Broadjam Artist: Jeff Ashbaker
Song: A Storm Outside My Window
Reviewer: David James
Positive Comments: It’s a beautiful melody. Lovely chord progression. A compelling performance from the lead vocalist. Strong musicianship. The lyric hook ‘down to the river’ is very effective and overall the lyrics are strong. The quality of the recording is excellent. Great sound quality.
Constructive Comments: I’ve marked down the arrangement and instrumentation because I feel there were opportunities to pull back on the instruments in certain sections of the song to give the listener more light and shade. I also felt that the lines at 1.23 and 3.13, sung by the backing vocalist just repeated the previous line and didn’t add to the song. That could be rectified by adding the lead vocalist to those lines. I found the ending a bit abrupt. A drum fill or similar might prepare the listener for the ending. If these comments sound harsh, I don’t intend that. It’s a really strong song, which I think would be even better with a few tweaks.