Month: March 2020

Broadjam Artist: lost on foot
Song: love in the ashes

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: true, real song about the pain of love. love its in the acid! nice cool vibe. quit stalling–go out and live again

Constructive Comments: I like it when I can’t add to a songShoot for the stars! Catnip

Broadjam Artist: Lisa Repac
Song: Take Me With You

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: reminds me of the old coffeehouse days! Excellent voice! Joni Mitchell sounding!

Constructive Comments: Cant add anything to this one!Shoot for the stars! Catnip Pat

Broadjam Artist: StarburstRecords
Song: 33. Sweetness & Tragedy

Reviewer: Bob Bentley

Positive Comments: This is one very professionally performed, recorded and produced song! A loud country rocker with a very different slant to the lyrics/story. Brilliant vocals, both lead and harmony, and great playing by the musicians involved.

Constructive Comments: I had just reviewed a song that had insufficient level and thankfully had remembered to turn the volume down on my headphones because this song is about as loud as they can get without distortion!The dilemma for me is that I don’t get the story. The writer will be thinking I’m stupid but as a newcomer to the song I’m not sure where the tragedy comes from, i.e. the spitting in my face and the hip-psychotic pain. It could refer to some highly personal situation or it could just be a fictional love/hate relationship. It’s only this that stopped me giving every aspect of this great song 5/5 Good luck with it.

Broadjam Artist: Sam Cooper
Song: YOU BRING THE SUNSHINE

Reviewer: Bob Bentley

Positive Comments: Hi, Lots of good things about this song. Some very good rhyming going on in the lyrics and harmonies in the background. Although the recording is not as good as it might be, the instruments seem well played and well arranged. The vocal is sound.

Constructive Comments: Only my opinion.The first thing on my ears was how quiet the recording level is. That being said, it sounds like it may have been recorded some time ago – but I may be wrong? The vocal is quite a way in front of the backing and is fine until the high part which is a strain on the voice and feels uncomfortable to listen to. This song could benefit from a bit of updating. Good luck with it.

Broadjam Artist: HarryBudini
Song: Pop Song

Reviewer: lost on foot

Positive Comments: tongue in cheek lyrics but well put together and the voice is original, catchy melody wit ha good arrangement and structureGot to be honest I didn’t want to like this when it started playing but ended up really enjoying – thanks and good job

Constructive Comments: no more to say

Broadjam Artist: Earl.C.Webb
Song: HUSH

Reviewer: lost on foot

Positive Comments: like the voice and lyrics, was not hard to get into with a good feel to it and by the end you knew the hook and so this was a catchy tuneSimple but well worked instrumentation allowed the voice to come through and and overall a good job

Constructive Comments: nothing else to add

Broadjam Artist: Uncle Spider & The Electric Dirt Clods
Song: I Can’t be Without You / Pop

Reviewer: lost on foot

Positive Comments: Recording quality and mix needs some wrk on but accept that it depends on what you have in the way of equipment, This needs some dynamics put into the song and some of the playing errors edited and the ending just cuts off not sure where you are in your musical journey but working and listen to song structure and dynamics make listening to music more interesting

Constructive Comments: A low mark but its just where it sits with most of the music on Broadjam

Broadjam Artist: Bob Bentley
Song: Different Tracks

Reviewer: Bob Birthisel

Positive Comments: Nice mix and beautiful sound on the instruments. The lead vocal is just the right volume compared to the other backing sounds. I’m hearing a lot of 80s influences (maybe intentional), but not sure what current market opportunities might exist. Still an enjoyable listen.

Constructive Comments: There were ALMOST harmonies – listening through pro headphones I could nearly hear them and it sounded fine, but if this were ever re-mixed those definitely need to be brought forward….maybe 3db behind the lead, give-or-take.

Broadjam Artist: Soul Bind
Song: No One Left Behind

Reviewer: Bob Birthisel

Positive Comments: Hard Rock in the correct category – thanks for that! The energy was very good and the guitar work crisp. Solid drumming too.

Constructive Comments: I couldn’t figure out for the life of me what the song’s title is, and there’s no repeatable hook. I still enjoyed it since I’m a Classic Rocker at heart, but marketability-wise it needs a real bite-down hook (just my opinion)

Broadjam Artist: Hartmut Oberdieck
Song: What a nice surprice

Reviewer: Bob Birthisel

Positive Comments: Nice groove and solid guitar tones. I’d almost put this in a funk category vs. Blues Rock but it’s an easy listen with pleasant lines throughout. The chord changes are necessary since the song seems to inch ahead at the same energy level. But it works.

Constructive Comments: The little synth accents didn’t work for me, but I get that’s TOTALLY an individual taste thing. Overall nice effort.