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Hey Jeff thanks for your review of Dream Time, a BG instrumental chop...never heard of Stone to my knowledge, but certainly didn't copy anyone else's work, so I guess that was a compliment? Cheers Warren
Hi Warren She's a Rainbow by the Rolling Stones, I was writing quickly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c1 BThu95d8
Well hell man of course I've heard that! LOL... don't get the connection between mine and there's but can hear vague similarities. Stay safe W
Hi Jeff I totally agree. I was as to write a cover for one of the artist Levon Beoadjam for a Six Pack cover can I was really po'd what he did to it. Check out just the piano file. Felice Kaye-Cooper
Glad we agree,Felice. I was probably a little less critical than I might have been about the vocal, But the piano playnig was nice.
Thanks
Hi Jeff, Thanks for the review of Moroccan Star... So cool, Alan Parsons, I can totally hear that... and a lot of my songs have a Floyd vibe but this may blow your mind... I wrote this song in memory of Ronnie Montrose after he passed away so young back around 2014?? Anyways, I got to play with Ronnie, two auditions back in the mid 80s but I didn't get the gig... was a great experience playing with him though. Thanks for the good review!!
Hi Dave, it's an awesome track. I very much enjoyed listening to it. If I enjoyed listening to everything here as much, I'd be here all day just listening.
Hi Jeff, Thanks for the listen/comments on "Papa Don't Mind". Wrote most of it back in the mid '80's, this version is about 6 to 7years old. The synth patches are what I had, and my voice isn't what it once was but I love to write and put stuff together and I've got to use what I have...probably like most here on Bjam. Always appreciate your input. Bill
Hi Bill It's a great tune.
Dave here again... this doesn't happen very often but you almost nailed the name of my song "March of the Militant" with your title "The March"... so I guess that point was very well represented in the song. Yes I set out to create a 'period piece' and pretty much nailed the march part. Thank you for the props on my orchestration; I have always felt this good about the construction of melodies in this song... you were spot on with all of your comments especially about my weak (mostly brass) sound palette, I know it's actually embarrassing to me because I have a pretty high recording standard but it's also a pretty old song. However I do want to point out that you missed on one comment; you were certain that the snare drums had to be virtual (not played live) which was similar to a comment you had on another song you reviewed where you thought the guitar player virtual... this time I think your comment was "You've also made the marching snare sound live though it certainly is not"... wrong, most certainly the snare drum playing feels live because it is live, I played the snare drum. That is quite a complement!! I did a lot of overdubs on various drums to create that disheveled Civil War military band sound. I do things old school like still recording live people. Also I'm into world music so hopefully you'll have a chance to review some of those songs.. I appreciate your fair and thorough reviews.
Snare definite sounded live, I should have figured that means it's live :) Surrounded by sampled instruments I figured it was sampled. After I realized it was you that did it I figured it was probably live as I recall from one of your reviews that you are a drummer that owns a studio. Great work Dave.
Hey, Jeff. Thank you so much for the review of Addicted to You!!! Best wishes, Natalee.
You are most welcome, you rock.
Hayward, Just listened to your song, "Drankin' Business" Great fun song Sir!! 5 Stars & Likes. You just reviewed our tune, "Phone Phobia" and gave it pretty high Marks...Thanks! Love for you to come on down to our Broad Jam Site and have a listen, think you might enjoy some of our tunes.........We'll leave the light on!! Yeepee Ki Yah...... The Corey's.......
WELL JEFF MAGUIRE SAYS I'M AN INBICILE AND THAT I WON'T LAST A WEEK ON BROADJAM! LOL...I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW IT WORKS! LOL
Hayward, Curious, who is Jeff Maguire?? He sounds important!! Mr, Franks.....let's connect and become Broad Jam friends! I like your music and I'll bet you will enjoy some of our tunes, some of our songs are pretty weird though!! LOL!! Yeepee Ki Yah...... The Corey's..........
You'll last just about as long as your cash holds out.
HMMMM, WELL MR. MAGUIRE, MY MUSIC JUST RECIEVED A FIVE STAR RATING FROM THIS COMPANY! OYU REALLY SHOULD LISTEN AND JUDGE FOR YOURSELF! OH! AND I HAVEN'T SPENT A PENNY YET!!! LMAO AND SO SORRY IF YOUR SHIT HAS'NT DONE YOU ANY GOOD YET!!!
HEY! THANK YOU SO MUCH! WELL I WAS GRADING A FEW TUNES THE OTHER DAY AND APPARENTLY A COUPLE BELONGED TO MR. MAGUIRE ! SO HE JUST LASHED OUT AT ME BECAUSE HE CAN'T WRITE WORTH A SHIT!!! LMBO...OH WELL! AND I'D LOVE TO GET ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST! I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YET!!! YEP "I'M A NEWBIE" !!! AND I'M GONNA TRY RIGHT NOW! THANKS AGAIN, HAYWARD
Hayward, I've been on Broad Jam for three or more years and just realized there are other members on these sites?? LOL!! Haaaaaaaaaa. AC.........
I've sold three songs here and toured nationally three times before I was 25. I play about 100 gigs a year. A couple weeks ago another aspiring Nashville wanna be gave a different tune of mine straight ones and a week ago I sold it. I don't care if you like what I do or not, your review had exactly nothing to do with the reality of the material and was insulting for no reason whatsoever, so you get back what you give out only worse. But you are always welcome at the Green Iguana in Tampa any time you want to step in a stage with real musicians and show what you got.
JEFF, I HAVE PLAYED AND PRODUCED SOME OF THE BEST NASHVILLE HAS TO OFFER! JEFF KING, RAY BARNETTE AND STILL DO WHENEVER I COME UP WITH ANOTHER GENIUS SONG!!! AND I'M GONNA RATE THEM AS I HEAR THEM BUD! AND IF YOU SOLD THAT SONG THAT I LISTENED TO LAST WEEK ON HERE YOU PROBABLY BOUGHT IT YOURSELL FOR A DOLLAR 99!!! LMAO
HI GANG! WELL I KINDA LIKE A GOOD DEBATE NOW AND THEN! LOL MR. MAGUIRE GOT ANOTHER EAR FULL THIS MORNING! HIS TUNE REALLY SUCKED!!! LMBO
Warning ... cap lock alert, idiot present.
WELL HELLO THERE JEFF! YES SIR I USE ALL CAPS JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I'M NOT ANYTHING CLOSE TO BEING A "POLITICALLY CORRECT" PUSS!!! AND YOU MY FRIEND HAVE GOTTA BE A FREAKIN DUMB ASS "DUMMYCRAT" TO BE SO HURT ABOUT MY REVIEW OF YOUR SHITTY LIL TUNE! AND I DO LUV THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T WAIT TO READ MY NOTES HERE IN THESE BEAUTIFUL CAPS!!! YEP, YOU READ EM ALL HUH! WAIT!!! YOU MUST BE A GAY DEMOCRAT! DID I HURT YOUR FEEEEELINGS??? LMFAO
I LOVE YA'LLS WORK MARGE AND ART !!! !!!
"HAPPY MEM DAY" !
Writing in all caps is considered rude and discourteous. It's a sign of an over an inflated ego and a lazy mans way of calling attention to himself. It can be understood as the internet equivalent of shouting, but might more accurately be described as the adult equivalent of an infant crying because it's diaper needs to be changed.
JUST GRADED A HAND FULL OF YOUR SONGS INCLUDING YOUR SONG "FUCK A DUCK" OR WHAT EVER IT IS! LMAO OH! BUT I LOVED 2 OF YOUR COVER SONGS! YOU ARE A REAL ERIC CLAPTON!!! LOL
Thanks very much, Jeff, for your great review of B 04. Déjà vu Doo ft Leslie Sahlen. Very much appreciated.
You guys rock, great tune.
I greatly enjoyed your review of "Special You" (Little Bit Of Cheese" I agre with you a great deal..NOW, however that may have hurt a tad when I first wrote and recorded it 20yrs ago. lolol..but THANK you for the honestly! That was AWESOME!!!
Hey man, hind sight is a wonderful thing. Sometimes I go back 20 years to my old stuff and wonder wtf I was thinking.
Hey Barry, thanks for the review of Phil Woods, what you refer to as distortion on the trumpet is a lip trill , it's like a growling sax, it is a pretty sophisticated effect. It is a matter of taste, but it's intentional and entirely consistent with the style, listen to Kenny Dorham's solo right about 1 minute mark on Blue Bossa .... Granted the recording could be louder so at some point I may change that .... check this out if you want to hear a lip trill on a trumpet. It does sound distorted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7e Os5lERww
fair enough, I wasn't quite sure what I was hearing , not sure if it was distorted, I just knew there was something happening there and That was all I could think of that it could be> sorry for my ignorance. drop that song into some mastering software and you can bring it up to full volume, I assume it was a live track which is always a little tougher to master.
No worries, there definitely is a distorted sound in the part of the trumpet part but it's intentional ... If you like jazz check out Kenny Dorham's solo on the original version of Blue Boss with Joe Henderson. He used to do it a lot,
will do thanks
Hi Jeff thanks for the review of 1984 - all points taken on board!
Hi Nigel, hope I'm being constructive, cheers. Jeff
It's all good!
Hey Jeff... Thank you for your nice insightful review of my song BABY PLEASE. You are absolutely correct... It is very reminiscent of the Atlanta rhythm section song. That's intentional. This was recorded for a project for song licensing in the southern rock vein
Very nicely done Derrick.
Thanks for the sweet review of my song, TOO MUCH. Very kind of you. Yes...real drummer, however not real drum sounds. Song goes back to the 80's...we were using some very "new" recording techniques involving drum pads, etc.
That makes sense, great sound Derrick.
Cheers Jeff and thanks for the review of my remixed from my producer's real guitar work from my song Dumb Luck-check it out if you have time. I used a couple of the stems and just iso'd them that's why the effect--cuz I'm no engineer so in a way your words were what I was trying to do anyway thanks for the cool review Warren Hein
Welcome Warren, great sound.
Thanks, Jeff, for the review of Mediterraneo. I know that the song is a bit long and underdeveloped. This was a demo for a little movie and was used just like you hear it. It was licensed as is so I decided to post the song on broadjam. I will work on a more developed version that is not an impprovv. Thanks for your kind words. Max
Hello Massimo, sometimes you just have to tailor a piece to a context, it's very nice as is. I had a feeling it was already being used somewhere, it just felt that way.
Thanks for the review of Peanuts Again Jeff! You're right I think perhaps it is more RnB and will amend accordingly. All the Best.
this really is a Zappa Mingus track ! fascinatin' listening ! thx for the nice critique of my track. keep up this ingenious songwriting and superb production.
Thanks man, I really enjoyed your track, extremely well done.
thanks.
Thanks, Jeff, for the very fair review of Victory. I'm glad somebody besides me sees how horrible that crashing cymbal sounds. I left the final touches of that in someone else's hands, and I wish I would have recognized this at that time. It needs to be remade.
It's a great melody man, immediately sounded familiar, it definitely should be used somewhere. Crash symbol needs to go though.
I really love your stuff... its so refreshing to hear songs and sounds that sound so unique..
Thanks Randy, I really appreciate the comments and reviews.
Hey there Jeff, you just reviewed our song, "Now Your Free",you said you liked it, but felt it wasn't really Jazz in any way! You mention Funk/R & B, do you think that is where we should list the song?? If you get a chance, love to hear your thoughts on what genre our tune should be in?? Thanks for the review of our tune, we appreciate your input! Us Broad Jam members need to stick together....... M & A Corey/BMI Peace Out..........
Hey M
Jeff, didn't receive any comment from you......ugh!! Nothing was sent thru Broad Jam?? Truly interested in your thoughts regarding the genre of our song?? Perhaps you could try sending your text again?? Art Corey
I did resond but perhaps BJ is a little confused, More or less I'd consider the tune groove /funk or maybe R
Thanks Jeff, For your review on "who stole the sun" you were point on! :)
Thanks for reviewing my song "whatever". It's a one man show :)
Cool, nice playing.
Hey Jeff! Last free man--good tune made me feel good! Rock On! Catnip
Thanks mucho Catnip
Thank you for your positive review of "About Time"!
Jeff, Thank you very much for your review , kind words and stars for my song Set Me Free!! A million thanks man!! Ante Novaselic
Jeff, thank you for having recognized I Alone With You for the masterpiece it is. Or something like that.
Rock on buddy
Hey Jeff, thanks for the review of " Elvis " , your comments are always helpful and right to the point. Actually I switched to EZ Drummer on most tracks a few months ago as a result of your input on " last Man " and it's helped the sound a good deal .... I really do appreciate the input ... all the best Jeff M.
Jeff, thanks for the review of "Baby Said Bye, Bye". Yeah, the guitar could be a bit more aggressive, minor pentatonic stuff, might get back to this tune sometime...... Really like your tune "Phil Woods", the live recordings are a plus. There was a bass player here in Seattle with that name..... Bill
It's a good tune Bill, very nice changes . The Phil Woods in question is the alto sax player, I came up with the melody after listening to solo on Blue Bossa so I named the tune after him.
A monster sax player! I've got a bunch of CD's he's played on, besides his own groups.
Yea he's a true master, Charlie Parker 2.0.
Great stuff Jeff- Driving tunes with biting lyrics- Love it Tony DiPofi
Thanks Tony ...
I've been amused by your attempts at decrypting my vocals in the A Good Boy review.
I'd of sworn you were saying " goo goo ka goob ' ... :)
Hey Jeff! How are you, bro? Thanks, so much, for the nice review of my song, "(Spinning On The) Time Loop", which was the title track to my album, "Time Loop" (Buddha/Kama Sutra). I had quit the back up band. Dave Garabaldi (Tower Of Power) was o n drums, Nicky Hopkins (The Rolling Stones) was on piano and Pete Sears (The Airplane, New Riders Of The Purple Sage) was on bass. I sang and played guitar......pure late 60's/early 70's tune. I also LOVED the mention of Brewer & Shipley, who I toured with on many occasions and also inspired their hit tune, "One Toke Over The Line". THAT is another story.....Anyway, I am glad you dig the song. We recently re-mastered the song and you can find it on my album, "Beetles Are Coming"..... Hope you are doing and I ALWAYS love your reviews....best to you, Jeff. Chet
Hey Chet, that is a really great track, it's simply as good as anything that came out of the period ... keep rocking brother.
Thanks for your review on my song "Jeanie" Jeff - I really appreciate the advice and will work on the drums for sure - Thanks again!
Hey Randal, it's such a simple song, but it's something just about anyone can related to said in a very simple but sincere way. It was quite refreshing.
Thanks Jeff!
Hey Jeff, "Spot on" review of the instrumental version of my classic rock song, "Stay Away". The version you reviewed just had the vocals "muted" and I use this version for TV/Film/Media submissions. Of course, the full-up song has a male vocal and some bad-boy lyrics. I wrote "Stay Away" in 1963 for my high-school rock band. We did have covers and half my originals which was kinda rare back then. These songs kinda faded away into the back of my catalogue until an old friend of mine was diagnosed with ALS. One of his wishes was to hear those old songs again. I was in the middle of working on a new CD and stopped and gathered up 12 of those older tunes and re-recorded them and tried to pay strict attention to detail with the sounds, drums.....etc ....and keep the 60's feel to it. From what people have told me....I seemed to have done a good job. Once, I had finished the album, I burned the first copy, printed the CD art and ran it over to my buddy and gave it to me. BY that time, he very close to passing away. It was the last time I saw him....a sad story, but, all things considered....I was able to fulfill his wish. Anyway, I thought you might like the story..... That said, I hope you have a great New Year! Best, Chet
Hey Chet, happy New year to you, keep a rockin buddy.
Hey Jeff, thanks for the review on Life Supposed to Be, appreciate it. Keep on truckin'!
Hey Jeff ...thanks for the review of Blink of an Eye ..it's the last song in a concept CD about returning combat vets I'll check out your work later today
Hey Jeff, thanks for the positive words on " Last Free Man " ... I recorded that tune in a small room in my house and played every instrument so everything other than guitar or voice is sequenced in some way. I did intentionally EQ it to sound like vinyl , but that's all flexible stuff. Any advice you have on how to improve drums, mix ect ... is more than welcome ... thanks again .. Jeff M.
First things first--listen to this Drive By Truckers song--the beat is close to what you'd want in your tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld6 2g4MM8xY Listen to how much the beat and drum sound make this song just kick. I think yours is just as good and would kick like that. Your vocal and lyrics/melody are so much like them, and that's a great thing. I can't say enough good stuff about EZ Drummer--I use it with FL Studio to lay out the drum bones of a song before I render that to a WAV and drop in in Protools to actually record the live instruments. They have a number of packs for particular grooves and drum sounds. It's a tremendous too. If you want I'll put a drum track together this tune. It wouldn't take that long. Make it a free download and I'll match it up. I'd love to see the AFTER on this one--I think a big beat would just make this one rock.
For some reason the link just takes me to youtube, nota DBT song... can you either repost link or just tell me the specific tune, I'm pretty familiar with their stuff.
Ramon Casiano on the latest album
I changed it to free download. My concern is that in the arrangement as is, that the drums, keys, and bass are so closely linked, that a different drum track will probably require hanging the bass and keys as well, and I don't know if I want to do that right now. But by all means if you have an idea I'd be interested in hearing it.
Damn man the keys and bass would be minutes to redo on this end. That song is worth it. Let's do this and see if the results don't shout out...
Sure, if you want to do something like produce your own version that's ok with me ... just let me know what you need.
I'll sketch it out and send to you for guitar and vocals. I'll send friend request to exchange emails...
Super.
Jeff, we just listened to your most excellent song, "Dirty Mama" Great Job!! Terrific Playing Sir!!! M & A Corey 5 Stars
Thanks M
Jeff, Thank you for your review of my "Excellent Day" (demo). Thoughtful and insightful. Checking out your profile and music right now. Peace.
Jeff, thanks for the very well written review. Keep on truckin'! Appreciate it.
Most welcome
3 minutes and 09 sec. of great passionate musical energy
Thanks man, mucho appreciated.
Thanks for the playlist add buddy.
Hey Kate, thanks for reviewing my tune " Dirty Mama ", no, there's no lyrics, it's a guitar tune in the style of guys like Buchannan or Beck. On this one I played all the instruments myself . Thanks again Jeff ( sometimes known as Ober )
Ah ha
Thanks for the review on End of Nowhere. Very well stated, thank you! I appreciate the listen.
It's a good tune buddy, you are the real deal, keep rockin it hard.