She's Leaving Home-Cover

Pretty good effort Ben, your vocals are really nice on this. The strings that are placed to the left of the vocal are pretty harsh sounding to my ears, and are swamping your voice. They are quite static too, could maybe use some dynamics and softening down.
 
Other than that, it sounds good.

yorolpal
Why you sang real purdy ol pal!!

Thanks lol...you wait till you hear whats coming.  I'm working on a cover of George Harrison's I'll Still Love, never heard it...that's because he never finished it...Ringo Did, and George sued him over it.  I'm combing George's idea's with Ringo's lol.  People who know of the song, think it's one of George's finest composition...and unlike the vocals on She's Leaving Home...the vocals on I'll Still Love haven't been Melodyne...and I know how you like my high lennonesq vocals Yoropal ;).  Although I've done some varispeed for the ringoish vocals lol.
 
James, thanks for listening...it's not my best work...think of it as an experiment to test the limits...and I learn't so much, which I'm now applying in I'll Love You...which will be my best work :).
 
Peace Ben

This is really great -- catches the spirit and dynamics of the original, especially the vocals.  Nice job. I agree that the strings patch sounds 'wrong' in some parts, maybe about a third of the time.  Maybe a quartet patch with reverb instead of a full orchestra?  Tough to mess with it because it works most of the time.   

cwestmont
This is really great -- catches the spirit and dynamics of the original, especially the vocals.  Nice job. I agree that the strings patch sounds 'wrong' in some parts, maybe about a third of the time.  Maybe a quartet patch with reverb instead of a full orchestra?  Tough to mess with it because it works most of the time.   

Thanks, the issue is Notion 4s strings...if you use just the solo violin or Cello etc the strings are really harsh, but if you only use the section violin etc you get a swampy sound very fake, the other issue is my music theory is good...really good but there are simple things that I don't know because I'm self-taught.  This is probably part of the issue.  The vocals is all down to Varispeed, which I use Reaper for (all my mixing and everything is done in Sonar, it's the only DAW IMO).  I really struggled to pitch too...I was using a really cheap 80 dollar Peavy mic, but what is really cool, is we can, with knowledge get very close to a Beatles sound with very inexpensive equipment.  This is truly the most important discovery to come out of this experiment, that and all the extra production tricks I've learnt, which I'm now employing or have employed in my George Harrison/Ringo Starr cover of I'll Still Love You...which coincidentally I finished yesterday...about 4 days it took...She's Leaving Home took two months but that's because I had to interpret the score.  Whilst, my assessment for She's Leaving Home is about 90% there, I'll Still Love You is about 96% there...I've gone a little too hard in the snare drum compression (I could fix it, but risk pulling apart the mix), and I was out of form guitar wise.
 
Oh and thanks to Backwoods for listening and MGH
Anyway Peace Ben 

Sounds good, Ben.   I don't think your vocals are an issue at all... in fact I think they carry the song.   The strings are good but I agree with the comments above that they're masking your vocals to an extent.  I'd have to listen to the original to see exactly why though...     Having done a Beatles cover not too long ago I completely the desire to do these songs! 

Thanks guys...I've actually finished my cover of When Every Song Is Sung...a George Harrison song and that's even better.
 
Peace Ben

great stuff Ben - the vocals are excellent
 
one of my fave Beatles songs too 

Hi Ben, 
You did really good on this. I really enjoyed your vocals. You delivered it with the right emotion. This is my favorite work from you. 
All the best. 
Jimmy

Thanks Jimmy and John and for anyone else who listens.  I will sign off on this post now.  So I can post When Every Song Is Sung in a week or two.
 
Peace Ben

I love the vocal! Sounds like the original. I agree that the strings/brass/accordion patch seems a bit loud and harsh, but otherwise very good!!!

Did you use effect on your voice ?