Month: December 2017

Broadjam Artist: Jeremy Price
Song: Trucked Up

Reviewer: Margie & Art Corey

Positive Comments: The guitars sound….is oh so dangerous, buckle up, you’re in for a Wide Electric Guitar ride!! The music is truly hypnotic and Keeps you attention from the beginning to the end!! Then the dual guitars kick in for an additional Shock Value, this is extremely well played & composed! Wish I could play like this!!! Hope no one was hurt in the recording of this Super Cool song???GREAT JOB!!!

Constructive Comments: I believe that the composition is only 01:04, wish it was longer!! Would love to hear, where the Guitarist was going to take this tune……maybe there will be a sequel!!!I have nothing more to add!!Cool Tune!!!

Broadjam Artist: FRED GROSS
Song: Someone Like You

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: im liking this so far. don’t know whether there is going to be a chord change or not..Interesting sound, original for sure. love the tempo! tasty guitar!

Constructive Comments: like this tune pretty well—feel like it could be made better with a chord change. listener gets bored in 10 seconds is what they taught me in Los Angelos! I could see this in a soundtrack very easily!Keep On Truckin!=================catnip=====================

Broadjam Artist: Trinity
Song: Your Country Needs You

Reviewer: Seeds?

Positive Comments: I really dig how funky this track is, good job! Your guitar parts work really well together and your panning is fantastic! I like how meaty the synth is and you EQ’d really well so that the tracks mesh really well together. I also think the Rhodes sound is a solid contrast to the timbre of the vocals and largeness of the synth underneath.

Constructive Comments: The vocals are a little monotonous, I would recommend either adding a chorus somewhere in the middle of the track to create a little more movement, but that’s just my own personal opinion. It’s also really difficult for me to understand what the vocals are saying. It might just be me, but you might want to either bring the vocals up a little in the mix or bring everything else back just a little and raise the Master volume.

Broadjam Artist: Signal 30
Song: Spoiled Food

Reviewer: Seeds?

Positive Comments: The track is definitely unique and I really dig how modular it sounds! The beat is driving and that subtle pickup note leading into the 1 on the bass keeps my ear’s attention the whole time. I could see this doing really well in an underground club probably in Europe or Russia. It might also go well in a car chase scene of a movie.

Constructive Comments: The transitions seem a little abrupt. I would try and use more transitional effects to make the track feel more cohesive. Definitely shorten the track, it goes on for too long just looping the same few ideas. If you do intend to keep the track this long try adding some gradually building reverbs and delays here and there to give movement to the track.

Broadjam Artist: The Guinetones
Song: Friday Night Fights

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: nice country tune here. like the harp, nice sound, fiddle toogood work on background vocs.

Constructive Comments: good job on the engineering. cant think of much to add to this, key change would be nicekeep on truckin!===============catnip==============

Broadjam Artist: PeeWeeStarr Production
Song: Wild Hounds

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: rap ok, I hear the sounds of a bass and keyboard or bell of some type. still no words? ok its a rap instrumental then?

Constructive Comments: I think it would be helpful to add some words to this. remember the listener gets bored very easily.keep on truckin!===============catnip===================

Broadjam Artist: Fred Kimmel
Song: Rainy Town (featuring Sali Oguri)

Reviewer: Ante Novaselic

Positive Comments: This is an ok song. The vocalist has a Madonna-ish timbre to her voice and it reminds of something Madonna would have done or even possibly had on her Ray of Light album back in the late 90’s.

Constructive Comments: I think the mix could be done better. Throughout the length of the track I had a hard time making out the lyrics cuz they were buried to far into the mix in my humble opinion.

Broadjam Artist: Randy Steward
Song: Uptown, Downtown

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: What a nice nylon string guitar part. Very happy vibe and convincing vocal performances. This has a 60’s feel and would have an album title like “The NOW sounds of Phil and Sandy!!”

Constructive Comments: High voice is a bit off in places. This is musical but it’s not really going anywhere new in topic or lyrics with a very pat sort of arrangement and melody. But so what–it’s sweet!!

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Roberts
Song: What You Do

Reviewer: Ante Novaselic

Positive Comments: Interesting song. In a good way. Initially when I heard the first guitar lick i thought country song for review,but then the song opened up and country it was not \. More like country meets The Grateful Dead. Very cool

Constructive Comments: If I had a comment it would only be about the mix with the guitars being just a tad too loud, but that is a subjective thing. It doesnt make or break anything with this track. good work

Broadjam Artist: Felice Kaye-Cooper / Songwriter
Song: If Our Eyes Had Never Met/with Phoebe Blume

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Gorgeous piano sound and it starts out Classical Romantic and then swerves into Cabaret/Showtunes when the vocals start. Very old world feel here. Fantastic piano part and execution, and the vocal is passionate and enthralling.

Constructive Comments: I think a lot of the rhymes/phrasing are too tightly bound into A/B pairs that feel too predictable and at times a bit trite. I really think you could loosen the phrasing up a lot and improve the tune in the process. The vocal needs a tad more distance (reverb) and some of the bass freqs tamed.