Month: January 2018

Broadjam Artist: Barbara Christine Bechler
Song: Champion of my World

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Well constructed song with a confident and professional delivery. I liked the vocal level in the mix and the acoustic opening, building nicely to a chorus with feeling and emotion. I enjoyed this, the ebb and flow of the arrangement is well thought out, dropping the listener and then grabbing the attention right back again….nice! Thanks and good luck.

Constructive Comments: Maybe bring the drums up a bit in the mix and watch the top end the vocal range, but hey, that’s being picky. Really good song, thanks and good luck with it.

Broadjam Artist: Barbara Christine Bechler
Song: Champion of my World

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Well constructed song with a confident and professional delivery. I liked the vocal level in the mix and the acoustic opening, building nicely to a chorus with feeling and emotion. I enjoyed this, the ebb and flow of the arrangement is well thought out, dropping the listener and then grabbing the attention right back again….nice! Thanks and good luck.

Constructive Comments: Maybe bring the drums up a bit in the mix and watch the top end the vocal range, but hey, that’s being picky. Really good song, thanks and good luck with it.

Broadjam Artist: James Neilson Graham
Song: Whitstable Girl (1)

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Loved this! great storytelling and lovely chord progression and finger style guitar. Extremely original in style and performance, confident and easy delivery, loved every second of it. The lilt of tempo in both guitar and vocal works particularly well as a narrative device……GREAT, thanks, you’ve made my night. Good luck!

Constructive Comments: Can’t fault this really, the 3 for vocal pitch is not meant as a criticism, but I think that you must be more than aware of the originality of the vocal, But It just works so well. Thanks again and very good luck!!

Broadjam Artist: James Neilson Graham
Song: Whitstable Girl (1)

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Loved this! great storytelling and lovely chord progression and finger style guitar. Extremely original in style and performance, confident and easy delivery, loved every second of it. The lilt of tempo in both guitar and vocal works particularly well as a narrative device……GREAT, thanks, you’ve made my night. Good luck!

Constructive Comments: Can’t fault this really, the 3 for vocal pitch is not meant as a criticism, but I think that you must be more than aware of the originality of the vocal, But It just works so well. Thanks again and very good luck!!

Broadjam Artist: Laurence Watkins
Song: Laurence’s Lullabye

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Really good song with an original feel, well recorded and confidently performed, great hook with vocal Phase adding something to get the listeners attention. Nice use of the cello to bind the arrangement together, works very well indeed. I liked this a great deal, thanks and good luck with your obvious talent.

Constructive Comments: Maybe start the cello a little closer to the middle of the stereo mix at the beginning, moving it left or right as the song progresses. But that’s just a minor thing, great song, thanks

Broadjam Artist: Laurence Watkins
Song: Laurence’s Lullabye

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Really good song with an original feel, well recorded and confidently performed, great hook with vocal Phase adding something to get the listeners attention. Nice use of the cello to bind the arrangement together, works very well indeed. I liked this a great deal, thanks and good luck with your obvious talent.

Constructive Comments: Maybe start the cello a little closer to the middle of the stereo mix at the beginning, moving it left or right as the song progresses. But that’s just a minor thing, great song, thanks

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: Just An Accident

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Good story telling, good voice. I liked the way the guitar sat in the mix as it grew with the keyboard adding real depth. Well recorded voice simple and very listenable, again, sitting well in the mix with a rounded and comfortable build as the song reached its climax. Thanks, good song.

Constructive Comments: Maybe bring the accordion/concertina in at a slightly higher level, perhaps sitting the guitar back a touch to compensate. Anyway, good song, thanks, I enjoyed it.

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: Just An Accident

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Good story telling, good voice. I liked the way the guitar sat in the mix as it grew with the keyboard adding real depth. Well recorded voice simple and very listenable, again, sitting well in the mix with a rounded and comfortable build as the song reached its climax. Thanks, good song.

Constructive Comments: Maybe bring the accordion/concertina in at a slightly higher level, perhaps sitting the guitar back a touch to compensate. Anyway, good song, thanks, I enjoyed it.

Broadjam Artist: Birthe Noer Myers
Song: Night Noises

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: I liked this a lot, great feeling in the vocal, very atmospheric story telling. I think that it works well with the solo guitar and the fiddle adds real pathos and depth. This is a very distinctive genre and tends to polarise peoples reactions, but hey, that’s what we do!! Thanks, enjoyed this!

Constructive Comments: My only comment here would be that the fiddle is perhaps a little too dramatic at one point, but that’s just my opinion and doesn’t stop this being a really good song, thanks again and good luck

Broadjam Artist: Birthe Noer Myers
Song: Night Noises

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: I liked this a lot, great feeling in the vocal, very atmospheric story telling. I think that it works well with the solo guitar and the fiddle adds real pathos and depth. This is a very distinctive genre and tends to polarise peoples reactions, but hey, that’s what we do!! Thanks, enjoyed this!

Constructive Comments: My only comment here would be that the fiddle is perhaps a little too dramatic at one point, but that’s just my opinion and doesn’t stop this being a really good song, thanks again and good luck