Fools Errand ( a collab)

Herb, stand up and take a bow.  This poignant song should be heard by everyone.  Neil Young would cry over this.  This may be the best song I've heard all year.

Lynn: I am humbled by your comments.   Thank you. I agree, everyone needs to hear this. I did not know, before I started working on this song with Joanne, that the situation with this magnificent animal was so critical. Just the other day, on Drudge, there was a story that there is only one surviving white rhino male in the wild. He has a 24/7 armed escort.
 
 
Tbosco: Thank you as well for the comment on the clear mix. Yes...Melodyne Editor was used in a few places. I use it manually so I pick and choose what gets corrected and by how much. Both the lead vocals were melodyned in places. All of the harmony and BGV tracks were left natural..... no melodyne. I used it to change something Joane sang.... the part on the bridge was edited....and there was a place where she sang the phrasing a bit off..... I used it to edit the timing. Most of the other places where it was used, it was to correct a slightly off ( a few cents) note.... or to reduce her very strong vibrato on certain notes,  to a more natural sounding level... at least to my ears.

Fantastic job. Love the song, singing and production immensely.  You really nailed it. Beautiful mix and sound. Such an important message.  Wonderful.
 

Beautiful tune and you two did a really nice job bringing emotion to it. Well done mix and I can't think of anything I would change, except for making the guitar solo a little more up front...
 
Regards,
Dan
 

The solo way back like it is would be fine if it was effected to sound like it was echoing on a plain. Then you could add some African touches over the top of it...
 
Just a thought...don't go too crazy, lol.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Beautiful song & excellent mix Herb!! It was a pleasure to listen to on my headphones.....catchy too!! You should be in Nashville :))

Mesh: Thanks...actually this song is in Nashville right now.... and it's going to be the title track (I think) on an album to be released very soon in South Africa. Proceeds from the sale of the song and the album will be going to the Rhino Conservation Group there in SA.   We're hoping it makes a big impression and sells well.
 
Venus: Thank you.  Good to see you back around this place.

Thanks Freddy. We're hoping the CD and this song will make a splash in South Africa when this project goes public. The co-writer has a friend who works with the Rhino conservation group there so we got a foot in the door already.
 
It's a good cause. I hope it sells well and does good for them.....

Thanks John... the video is in it's final stages of production and should be our before weeks end.... It's going to be good..... take my word for that.... I've seen some of the early versions.....
 

Great song and really well recorded.
 
I loved the different keyboard parts. Good message for us all.
 
All the best,
 
sja

Great job on this to the both of you! I have come to expect mixes of a high quality from Herb and I wasn't disappointed on this one!

Brilliant Herb - great message, well performed, excellent mix
The other singer's voice is a dead ringer for Carly Simon - love it

Nice Song Herb also Joanne on those pipes.  Excellent subject matter as well.
 
What can a say about the mix, well it works here and for that it definitely deserves one of these

Maybe it's me today but there is a dullness to the mix to me. A lot of low-mid build up.

Bapu.... hummm.... could be?  Have you cleaned your audio cables recently?   Thanks for listening...
 
 
 
Janet:  Yes, I'm still writing and recording.... Thanks!  Be sure to catch the video:  https://www.youtube.com/w...I&feature=youtu.be