Month: November 2017

Broadjam Artist: amy abernathy
Song: I wish you Love

Reviewer: Steve Robinson

Positive Comments: Wonderful lead vocal and sentiment. Love the way the song builds with the addition of the electric guitar, then the background vocals. Modulation is a great touch.

Constructive Comments: The only suggestion would be to give some more room for the guitar or piano to step out with a solo.

Broadjam Artist: Bob Bentley
Song: I’m In Love Tonight

Reviewer: Steve Robinson

Positive Comments: The song builds nicely with the horn and guitar coming in. Heartfelt lyrics and delivery.

Constructive Comments: The song would be well served with a stronger vocal perhaps a single harmony vocal. The introduction of the horns and guitar should be staggered, maybe horns first and then guitar later. The song starts to build and then resolves back into its original quiet mode and the horn disappears.

Broadjam Artist: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat
Song: BEFORE THE WORLD STOPS SPINNIN!

Reviewer: Steve Robinson

Positive Comments: Original and the lead vocal, though not Aaron Neville, works for the song. Love the arrangement.

Constructive Comments: The volume of the background vocals needs to be taken down a bit. Need a better balance of the instruments. Everything seems to be fighting for the spotlight and the lead bocal seems to get buried at times. A piano solo would work.

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Lies My Heart Told Me / R&B

Reviewer: Steve Robinson

Positive Comments: The beginning of a good idea but the whole song sounds like an introduction to something that goes nowhwhere.

Constructive Comments: The recording has a lot of background hiss and seemed to end before it was done. Repetitive melody line with no variation.

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: Dirty Mama

Reviewer: Steve Robinson

Positive Comments: LIke the vocal and arrangement. The recording is well balanced and the harmonica solo is well performed. Great groove.

Constructive Comments: The instrumentals are good but not great. It is hard to ciome up with an original blues and the lyrics are nothing that has not been done many times before.

Broadjam Artist: Joseph Miller
Song: Glass of Truth 6 Pack

Reviewer: Steve Robinson

Positive Comments: Unique vocal is great and the arrangement fits perfectly.

Constructive Comments: Sounds like synthesized horns but I would love to hear the real thing for this song

Broadjam Artist: Trinity
Song: A Western Way Of Thinking

Reviewer: Steve Robinson

Positive Comments: Begins strong and there is some good picking on the guitar.

Constructive Comments: The recording quality is fair. A bit less reverb on the guitar. The song is too long for a single guitar solo. It would be helpful to have some of the other instruments take a solo. While the guitar has some good licks the playing is not spectacular enough to carry the solo for as long as it did.

Broadjam Artist: FRED GROSS
Song: I Remember When (female vocals)

Reviewer: Steve Robinson

Positive Comments: Good vocal. The melody is pleasant

Constructive Comments: The arrangement and instruments were just adequate. Instead of repeating the same chords on the piano, some variation would be welcome.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Question Your Motives

Reviewer: Steve Robinson

Positive Comments: Blues is a hard genre for originality. The quality of recording, the vocals and instruments are good.

Constructive Comments: A stronger instrumental solo would be helpful

Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: “The Only One” instrumental

Reviewer: Margie & Art Corey

Positive Comments: I believe this has a Punk Feel, a Green Day thingy! Great energy, cool hook, good vocal. I really like the musical change at :47 (Lift)…….nice composition! Also sounds like The Who!! Oh, great guitar intro and lead solo part. Nice break down, you have won me over, this tune really grows on you…….way to go people!!!

Constructive Comments: After listening to the tune 5 times, I believe that there are no real criticisms needed! The songs just grows & grows on you, so in my humble opinion, there is nothing more that needs to be said!