Month: September 2021

Broadjam Artist: MGB
Song: WOULDN’T LIFE BE EASY?

Reviewer: Norb Studelska/Upper Air Disturbance

Positive Comments: Interesting lyric theme. Good quality instrumental mix, as-well-as the recording quality. Nice acoustic rhythm guitar track.

Constructive Comments: The beginning was a bit abrupt, a short intro or “fade-in” may be appropriate. Likewise the ending was too abrupt.

Broadjam Artist: English Mike
Song: PASSAGE TO EDEN

Reviewer: Norb Studelska/Upper Air Disturbance

Positive Comments: Very soothing build-up to the subtle thematic transition at 1:17, and again at 2:37. The length of this piece was just right you did a lot musically in three and a half minutes. Nice mix of instrumentation. Good quality recording.

Constructive Comments: No constructive comments, I quite liked this piece.

Broadjam Artist: Signal 30
Song: Beyond This Life

Reviewer: Norb Studelska/Upper Air Disturbance

Positive Comments: Interesting use of various effects. This piece had a nice “flow” to it. The instrumental mix was very good, as-well-as the quality of the recording. There were some interesting, subtle thematic translation in this piece.

Constructive Comments: No constructive comments

Broadjam Artist: Lawrence K. Bodien
Song: After Katrina or 1a.k.

Reviewer: Norb Studelska/Upper Air Disturbance

Positive Comments: Nice flowing tune. Lots of good instrumentation. Very interesting dissonance after 1:50 to contrast, thematically, with the rest of the piece. Good mix of the various instrumentation. Good quality recording.

Constructive Comments: I don’t know this would be accomplished (I’m not keyboardist), but I would have liked less “attack” on much of the playing this was such a mellow, soothing piece otherwise.I would also like to hear a short “fade-in” chording at the beginning.

Broadjam Artist: George Michael John
Song: Just For Fun

Reviewer: Norb Studelska/Upper Air Disturbance

Positive Comments: The effects contributed to give this “classic” genre an updated sound. Great guitar interplay. The overall instrumental mix was very good. I liked the musical thematic transition at 3:40. Very good recording quality.

Constructive Comments: No constructive comments, good tune.

Broadjam Artist: Robert Wuagneux
Song: Shady Lane

Reviewer: Norb Studelska/Upper Air Disturbance

Positive Comments: Nice retro-vibe on this tune. Sax leads and fills were great! Skilled rhythm guitar track! The vocal quality was just right for this piece. The overall mix was very good, as-well-as the recording quality.

Constructive Comments: No constructive comments I liked this song!

Broadjam Artist: Hartmut Oberdieck
Song: What a nice surprice

Reviewer: Norb Studelska/Upper Air Disturbance

Positive Comments: Very relaxing blues instrumental! Very nice interplay between the various guitars skilled playing. The balance of the bass, keys, and percussion complemented the guitars perfectly. Good quality recording.

Constructive Comments: My ears did not like the distorted effect at the beginning (jmo). I obviously liked the tune otherwise.

Broadjam Artist: Randall Mark
Song: Little Bird

Reviewer: Ravensong

Positive Comments: Nice sound on the acoustic guitar with a good melody line. Good backing instrumentation. Piano adds nice touch. I like the chord changes they add an interesting vibe. Good lyrical content and subject matter. Good job with the melody line. Thanks for sharing it. I think the song has potential with clearer lyrics.

Constructive Comments: Vocals seemed to fall away at times making it hard to understand all the lyrics but what I heard I liked. Nice work, best of luck to you.

Broadjam Artist: Hattie Wilcox Music
Song: Blue Mountain Bride

Reviewer: Ravensong

Positive Comments: Kind of a Celtic feel to the opening. Liking the sound of the Violins. Different kind of progression feels a bit broken yet sill flows well. Nice mix between the instruments with just a hit of percussion for flavor. I think it has potential but needs a bit more attention to clarify the over all piece.

Constructive Comments: Melody is a bit difficult to follow, seems to be a bit broken and unclear. More cleaificastion on the melody would go a long way to helping this track. Best of luck to you.

Broadjam Artist: Joe Aschenmeier & Earl Rhode
Song: Easy

Reviewer: Ravensong

Positive Comments: Singer has a nice quality to her voice, very comfortable sound. The song has a nice progression but seems a bit broken in the flow. I think there is protentional here but really needs brought out. The scores above I’m giving are based only on the recording I just heard, I think the singer and the song have much potential. Always keep writing.

Constructive Comments: The song needs more production and a better recording would do it a great service. The song it self is not bad just needs some tender loving care to really bring it to life. Don’t give up on it just make it better. Best of luck to you.