIKE STEELY DAN

Constructive Comments: WOULD BE GREAT DRIVING MUSIC! THIS ARTIST SHOULD BE WELL KNOWN SOON!KEEP ON TRUCKIN!==============CATNIP=========================

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Florida Sunshine

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth

Positive Comments: ALWAYS ENJOY THIS GREAT LADY! SHE HAS A NEW TWIST EVERY TIME!

Constructive Comments: CANT ADD A THING TO THIS CHILDREN EVERYWHERE SHOULD LEARN THESE SONGS WHILE THERE ARE PROPLE LIKE THIS LEFT TO SING THEM!KEEP ON TRUCKIN==================CATNIP=====================

Broadjam Artist: The Noted
Song: Hello

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: OK I’m sure this one’s The Noted. Great beat and production–it starts out brash like an Iggy Pop song and then gets much more Pop like a Juliana Hatfield or New Pornographers tune. Every instrument in the mix is expertly arranged, played and engineered. There are lots of subtle arrangement touches that make a huge difference.

Constructive Comments: Give Daniel a rot gut tequila gargle before vocal takes and tell him some just egged his car. I’d like to hear some grit and anger.

Broadjam Artist: Jimmy Michaels
Song: Phoenix Paige – Ripples

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: This is like a Marianne Faithful tune. Very subdued and sombre–and it’s working very well. I really like the vocal timbre and grown-up sound of the performance. Nice & delicate accompaniment that supports and never gets in the way. I like artistic & original statements like this that use musical structures that work but it’s new and fresh. The production is very clean and strong here. Nice work!!

Constructive Comments: It might be a bit to Baroque harpsichordy in the arrangement. I’d like to hear it with a dark bar piano in place of that and see how it sounds. There are a few spots where vocal is a bit flat for just an instant. I’m sure you could fix it with a careful listen and take, using comp vocals to get the best version. I’ll admt I wasn’t quite ready for a whole album side…lol.

Broadjam Artist: Gladstone Avenue
Song: Trying To Say Goodbye

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Nice intro mood, a bit on the ominous side and then when the song kicks in it’s gentle and mellow. I like minor iv first inversion that gives a nice half step above the fifth of I. This would be great on a meditation /chill out collection. It’s very serene and the sound & arrangement is perfectly balanced and developed.

Constructive Comments: midi It would be so good to take your arrangement to a string and horn section!!

Broadjam Artist: RICARDO ALONSO
Song: METADONA CRASH

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: I’ll be very surprised if this isn’t Ricardo Alonso, Broadjam’s answer to Rick Wakeman! Wicked chops here and a sense of playfulness along with intense prog rock vibes. This is like a fanfare that Wakeman or Emerson would play at the start of a concert. If this is a fully played take then your chops are amazing! Obviously this is meant for fun and showing your stuff. You totally succeeded here!

Constructive Comments: Nothing really. Very cool!