Broadjam Artist: Simpson-Mancine ProductionsSong: Line in the SandReviewer: Kate CarpenterPositive Comments: This appears to be a protest poem put to music. Or perhaps it’s a poem about protesters put to music. The imagery is excellent. The presenta…

Broadjam Artist: Simpson-Mancine Productions
Song: Line in the Sand
Reviewer: Kate Carpenter
Positive Comments: This appears to be a protest poem put to music. Or perhaps it’s a poem about protesters put to music. The imagery is excellent. The presentation is a bit cerebral it’s a song to make the listener think. Where have we been? Where are we headed? Have we made any progress at all? Not a real message of hope here…just a reality check, which, by the way is sonically very well put together. I like the percussive bass underlay and the guitars on top.
Constructive Comments: This song suffers from the lack of a chorus. I could understand most of the words, but when you started ramping it up, the vocals (too many effects? Faulty mix?) got muddied a bit. Thanks for posting the lyrics. It helped me to see the mastery of your poetry. The last verse is particularly compelling.