Month: November 2020

Broadjam Artist: VALEXIS
Song: Fairy Tales

Reviewer: sonya watts

Positive Comments: First off, lyrics are killer! I really really like this one. Great beat. Catches the flow of the story. Music is great. Very marketable song. Could easily be in a movie or tv series. Great job telling a story but also leaving some vagueness to the details so that it can be applied to whatever the script is showing. Don’t see any reason why this wouldn’t be picked up.

Constructive Comments: I don’t have any suggestion for the arrangement or lyrics. I think it’s pretty great as is. If I’m being super picky I’d say occasionally I could hear a very few places where the vocal might have a bit too much gain. If this was mastered then my apology since I’m not an expert in this area at all, but if it wasn’t mastered you might have it done. I only say it because this is really really great and worth it. Check around the 1 minute mark when the music backs off and you have a lot of words ending in S. Also on listening a second time, I do want to say how great the vocals are. Great voice and perfect tone for the lyrics to come through. Overall, a big winner, and as I said before, great as is.

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: Sorry

Reviewer: sonya watts

Positive Comments: Hook is great. Kind of has a bit of an 80’s vibe (which I really love). Solid drums, they don’t sound pre-recorded. If that’s a patch I’d like to know what it is. Dig the bass-line closing out the song too. Yeah, overall I really really liked it. Definitely has marketability. A million romantic comedies need this song!

Constructive Comments: No suggestions, I think it’s ready to be picked up. Good luck with the marketing side. You’ve got a good one. The hook says it all and the verses could underlie anything going on in a scene. Some pretty universal images that work well to not clash with the story on screen. Great job building a very useable piece! $$$$

Broadjam Artist: Bob Bentley
Song: Night Of Love (Orchestral Mix)

Reviewer: sonya watts

Positive Comments: Pretty, pretty song. I could see it all happening! What a gorgeous vocal to tell the story. This could easily be used for a religious Christmas movie. Definitely peaceful and relaxing. Made me feel hopeful and remember the true meaning of Christmas. Lovely job. The artist is obviously blessed by the Lord to spread the word!

Constructive Comments: No suggestions. I was moved by the images and the lovely vocal that drifts along perfectly. I would say this is less of a sing along and more of a beautiful piece to be used in tv/film, so it’s in the right place. I know Christmas music is pretty much already picked up for this season, but I hope it gets used, if not this year than next!!

Broadjam Artist: John Francis Cooper
Song: Amazing Grace

Reviewer: sonya watts

Positive Comments: This was an interesting piece because I felt like it was geared towards a movie scene where we actually got to see the player start the recording. I felt very “in the room” with it. The guitar sounds beautiful and the melody is very pretty. The music itself is really lovely, and I could definitely listen to the song over and over. Peaceful and relaxing, and uplifting. There were certain parts that made me want to just close my eyes and take it all in. Great work!

Constructive Comments: I don’t have any suggestions for the arrangement because I don’t really know anything about guitar music other than it was beautiful music. I’d like to hear more from this artist, like a full instrumental tract that is clean all the way through with no “recording” sounds, so I could just start it while I’m sitting on the beach and listen for some peaceful day dreaming. I’m not sure exactly where this would be placed as it feels more like a live piece. I checked NA for marketability only because I just don’t know. I would say if the intention is to use it as an instrumental it would probably need to be re-recorded straight with no sounds of starting the recording or stopping the recording, but again that is based on what the artist wants to market towards. The guitar music itself is very beautiful.

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Mothers of Messy Kids, Unite!

Reviewer: sonya watts

Positive Comments: Wow, the quality of recording is excellent! This is so unique. I would love to see this in a musical. This is my castle and I am the queen!! Love it. I don’t know where this would be placed, but I hope it is. It’s just plain fun and as a mother of 3 and grandma now, I hear the lyrics for sure. I think there is an opportunity for unique songs right now listed, maybe you should check into the details. I don’t have anything like this so I didn’t read the description. Good job on this wonderful adventure of a song.

Constructive Comments: Oh I have no suggestions. I simply sat back and enjoyed it. Made me want to go check on my grown kids to see if their rooms are clean! hahaha. I’m assuming it is being played for teenagers as well as moms. This might have motivated my kids to clean if I just played it loud on a loop until they got the mess picked up. I love it.

Broadjam Artist: Hartmut Oberdieck
Song: zwischen den sternen

Reviewer: Ronald Arduini

Positive Comments: Interesting intro..Captivating guitar playing!!

Constructive Comments: I wish the guitar was louder!!!

Broadjam Artist: Hartmut Oberdieck
Song: easy going (2006)

Reviewer: Ronald Arduini

Positive Comments: love on bar 4th bar.. that (cymbal) hit on the up beat…and on the 8th bar the louder drum riff and the way cymbals stick out at around 49 seconds..great guitar playing..starting around 1min 4sec… Now those cymbals are tasking away from the guitar playing..Great groove ..Needs a better mix

Constructive Comments: Great groove ..Needs a better mix

Broadjam Artist: Bob Bentley
Song: True Friend

Reviewer: BigAlbatross

Positive Comments: Lovely instrumentation and excellent vocals. The title/hook wasn’t quite clear in the recording until I looked at the lyrics but then it made sense. The story line a little over done by many other artists but still a great recording. Well done!

Constructive Comments: All seems good with the quality of the recording and vocals. but the lyrics not very original but never the less put together very well. At four and a half minutes long it has a danger of becoming a little too tedious for the listener so could be helpful to incorporate some subtle melody changes or cut out one of the last choruses. But overall a good song and I enjoyed listening.

Broadjam Artist: Kate Carpenter
Song: Old Sew and Sew

Reviewer: sonya watts

Positive Comments: This is folk for sure, but I also wondered about it being in the unique category because I really think this would make for a cute song in a commercial. The lyrics are awesome! I’m glad the music was fairly simple so I could just enjoy the story. Great fun! I like all the visuals and the creative ending too!

Constructive Comments: I don’t have any constructive comments as the song is perfect as is. I hope to heck it gets a placement somewhere. It’s unique for sure, and someone out there has a spot for it in a film or commercial, come on people find a spot for this song to get heard. It will make people smile. Singer’s voice is lovely.

Broadjam Artist: Bob Bentley
Song: Time To Think

Reviewer: sonya watts

Positive Comments: I enjoyed the visuals in the verses and the chorus is catchy. I could see this song being played in a reflective scene, or a montage. I liked the tone of the singer’s voice. The music just whisked me away, floating on that harmonica. I could sit by a river in the summer and listen to this again and again. Drum hits are great. Nice job.

Constructive Comments: The end of the song sort of drifted into several layers, caught my ear a little. I actually didn’t mind it, but had just a moment of wondering if it was fully intentional, like the harmonies felt intentionally made to seem live? Honestly I wouldn’t change it, because it added an element of surprise for me as a listener. I listened to the end a few times to make sure my comment was accurate. Peaceful and happy ending lyrically. Made me happy.