Month: May 2020

Broadjam Artist: David James
Song: Culture (acoustic version)

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very well done and pleasant piece while conveying a very deep message. Acoustic guitar fits very well here and is very well played with good chord progressions.

Constructive Comments: Nice piece.

Broadjam Artist: Mossmunn
Song: Killer Cinderella

Reviewer: MGB

Positive Comments: Very interesting and unusual piece. Subject matter is certainly not something you hear every day. Very well done with very interesting lyrics. Guitar solo is great and so is drum work.

Constructive Comments: Hope you can find the right project for this very interesting piece.

Broadjam Artist: rob colley
Song: Loweswater

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Mellow, sweet, relaxing, expressive. This is a really nice piece! I can almost picture the pianist sitting at his/her instrument, looking at his/her love (not at the keys…mostly) and just playing the devotion out in the music. Love your mastery of the instrument…and the emotion. You are definitely telling a story and I like what I am hearing.

Constructive Comments: Keep the good music coming. Do you play in restaurants?

Broadjam Artist: rob colley
Song: round danse

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Impressive! The artist shows a not only a mastery of his/her instrument, but conveys a joy and delight in performing that transmits that joy and energy to the listener. The only thing missing is a video so we can watch him/her perform this. I imagine it would be a fun thing to watch.

Constructive Comments: Out of my genre here, but you remind me of my arranger, and he, too, is brilliant!

Broadjam Artist: Hartmut Oberdieck
Song: open door reloaded

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Here’s an easy listening rock song that is really pleasing to listen to. It reminds me of a band that just LOVES to play and the venue is closing down and there’s one last couple sitting at a table in conversation and the band just keeps on playing so as not to break up the ambiance of the moment. That’s where your song took me. I love your guitar playing!

Constructive Comments: Keep up the great music!

Broadjam Artist: Fred Kimmel
Song: Always Beautiful

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Here’s a very interesting love song. Is it about a real girl that he knows…or someone in a magazine picture? Leaves you guessing. An eclectic mixture of genres: dream pop, rap, rock. There is a mixture of the rough and sweet and the instrumentation keeps changing to reflect that. I am hearing some Beach Boys harmonies that sound fantastic.

Constructive Comments: What if you stuck with the Beach Boys vibe for the whole song? I think it would be more pleasant, congruent and marketable. In its present state, it’s interesting (never boring) but a bit ADHD all over the place. If it were my song, I’d pick one genre and stick to it. But it’s your song, not mine! How is coffee pretty? Well I guess Starbucks makes coffee look pretty with their lattes. Friction and addiction – great rhyme. But picture doesn’t fit in that rhyme scheme, in my opinion.Ease out the ending a bit more gradually.

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: Unknown Singer

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: I really like the lyrics of this song, short as they may be. I can see this guy standing on a rock on the California shore or some beautiful place looking out over the landscape and singing his heart out: The whole world is his! Who cares if anybody knows? There’s a pretty mean screaming guitar and a lot of passion in this track.

Constructive Comments: Short! I would say this is an unfinished work. I think you’ve got a great lyric and idea here. How would you develop it further? I know that your genre is rock, but truly, this lyric might morph into another genre, maybe folk with some changes. Maybe something a little more peaceful to fit the nature words pictures you place into your lyrics. Where/how did you learn to play guitar like that?

Broadjam Artist: Strange World Music
Song: Riders Of Temptation

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Wow, I’ve never heard a song about prostitution before. This is powerful. There’s a really amazing percussive vibe and the instrumentation suits the song well. The passion of the vocalist seals the deal. The whispers were great. This song has a message that will convict hearts and I hope it makes people think twice about this dark, evil world before they fall into it…both sexes. A powerful writer with a needed message. Keep on singing it!

Constructive Comments: “You’re just another due”. I have a little trouble with that lyric. Maybe it’s a slang connotation I’m not familiar with. I could understand it if it were you’re just another dude (although I am not sure that would be better). Most of the definitions of due in the dictionary are due as an adjective, in which case this would be a grammatical error. Noun: Due is something that rightfully belongs to one. Well, I guess that sort of works, although the rightfully would only mean they paid for it. Ugh. Lastly, I would have liked to have heard one more note at the end to resolve the musical phrase.

Broadjam Artist: Bobby Caputo
Song: Cool Junk

Reviewer: Delta Burnett Reed

Positive Comments: Well done …love your vocal …you have a sweet sound when your holding on to a note at the end of a word in spots… so pleasant to my ear, you made me remember so many things from my own past. creative lyrics, I think you did really well…

Constructive Comments: Good luck with this…and thank you for the great ride down memory lane.

Broadjam Artist: Marilyn Hall
Song: Daniel

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: Cool songwriting! The recording is nicely produced…strong vocals and instrumentation. Good job!

Constructive Comments: I don’t have any suggestions. I think you’re good to go.