Month: December 2017

Broadjam Artist: Yung Proof
Song: Southern California

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: don’t approve the language at all you can say the same thing using better language and have a lot more impact

Constructive Comments: Try a new, more powerful approach What is the sense of using language that is disrespective? What purpose does that serve listeneing to this seemed like a waste of time to me!You want somebody that comes away from your song to be inspired—why would anybody want to hear a song like this?And take it from my Granny, “You catch more flies with honey than you do vinegar”!

Broadjam Artist: Yung Proof
Song: Southern California

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: don’t approve the language at all you can say the same thing using better language and have a lot more impact

Constructive Comments: Try a new, more powerful approach What is the sense of using language that is disrespective? What purpose does that serve listeneing to this seemed like a waste of time to me!You want somebody that comes away from your song to be inspired—why would anybody want to hear a song like this?And take it from my Granny, “You catch more flies with honey than you do vinegar”!

Broadjam Artist: Spider kiting
Song: Alright

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: sounds like an early 70’s band, kind of loose Stones feelingyou’ve got the basics down here

Constructive Comments: Sounded ok to me I couldn’t hear any bass in there which I think would help this song. You Just need to keep on doing what you’ve been doing!Look Foe the Dove—–Music is Love!==========catnip============

Broadjam Artist: Spider kiting
Song: Alright

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: sounds like an early 70’s band, kind of loose Stones feelingyou’ve got the basics down here

Constructive Comments: Sounded ok to me I couldn’t hear any bass in there which I think would help this song. You Just need to keep on doing what you’ve been doing!Look Foe the Dove—–Music is Love!==========catnip============

Broadjam Artist: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter
Song: Felice’s Accordian Boogie

Reviewer: James McAlister

Positive Comments: Reminds me of Lawerence Welk from the 60s. It’s a very standard shuffle. You could dance to it. The recording is fully saturated.

Constructive Comments: The recording sounds unnatural. Drums sound electronic. Bass line is MIA. Tune is not very original.

Broadjam Artist: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter
Song: Felice’s Accordian Boogie

Reviewer: James McAlister

Positive Comments: Reminds me of Lawerence Welk from the 60s. It’s a very standard shuffle. You could dance to it. The recording is fully saturated.

Constructive Comments: The recording sounds unnatural. Drums sound electronic. Bass line is MIA. Tune is not very original.

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: The Winter

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Instruments are well mixed. Real Alan Parsons vibe. Good programming for the drums, sound like how a real drummer would approach the song. Nice background vocals. Parts are constructed well. Strings well placed in the mix. Well produced song. Also enjoyed the background vocal arrangement. I usually don’t like long fade outs but this one was very interesting with the piano theme fading, enjoyed that.

Constructive Comments: Some of the vocals are too low in the mix. Intonation problems most noticeable in the bridge. Scooping up to notes for me makes it hard to listen to. Aside from all the cliches (in the winter and fire) being so over used I felt that your hook was good, 4 out of 5, same with lyrics.

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: The Winter

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Instruments are well mixed. Real Alan Parsons vibe. Good programming for the drums, sound like how a real drummer would approach the song. Nice background vocals. Parts are constructed well. Strings well placed in the mix. Well produced song. Also enjoyed the background vocal arrangement. I usually don’t like long fade outs but this one was very interesting with the piano theme fading, enjoyed that.

Constructive Comments: Some of the vocals are too low in the mix. Intonation problems most noticeable in the bridge. Scooping up to notes for me makes it hard to listen to. Aside from all the cliches (in the winter and fire) being so over used I felt that your hook was good, 4 out of 5, same with lyrics.

Broadjam Artist: Spider kiting
Song: Who stole the sun

Reviewer: David James

Positive Comments: I like the ‘Who Stole the Sun’ idea very much. The gritty vocal works really well against the cool, melodic instrumentation. I like the introduction of block vocals at 1.23…that works so well. The instrumentation is sublime with great lead guitar thrown in to the mix at 2.20. All in all very strong stuff.

Constructive Comments: I marked down the arrangement a notch because the song ended on a unresolved drum beat. But that apart it’s a fantastic piece of work. I’m adding it to my playlist within 30 seconds.

Broadjam Artist: Spider kiting
Song: Who stole the sun

Reviewer: David James

Positive Comments: I like the ‘Who Stole the Sun’ idea very much. The gritty vocal works really well against the cool, melodic instrumentation. I like the introduction of block vocals at 1.23…that works so well. The instrumentation is sublime with great lead guitar thrown in to the mix at 2.20. All in all very strong stuff.

Constructive Comments: I marked down the arrangement a notch because the song ended on a unresolved drum beat. But that apart it’s a fantastic piece of work. I’m adding it to my playlist within 30 seconds.