Broadjam Artist: Wil Seabrook
Song: Believe
Broadjam Pro Reviewer:
Elizabeth Elkins (Songwriter)
Pro General Comments: Hi Will, this is very well written, and the demo and vocal are super pro. However, it doesn't feel very country. It feels more like a big modern rock song from the early 2000s. The vocal is very rock, rather than country - and the general nature of the lyric isn't very Nashville. I'm saying that because it sounds like you are a pro, and a very strong songwriter. I also had to figure out this transition coming to Nashville after years of writing rock and pop, and even R&B, in Atlanta and NYC. It's the particular feel of the Nashville demo, and the language used in country songs that I'm not hearing here. It doesn't mean it's not a good song, in fact, I could really hear this having a home in the film/tv synch world. But it's not a country storyline or a country demo sound, so you may have trouble pitching it around Music Row. You aren't that far away from artists like Keith Urban who do flirt more with rock (check out his new single), but things also lean into such specific language choices, that sometimes general lyrics like this are harder to pitch. Sonically, the guitars here are what is taking it more into modern rock/2000s pop rock than country, and the vocal, while very very good, doesn't have the country phrasing and approach.
Quote From Pro: Uplifting modern rock that feels ready for the movie credits!