Month: February 2021

Broadjam Artist: Thierry Coupey
Song: Gang de Moutons

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Well, this was different. I really enjoyed it, not really sure where it was going next, but that was its charm. Great recording and performance with a polished and balanced overall sound. Thanks I thought it was great.

Constructive Comments: Sorry about the lyrics. This is obviously aimed at a niche market and as such would probably do very well if picked up. Thanks and good luck.

Broadjam Artist: Delta Burnett Reed
Song: Delta Dawn

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Thanks for this, don’t know what to say really, it’s Delta Dawn. A very good version however with great vocal and recording. should, and probably does go down very well in the folk clubs and bars.

Constructive Comments: Not sure what you do with this, it’s a very confident and accomplished performance but as I say, it’s an old classic with a good track record. Good luck with your music and thanks for this.

Broadjam Artist: Phil Bouldry
Song: My Miss America

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Good solid folk/rock style tune. Good instrumentation and mix of electric/acoustic styles< well delivered and recorded vocal with clear lyrics. Thanks for this song, it was interesting especially when the tempo took a twist. Constructive Comments: All I would say is maybe back up the acoustic strum with a bit more body to stop them becoming a little thin, just my preference, who knows? Thanks and good luck.

Broadjam Artist: Bob Nesom
Song: Daddy

Reviewer: John Evans

Positive Comments: Good gentle song with a clear sentiment. The twin acoustic guitars do a great job of setting the tone and style to come. confident vocal, well performed with what seem like very personal lyrics. Thanks, I enjoyed this a lot.

Constructive Comments: The only thing I would maybe look at is the amount of reverb on the vocal. Its just my opinion, but I think a more intimate vocal delivery would suit the lyric better. Thanks and good luck.

Broadjam Artist: Vi: 00110110
Song: Vi: Where do we go from here

Reviewer: Lawrence K. Bodien

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Broadjam Artist: Bob Bentley
Song: It’s Over Now

Reviewer: John Walradt

Positive Comments: The melody is pleasing, the kind you can listen to again, hum, and enjoy. A story of infidelity, the conversation is like an intimately written handwritten note and takes full blame, and goes into resignation. I really like the use of heavy yet echoing electronic keyboards that are like the Human League or Richard Marx. It’s played and mixed to perfection. I also like how it begins with a quick rhythm of words and slowing down as the stanzas progress, just like a conversation. It makes for very good interest in the composition!

Constructive Comments: This is the hard, muddy part, because my own rather confused bias gets in the way on this song, and that’s why I didn’t knock down any points. You might read this and conclude these paragraphs are full of shit and that would be valid. You’re ahead of me in experience, but here goes. The melody is very good…it works! The lyrics seem so matter of fact that it could be an outline. So it seems like an album cut instead of a single. Emotionally, it could be more confessional, punchy, unique (think of Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Circle is Small”). You’ve got the concepts. I know you can do it, too, because I heard “Knock ’em Dead” and that hits the nail on the head!

Broadjam Artist: Original Quigley
Song: The Place That We Know

Reviewer: John Walradt

Positive Comments: Listen to this combination: a well composed hooky melody where the two distinct changes in stanzas fit the mood of the lyrics, from uncertain wandering about to the certainty of coming back to the familiar. The place we know is a new and unique way of saying that a certain soul mate or close person is home. These are elements of songwriting that make for a great song. Nicely done!

Constructive Comments: What can I say? Sit back, enjoy a beer, then work on the next one.

Broadjam Artist: Hartmut Oberdieck
Song: it’s tea time

Reviewer: John Walradt

Positive Comments: Put this in a movie right away! This piece could work as part of soundtrack easily. It’s catchy, enjoyable, moves with a steady energy. The guitar instrumentation is like Mark Knopfler. Where many instrumental tunes are just background filler, this piece is a well thought composition with a melody that makes me want to listen to it again.

Constructive Comments: Very well done. No need to change anything.

Broadjam Artist: John Evans
Song: Ghost Dancing

Reviewer: Bill Dake

Positive Comments: What a great tune! Everything works in this song, from the drums to the guitars, the vocals and the moving lyrics. I really like the simplicity of it, not over produced…honest.

Constructive Comments: Can’t find anything to really suggest that would make this better.

Broadjam Artist: Steven Furr
Song: Rita

Reviewer: Bill Dake

Positive Comments: 5/4 piece in a major key.

Constructive Comments: Odd meter pieces can be tough to pull off. There are some great tunes in 5, “Take 5” by Brubeck is probably the most famous example. What makes it work is the fact that it swings. Check it out and listen to the phrasing. It flows, it isn’t stiff/rigid. The solos reflect the 3+2 feel. Relax, you don’t have to fill every nook and cranny with notes.