Month: August 2021

Broadjam Artist: Delta Burnett Reed
Song: Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

Reviewer: Trey Bruce

Positive Comments: It’s a classic so a lot of the work is done. I like the hook a lot of course. It’s a great song for TV. The bed of the track is a good place to start. It has a spooky vibe that is very appealing.

Constructive Comments: The tympani drums are great. This is one that could benefit from a couple of versions. A version on a reverbed-out Gretsch guitar sound with a heavy, slow swing pocket much like a Lana Del Rey track. Another version go be cinematic even.

Broadjam Artist: Jim Aitken
Song: The Promise (Original)

Reviewer: English Mike

Positive Comments: I’M NOT SURE IF IT BELONGS IN THE COUNTRY SECTION. SOUNDS OK BUT A LITTLE SUGARY FOR COUNTRY IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SOUNDS LIKE A LULABY.

Constructive Comments: DIDNT LIKE IT SORRY. THE PIANO PLAYING WAS FINE THOUGH.

Broadjam Artist: Jim Aitken
Song: The Promise (Original)

Reviewer: English Mike

Positive Comments: I’M NOT SURE IF IT BELONGS IN THE COUNTRY SECTION. SOUNDS OK BUT A LITTLE SUGARY FOR COUNTRY IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SOUNDS LIKE A LULABY.

Constructive Comments: DIDNT LIKE IT SORRY. THE PIANO PLAYING WAS FINE THOUGH.

Broadjam Artist: Nigel Barrett
Song: There but for the grace of god

Reviewer: Trey Bruce

Positive Comments: I like the underlying pocket of the song. The groove provides a good places to start. I like that the lyric is generic and just speaks to all people in a general way. The messages a good one of what I call, doing the next right thing.

Constructive Comments: I think the song could benefit from a really current sounding r&b track, subtle, sparse and understated. If I were the writer of this song, I would do a version with a female lead vocal as well, probably on the new-ish sounding track.

Broadjam Artist: Geoff Martin Preston
Song: You Dressed My Heart In Blue

Reviewer: English Mike

Positive Comments: ABOUT AS SMOOTH AS YOU CAN GET, NOT THAT I LISTEN TO STUFF LIKE THIS OFTEN BUT IT DOES REMIND ME OF SOMETHING BACHARAC WOULD COME UP WITH. WELL PLAYED AND THE SINGER IS CLASSY

Constructive Comments: I CANT GIVE ANY THING TO IMPROVE THIS.

Broadjam Artist: Geoff Martin Preston
Song: You Dressed My Heart In Blue

Reviewer: English Mike

Positive Comments: ABOUT AS SMOOTH AS YOU CAN GET, NOT THAT I LISTEN TO STUFF LIKE THIS OFTEN BUT IT DOES REMIND ME OF SOMETHING BACHARAC WOULD COME UP WITH. WELL PLAYED AND THE SINGER IS CLASSY

Constructive Comments: I CANT GIVE ANY THING TO IMPROVE THIS.

Broadjam Artist: Randy Calligan
Song: Someday

Reviewer: Trey Bruce

Positive Comments: I love the time signature change that happens at the choruses. For a genre I chose unique because there wasn’t a theater or Disney genre/category. The range was really nice. dynamic without over doing it.

Constructive Comments: I would suggest a version on acoustic guitar with a minimalist approach to the part as well as a few ominous pads. A few synth perc movements for the choruses might work depending on the sound of the hits and possibly a slight throb down low, choruses only as the verses seem to be floating around the tempo.

Broadjam Artist: Randy Calligan
Song: Someday

Reviewer: Trey Bruce

Positive Comments: I love the time signature change that happens at the choruses. For a genre I chose unique because there wasn’t a theater or Disney genre/category. The range was really nice. dynamic without over doing it.

Constructive Comments: I would suggest a version on acoustic guitar with a minimalist approach to the part as well as a few ominous pads. A few synth perc movements for the choruses might work depending on the sound of the hits and possibly a slight throb down low, choruses only as the verses seem to be floating around the tempo.

Broadjam Artist: Greg Lambert
Song: You’re The Best Of Me

Reviewer: Trey Bruce

Positive Comments: I like the melody in the verses. The song could work in country radio as an outside cut. The lyric stays unconnected to hard specifics which makes it an easier song to place. The best of me serves well as a post chorus chant and that leaves the possibility open for giving it a fresh title like, “when angels look at you”.

Constructive Comments: I would suggest a more exciting movement in the chorus melody, nothing drastic but some mild changes would help. I would make better use of the “best of me” hook after the choruses by changing the phrasing a small bit and adding a bgv part that feels fun.

Broadjam Artist: Greg Lambert
Song: You’re The Best Of Me

Reviewer: Trey Bruce

Positive Comments: I like the melody in the verses. The song could work in country radio as an outside cut. The lyric stays unconnected to hard specifics which makes it an easier song to place. The best of me serves well as a post chorus chant and that leaves the possibility open for giving it a fresh title like, “when angels look at you”.

Constructive Comments: I would suggest a more exciting movement in the chorus melody, nothing drastic but some mild changes would help. I would make better use of the “best of me” hook after the choruses by changing the phrasing a small bit and adding a bgv part that feels fun.