Month: November 2017

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: Banjo Ebow Minute

Reviewer: Bobby Caputo

Positive Comments: Not sure how best to describe this. Melody-wise it certainly stays with you. All synthetic instruments are clear in the mix.

Constructive Comments: Can’t see how this would be marketable…country is a pretty natural genre.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Modern Day Crooner

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Tremendous vocal performance and arrangement in a very nice tribute to John Prine.

Constructive Comments: Nothing here. It’s done to perfection.

Broadjam Artist: Karin Euren
Song: Barefoot Blues

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Tight performance of a solid tune. The lead playing is really hot, more in the Eric Gales realm than Blues per se but that’s just fine. Cool organ work that makes me think of Grank Funk back in the day. This has the “sassy white chick” stripe of blues which is a totally valid variation. This sounds like a real band that would really win over a crowd live.

Constructive Comments: Breaking out of the bass tonic on all four would let the song breathe more. Maybe drop a few hornets in your shorts to get a bit more grit in the vocals?

Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: GermFreak

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Really tight guitar riffing with very nice warm crunchy sound and great groove. That drum track really swings. The slide part and the more than root/5th chords take this beyond Heavy Metal into more of a hard Prog Rock territory. I really dug this, and it ended too soon!!!

Constructive Comments: I wanna hear more. This is badass!!

Broadjam Artist: Rocky Larson
Song: Simpleman

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: This is musical with a tight keyboard performance and some very nice changes in key spots. It has a positive vibe that would work in a “company success” video context. There are some very tasteful chord changes here.

Constructive Comments: The reverb on the drums has a very high EQ tail that I’d try to tone down a bit (kind a of rattling BB’s sound). The horn part would be good with a real horn–the line is good–but the keyboard execution gives it too much of a band in a box feel (and yes it’s frustrating to not be able to get real horns in easily without hiring a section!!).I think you need a bit more tension in the arrangement. You’ve got some really cool changes / voicings already so I think this would come from going to the rhythm section and working to make it breathe more and vary from the “chipper 8ths” that are playing constantly. You *do* this at 3:32 but it’s really late in the game. What about bringing the whole thing down about 4bpm? That would leave more room for drama maybe?

Broadjam Artist: Ante Novaselic
Song: Devil Inside of Me

Reviewer: Keystone

Positive Comments: The chorus has a modern country set up which is really cool in a rock song like this.. Love the vocals,! GREAT JOB LOVE THE SONG !!

Constructive Comments: Guitars in the very beginning should be cleaned up a bit,,there is hiss that can be filtered out

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: Dumb Luck

Reviewer: Keystone

Positive Comments: fun song to listen too

Constructive Comments: nothing comes to mind

Broadjam Artist: Margie & Art Corey
Song: Poopers Mcgoo Sinclair

Reviewer: Keystone

Positive Comments: cool chord progression

Constructive Comments: nothing comes to mind

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: To My Love / Soundtrack

Reviewer: PeeWeeStarr Production

Positive Comments: Love the guitar, the arrangement in this instrumental are well put together. This instrumental track also put’s you in the mind of someone traveling to start there life all over, or something like that. Good production!!!

Constructive Comments: Great work!!!

Broadjam Artist: Rocky Larson
Song: One day

Reviewer: PeeWeeStarr Production

Positive Comments: Great instrumentals, sounds very soothing and relaxing.

Constructive Comments: Nothing constructive to say, good job.