Month: July 2018

Broadjam Artist: Earl.C.Webb
Song: FOLLOW THE CROWD

Reviewer: Mr. Craft

Positive Comments: Lyrics are amazing, instruments being used perfectly. If this song was engineered a little better this would be a perfect song. I personally hear this being placed for movies.

Constructive Comments: The engineering needs work, ending choir sounds like it doesn’t belong based on how the song was arranged.

Broadjam Artist: Earl.C.Webb
Song: FOLLOW THE CROWD

Reviewer: Mr. Craft

Positive Comments: Lyrics are amazing, instruments being used perfectly. If this song was engineered a little better this would be a perfect song. I personally hear this being placed for movies.

Constructive Comments: The engineering needs work, ending choir sounds like it doesn’t belong based on how the song was arranged.

Broadjam Artist: Massimo Carola
Song: Go to hell

Reviewer: Ash

Positive Comments: I really loved the old school 80s/90s feel to it.Love the guitar thrown in there as well. Fab!

Constructive Comments: The song was arranged and blended very well. The singer is fantasic. Super fun song with fun vibes. The lyrics are super fun too. I can could see people bobbing their heads and singing along.Great work!

Broadjam Artist: Massimo Carola
Song: Go to hell

Reviewer: Ash

Positive Comments: I really loved the old school 80s/90s feel to it.Love the guitar thrown in there as well. Fab!

Constructive Comments: The song was arranged and blended very well. The singer is fantasic. Super fun song with fun vibes. The lyrics are super fun too. I can could see people bobbing their heads and singing along.Great work!

Broadjam Artist: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat
Song: HOW MUCH LONGER?

Reviewer: Ash

Positive Comments: I really enjoyed this. It made me think I was home hanging out with the family.

Constructive Comments: I dont think you need to do much of anything. Lyric quality is there. As well as the skill for playing the instruments. Good job. I love the feel of the song. The singers voice is perfect for this genre.

Broadjam Artist: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat
Song: HOW MUCH LONGER?

Reviewer: Ash

Positive Comments: I really enjoyed this. It made me think I was home hanging out with the family.

Constructive Comments: I dont think you need to do much of anything. Lyric quality is there. As well as the skill for playing the instruments. Good job. I love the feel of the song. The singers voice is perfect for this genre.

Broadjam Artist: Lars Michnevich, a.k.a. Chief Inspector of “Bunko Squad”
Song: Mooods For Orchestra

Reviewer: Feline Beacon

Positive Comments: For the most part, I like this piece…you obviously have had much more training than I, so I am reluctant to be too critical…but here goes.This track evoked a lot of medieval imagery for me…lords and ladies, life at court, proud steeds and gallant knights, etc. Great feel and very nice counterpoint, and the instrumentation was excellent. I feel that this could very well have market potential given a few changes.

Constructive Comments: The main thing that struck me more than anything was how this piece would benefit from either a live orchestra (expensive!) or a better sample library such as East West Quantum Leap’s orchestral libraries. I am reminded of (and actually willing to put money on this having been realized on) Emu’s 16-bit orchestral ROMpler). Back when I bought one of these in ’93 or so, the sounds impressed me…nowadays, not so much. EWQL’s products ARE expensive, but a good investment for a composer with your talent, and I feel that the higher quality sounds and particularly the articulations of each instrument would make your work very marketable indeed, especially in the game/AV fields.In addition, the mix sounded a bit flat to me…all the instruments seemed to be the same volume or nearly so, so the main themes got somewhat lost and were fighting with the other parts for the listener’s attention…also, some judicious reverb would have given the sound more depth.All in all, a very promising work! I look forward to hearing more from you.

Broadjam Artist: Lars Michnevich, a.k.a. Chief Inspector of “Bunko Squad”
Song: Mooods For Orchestra

Reviewer: Feline Beacon

Positive Comments: For the most part, I like this piece…you obviously have had much more training than I, so I am reluctant to be too critical…but here goes.This track evoked a lot of medieval imagery for me…lords and ladies, life at court, proud steeds and gallant knights, etc. Great feel and very nice counterpoint, and the instrumentation was excellent. I feel that this could very well have market potential given a few changes.

Constructive Comments: The main thing that struck me more than anything was how this piece would benefit from either a live orchestra (expensive!) or a better sample library such as East West Quantum Leap’s orchestral libraries. I am reminded of (and actually willing to put money on this having been realized on) Emu’s 16-bit orchestral ROMpler). Back when I bought one of these in ’93 or so, the sounds impressed me…nowadays, not so much. EWQL’s products ARE expensive, but a good investment for a composer with your talent, and I feel that the higher quality sounds and particularly the articulations of each instrument would make your work very marketable indeed, especially in the game/AV fields.In addition, the mix sounded a bit flat to me…all the instruments seemed to be the same volume or nearly so, so the main themes got somewhat lost and were fighting with the other parts for the listener’s attention…also, some judicious reverb would have given the sound more depth.All in all, a very promising work! I look forward to hearing more from you.

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: Charlie

Reviewer: Feline Beacon

Positive Comments: Very well performed and produced contemporary jazz/fusion. Reminded me a lot of Vital Information, particularly the bass and sax. Flawless production, clean and smooth without being squashed to death by over-compression. Good kicking-back music!

Constructive Comments: Really, I can’t offer anything constructive that wouldn’t sound nit-picky or petty…maybe just that I wished I sounded like this! LOLKeep up the great work, and would love to hear more from this artist.

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: Charlie

Reviewer: Feline Beacon

Positive Comments: Very well performed and produced contemporary jazz/fusion. Reminded me a lot of Vital Information, particularly the bass and sax. Flawless production, clean and smooth without being squashed to death by over-compression. Good kicking-back music!

Constructive Comments: Really, I can’t offer anything constructive that wouldn’t sound nit-picky or petty…maybe just that I wished I sounded like this! LOLKeep up the great work, and would love to hear more from this artist.