Month: September 2018

Broadjam Artist: Scott Tingley
Song: Marina Stump Pass (duet)

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Great sound with a very good flow. Sounds like Jimmy Buffet meets Kiki Dee. Great vocals, both front and backup. A sound that makes you want to get up and dance.

Constructive Comments: Very cool song.

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Twenty Years Ago (Instrumental)

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Really good sound with super transitions and chord changes. Piece has a very cool flow to it. Really good instrumentation.

Constructive Comments: Really good and unique sound.

Broadjam Artist: Chet Nichols
Song: Twenty Years Ago (Instrumental)

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Really good sound with super transitions and chord changes. Piece has a very cool flow to it. Really good instrumentation.

Constructive Comments: Really good and unique sound.

Broadjam Artist: Kevin Leon Smith
Song: Taproot

Reviewer: Ronald Arduini

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Broadjam Artist: Kevin Leon Smith
Song: Taproot

Reviewer: Ronald Arduini

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Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: Rasta Lullaby

Reviewer: Matt Mereu

Positive Comments: Nice catchy and inviting groove. Heart felt and natural lyrics. Really like the hook. Certainly the best part of the song. Interesting idea to bring the flute sounds in. That component could be developed more. The general vibe and vibe sticks in my head.

Constructive Comments: On some level you seem content to just jam on top of a two or three chord groove — the solo guitar never ends. It mostly works to reinforce the somewhat hypnotic groove — and keep it real. However there are so many performance errors that it begins to detract from that groove. Best to solo all the way through 4 or 5 times, then keep the best bits. Definitely has potential.

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: Rasta Lullaby

Reviewer: Matt Mereu

Positive Comments: Nice catchy and inviting groove. Heart felt and natural lyrics. Really like the hook. Certainly the best part of the song. Interesting idea to bring the flute sounds in. That component could be developed more. The general vibe and vibe sticks in my head.

Constructive Comments: On some level you seem content to just jam on top of a two or three chord groove — the solo guitar never ends. It mostly works to reinforce the somewhat hypnotic groove — and keep it real. However there are so many performance errors that it begins to detract from that groove. Best to solo all the way through 4 or 5 times, then keep the best bits. Definitely has potential.

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: People, Places, and Things – Live

Reviewer: Matt Mereu

Positive Comments: So much to like about this. So much going on — instrumentally, lyrically, and in the arrangement. I love the cynical irony of the lyrics. Very rich on so many levels. I love the looseness and live-ness of the performance. Sounds like Smoking Joe? Love the outro vibe.

Constructive Comments: The track seems to be lacking some mid-range energy. Strong on the top and bottom but hollowed out in the middle. More attention to the stereo image would help clarity and separation in places.

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: People, Places, and Things – Live

Reviewer: Matt Mereu

Positive Comments: So much to like about this. So much going on — instrumentally, lyrically, and in the arrangement. I love the cynical irony of the lyrics. Very rich on so many levels. I love the looseness and live-ness of the performance. Sounds like Smoking Joe? Love the outro vibe.

Constructive Comments: The track seems to be lacking some mid-range energy. Strong on the top and bottom but hollowed out in the middle. More attention to the stereo image would help clarity and separation in places.

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Almost Close / Rock & Roll

Reviewer: Matt Mereu

Positive Comments: Nice catchy groove with some very cool changes. Reminds me a bit of mid-sixties surf music (eg. The Ventures). Nice positive vibe.

Constructive Comments: There is a strange artifact that pervades the music. I can hear it especially on the hi-hat cymbal. It’s a sort of swishy muffled sound. It could a compression issue. Not sure. If you get to the bottom of that you will have a clearer, less distracting, and more inviting sound. Good luck! P.S. Check out Slate Digital for a very inexpensive and extremely high quality route to getting excellent sound.