Month: September 2017

Broadjam Artist: Mikee Lee
Song: KyNie

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: I liked the theme… and the way all the sounds worked together.

Constructive Comments: It started out very cool but I didn’t think this same rhythm and sound could carry the entire piece. For me it needed some variation

Broadjam Artist: Aaron Hamblin
Song: Sunny Days

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: I generally do not listen to music containing this much synthesizers, but you’ve done a really nice job with it.

Constructive Comments: For me it needs some sort of dunamics… perhaps softer spots so there are peaks and valleys in the complexity and volume

Broadjam Artist: Spitting Lama MIDI
Song: Simply You (Suite)

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: Very nice job on this piece. It has a great feel. The recording and attention to detail on the sequencing is fantastic.

Constructive Comments: I don’t have much to say in terms of constructive comments. If I was to be really picky, I would’ve probably created some more space in the song. Perhaps by creating a soft passage n the middle or even reducing the number of instruments during certain passages.

Broadjam Artist: Jon Babb
Song: The Journey Home

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: I could probably go on for quite some time over this piece. The instrumentation is excellent, the feel is perfect. THis is a fantastic piece

Constructive Comments: I wouldve mixed the female vocal louder so she stands out in the mix

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Nothin’ I can do about the Wrinkles

Reviewer: lost on foot

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Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Tower Of Babel

Reviewer: lost on foot

Positive Comments: Well constructed song with some great lyrical and melodic hooks all the way through the song. Great fiddle and guitar work backed up by solid bass and drums. Strong voice with an edge and some great doubling which really gave the vocals an added dimensionThe recording is excellent and for me this is about as good as it gets and I really enjoyed the track

Constructive Comments: Nothing that I would change, when you listen to a song and forget you are reviewing it then it’s good

Broadjam Artist: Junior Murrell
Song: Love Knows

Reviewer: Ritchie White

Positive Comments: The song has a nice funk feel but seems to get a little repetitive..overall I think the playing is great and has a nice sound..

Constructive Comments: I might try to have a more pronounced release…

Broadjam Artist: robert wesley
Song: Reflections of the mind

Reviewer: Seth Adam

Positive Comments: My first impression of this song, is that it would be good background music to a scene in a movie, where it was either really tense, contemplative, or really sad. It’s not always easy to use the same root movement over and over again, but this song made decent use of it while experimenting with various melodies over it. I would have liked to hear a little more exploration in the rhythm, diving into at least a second part that was different from the monotonous back and forth modulation. Overall, it does create a mood of either contemplation, tension, or sadness.

Constructive Comments: As stated above, I would have liked to hear more movement… a bridge, a repetition of a melodic motif, instead of the rhythm movement going back and forth, over and over. It sounded like the rhythm (left hand) was recorded separately from the melodies (right hand), and sometimes they were off from each other, making it sound a bit amateurish. The keyboard/piano sound wasn’t as authentic as I would like to hear, and I would love to hear this song recorded on a real piano. Good melody explorations, but I would have loved to hear one of them repeat at some point.

Broadjam Artist: Randy Calligan
Song: Soanata In D Minor

Reviewer: lost on foot

Positive Comments: Beautiful song and voice which draws you in as soon as the opening piano sounds. Good melodic hooks in the verse. The piano is well played and the instrumentation is very classical in its tones and textures. I really did enjoy this and would have rather just sat and listened than try and critique it

Constructive Comments: For me the song is strong enough to actually have less in terms of sounds. With such a wonderful voice you could have done this with a piano and a cello not that the production on this is not well put together your voice doesn’t need it

Broadjam Artist: CAEDMON’S DREAM
Song: She

Reviewer: lost on foot

Positive Comments: Somewhere in here is a decent song, with the vocals to far back in the mix it made it hard to follow the story but the melody I really did like and with the backing harmonies in the chorus this is a very listenable track. The backing tracks have fairly generic sounds with the string pad fairly dominant all the way through I think the vocal harmonies could have be used moreDecent voice which suited the feel of the track and I liked what was going on behind with the backing. Ovals and harmonies

Constructive Comments: Remix would be good if you can with some focus on getting a good recording of the lead vocal