Month: March 2018

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: Doing It

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Here is a song about sex. Having sex wherever, whenever and getting caught. It is the first time I have ever heard a song on this subject. Original with a memorable hook and very good instrumentation. Lyrics are all easy to understand, and very graphic. Great lead guitar work and the bass is also excellent.

Constructive Comments: Even though this song is well-written and well-performed, I wish I had not heard it. I am really turned off by works of art that cheapen the sex act and turn humans into mere sexual animals without morals. I hope you can rise above this stage someday and discover God’s plan for marriage and sex…it’s a really beautiful creation of the Lord. I wish you the best with your songwriting and performing. You can call me an old fogey if you want…at 64 I guess I am!

Broadjam Artist: Delta Burnett Reed
Song: Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Here’s a spookily beautiful rendition of the old Sonny and Cher hit, “Bang Bang.” Who woulda thunk? With a brilliant musical intro opening up the sonic wonders, the vocalist tells the story well in this unique cover song. Production values are high and her voice is beautiful. Nice job!

Constructive Comments: I bet this is Delta!

Broadjam Artist: robert wesley
Song: Illumination

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Here’s a peaceful piano piece that is somewhat conversational. The musical notes seem to tell a story much like a person tells a story. With starts and stops and different stages (movements). It’s a very interesting piece, unique in its own right. Well played with a little planned dissonance. Definitely pensive and somewhat cerebral.

Constructive Comments: Not sure what the market is for a piece like this, but I wish you the best! I don’t know much about new age music, so I apologize for an uneducated review.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Good, Good, Golly, Gosh, Darn

Reviewer: James Neilson Graham

Positive Comments: Nice funky groove kept me listening. Slick drums, emotional lead guitar weaving around the fiddle, strong lived-in voice, some neat duetting, wacky (at times humorous) storyline . . . it all adds up to a pretty good package!

Constructive Comments: Yep, pretty good package . . .

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Amell
Song: The Stony Depths

Reviewer: Thierry Coupey

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Broadjam Artist: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)
Song: Subliminal Messages

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very good job here. Powerful piece, with great instrumentation, drums, and great arrangement. Good hard kick-ass rock n roll at its best.

Constructive Comments: Fantastic sound here.

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: Your Boyfriend is a Dick

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: This is not only a very humorous and entertaining piece, but also very well arranged and produced. Instrumentation is top notch. Sounds like Zappa meets Weird Al. Great work.

Constructive Comments: Hope you can find a place for this. It’s a very cool piece.

Broadjam Artist: James Hamilton
Song: we don’t need nobody

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very smooth and rhythmic sound that takes you back to the some of the great R&B of the 70’s. Harmonies are out of this world and voices all work so well together. Great arrangement. This is a song that could make everybody in the room get up and slow dance.

Constructive Comments: Really nice sound here. Great work.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Echoes of Love

Reviewer: Randy Steward

Positive Comments: You created a picture with your lyrics. Musically it went with the rhythm of the lyrics. The vocalist was the right singer for this song. It is a song many people will be listening to and appreciate.

Constructive Comments: Overall I liked the tune but I felt it went on too long for radio play and the average listener. I was hoping to hear a 3rd variation (bridge) to change the pattern of the verse and chorus. I did enjoy it and look forward to hearing more of your tunes.

Broadjam Artist: Powerklash
Song: The Only One

Reviewer: lost on foot

Positive Comments: Great riff, great guitar work, a really tight outfit with a well crafted tune. This crosses from rock to pop with the harmonies and the vocals, singer has a good range and powerful in the mid. this is catchy both lyrically and melodically would be something Jeff Lynne would would write – would imagine a very powerful song live

Constructive Comments: Nothing to say I listened and enjoyed without hearing anything that stopped me enjoying the track