Month: July 2019

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: I Know Someone Who Knows

Reviewer: Matthew Stemme

Positive Comments: Makes you feel happy from the first line. Great way to speak out for the lord. The chorus is really fun. Vocals take you on a journey.

Constructive Comments: You do a great job and are a wonderful voice to the Lord.

Broadjam Artist: Greg Lambert
Song: It’s A Lie

Reviewer: Matthew Stemme

Positive Comments: Guitar and raspy vocals got me right away.Dime-store fiction is a nice line. lies and lullabies alsothe tone and tempo come across as wisdom. The guitar work is pretty nice.I may not, personally agree with the hook, but it does grab you. I dont think I agree with the message, but it does come across as words wanting to be spoken.

Constructive Comments: You probably already get this, but the use of Hell is shocking to the point of distraction. No such thing as heaven was hard for me. Speaking personally.

Broadjam Artist: Bob Bentley
Song: You Are Everything – Julia Schmidt

Reviewer: Matthew Stemme

Positive Comments: Nice vocals and true to content. love the weaving of Scripture and the things of God. Loved the yeah, yeahs!

Constructive Comments: Not sure I was able to grab the hook? Missed not having the lyrics to look at. Could not tell if there was a bridge, as it ran together.

Broadjam Artist: Doug Mayberry
Song: Thank You (Codi’s Song)

Reviewer: Matthew Stemme

Positive Comments: Lyrics and delivery, and keys, come across as a deep-hearted message. The progression of the story is well done. I like where you go with the bridge, but not sure it goes lyrically.

Constructive Comments: The bridge is well done. Arrangement, vocals, etc. It is a fresh insert that leads you back to the chorus well.It lost me lyrically, though? The opening verses had me thinking of a couple in deep love, but then the bride cause me to halt. Are they together?

Broadjam Artist: Marilyn Hall
Song: Just A Touch Of Your Power-Revised

Reviewer: Matthew Stemme

Positive Comments: Lyrics are true to the love of God–angels are singing!Calling out to Jesus seems real and the opening lyrics set a retentive tone.

Constructive Comments: The recording seemed a little weak to me, but that could be my system.I am wondering if you omitted the second line in the chorus, if it would flow better.probably thought of this, but a simple bridge to add a distinctive layer could work nice.

Broadjam Artist: Donovan Tucker
Song: Love Sounds

Reviewer: Matthew Stemme

Positive Comments: Good song. good message. The arrangement really works. the hook is good.As the temp is on the slower side, I am wondering if the Chorus could be moved up–get to it sooner. That opening verse with the baby grabs the ear–getting to That’s how love sounds quicker “could” further commit the listener. yay for love! My kind of stuff.

Constructive Comments: From above, the song is good. Just wondering if getting to the the meat of the chorus would help it shine more.

Broadjam Artist: RICARDO ALONSO
Song: ANGELS

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very mellow and melodic piece that should sound great in the background of a fantasy movie or an animated work. The pauses work really well, and the way this builds is great.

Constructive Comments: Good work.

Broadjam Artist: Donovan Tucker
Song: Dock of the Bay Instrumental

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Really a super-well done rendition of a truly classic song. A very creative take, as you stray away nicely now and then, but never far enough to take anything away from the song.

Constructive Comments: Nice piece.

Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: Before You Swallow

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Nice production. I love the live tracks! The band sounds great, cool guitar fills add to the track. Quite a production, there is a lot of things happening here very good performances I can tell this is a big production…. Great job, this is a very complete song.

Constructive Comments: There are some groove issues here and there. For my ears the mix needs a lot. It’s pretty good but the seems to be a void in the spectrum, I hear lows well but the low mid and mid range seems to be missing. Wow, band speeds up pretty badly in the last guitar solo near the end.

Broadjam Artist: English Mike
Song: 49 Cadillac

Reviewer: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)

Positive Comments: Love the beat. Relaxed down home feel and vocal. I enjoyed the break at 1:07. really nice parts, love the drums and guitar. Guitar tone is good, matches the music.

Constructive Comments: There is noise at in the beginning before the song starts… and then in the end everything is cut of before the end decay… Try to pay closer to these details. Feeling like the mix is heavy in the low end keep in mind that many people add bass to they listening systems already. The vocal seemed like it could have been louder, the tom tom and ride cymbal are the loudest things in the mix. Yeah, the drums are killing the mix now on the second listen. Vocal was so low I couldn’t hear all the lyrics clearly, this is where your song makes it or not, you have to make sure that the vocal (whether or not you are happy with it) cannot be buried.