Month: May 2018

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Gotta Be a Doer

Reviewer: ZLEA Traxx

Positive Comments: I love it! I can hear this in a commercial, movie, tv show, kids production, etc!!!!! This is excellent and a lil quirky…. I just like it… Very simple, rustic, yet well executed. The track is very versatile to me. Keep making these! I hope you get as many placements as you can. I like the placement of the elements in the mix. I like the rawness kept on the vocals…. Best of all the message is on point! We gotta be doers!!!! Lyrics flow perfectly! GREAT WORK!!!!!!

Constructive Comments: I don’t feel like I can say anything besides GREAT WORK and KEEP GOING! If you haven’t already, I hope you get many placements for this track and any other music you are making this is just good work!!!!

Broadjam Artist: Greg Lambert
Song: Night Of Love (Orchestral Mix)

Reviewer: ZLEA Traxx

Positive Comments: I appreciate the music and lyrics. Nice and smooth, warm, and catchy in my opinion. This will stick in ones head….I song was also sung beautifully as well. I like the guitar. This should go into a nice production…. I think it can go for more than just a Christmas type of song. The execution here is very good. I hope you get this placed if you haven’t already! Great work.

Constructive Comments: Not much here I feel that I can say. However one thing I could hear is just a couple note off pitch at “MARY kissed her child……” and on a couple “PRAISE GOD” areas….. maybe a couple other places. BUT!!!! This is common among even the greatest singers these days. If it isn’t that maybe there was a slight bit to much of a chorus effect or tweak in a rate or depth setting of some effect. This can sometimes slightly alter the pitch of an otherwise pristine track….The editor or mix engineer should address these with LIGHT pitch correction or dialing back on any effects that may alter the pitch to much. If he knows what he is doing (or she) it can be accomplished without making the vocal sound unnatural…. Many people may not hear what I hear though…. OVERALL THIS TRACK IS EXCELLENT and can be used just as is! Love the feel! Execution also is great!

Broadjam Artist: amy abernathy
Song: We come

Reviewer: ZLEA Traxx

Positive Comments: I really love the flow of this song. I love your voice! This song feels like a mix of yesterday and today in terms of sound and vibe! I like the simplicity here and how the focal point is very direct and consistent all the way from start to finish! I can AND WANT to hear this playing in some Christian movie or on a show or as a theme or something!!! I really believe in the potential you have and wonder if you have had placements already!

Constructive Comments: I cant say much about this in terms of constructive criticism…. The only thing I can think of is that I wish the mix was bigger. What I mean is that I feel the music could better accompany the vocals if those drums really hit harder and were bigger like the snare throughout and the toms in the chorus. This could just be my opinion. I also feel the lead vocal could be pushed back into the mix a little more with reverb that has a short decay time or maybe even a faster attack time on the compressor…. OVERALL though…. This song could be taken as is in many cases because it is a great song! I just feel these things could enhance what is already there

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Single Mind

Reviewer: ZLEA Traxx

Positive Comments: I really like this song!. I totally agree with the lyrics because I too want a healthy single heart and mind!!!!! I really appreciate the boldness and lack of shame displayed to create such a song these days. I can hear this playing in a Christian film scene or on Christian tv broadcasting shows. I like the music. I like the dynamics of how it was sung. The song made me feel like I was at home in a little town wanting to be better for God! Great words, great harmony too!

Constructive Comments: I think the vocals could have been sitting in the mix better. I also think they would shine better with a little more reverb on the lead vocal but NOT MUCH!….. I feel the snare could benefit having a little more body and being warmer. But that would be the mix engineer’s job if you didnt mix it. Never stop! Your are good…. I hope to hear you in a good Christian movie or show!

Broadjam Artist: Missing Link Us
Song: More

Reviewer: ZLEA Traxx

Positive Comments: This song has potential. I believe this song should be respectfully give the chance it deserves by put more work into it. I think the recordings were ok though they were not the best! The passion to create is definitely there just needs some direction as far as how to go about bringing the vision of the song to pass! Keep going, never ever stop. I think you have a great idea here.

Constructive Comments: I would that say sometimes the very best way to get better in your craft is to take a step back from recording and going to listen to music that songs like what you aim to produce. Even listen to other types of music outside of your preference because concepts can be gleaned from to bring back to your own. Pay special attention to Where things are placed in the mix. For example in your song the bass and entire drum kit was panned to the right side and you vocals and guitar to the left. Extreme panning like this has been done (decades ago) but certainly is not anymore as the industry has developed its own professional standards. Across the board standard wise certain element are always centered like the bass and kick and lead vocal. This is important! Not sure if you did all the work for the entire song or not but if so study each process within mixing a song, also arrangement, songwriting, and tuning vocal in and out of your DAW. I cant wait to hear where this song can really go with some hard work!

Broadjam Artist: The Woodmen
Song: Trouble Comin’

Reviewer: amy abernathy

Positive Comments: I liked the lyrics they were fun. It’s kind a fun vibe to it. The singer makes more of a rock genre, but could easily go for both ways.

Constructive Comments: I think it needs another layer in the production, give it a little more bluesy guitar. it needs one more layer in the mix to make it sound completed.

Broadjam Artist: Steve Dafoe – Songwriter
Song: River Of Pain (Country – Contemporary/Pop, Country – Classic)

Reviewer: Dann Michael Torres

Positive Comments: Recorded very well. Nice articulation and vocal inflection.Acoustic guitar supports in a superb way.solid piece.

Constructive Comments: sounds perfect! great!

Broadjam Artist: FRED GROSS
Song: The High Road

Reviewer: Dann Michael Torres

Positive Comments: Recorded very well – pristine sound quality.Nice bass line! Subdued organ parts add a very nice texture as well

Constructive Comments: no constructive points – solid!

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: L.A. Waltz

Reviewer: Dann Michael Torres

Positive Comments: interesting time signature shifts and variations

Constructive Comments: hard to follow and grasp some of the themes – fragmented – but personally – that’s the beauty of it!

Broadjam Artist: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)
Song: Medieval Games

Reviewer: Dann Michael Torres

Positive Comments: Cool polyrhythms!Overall blend of synth and percussion at beginning – super cool!

Constructive Comments: totally takes me into chick corea, pharoah sanders territory! No complaints – awesome!