Month: June 2019

Broadjam Artist: HAYWARD A. FRANKS
Song: LOVE WON’T LEAVE ME

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very moving piece and very original idea. Keeping this acoustic was a wise choice. It works really well.

Constructive Comments: Very nice piece.

Broadjam Artist: AJ Blue (Amanda Blue)
Song: Bitch in High Heels

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very well put-together and soulful piece. Electrifying vocals.

Constructive Comments: Very complex, but very good.

Broadjam Artist: Bob Bentley
Song: Drifting

Reviewer: Greg Lambert

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Broadjam Artist: MGB
Song: LET ME KNOW

Reviewer: N.Jones, Protilius Productions

Positive Comments: You’re no Maria Carey but you know how to write a good song with a great arrangement. Music followed your vocal performance nicely. The drop was a typical “tear in my beer” drop, but I felt you were on par for your genre and you did a great job with your lyrical content as well. There’s a few mix issues I think could be addressed, and sure, a new vocalist would sell this much more quickly… but this is a solid demo. I can picture any established country artist buying you out on this one. Good work.

Constructive Comments: Back up vocals. Humming. La las or something for the chorus would benefit you greatly. Some mix revisions and modernisation in your sound would likely help a lot too. I’d offer, but this would be a challenge for me, I’d also be too tempted to bring you into a Pop genre while I was there. And then things would get freaky, I’d pull out an orchestra and a bunch of synths, and then nurses would come out to drug you and reassure you to “Relax, your demo will be just fine” as a chainsaw starts up in the back room. I’ll just presume you’d prefer to avoid that… and would gladly refer you to a capable producer in Phoenix that has a staff better equiped to replicate your band and performances. Although… If you just need some engineering? I bet I could do a lot here. I charge an average of 50 an hour… but would cap a price on this mix at $150 USD. I like the song. I think you could do more with it though. A lot more. I do remixing too… But you’d be officially packing your bags for Oz at that point. Hope its all useful.

Broadjam Artist: Pete Papageorge
Song: BRIDGE OF ROSES

Reviewer: N.Jones, Protilius Productions

Positive Comments: A heart felt story from a through and through song writer. If the lyrical content is on? It’ll be perfect for a lifetime movie of the week or even the right indie project. If the song writer were to consider outsourcing the vocals and reproducing a new session, this could have a huge emotional impact on the right audience, for now… It’s a solid pitch of a personal story.

Constructive Comments: The effects will drown out your vocal presentation’s lyrical content without some good compression to bring everything into uniform levels. Forget about the fact you’re not a world class vocalist. Neither was Janis. Still wanna party with her in the afterlife. Take the effects off. Get the vocals to sound personal instead. Hit your guitar with some dynamics too. Watch the levels on your master… You wanna get both your vocals and the guitar into a nice bouncy waveform that breathes after you dynamically fluff everything. I know a guy in Phoenix that has access to world class vocalists starting at $500 and going North of 1k for buyout services. I have a few of my own as well. Reach out if you’re interested… I can talk a few of them and engineer your sessions if you’d like to take a new approach.

Broadjam Artist: Ashley Martin
Song: Beautiful Sin

Reviewer: N.Jones, Protilius Productions

Positive Comments: Vocalist is a stellar presence. I could see her finding a lot of work with the right producers. Recording on her was fantastic as well. Very clear and understandable content. This production falls more in the country bracket than it does pop. Pop has changed. Doesn’t mean this production isn’t a good one. Strong points are the lyrical content and the vocalist. Had a wonderful bridge section that a lot of producers just tend to forget about. Great arrangement for what it is. Covers all of the formula. Needs a little work to modernise the sound for today’s radio “top 10 hits” genre but would surely find support with a fan base.

Constructive Comments: I want you to load up some Britney Spears. Some Tori Amos. Garbage. Katy Perry. Any of them will do. Now compare your mix to what’s going on there. You will find that their guitars have presence, the kick fills the low end and offers a good snap, any kind of keys have a great stereo image, effects are somehow present yet don’t overwhelm the mix, you’ll hear a lot of differences between the way you’re engineering this and what actually sells these days. You’ve got a solid arrangement, but… I’d add back up vocalist surely, get some counter rhythms and harmonies going, make it feel like Queen for your choruses regarding backups, you know? Then get your mix under control. Hire a professional or just learn up on your own. Keep comparing your mix to the pros. This is key. Good luck, God bless.

Broadjam Artist: N.Jones, Protilius Productions
Song: Faith (2017)

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Really good effects and instrumentation. This would sound great in a fantasy or sci fi movie or many other projects.

Constructive Comments: Really well put-together piece.

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

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Nice piece with a really seductive voice. Song has a very good flow to it and instrumentation is ideal for this kind of a work.

Constructive Comments: Good song.

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: Saxametosis – real sax

Reviewer: Greg Johnson

Positive Comments: This is a keeper!! Really pleasant, flowing, well-played and produced piece of music! Horns sound great, bass sounds great. Musically, the piece evolves nicely….love the harmony horns..catches the ear in a great way. Quality stuff all the way!

Constructive Comments: I’d love to give you some constructive criticism, but any criticism could be destructive because a change is more likely to weaken the tune than strengthen it. This is just top notch stuff. As far as my ear, everything is done right!! Congrats! Take care. Greg

Broadjam Artist: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)
Song: Kindred Spirits

Reviewer: Greg Johnson

Positive Comments: Really cool energetic tune!! Production and instrumentation sounds top notch to me! I like the transition from the strings to the more rock/jazz fusion feel, and then back again. The rhythmic motif works very well…song grows on me as I listen to it.

Constructive Comments: I think, since it is a relatively long tune, and an instrumental, it may work well to insert a section that is rhythmically different for some musical relief….maybe a few held chords with just a flurry (not sure that’s the correct word) on a cymbal…just a thought. Overall, this is an AWESOME piece of music!! Congrats! Take care. Greg