Month: November 2017

Broadjam Artist: Earl.C.Webb
Song: DO YOU FEEL LIKE DANCING?

Reviewer: Jimmy Michaels

Positive Comments: Very soulful vocals and true classic R&B based Disco melody and chord progression, very much like The Blackbyrds. Really diggin on this. Mid – late 70s meets a twist of today. Great tune all around!

Constructive Comments: Nothing to add here

Broadjam Artist: Signal 30
Song: Glass Diamonds

Reviewer: Jimmy Michaels

Positive Comments: Really great and catchy! Lyrics are fabulous and make a great point too. Vocals have a New Wave crossover feel from the good ol days. Keep doing what you’re doing and would love to hear more!

Constructive Comments: Not a whole lot to say other than id love to hear this tune with big production, real horns, guitars and strings 🙂 Really good composition all around!

Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: Hang On

Reviewer: Fred Kimmel

Positive Comments: Excellent work! Beautiful tune. Gorgeous arrangement with Vocal, Acoustic Guitar and Bass. Had to listen more than once.

Constructive Comments: Took two listens to this piece. It really grabbed me. Normally, when I dig a song this much, I usually just say “Can’t think of anything”. I first was listening through my laptop speakers and was a little frustrated that I had a hard time making out the lead vocal in the mix. I put on a pair of headphones midway and the problem was solved. For people who might be listening to this in a low fi environment, I would suggest either nudging the vox up a hair, hitting the vocal with a smidgen more compression or maybe just a very small touch more high end, so they cut through a little better.

Broadjam Artist: Steve Robinson
Song: Forever and Always

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: Bartender another round please, nice and easy, good lyrics and catchy hook

Constructive Comments: Intro a bit to long before getting into the song. But overall perfection

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: Dirty Daddy

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: Great voice. Loved the song made me want to get up and shake it. Great blues tune very nice arrangement, like the harp !!!

Constructive Comments: can’t say anything but positive remarks

Broadjam Artist: Margie & Art Corey
Song: How’s The Weather II NEW KILLER VERSION

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: Lovely piece, beautiful lyrics and great hook.

Constructive Comments: only positive thoughts, all the best:)

Broadjam Artist: Brenda Craven
Song: Come Back To Me

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: Beautiful, glad I had the chance to listen. I think it is more on the modern side but very romantic. Gorgeous hook, all the best

Constructive Comments: Maybe change genres but nothing but positive things to say

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Tell Me What The Count Is @ (was #1 BJ: Rock-Psychedelic)

Reviewer: Randy Steward

Positive Comments: Maybe Richie Havens influence with the open tuning, sounded like a mandolin at the start, but became a guitar after a bit. Intro was catchy, got ones attention right off the bat! The feel was a real mix of folkish, bluesy, rock all rolled into one. The transition /addition of the piano 1/2 way through was very nice…a cool breath calming the fast passe of the main drive.

Constructive Comments: Really not much to complain about if at all. Maybe a change from the open tuning guitar sound to standard tuning/mandolin/classical guitar at some point to mix it up a bit. Maybe in addition to it…a ‘duet” of sorts? The “hook” to me wasn’t there, or I missed it…except the coda of “never knows”, repeated…a LOT, maybe a few times more than needed? BUT…actually these comments are all minor, you did a fine job, keep it coming!

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Riding Free

Reviewer: Randy Steward

Positive Comments: Tune has a traditional ‘older country’ feel and sound, but with a bit of a modern feel. Bounced between Shackled and Ridin’ Free for title, went with Ridin’ since it started the chorus out. Great guitar and fiddle fills on leads , very tasteful. The breaks toward the end were a nice touch! The interjection of an “odd” or unexpected chord was clever.

Constructive Comments: It seemed like the leads had as much air time as the vocals, not bad but wanted to have another verse maybe. The harmony/backup singers could have been more often than the few echo/last of line places they appeared. There was a nice sound, just wanted more of it. Last thought? Dynamics. Volume, intensity, high and low volume contrasts were not as predominant as they could have been. Build, hold, and then DROP…makes for a cool transition from one segment to the next. These “suggestions” are all minor and general…nice job overall!

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Hide Your Eyes / Pop

Reviewer: Randy Steward

Positive Comments: This tune has a “Bread” and or Dan Fogelberg sound and feel…no complaints from me on these performers or you! Very tasteful guitar work, nice selection of chords throughout and the overall instrumentation was appropriate, well balanced when mixed. The background vocals blended well, subtle and pure. Your rhyming was simple in many cases but not at all trite, sometimes unpredictable which was good. Memorable chorus

Constructive Comments: Hard to have negative or constructive comments on this tune. My only thought was with or IF in fact there was a real hook? The chorus was repeated but did you have a really strong hook in your opinion? That’s it…Great job overall. Not a complaint from this end. Keep on makin’ good music!!