Month: March 2018

Broadjam Artist: Highsmyth
Song: Simplicity

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Sounds like someone else beside me likes the Minigroove Orchestra. This is cool stuff!

Constructive Comments: Overall the sound quality isn’t there. That’s all that’s missing!

Broadjam Artist: MGB
Song: ANSWER MAN

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Really nice overdriven & warm guitar tone here–it’s a treat for the ears. WICKED guitar breaks that are very arty & clever–and they sound cool too! This is like a Joe Walsh album cut with hints of newer things like Blind Melon / Weezer / Tom Petty. The backing vocals sound great. The song construction is totally there and the lyrics & hook are strong.

Constructive Comments: The vocal sounds superimposed–it’s completely dry and close and too high in the mix IMO. So it doesn’t sound integrated. This is one that really calls for doubling to make it bigger. The song is totally where you want it except for the vocal production and a few places of the vocal performance. You could correct this with 30 mins of remixing I think. Nice work!!

Broadjam Artist: Fire in the Sky
Song: The New

Reviewer: Jeff Roberts

Positive Comments: Very good bones here. Very nice guitar tone, tight & grooving drums, and a bass line that anchors and moves the song. Nice mood here, and the song has good bones.

Constructive Comments: WAY too late on vocals–I had already written a review saying “good tracks now add vocals”. You obviously aren’t writing a formulaic Pop song but still you need vocals coming in < 20 seconds. The drums are great but overpowering the mix. I'd like to know who you would point to as a model for this tune. The lyrics/melody meander a lot in a purely linear fashion--and some good songs do that but here it feels unfocused, and I don't get any sense of what the song is about. (And you can say it's about the *mood* and that's cool too.) I really think you need a lot of mix editing, overall structural editing, and vocal production work. And there's a really nice tune here that is worth all that.

Broadjam Artist: Ian Ritchie
Song: Realm

Reviewer: Steve Dafoe – Songwriter

Positive Comments: enjoyable. haunting and elegant. nice choral arrangementbut i did not score on lyrics.

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

Broadjam Artist: FRED GROSS
Song: Rock With You Baby

Reviewer: Steve Dafoe – Songwriter

Positive Comments: enjoyable. good rocking tune. well balanced production. Nice to hear lyrics especially for rock.

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

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Old Friends (Piano/Organ solo-instru)

Reviewer: Steve Dafoe – Songwriter

Positive Comments: nice acoustic piano work. Simple but elegant. I love pieces not ‘over- produced. ‘ Enjoyable.

Constructive Comments: Nothing form me………………………

Broadjam Artist: The Trouts
Song: Throw me in a Hole

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Interesting tune with a really good hook, reminiscent of many classic rock groups of late 60’s and 70’s, reminds me very much of the Kinks. I also hear elements of the Troggs. Good job.

Constructive Comments: Really cool song. It is somehow fun and dark both at the same time.

Broadjam Artist: Ante Novaselic
Song: Devil Inside of Me

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Well put together song. I love the complexity of this tune, which leaves you wondering where the bridge begins and ends, and a really brief but nice pre-chorus. The pre-chorus really sets the chorus up incredibly well. I love the way this song builds and chord changes really grab you. Really good vocals.

Constructive Comments: Nice job here.

Broadjam Artist: Sonic
Song: Runaway From The Fire

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: Groovy Start to this trac like the cocky attitude! Nice lead guitar

Constructive Comments: I apprreciate this basic rock tune althogh the vocals sound a bit muffled for some reason—EQ might helpKeep On Truckin! catnip=+=

Broadjam Artist: Randal Dunkle
Song: Chasing After The Wind

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: i always appreciate a good message in a song

Constructive Comments: The steady hammering on that same chord could be changed as the trac progresses—-it becomes a little annoying. You could add a chorus to help thisAll The Best!Keep on Truckin! catnip=+=