Broadjam Artist: Nick Fuse
Song: Nick Fuse & Tony R Clef: Love Crime
Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)
Positive Comments: Starts out sounding like a CSN song, still has a Steven Stills song. I like the chord changes and feel. Guitar sounds beautiful… Very nice playing. I enjoyed the instrumental break in the middle. I like the dissonance in the guitar chords, it supports the lyrics well.
Constructive Comments: Guitar is recorded pretty well, I would cut some of the lows and lo mids out. Not take all the body out but take some of the rumble out and give it a little more snap… maybe more compression, get it to jump out a little more. It sounds really good though. Vocal is quite buried. I am sure you recorded the guitar and vocals together at the same time otherwise you would be able to bring the vocal out better and could have a better eq for the voice. Too much reverb on the vocal too. Listen to old CSN, James Taylor, Neil Young, Carol King and Joni Mitchell, they don’t have that much reverb on their vocals. It feels like the reverb is the featured artist not the singer. Let’s get the singer at least as loud as the guitar and the reverb makes them sound too far away. Second verse could have added bass guitar and maybe drums but just guitar it kicks ass.