Month: December 2017

Broadjam Artist: RICARDO ALONSO
Song: Tentacion (Temptation)

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: Would make a good commercial piece for an Island getaway. I don’t know why it reminds me of Christmas. Fun Song!!

Constructive Comments: Good things only to say.

Broadjam Artist: Steve Robinson
Song: Mama’s Place

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: Wanted to get up from my computer and do a two step:). Nice lyrics and good vocal and arrangement,

Constructive Comments: No suggestions just keep truckin”

Broadjam Artist: B&S
Song: Unknown destination

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: Great piece, I think it could cross over to Middle Eastern Genre. I see a movie set in the desert. Loved it!!!

Constructive Comments: Only positive remarks!!

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Aegean Trails (Instrumental – from “Earthways”)

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: I love Middle Eastern Music and this piece did it for me. Can see the camels lumbering in the sands. Wonderful interpretation of this genre

Constructive Comments: Lawrence of Arabia come and get me:)

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

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: A little bit of Jelly Ross Morton going on here. Good arrangement.

Constructive Comments: only nice things to say:)

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Bringing The Heat / Big Band

Reviewer: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter

Positive Comments: Modern version of “Sing Sing Sing”, nice instrumentation, a bit of Bucky Pizzarelli and Gene Krupa

Constructive Comments: Got lots of positive “vibes” listening to this piece!

Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: She’s The Only One

Reviewer: Margie & Art Corey

Positive Comments: Oh Lord, Please save us from this Wonderful Demonic Music!! My wife just fainted during this raucous chorus…..I believe she will never fully recover!! The beat on this song is infectus, reminds me of Green Day, in your Face stuff, LOVE IT!!!!! Great job people, wish I could write a tune with so much angst, it’s so fresh sounding!!!Gird your Loins………and Rock on!!!

Constructive Comments: This was a real treasure of a tune, nothing wrong with this song, other than it should be on the Radio………What is the radio anyway???

Broadjam Artist: FRED GROSS
Song: (Do You Have) Time For Lovin Me (female vocals)

Reviewer: Scott Wilcox

Positive Comments: I think this songs seems to be mixed very well. I like the separation of the instruments and the overall production seems good. Lead guitar is not too fancy or overblown, very appropriate. Possibly a little long at the end.

Constructive Comments: I would work on the vocal a bit. Too much vibrato and maybe a little smoother vocal delivery. Some pitch issues that could easily be fixed. It was pretty obvious that the drums were digital. Depending on your budget and equipment, this may not be avoidable, but may make it harder to sell. Otherwise its a great start and I think it has some potential. Good work.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Long Gone

Reviewer: Scott Wilcox

Positive Comments: Vocals are spot on, and the production sounds pretty good. Typical blues sound that moves through the song well. Lots of good things going on in this song. I like the backup vocals on this song too. Great Lead guitar licks in this song.

Constructive Comments: things I might improve is maybe first of all is dynamics. If you are going to create an iconic blues song, you should try to include something new to keep us interested in the mix throughout. It would be great to have a nice bridge in the song to change things up or an interesting instrumental. I noticed it could use more separation in the final mix, it all seems to be mixed very vanilla. I would like to see more definition between the instruments. Sometimes doing iconic blues is hard because so much has already been done, its important to find something to make it special and unique. Great start. On the vocal it might be nice to hear a little less vibrato. Just a thought.

Broadjam Artist: Steve Robinson
Song: Back Roads

Reviewer: Scott Wilcox

Positive Comments: Sounds rather similar to House of the Rising Sun. But the production is good and the vocals are great. It has a great feel to the song and could have good marketability. I like the lyrics. A little rework to make it a little less like House of the Rising sun.

Constructive Comments: Two things, one a little rework so it sounds more exclusive. And Second a little greater change in dynamics through the song would be nice to keep it interesting all the way through. Great song, great production, but would like to see it keep its interest all the way through the song.