Month: March 2018

Broadjam Artist: The Trouts
Song: Instrumental V

Reviewer: Kevin Leon Smith

Positive Comments: This is a nice alpha wave riding tune! It took me from South Beach to Rio and back when I played it again!

Constructive Comments: I cannot mess with perfection! As you were.

Broadjam Artist: Cec Cain
Song: Killing Of The Sound

Reviewer: Kevin Leon Smith

Positive Comments: BOOM! Wicked tune dis be here! This is the first REAL reggae song I’ve reviewed!Great arrangement of these tracks with a true reggae mix om them! I love that bass! I’m a reggae bassie , so platinium respect! Keys, horns and all in sweet spots! Love the vocals, Iya! Reminds me of Dennis Brown yet your own style come through! You done good, Rasta!

Constructive Comments: MC Hammer said it best…Can’t touch this!

Broadjam Artist: Signal 30
Song: Boom Go Bang

Reviewer: Kevin Leon Smith

Positive Comments: Good tune, but should not be in ska genre.

Constructive Comments: This is not Ska

Broadjam Artist: Fred Kimmel
Song: Madmess

Reviewer: Kevin Leon Smith

Positive Comments: This is agreat tune! Short yet sweet!Awesome arrangement, a sonic collage around the female vocal sample wailing her demands.Repeating them as the tension rises then drops into a ballad grand piano groove that takes you to her laughte, in just a little over a minute.

Constructive Comments: Don’t go chasing waterfalls!

Broadjam Artist: Eric Lives Here
Song: Night is Young (White Raven Remix)

Reviewer: Paul Krans

Positive Comments: Very upbeat and possibly happy. The lyrics stay within the subject and keep telling the story. The vocals als well sung and the instrumental parts are well crafted to support the vocal melody lines of the lyrics. I like how the song starts in that upbeat feel and even though giving away the most important part of the chorus in the first lines of the song, it could well work here! Good job!

Constructive Comments: The bridge is surprising and feels well complementing the song, but could be shorter to keep the focus on the song. Though well sun, personally, I think the lines ending in a lower note than the rest of each line, makes the song feel less upbeat than it could be. In general, “happy” does not end on a lower key. Maybe see if with a little more up keys at the end of some (not all) lines, the son would give it that top upbeat feel it can have! Overall: good job!

Broadjam Artist: amy abernathy
Song: Georgia Boy

Reviewer: Steve Dafoe – Songwriter

Positive Comments: Nice Country rockin’ tune! Enjoyed it . Good production Balance. Keep it going!………………………………………………………..

Constructive Comments: nothing from me……………………………..

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Cat Hackles Are Up/ Blues Rock

Reviewer: Steve Dafoe – Songwriter

Positive Comments: Nice blues tune. Enjoyed it.

Constructive Comments: nothing from me…………………………………………………………..

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: I Want The Best That We Can Give (.. from “Taxi To Tonganoxie”)

Reviewer: Steve Dafoe – Songwriter

Positive Comments: Nice tune. Good production balance. keep it going!…………..

Constructive Comments: nothing from me……………………………………………………..

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Great Commission Instrumental

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Something about the intro of this song makes you feel like Bon Jovi is going to start singing “Wanted Dead or Alive”, but it quickly morphs into something else. Nice instrumentation and a really cool, almost mystical vibe here. Great transition just before the 3 minute mark.

Constructive Comments: If you’re aiming for an underscore, this sounds really good and could be useful, but as a stand-alone piece, the only recommendation I might have would be that somewhere in the first two and a half minutes or so, a little something is needed to break it up just a little bit more.

Broadjam Artist: Blame It On Cain
Song: The Turn

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Really good piece with a cool he said-she said theme, but maybe more like he thinks-she thinks. Very common theme in life, but a really nice angle to delve into it in a song. Also very good instrumentally, with fine guitar work. Intro really helps this song grab you right from the word “go”. Good job.

Constructive Comments: Keep up the good work.