Well, the Broadjam showcase in Austin was a smash. Lots of industry folks were watching The Jimmys, The Motor Primitives, and Fedora. The party was on the rooftop of the Blind Pig in Austin. The Jimmys opened the show with the brilliant keyboard work of Jimmy Voegeli. He could be one of the best keyboard players alive and is extremely fun to watch as well. His backing band has many veteran players in it who have played with Jimmy for years.
Then the Motor Primitives went to work and tore it up behind the vocals of Pam Barrett, lead singer and the good keyboard work of Broadjam’s own, Jeff Muendel. All good performers who rocked the crowd with uniquely original tunes.
Fedora headlined our showcase and played to a full house – about three hundred people. Their high-energy songs kept the eyes and ears of the crowd glued to the stage. Alec White is the lead singer and has a deep “Morrison” voice and delivered a classic performance. Garret Wartenweiler and Derek Hendrickson are the bass player and drummer respectively. These two are great part writers who play off the singer and guitar player and create one of the real attractions of this band. Eric Ziegler is the lead guitar player who mesmerized the front row with his blistering, but tasteful leads. These guys have been playing together for years and clearly know what the other is going to do musically long before it happens. They are a band to watch in the future.
After the gig, I had to get back to the hotel and do a little work. Later on, I went to see another Broadjam band, Sunspot, at Aussie’s. Sunspot reminded me a lot of Green Day with more sultry lyrics. They’re a fun band to watch on stage as well. Good players and vocals all around.
Check these bands out on Broadjam:
www.broadjam.com/thejimmys
www.broadjam.com/motorprimitives
www.broadjam.com/fedora
www.broadjam.com/sunspot
Roy
I would like to respond to Abbot’s comment concerning musical genre. I am finding many songs in Broadjam’s repertory that are mislabeled especially within the Classical genre. For instance, when a review is done, I select Classical–Contemporary and I find I am listening to a lot of pop songs. What I am NOT saying is that many songs cannot be ‘cross-overs’ and bring elements from several different genres into play. Gershwin, Ravel, and Philip Glass quickly come to mind. Glass’s cycle ‘Songs from Liquid Days’ is a good example of pop elements fused with the classical art song. I also hear a great deal of music from the TV/Film style within the Classical Subcategory genres. This has to be done because there is no single category for TV/Film–maybe there should be.
Respectfully,
Ken LaVone
Hi Abbot,
Thanks for your comments on Rap and Hip Hop as separate genres. As for your issues with not getting notification, please contact our Customer Service department at customerservice@broadjam.com.
Nothing is perfect, but I have notice a couple of things with broadjam that bothers me, the 1st thing is why is rap and
hip- hop considered the same genre? They are not the same and should be seperate from each other.
The 2nd thing that bothers me is when you get a review, and keep in mind its only that person opinion, they pretty much give you a bad review, you then go to their link, and see that reviewer’s genre of music is rock. I feel the random viewing should not be allowed, and reviews should come from the reviewer of the same genre.