Month: December 2017

Broadjam Artist: David James
Song: Heat Haze (ft. CoriAnder and Ruth Gillies)

Reviewer: Anna Whitehouse

Positive Comments: I really like the artist’s voice, it has an original haunting quality to it. I also like the strong baseline. The song has an upbeat, modern quality so it does have commercial potential I feel.

Constructive Comments: I guess the only thing that I think would improve the song would be if it had a slightly more unexpected chord progression. it’s just a little predictable.On the whole, I liked the song and thought it suited the singer’s voice.

Broadjam Artist: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter
Song: The Rain/Featuring Jack Green Jr.

Reviewer: Anna Whitehouse

Positive Comments: I like the slightly Latin percussion. I think the singer’s voice is pretty strong. The song has an emotional quality, it also has a sad feel to it. The instrumentation is very good and I like the production.

Constructive Comments: The melody is quite catchy, however, I don’t feel that the song is very original. The melody does remind me of quite a number of other songs. The chord progression could do with being just a little more unexpected/original.

Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: Glass Ceiling

Reviewer: Randal Dunkle

Positive Comments: I love the up-tempo drums, and all the cool guitar leads and riffs – I think the vocals are great.

Constructive Comments: I really like this one the only thing that I would change is the vocal mix – the vocals need to be turned up a tad, because I could not understand all the words – which is always important, best wishes!

Broadjam Artist: SeedMusikGroup
Song: POWER!

Reviewer: BIG L BEATS

Positive Comments: I hear a little bit of Tech 9ine in your voice. The mixing and mastering is of very high and professional grade. The effects blend the voice very well in to the mix. This is high grade music and has radio potential.

Constructive Comments: I cant really think of any thing that you could do better. I would just say keep doing what youre doing because you obviously know what you are doing!

Broadjam Artist: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter
Song: Forever Yours

Reviewer: Jeff Maguire

Positive Comments: Very nice tune in a minor mode, hints of Gypsy swing and the occasional flash of Beethoven. The melody is very nice and generally well focused and developed across the range of the piece.

Constructive Comments: Very nice melody with a clear statement, the transition at about 2 minutes is appropriate and well executed, a few of the changes after that seem a tad forced. But overall, very nice.

Broadjam Artist: tim meyers
Song: christmas is a treasure

Reviewer: David James

Positive Comments: Great intro. Very well produced. I liked the way the vocal line switches between the medium paced to the quicker giddy up and ding dong ideas. A very strong lead vocal and excellent use of backing vocals. I like the energy of the song and the way so much is packed in to 2.30 minutes. Excellent sound quality.

Constructive Comments: Very commercial to my mind. Well worth pitching to Christmas industry listings although it might be too late for this year. Good luck!

Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: Glass Ceiling

Reviewer: David James

Positive Comments: I love the high energy intro. Top notch percussion and bass. Excellent guitar work and the solo at 1.55 is very strong. I like those random guitar inflection too. The ‘no apologies’ lyric idea suits the song really well. I like the contrast between the verses and the chorus. Powerful vocal. I like the fact that the whole song is condensed into three and a half minutes of pure energy. Great sound quality.

Constructive Comments: It’s a strong song very well performed. The track oozes power and class. If I was being picky I’d say that by the third verse a new instrumental element would be welcome in the mix, perhaps another guitar part?Altogether though a great piece of work. Very commercial for the right opportunity.

Broadjam Artist: Ronald Arduini
Song: Rocks of Life/duet

Reviewer: James McAlister

Positive Comments: The use of the IV minor chord is effective in casting a sorrowful mood of the song. The rendition sounds similar to the Righteous Brothers. The harmonies seem to work well!

Constructive Comments: The recording was a little hard to hear, so I didn’t get some of the lyrics and therefore hard for me to say much about how well they are put together. I think if the final level of the recording were bumped up a little, it would help. The melody is actually quite good, but again, without being able to hear the lyric flow, it doesn’t get very far. I think the vocal was out front enough, just the overall recording level was too low. Pleasant and easy to listen to though.

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Pennies From Parking Lots (Folk-Instrumental)

Reviewer: James McAlister

Positive Comments: This song is not truly folk, but that was the closest genre I thought fit. There is no particular melody, more of an arpeggiated harmonic progression. Would make good background for TV “traveling music”. Pleasant and easy to listen to.

Constructive Comments: I would like to hear the song filled out a little more as far as instrumentation.

Broadjam Artist: Randal Dunkle
Song: Thought you were an angel

Reviewer: Birthe Noer Myers

Positive Comments: Taking the song a part and considering it piece by peace I realized that I liked it even more than I’d thought. It is a song with beautiful thoughts, beautiful words,, a love song about losing one’s lover. The voice is vulnerable but the sound is strong and pleasant, and the melody is hummable and pretty. Beautiful but very sad song.I really like the song and the way it it is sung.

Constructive Comments: You might make the percussion a little. less enthusiastic, make it sound more sorrowful with the other instruments, Make the whole ensemble express deep sorrow.