Month: May 2020

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Down Under

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: It’s a cute little tune! Ready for children’s tv.

Constructive Comments: I’m sure children would find this amusing as is.

Broadjam Artist: Ladee V
Song: Haunted Mystery

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: Ready for the soundtrack on a Tim Burton movie! Very visual!

Constructive Comments: Sounds fine as is! Good work!

Broadjam Artist: Margie & Art Corey
Song: Home For The Holidays II The Corey’s

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: This might work well in a holiday movie or tv special. Nice!

Constructive Comments: I wish there were live drums on this, but that’s a matter of personal taste.

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: The Meaning of Christmas

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: Sounds like a good background for a movie.

Constructive Comments: Not really my forte, but I don’t see where any changes are necessary.

Broadjam Artist: Noreen Inglesi
Song: See My Kite

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: Strange expressive musical point of view!

Constructive Comments: Sounds like it’s made for a cartoon!

Broadjam Artist: Douglas Branson aka dB+1
Song: Radical

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: I’ve never heard a song quite like this before. The songwriter hits on a totally original title/concept: being radical. With soaring electric guitars and gritty organic vocals, the singer definitely gets his point across. Atmospherically dark, but not depressing.

Constructive Comments: Radical cars, and radical barsRadical ends and radical startsRadical music and radical artI like all the lyrics here except for cars and bars. Maybe I just don’t know what a radical bar is like. Just seemed too easy of a rhyme that didn’t work for me. The others did, though. Intro is a bit long.

Broadjam Artist: Bob Birthisel
Song: Another Day Younger With You

Reviewer: Kate Carpenter

Positive Comments: Here is an absolutely beautiful love song. Some of the best guitar playing I’ve heard in a long time, coupled with a flawless vocal. Add this to refreshingly original lyrics and a lovely melody. This song is a winner. I was looking for 10 stars on the guitars! Harmony was added at just the right place. This might be great for a movie!

Constructive Comments: No criticism here. I think you worked really hard on this song and thank the Lord you didn’t overproduce it or put weird effects on your voice. Truly a refreshing listen. I hope I get to review more of your music. Mrs. Kate

Broadjam Artist: J.J. McGuigan
Song: Home

Reviewer: Mamma Freedom

Positive Comments: This is a really nice track and has a lot of potential. Its very well crafted and has a lovely feel and is emotional very warming which I like a lot.You have chosen great guitar sounds and nice vocal sounds. The lyircs and clever lyrics and the melody is a perfect fit for the music and the emotional context of the track.

Constructive Comments: Firstly the kick is non existent and that’s the first things i look at in a mix. It created the ‘front to back’ balance of a mix.The snare drum has a nice sound but is buried in low/mids, its a little too wolly and dull sounding and needs to be a cleaned up and a lot louder, the lead guitar also has far too much low mids on it The mix cant breath properly and its not doing the quality of the song the justice it could have.Take out under 100khz home on the vocals as on the first ‘Hone is where i wanna be’ line the ‘Be’ creates a bass push which is translated into a small thump when you say it. Its a ‘proximity effect’ from the mic but can be rectified.This song mixed properly by someone like me has huge potential but at the moment this track is far from being radio ready in the mainstream industry and I would suggest spending that bit more extra time on the mix to really give the wow factor.I have some offers on at the moment at the studio aimed at trying to help musicians get over the line with radio ready, industry and film and TV mixed and mastered tracks.Its aimed at bands who have everything ready to make the a potential hit record but cant afford the thousands of pounds Chris Lord Alge mix.At this time Im lucky to still be active in the stufdio.Dropme an email if you have any questions or feel I can help you further.Much Love and Stay SafeAlexCMI Music Groupwww.cmimusicgroup.comalex@cmimusicgroup.com

Broadjam Artist: Ed Hernandez
Song: Second Star to the Right

Reviewer: Mamma Freedom

Positive Comments: I like the arrangement. the regality of the French horn and flute really set the tone nicely.It has a very cool medieval, battle, regal tone and feel. You’ve used the various percussion elements really well to punctuate the piece and add extra dynamics and emotion.

Constructive Comments: My only suggestion would be to invest in a slightly better orchestral bank if you intend on submitting for film and tv as quality of sound can be a massive boost when your tracks are being compared to others who have access to the better banks and you arrange nicely so it would benefit you.East West do a monthly payment scheme where you have access to their full library, its worth even paying for a months subscription and then using the banks and rendering the midi to audio before the subscription ran out. A bit naughty but thats a way to get your tracks up a level.My studio has a huge range of offers on at the moment to try and help out our musical brothers and sisters where we can.Drop me an email if I can be any further help.Much Love and stay safeAlexCMI Music Groupwww.cmimusucgroup.comalex@cmimusicgroup.com

Broadjam Artist: 3Mind Blight Music
Song: 3Mind Blight – Breaking Down

Reviewer: Mamma Freedom

Positive Comments: I really like the combination of styles, I love a unique sound so congrats for that.The track has a good feel and power, Great breakdown with the piano and vocal fx on the M8, thats a clever way to take the listener down a new path before hitting them hard with the chorus again.Good vocal sound and performance, its got an Alice in Chains / Korn cross 2 bands I really like. Great choice of guitar sounds, that creates a nice wall of sound.

Constructive Comments: Just be careful that the arrangement and mix doesn’t get too cluttered or hard to follow.If the track was mixed by a professional like myself this has potential, It needs more space and needs the drums to punch through more. You have all the ides there and its nicely done, it just needs someone to put it all in the right place to really give the song the dynamics it needs to really do it justice.We have some big discounted offers in st the studio at the moment to help our fellow musicians during this horrible time.AlexCMI Music Groupwww.cmimusicgroup.comalex@cmimusicgroup.com