Month: August 2019

Broadjam Artist: Ante Novaselic
Song: Naked (New Mix)

Reviewer: Nigel Barrett

Positive Comments: Nice mix of music and vocal talent. Hard to define the genre – could crossover from pop to country to rock with the odd simple change.

Constructive Comments: Good tune so can’t think of any real improvements to suggest.

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: Let’s Drive Instrumental Minute

Reviewer: Nigel Barrett

Positive Comments: Nice catchy chord changes which I instantly liked. Could be very commercial this track! I’m guessing you have a full lyric version on here?

Constructive Comments: Piano is very quantised and lacking any real feel.

Broadjam Artist: Barry Osbourn
Song: You Mean Everything To Me

Reviewer: Jeff Ashbaker

Positive Comments: Pleasant instrumental,good mix of different sounds.

Constructive Comments: Maybe could have shared the lead with the various other instruments?

Broadjam Artist: N.Jones, Protilius Productions
Song: Getting high with the king (2019 Instrumental demo)

Reviewer: HAWC

Positive Comments: This put me in the mind of TRON which I LOVE! REALLY dig the guitar laced in there and then the idea of orchestra raining in over top. VERY Creative way to intertwine elements from contrasting instruments and make them work together like different communities being forced to embrace one another and finding they CAN coexist!

Constructive Comments: I wish the drums cut through a little more at some point, the orchestra felt a touch out of tune with the main groove already initiated by the electronic instruments, but still brought a nice daunting presence I liked. The end was a lil abrupt like an edit things versus and instrumentation end, maybe that was on purpose and I missed the point on that, not sure. Either way I still liked the entire track over all!

Broadjam Artist: Dave Haddad (CenterPeace)
Song: Magnetic Attraction

Reviewer: HAWC

Positive Comments: This is pure audible art! This is feels like it came from the same place that inspired jazz, various elements unifying to deliver an experience that has to be felt not just heard, in order to appreciate it. Not many will embrace this piece, it takes mature artistry to take this one in like a wine connoisseur. I’m soo diggin the groove on this and the intricate instruments that pop in here and there that are outside the typical scale of the main bass drive, but still in sync with the groove! I love this!

Constructive Comments: Too short! I WANT MORE!

Broadjam Artist: David James
Song: Rainy Night Road (ft, CoriAnder & Gus Harrower

Reviewer: HAWC

Positive Comments: I LOVE this a LOT! Been looking for more stuff like this to listen to while I ride my bike! It feels like the credit roll at the end of a movie, or the resolve part in a movie for the main character riding and thinking! I kept waiting for a full drum kit to spill into it but the arrangement is just fine without it! VERY Well DONE!

Constructive Comments: I have not a damn thing bad to say about this track, unless you have NOT made it available for download or presented it for movie scoring! THEN I would have some cons, but other than that all pro’s! Thank you for sharing!

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Au Chocolat / Gypsy Jazz

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Here’s a fun instrumental. The guitar part is joyfully played and evokes a smile in the listener. The keys (?) complement the lead instrument well. It’s a fun back-and-forth between the two. I like what I am hearing.

Constructive Comments: Sounds like a home recording. No problem with that…but it shows. Ending too abrupt. There are probably some guitar mistakes in there, but you can play better than me, so who am I to talk?

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

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: It’s always good to hear a sweet Christian love song. You can tell the vocalist really means what he is singing. I can hear the passion in his voice. The intro is really pretty and the instrumentation is very nicely done. Somebody put a lot of love and thought into the keys/arrangement.

Constructive Comments: It wouldn’t quite work for a wedding because of the bridge. “If we never come to pass.” Bring up the vocal in the mix, especially at the beginning of the song. The second to the last note before the resolve bothered me for some reason. Work on SMOOTH FLOW of the lyrics with the melody, so it sounds natural the way it rolls off your tongue. Verse 2: He is who I see. Kind of sounds awkward. “Though I tell you all the time, I haven’t told you in a while.” That needs improvement. It sounds like you were struggling to find something to rhyme with smile, so you resorted to something that doesn’t make a lot of sense. I hope I don’t sound too critical. I want to encourage you to keep on writing and recording. And I hope you got the girl!

Broadjam Artist: Mag Pie
Song: Dragons Breath

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Really good and steady piece with a really cool vibe and just a great overall sound. Love the arrangement and the structure.

Constructive Comments: Really cool piece.

Broadjam Artist: Peter G Olach – PGO
Song: the Deadly Game

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Powerful piece with great message and really good instrumentation and vocals. Harry Chapin is still with us.

Constructive Comments: Good work.