Month: April 2019

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Manners Rap

Reviewer: JllVMINVTI

Positive Comments: This was a fun little jingle you made! Haha, I was smiling the whole time with how creative it was and the writing was witty and inclusive, while still being educational and informative. The tongue-in-cheek “manner” of this song reminded me of the type of PSA songs that I would have to listen to at public schools as a child. Overall not bad.

Constructive Comments: Things I would suggest improving on may be the instrumentation and the quality of arrangement. Each verse kind starts and stops around each hook, and there is no clean blending of the two. This interrupts the flow of it being a causal song, but for what it is, I think it is pretty decent. Maaaayybe, rewrite the chorus and flesh it out a bit more to make it more impactful and memorable. Also, try avoiding stock loops and samples in the future, as these can sound cheapen your overall sound.

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: Duanipa

Reviewer: Jeff Maguire

Positive Comments: Smooth groove and some very nice chord changes in a smooth jazz style. All together nice tune with a strong melody and structure. Definate potential in this one.

Constructive Comments: This is a nicely written tune , good changes and use of stops/starts, melody is nice, it meanders a bit in spots but that could be dealt with pretty easily and is not a big problem.The hook that comes in a bout 1 minute and repeats is very nice and glues the whole thing together. Lead melody ( sax ) patch is very weak and by itself would likely prevent you from selling this. Good horn samples are not cheap and it takes some real doing to make them sound real, as a single lead instrument is is almost impossible. My constructive criticisms would be to get better samples that allow for changes in articulation like key switching, and actually look into how real horn players play. Think about using the horn lead in unison with other horns or other instruments that are real. The other thing I’ve found is that software synths tend to sound better by themselves than synth horns, they are fake to start with ( synths ) and easier to synthesize in software, synth horns always compare badly to the real thing, soft synths like say a mini moog or fender rhodes less so. They were electric instruments to begin with.

Broadjam Artist: Toni Fournier
Song: It’ll Never End

Reviewer: CodeSwitcher

Positive Comments: Cool song. You should get some pitches for source music in films for this (where this is the music playing in the bar or on the radio in the scene). Good idea to make it guitar/vocal.

Constructive Comments: It’s just me, but some finger snaps on the opening would establish the beat for the listener. I couldn’t grasp it until the guitar came in.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Maguire
Song: Phil Woods

Reviewer: CodeSwitcher

Positive Comments: This one surprised me at first, as I got it in the blues category. Then I went with it, and I can really hear this in a detective show. Don’t ask me why. It just hit me hard that way.

Constructive Comments: Pitch this for urban action scenes.

Broadjam Artist: Marc S. Pate
Song: Amends

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very soulful and pleasant piece with very good and introspective lyrics. Keeping it acoustic is a good choice for this type of tune.

Constructive Comments: Nice song.

Broadjam Artist: Barry Osbourn
Song: Veracruzin

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Nice catchy piece that holds together real well. Real nice mix of instruments and infectious riff.

Constructive Comments: Good work.

Broadjam Artist: MGB
Song: WOULDN’T LIFE BE EASY?

Reviewer: Sonic

Positive Comments: Lyrics are thought provoking

Constructive Comments: Thought the song’s tempo really dragged the song…..even though it is obviously a ballad, it would help tremendously if the tempo were increased by at least 4 bpm

Broadjam Artist: Barry Osbourn
Song: Badlands

Reviewer: Sonic

Positive Comments: great ryth gtr riff….solid lead line…very Pink Floyd-ish

Constructive Comments: I would have the lead gtr up a bit in the mix and/or bring the ryth gtr down. Would have like to have hear vocals….

Broadjam Artist: Ian Graham
Song: Unlovely and Unloved

Reviewer: Sonic

Positive Comments: i liked the guitar riff.

Constructive Comments: the electronic percussion kit is way too loud in the mix…i guess that it is because this is designed to be an initial demo mix. The backing vocals seem a bit out of pitch

Broadjam Artist: RICARDO ALONSO
Song: METADONA CRASH

Reviewer: Sonic

Positive Comments: Cool intro!

Constructive Comments: Was too early 80s for my taste…of course this may have been your intent