Month: May 2020

Broadjam Artist: Sam Cooper
Song: WORRIED ABOUT IT (featuring Sarah Mae Chilton)

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: Nice Start! like the guitar! Voice is Great! Nice tones, and phrasing child!

Constructive Comments: New sound is great and refreshing like a gooseneck ice drink!All The Best! Catnip=+=

Broadjam Artist: Noreen Inglesi
Song: Finale for Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: hey–Unusual and bright! Get my Horse please!

Constructive Comments: Where’s the Chamber Party at My Good Man? Enjoyed that!All The Best! Catnip

Broadjam Artist: Bob Birthisel
Song: Tender Kisses Everywhere

Reviewer: Patrick E. Muth/Catnip Pat

Positive Comments: like the intro, everything seems to be there, waiting for the bass and drums, tasty keys

Constructive Comments: good start i would say please keep working on thisAll the Best! Catnip

Broadjam Artist: Ante Novaselic
Song: Shyne

Reviewer: Douglas Branson aka dB+1

Positive Comments: Dig the beginning notes and vibe…ooh nice guitar chords – got my attention…Waiting for the lyrics to kick in – ok instrumental? NICE arrangement – could use some 80s pensive thoughtful provoking lyrics. Though now I am thinking very good sound track segue for period film. Maybe a flash back montage…Listening again- Very nice track – thank you.

Constructive Comments: I really enjoyed the tune and early on awaited the lyrics to kick in – It stand alone as an excellent track —for film score –sonic bytes for other media use – though I would love to hear some lyrics set to it—as it seems perched for catchy song adulation…

Broadjam Artist: Signal 30
Song: Glass Diamonds

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: Nice danceable feel to this recording.

Constructive Comments: This is just personal taste. I’m more of a fan of real instruments over monotonous electronic tracks that sound more sterile to me. I’m also not rocked by the vocal tracks, thinking that they could be done with more passion. This is one of those songs where the singer is in her comfort zone and there’s not a lot of tension.

Broadjam Artist: Ladee V
Song: Merry Christmas

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: The vocals are the best part. They are sweet. Nice sparseness.

Constructive Comments: At times, it seems like the vocals are fighting the electric piano for attention. They should, in my opinion, always be on top.

Broadjam Artist: Charles ‘KIZZO’ Kizzee
Song: Nothing Wrong With Love

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: Nice vocals and good songwriting. Clean production.

Constructive Comments: I’m partial to real instruments, especially drums that aren’t monotonous like drum machines. I realize it’s a matter of taste.

Broadjam Artist: James Hamilton
Song: Crystal Clear

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: Nice demo. Great singing. Keyboards are well done.

Constructive Comments: Good demo, but I’d like to hear the finished product with actual real strings…just a personal thought.

Broadjam Artist: Third Word
Song: Like The Wind

Reviewer: Sam Cooper

Positive Comments: Nice piano/vocal demo. Cool background vocals.

Constructive Comments: The recording sounds degraded…not clean. Sometimes, the lyrics are not easily discernable on my JBL studio monitors in the early part of the song. You may want to revisit the mixing/mastering of this.

Broadjam Artist: Sam Cooper
Song: WHERE LOVERS GO (featuring Amy Jo Ellis)

Reviewer: rob colley

Positive Comments: I think this is a very nice, well composed Latin-Jazz number, which could become a standard, and would be nice to play over for instrumentalists. It has a coherent structure with harmonic contrast, and it is consistently relaxed and welcoming, with the music underlying the lyrics well. In fact the setting of the words is excellent.

Constructive Comments: The recording would benefit from some detailed tidying, I feel. The lead vocal and acoustic guitar are slightly off pitch at times, and this could be remedied in the studio with some judicious pitch correction, Antares or similar, without compromising the natural and spontaneous feel of the players and singers. I am sure that the flute should be comping over the main part so much, but might benefit from being given a solo slot later in the song, and with the level higher in the mix. Same with the guitar. At times the polyphony seems a bit busy to me. But it all has a very honest and personalised feel, and would be good to hear live in a jazz club. Great composition though, music and lyrics, and I enjoyed listening to it. Thanks.