Month: October 2019

Broadjam Artist: Kevin Desire/Cholinga Praise
Song: Funkified

Reviewer: Greg Johnson

Positive Comments: Great catchy energetic track!!! Instrumentation/production and arrangement are all TOTALLY PRO!!!

Constructive Comments: Cool little funky tune!! Take care. Greg

Broadjam Artist: Pat Flanakin
Song: I Love You

Reviewer: Donovan Tucker

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Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: Film Score idea

Reviewer: Greg Johnson

Positive Comments: Great sounding track!!! Pretty music, and wonderful production! Love that rich EP sound!! Music has a lot of motion, and dynamics really keep the listener engaged! Wonderful stuff!!

Constructive Comments: I think it is a sampled sax? Quality sample but I would love to hear a live player! Great music!! Take care. Greg

Broadjam Artist: Charlie Shock
Song: BEE STING (performed by CAMERON DOBB)

Reviewer: Greg Johnson

Positive Comments: THis is so creative!!! Love the feel, and the build of the arrangement! Musicianship is top shelf all the way, and the vocal is brilliant……so comfortable, so natural!! Sax is awesome!!

Constructive Comments: Everything works!!! Snare may be a touch heavy in the louder portions but that is just a taste thing. AWESOME!!! Take care. Greg

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: Sweeter Than An Alibi / R&B

Reviewer: Greg Johnson

Positive Comments: Beautiful music!! Really nice changes and some great musicianship to accent them…….love the bass!! Vocal is very pretty and technically well done! Everything, absolutely everything, works great in this tune!!!

Constructive Comments: Wonderful job with everything!!! Take care. Greg

Broadjam Artist: Kevin Desire/Cholinga Praise
Song: I’m Feeling This

Reviewer: SRJ

Positive Comments: * Yes, loved the ‘bouncy’ house feel of this track – great use of electronic instruments and rhythms.

Constructive Comments: * Realise that the track is very short, but there is a sense that there are three different tracks which do not really blend well into one track. Were you experimenting with this?

Broadjam Artist: Theopolous
Song: Love Like Ice and Flame

Reviewer: SaltonSea

Positive Comments: The melody is nice. I can’t really think of who this might sound like. It really sounds like it’s own thing.

Constructive Comments: I think the song could definitely benefit from a much tighter performance, maybe play to a click track if you didn’t. the bass guitar sounds out of tune a bit and possibly like your hitting a few wrong notes, I can’t tell which exactly, but it doesn’t sound slightly off. Those are two areas that are quite an easy fix though. Another benefit would be to to pan more the strings/organ instrument are panned well but the vocals, bass and acoustic guitar are all panned up the center and it’s causing those three elements to mask each other a bit and make things sound a bit in your face and lacking clarity. If you would like to keep them all panned up the center I would definitely make good use of EQ. Roll off the low end in the acoustic and vocals a bit, roll off some of the high end in the bass, notch out specific frequencies on each of those three parts to give them each their own frequency space and breathing room, maybe cut a bit around the 200hz to 350hz range to clear up some mud and rumble and add a subtle reverb to the vocal as well, even just a slight room verb to create a bit of space in the vocal would be very helpful. With t he bass, maybe cut a bit in the 400hz range. The guitar just find that boxy sound and cut that frequency out to clean it up a bit. Also, if you want dot doubletrack the acoustic performance you could pan each performance anywhere from 30 to 50 R and L and that would help bring in some clarity in th e mix as well.

Broadjam Artist: Warren Hein
Song: Holy Road (male vocal)

Reviewer: SaltonSea

Positive Comments: I like the general arrangement of this song. I’m not sure really who this reminds me of I’d say maybe a little bit Roger Waters. I love the choir!

Constructive Comments: I’m not sure what the goal for this song is but if there’s hope of it getting Placements or covered by another artist, I feel this artist might be limiting themselves a bit with the heavy political leaning lyrics. This would’ve worked well in the 60’s and early 70’s but for 2019 I’m not sure where this would fit in for song placements. So I’d say the political lyrics might limit the audience of this song. Other than that I’d say it’s a pretty good song, maybe the vocals could stand to sit back in the mix a bit more and not be quite as up-front, but it’s not a glaring issue.

Broadjam Artist: Peter G Olach – PGO
Song: (pgo) Another Man PGOlach

Reviewer: SaltonSea

Positive Comments: I like the guitar work and the vocals sound unique and strong. If I had to pick some artists right off the top of my head of who this might sound like names like Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin (the more folk side of the band), Cat Stevens, Jethro Tull.

Constructive Comments: The acoustic guitar sound s abut harsh and the vocal sounds a bit too up front in the mix. I think the mix could benefit from some high end cut on the guitar and maybe some compression or riding the vocal fader to help the lead vocal sit back in the mix a bit more. It’s also be cool t o hear some drums come inhale way through the song or maybe a flute, bass strings or something, just to help keep the arrangement interesting throughout.

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: I’m Not Laughing About It (LIVE)

Reviewer: SaltonSea

Positive Comments: I love the raw edge and energy of the song and the overall classic punk feel of the song. Reminds me of early Jam, Buzzcocks, sex pistols, Magazine and those types.

Constructive Comments: The performance could use some tightening ups a bit and the mix could use some clarity and definition. The 1st guitar solo could use a different tone, when the guitar solo comes it it takes me from the punk rock vibe and goes into a sort of classic rock guitar solo tone.