Month: October 2017

Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: You’re Not Dreaming

Reviewer: Hartmut Oberdieck

Positive Comments: great music, vocals as well as the instrumentation.As a guitar player I’m very impressed about the technique and sound!!Very professional.Good luck!!

Constructive Comments: Nothing bad to say

Broadjam Artist: Rocky Larson
Song: One day

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: I like the theme of this piece.

Constructive Comments: Try Virharmonlic solo Violin… also might try adding some dynamics using the modwheel on your controller

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: Pyrrhic Victory In Desert Sands (instr)

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: The sounds used to make this are fantastic

Constructive Comments: Youve kind of crossed a threshold where the sounds are great… but now you need to add the dynamic swells using the mod wheel. Youve got the start to a very interesting piece of music but it is so stiff that it lacks the warmth and humanness it needs to get to the next level.

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: McSong/ Contemporary Jazz

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Nice melodies. Good ideas. Good concept of phrasing. Sections and melodies were well defined. Some very quality features in this song. I can hear and sense the love you have for music. Feel like there is a good song in here.

Constructive Comments: Everything sounds a bit too programmed. For jazz I want to hear more live lead and rhythm instruments and less programmed drums. Lots of out of tune instruments, makes it hard to hear your song idea. Try to prepare better before you record, once it’s on “tape” it’s there forever. There is a lot of ‘hiss’ in this recording. Maybe it’s old and recorded on tape.i know you are only working with what you have at your disposal. My only problem with this song is the production….Nice job.

Broadjam Artist: Michael Patrick Hogan
Song: Hymn Of Hope

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: interesting sounds takes me to space and beyond

Constructive Comments: this would be perfect soundtract music for a film Good Luck and Thanks for being with Broadjam!!Keep On Truckin!================catnip====================

Broadjam Artist: Josh Walker
Song: Clav Attack

Reviewer: Brenda Craven

Positive Comments: Really cool groove. I love the feel and rhythm of this piece. You have a great beginning on this song. It is very catchy…the melody is stuck in my head and that’s a really good sign. Strong writing and composition. Great job.

Constructive Comments: As with me, I’m a keyboardist myself. I have realized that you can only do so much with synth, but it is possible to get great sounding compositions with what you have. Most engineers will critique it to pieces but is’s Alright…you use what you have access to. My suggestion(s): 1. The piece sounds very synthy.. Maybe adding some additional instrumentation will help with alleviating some of that. 2. Adding a 4 beat break at :35 and coming back in with some added strings, horns, hi hat, etc will give it a big lift. 3. At some point within this piece, a change in drum and percussion would take away from the monotony of the song and keep the listener intrigued about what’s going to happen next. You have a great piece here: it just needs a little lift and some remixing to bring it to life. Of course live instrumentation would really be great for your piece, but you have a good thing going right now…go with it and make it dynamic. You can do it!

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: No More Worries ‘Bout Me (writer’s vocal)

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: It was refreshing to hear someone doing a song that is so stark and naked without all the bells and whistles

Constructive Comments: I teetered back n forth… I thought the singer had beautiful tone, and was a perfect fit for the song. I only wish he would’ve loosened up a bit and gave it some more umph…singer seemed to restrained. The talking thing was cool and it fit the song… I liked the feel you created with that. In the mix I would’ve brought the piano and the vocal closer together so they don’t sound so different from one another. Piano sounds way back and vocal is so close its like he is singing into you ear. I got to be honest this is a very cool song. My comments were meant more as thoughts and observations, not so much negative comments.

Broadjam Artist: A-Team Producers
Song: Morning Cup

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: I really enjoyed this piece… it had a really good feel and I could easily see it fitting into a gazillion different scenes in either a tv or movie sountrack

Constructive Comments: Dont have much to say in terms of negative comments. I liked it and thought it was well written. It would be cool to hear this being played on really cellos and violins

Broadjam Artist: Anthony Simmons
Song: The Man

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: This was an interesting piece.

Constructive Comments: I thought the song needed a little bottom end… something to give it some kick

Broadjam Artist: Rocky Larson
Song: Storm Dance of Love

Reviewer: Randy Calligan

Positive Comments: Song started out a little typical but you developed it with some really interesting chords. I actually enjoyed it a lot.

Constructive Comments: Sadly the quality of the virtual instruments was so poor it was distracting for me. That should have no reflection upon your writing or the performance. Overall I thought the piece was very interesting… would love to have a chance to do a string arrangement for this