Month: February 2018

Broadjam Artist: Ken Lehnig
Song: Summer’s Wings

Reviewer: Marilyn Hall

Positive Comments: Original lyric with a sincere vocal delivery. I enjoy this genre and this hook.

Constructive Comments: The song has a minimal instrumentation. I think it would sound a little stronger with more instrumental support.

Broadjam Artist: Earl.C.Webb
Song: 2 BARE WIRES

Reviewer: John Masarone

Positive Comments: A beautiful ballad. I could hear it in many movie scenes. I love the space in this tune. A very convincing vocal delivery for these lyrics. Great bridge as there is a question as there is many great songs. Nice work!

Constructive Comments: Beginning note a little too shocking. Needs to be softened with attenuation and EQ. I’d like to hear the bass (fretless?) do a few more embellishments like 4:08. There is also grumble piano chord at 3:16. Too many left hand bass notes. I listened several times on my studio monitors. I’m picky for sure but most won’t care or hear the above. No worries and good luck.

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: THE RANT (v15)

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: This sounds like Motley Crue (She’s Got Looks that Kill). And then you surprise by making it an angry working class white rant. This makes it so much more interesting. This ain’t for everyone but I can imagine this could help a lot of bars break out into mayhem if this were played on the PA, you might get damage bills instead of royalties though. This is way original and creative. I think it works too!!

Constructive Comments: I think I’d back the guitar down a little and compress it so it sits a bit smoother in the mix, and emphasize bass & drums a bit more. Make the bass a bit more funky and interesting so that it goes more Lenny Kravitz. Gotta end with meaning rather than just fading.

Broadjam Artist: MineHead
Song: zooey’s red zinger

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Nice moody tune with slick syncopated groove. There is nice staging and development of the elements. The (flange guitar?) part that comes in at :29 is soooo cool. This is solid work and I really enjoyed listening to this!!

Constructive Comments: I think there’s mix stuff that could be done to make the overall sound more catchy but I can’t say exactly what–it would be experimenting. Maybe a master bus distortion layer, filters here and there, panning. Some of the key riffs have a tone that’s too tame and simple IMO but we’re talking about personal taste and a lot of tweaking looking for subtle differences. I think the bass part could do more and add a lot.

Broadjam Artist: Memorybank
Song: Orange Slice

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: The intro is attention grabbing and then the riffing is big and badass with a great sound and tight playing. The flat 5th adds a fresh twist to a riff that could be otherwise predictable. Big vocals grab and the lyrics/phrasing are very well crafted and work the groove well. The vocal performance is passionate and engineered well. This is a hard approach but the sound is clean and the playing is really tight and spare so it’s fresh and interesting–you can hear all the parts clearly and the emphasis is on the groove and tight playing (no guitar hero 80’s stuff crowding the mix). This is really original even though it’s very much in the blues rock school. Nice job!!!

Constructive Comments: I’d work on an end tag that’s more conclusive.

Broadjam Artist: Ante Novaselic
Song: Ghetto Bird

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Really good kick-ass rock and roll. Changes seem to come along exactly where they are needed.

Constructive Comments: Should be a warning with this—“can induce drug consumption”, cause it makes me wanna get high.

Broadjam Artist: Hartmut Oberdieck
Song: new guitar in town

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very good riff here and excellent guitar work. Very reminiscent of some of the most memorable guitar-featured rock bands, such as AC/DC.

Constructive Comments: Great job.

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: I’m The One Who Won Your Heart/ Rock & Roll

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Nice instrumental. I particularly like the smooth flow of this, and the way the drums are used, as well as the arrangement and the way the tune builds.

Constructive Comments: I could hear this in the background in a movie or on a TV show. Could be very useful. Either a very different ending or a mistake in production. The jury is out on that one.

Broadjam Artist: Keith Taylor
Song: Crank It Up

Reviewer: John Masarone

Positive Comments: Really good singing here. The playing is top notch too. Great playing on what I believe is a 12 string acoustic guitar which is something you do not hear too often anymore. Very marketable track!

Constructive Comments: Sounds great. It has a funky fade-in like it was apart of another piece of music. I think for this acoustic version it could use a little more bottom-end which acoustic guitars have plenty of. This would sound awesome with a full out band too. A very kick-ass tune!

Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: Not Dreaming

Reviewer: jmarshall

Positive Comments: Artist come across thoroughly engaged …attentive

Constructive Comments: Maybe a little more clarity …..seem a little rushed