Month: March 2019

Broadjam Artist: Chris Ford
Song: Rainy Days

Reviewer: Lonnie G

Positive Comments: clean recording and good strong harp tonea good blues tunes. nice drum track too…

Constructive Comments: maybe a modulation would help lift the tune.

Broadjam Artist: Soul Bind
Song: Skeletons

Reviewer: Wayne Ammons

Positive Comments: Like the short intro, excellent rock guitar sound, like the break @ 2:37, good string patch sound & acoustic guitar sound, love the guitar & drum licks @ 3:03 leading into solo, good drum sounds, well mixed,this is a big sounding recording, reminds me of Stained, good job!

Constructive Comments: Maybe add some vocal harmony parts, keep it up!

Broadjam Artist: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat
Song: BEFORE THE WORLD STOPS SPINNIN!

Reviewer: Auralov

Positive Comments: It’s got a joy to it you know. I’m a fan of it’s looseness. I listen to a lot of Bonzo Dog Band and this isn’t too far removed from something like that. It’s traditional blues, and a blast to play I bet. Everyone sounds like they are having fun, and that is important for this type of arrangement.

Constructive Comments: I love how the drummer plays with the pocket, While the bass player is on the beat incessantly. For some reason I believe this to be a live recording as there are a few overloads here and there that comes in that setting. I’m also suspicious that the main singer is the drummer, although I could be wrong. My only suggestion would have been to bring lead vox higher in level as compared to the comrades backing. No big deal though! It’s supposed to be loose.

Broadjam Artist: MGB
Song: ANSWER MAN

Reviewer: Auralov

Positive Comments: It’s rock/folk rock right from the go. Drums are thick and smacky, and bass sits well with the right amount of nose in the mix. The guitars have been blended well.I really liked the chorus/turnaround which starts around 2:15 and runs to around 2:50. For a bar or two the song pulls a certain feeling off. Kind of Styx 1978.

Constructive Comments: The song is pleasant enough,and the singer reminds me of Gordon Lightfoot a bit. I’m not sure if the writer intended his questions about answers to be replied to, or it was rhetorical. However I like the effect of taking the verbiage and turning it into a fictitious title. (Like The Kinks Powerman)We all know The Answerman

Broadjam Artist: Doug Mayberry
Song: You Are

Reviewer: Auralov

Positive Comments: It’s a heartfelt song which makes clear statements regarding the writers relationships with his wife/wife to be, and Divinity. It’s a personal statement, honestly expressed, that I can see being utilized at a wedding. The drums struck me as nice and deliberately spacious through my earbuds. They had a wideness to them that still sat unobtrusively. Although I believe the acoustic guitar to be piezoelectric, it still had a nice roundness to the string that wasn’t too spiky. The mixer had a good day. I loved the rondo section towards the end, and the female singers voice blended nicely with the song fabric without ever cloying. Everything is congruent and complimentary.

Constructive Comments: Double tracking was done with touch, and provided adequate thickness to the singers vocal. I went back and forth whether it was actual double tracks, electronically applied, or both. I’m pretty sure it was electronically applied to lead vox, and manually done to backup vox. Most people won’t care one way or the other, The mixer has it right.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Destiny

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very soulful and smoothly flowing piece. Pleasant voice and intelligent lyrics. The instrumentation fits a piece like this very well.

Constructive Comments: Very nice tune.

Broadjam Artist: GoCasual
Song: Curses Cast in the Mirror

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Really cool tune with a great beat and good and original lyrics. I love what is going on around the 2:30 mark, like the piece kind of re-energizes for awhile. I think that’s a cool effect. Really good instrumentation.

Constructive Comments: Really good sound.

Broadjam Artist: Till
Song: Deep Down Inside

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very pleasant tune with really good vocals and instrumentation, and some very cool musical shifts.

Constructive Comments: Very good and soulful piece.

Broadjam Artist: Jeana Potthoff
Song: Promise of Hope

Reviewer: John Hazlett

Positive Comments: This could be used either in the opening, or in a scene of the sad remembering how one let the loved one get away.

Constructive Comments: None needed, well done.

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: A Life In Question / Soundtrack

Reviewer: John Hazlett

Positive Comments: In the opening scene of a, “Mod Squad” type police detective series, a series of the characters can be seen walking down the rough city streets from various low and back angles in which the characters aren’t seen except for their legs and feet.

Constructive Comments: None needed. Well done.