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Dear Helle Hansen. I love your song "For Good". If you don't mind I would like to connect and follow your career. And after all, my last name in Hansen and our families here in Tucson and across the USA have a lot of family in Denmark, known and mostly unknown. I have been a member of Broadjam for some time. Eventually I'll start uploading more songs to my profile. Bur for now, Thank you for the inspiring and brilliant song I just heard. Always!!! Pete Hansen
I love your 'Key 2 Trilogy',what a beautiful song and guitar playing and arrangement,nice melody,much success,Emmett North Jr.
Dear Mr. Emmett North Jr.. Thank you for your comment on our song Key To Trilogy. It seems these days many songs that are created by passionate artists go unheard or unnoticed. But it's all good. We do what we do because we have to because we want to. I am impressed with your history in the music world. In my humble but accurate opinion our music and all other good music is the saving grace of the world. Your friend always! Pete Hansen
hi Pete, hell man, i didn't know they'd post my ridiculous comment (in retrospect--it's just the reverb i think now for sure, i only listen once) but this is a great piece of work. all the best, Warren
Pete, Thank you for the review of Autumn Afternoo, from my Castle of Dreams Acoustic Solo Piano CD. As a self taught musician I have always enjoyed playing the piano from the point of creating my own music. Thanks again
Greetings Pete- Thank you for your kind review. To answer your question, those were all samples (not a synthesizer). All of them act as plug-ins in my recording application, pro-tools. I use a dual quad Pc, (not mac) with 24 gigs of ram. pro-tools is my studio platform for arranging and recording. I do all the arranging in pro-tools, which will produce a score from a midi arrangement, or a midi arrangement from a score. I use the symphonic cube (sample library) on a mac and it is dedicated only to running the cube. It is clocked when recording to my other machine for recording, and mixing with other sample libraries. I also use East/West products and I am a huge fan of "Play" ( their sample engine which acts as a plug-in). "Chris Heins Horns" is great too. Sonokinetic and several others. But in some composition productions I use hybrid recording. This is a mix of Live instruments and samples. I frequently use college students as it is more expensive to hire card carrying union members for session recording. My song "TEARS" is such an example. Here are a few links to check out sample libraries that will fit any budget: http://www.soundsonline.com/ 1 http://www.vsl.co.at/en/65/71/84/1349.vsl 2 http://www.bestservice.de/ 3 http://www.sonokinetic.net/ 4 Be forewarned that some of them have heavy systems requirements. If you are using a keyboard workstation, I encourage you to change that and evolve. There are a myriad of great products out there and they totally surpass anything a Korg Oasis could do(best all in one keyboard I know of). At this point the only thing Korgs totally kick ass for are midi interface keyboards. Their weighted keyboards still have great action. (I use a Triton Pro-x as my main controller). However sample based audio is higher quality, cheaper, more accessible and the current industry standard. Hope this helps. please feal free to shoot me a line if you have qurstions. -Benjamin
Dear Mr. Benjamin Stone, Thank you for your very generous & perfect score of our song "Soul Low Solo 2 Guitars". My brother John Hansen is the composer, and a master at playing classical guitar. He created and has maintened his own direction & style of playing from day one with a desire for deep meaning & excellence in his musical expression. We created our own genre & call it "Classical Mood". I have the pleasure and challange of adding other instruments, recording, mixing & mastering the songs. I look forward to listening to your creations, & by the number of songs & plays alone, they must be impressive. Respectfully Pete Benjamin Hansen
Dear Pete- You're welcome.Your brother did a great job and I really enjoyed that piece a lot. It came after doing a string of tough to listen to review as was in that context even more refreshing. I like the genre you guys have come up with too.
Hey Pete, I just listened to My Last Prayer. I thought it was a nice tribute to your mother in law, and I am sure it really ministered to those who came to her funeral to celebrate her life. As far as critiquing it, I would say that the melody needs some more variation. The verses are long and there's not a whole lot to break them up. Makes it more like a stream of consciousness song, which may be what you were trying to achieve. Since the production is basic (piano, voice), it gets almost too predictable, and the chorus is so much like the melody. So if you think you ever want to revisit this song to work on it a bit, those are my thoughts. I did like the way you doubled the vocal at the end of the verses. That was a nice touch! Do you do all your own production?
thks pete ...check out my song just uploaded today ...just to teach you...cheers al reed
Dear Al Reed Thank you for your review of my song 5IVE WAY ROAD TO PEACE. I had an inspiration the same way I do with many songs & lyrics I have written over the years and not completed, simmilar to your M.O. I believe that if any two people shake hands, they will find it almost impossible to harm eachother, ever! A simple key to peace. Anyhow, I am more focused these days on following through with the ideas to the end. It is great to be bursting out with musical and lyrical inspirations. Good luck with yours! Respectfully Pete
cheers pete...dont be a stranger
check out my new upload song just to teach you
Hey there Pete in Tucson. thanks for reviewing Armor of God. Glad you liked it. God bless you and have a great day. Mrs. Kate in Florida
Dear Mr. Gustavo Lovato, Thank you for your review of our song "Nyles Nile", I do have challanges to overcome when trying to add to my brother John's incredible classical guitar style. What we do is record his musical creations as a solo track on his profile page and then with added instrumentation uploaded on both our profiles to make available 2 versions. Maybe some seasoned violin or other stringed instrument pros will offer to work with us to create something very powerful. Again, Thanks and welcome to Broadjam Respectfully Pete
Dear Mr. William Beach, Thank you for your review of my song 5IVE WAY ROAD TO PEACE, and thank you for the high score, advise & supportive comments. Respectfully Pete
Dear Tuan Luu & band members, Thank you for your review of my song "FEAR", and thank you for the kind and supportive coments. Good luck to you all! Respectfully Pete
Dear Mr. Murray. Thank you for taking the time to review my song "A Hero" and thanks for the supportive coments. Respectfully Pete
Thanks Pete for the review of my piece 'Angelina' glad you liked it. I also have a solo piano version of the same piece on my page. Regards. Mike.
Love the song 'When I' - wonderful to listen to - nice vocals!! regards, Till
Thanks Till, for your coment on "When I" Respectfully Pete
Pete, many thanks for your kind review of my song, "Edge Of Nowhere". I very much appreciate the constructive comments on the lyrical aspects. I think you and many others have correctly pointed out that the lyrics could be hard to follow and dense. I have come to agree. I think sometimes simple is better and I may have been too introverted in the concept of this song. Definitely food for thought for my future writings! Cheers! (by the way, I am honored you compared me to Yes or Chicage, two faves of mine!)
Dear Mr. Robert Adams, Thank your for your thorough review and high score of our song "Rapids Ride". It always pans out. That is my perspective of seasoned pros like yourself. You always have something valuable and supportive to offer fellow musicians and their efforts. High score or not, your kindness and good natured personality shines through in your words. I always make it my objective to not only respond to folks like you with a large THANK YOU but to connect to you, and support you, your musical creations and your goals, whatever that may be. Not in just words but in, at the very least, actively listening to your songs and running up your song play numbers. Good Luck! Respectfully Pete Hansen
Hi Pete. You're welcome for the review. Really liked that song; it really had a bright and crisp sound to it that suited the style and feel of the song perfectly. So beautifully played, too. Thank you for the kind comments. I appreciate your philosophy as well. Thanks for connecting. I'll check more of your material.
Dear Paul Fife, Thank you for your review of my song "When I" It was truely helpful and encouraging. Your philosophy on how to treat fellow musicians is right on the money. We all have a common passion. Though in varying degrees, we all would like to be acknowledged and encouraged. I like to sign off on my reviews with "Respectfully". I believe a warm sincere helpful review shows the character of the reviewer and those are the musicians I want to surrounded by. Respectfully Pete
Something supportive is always appreciated. I can always find some redeaming quality in a fellow musicians creations. Pete
thanks for the review..will look at yr suggestions
Dear Mr. Chase Thompson & Mr. Tyler McMullen, I got to be the first one to listen to "Smile As You Go". Great song! I had also just reviewed "Dont Get Setimental". I wish I could explain much better what I had said in my review about the vocals & lyrical hook. I listen to most of my favorite songs just to hear a few vocal notes that buckle my knees. Your vocals are great and I don't mean to be a bother but your song is just on the edge of greatness and some magical vocal expression in the right spot would do it. Sometimes trying to capture some magic and record it the way we imagined it is like trying to catch the wind. Anyhow, Good luck Respectfully Pete
THANK YOU ASHOWOFHANDS For your review of our song "Rapids Ride". Your warm and kind words are appreciated. That alone will take you far in todays business world and the music industry as well. You can count on my support for your musical goals and efforts. Respectfully Pete
Thanks for the review of "Everything Has A Time" ! no , it wasn't about my own personal experience, but it was influenced by life experiences.
Hey Pete. Thank you for listening to my songs. I just started poking around on this site for the first time last night. Have you or anyone you know personally had any placements through the licensing opportunities? P.S. I had no idea the people I review would know the names of the people that reviewed them.
Dear Rose Jay, Thanks for your review of my song "Run Away With Me Now". I will try the Folk genra. I'm always openminded and looking for useful nuggets of knowledge & wisdom from fellow musical creators. PS.I listened to all 3 of your songs. Well Done! I would like to hear your voice in one of them. Respectfully Pete
I'm not a singer...I prefer being in the background. But thank you for listening. Although I signed up with Broadjam awhile ago, I just started poking around yesterday. Have you had any success with the licensing opportunities or know anyone personally who has?
Hi Rose Jay, My brother John Hansen and I won a Calming song of the month contest "Melias Christmas" just recently so that confirms that Broadjam is legitimate, not that I was worried about it. We haven't submitted very many songs to licensing opportunities as we are just getting started with broadjam ourselves, and we don't really associate with other musicians other than our own small circle of friends. So we don't know anyone personally who has had licensing success, but there are several movie production companies that claim they have used material from over 500 independant artists from Broadjam. As we move forward we are pursuing other avenues for promoting our music as well. Broadjam is an excellent base to build from, and is proving to be more productive and cost effective than sending music to certain music publishers. Good luck! Respectfully Pete
Thanks Pete. And the song you reviewed was actually me singing on it. I'm using Broadjam to do my reference vocals and get feedback before I hire a professional singer.
Dear Penny Lea, Thank you for your review of our song "Nyles Nile" and the perfect score. We are greatful and honored to get a review from you. I checked out your profile, listened to some of your creations.You are a total pro! My brother John Hansen is responsible for the songs creation, I recorded and added some back ground & finishing touches. We are working hard to complete many songs we both have created individually and cocreated over the past decades with recent success in a contest. "Melias Christmas"(Calming Song Of The Month)Both John and myself are very greatful for fellow musicians who have kind words of encouragement. You can always count on our support. PS. I like your take on the title "Come To Me". Respectfully Pete
Thank you so very much - can't wait to hear more of your material.
Thanks Liam ! Pete
Pete, melia's Christmas is a knockout!!!! Nice everything ! Keep up the good tunes....Liam