Broadjam Artist: John van Wicklen
Song: Astral Skies
Reviewer: Paul Pierce Project
Positive Comments: The sax is MONEY. Smooth, clean, well played, nice tone, cool choices, all within that same sleepy soft-pop vibe. Hat’s off on the arrangement. I like the change when it comes. Overall you’ve captured a cool mellow feeling here that reminds me a little of Michael Franks. The instrumentation is wonderful! Great job on this song. Hope you get it placed!
Constructive Comments: I was feeling really good about this groove at first but it started feeling a little stiff later, possibly drum machine or quantized playing? Also there are times the vocal seems just a little pitchy, but not to the point of distraction. When the song hits the bridge at about 2:15 the vocal gets a bit outside, again a little pitchy and just phrasing I wasn’t crazy about. Not to worry. This is a really nice tune, and well done!