Music Video - Music produced with Sonar X1

Nice voice she has there. Love the vibrato.

Acoustic verb I wasn't a fan off.. Too bedroom sounding for my liking. But that one's not much of an issue, really. I would have personally just done it differently.

I think vox could do with some light room verb to sit it in the mix a little more and there was one edit early on in the vox that REALLY stood out. At around 21 seconds in. Few little off notes here and there, not too bad, but something v-vocal could quickly fix in a second. The harmonies especially could have a little work. Can be tricky singing your own harmonies as it's difficult to really practise until you're at the recording stage or have a second singer who you can sing with!

Good work though, must have been a lot of fun! Looks like you got around the place a bit to do some filming which would have been nice. Keep it up!

Cool. Always happy to see (and hear) what other users are doing.

Good luck in the contest!

I second Matts stuff and the Sputnik explained the way the vocal sat 'as is' but overall this is a great effort. Given how you had to rush things... well done to you!

You produced something very usable and got some output. Full cred I say!

Cheers.

@bitflipper: We finished on Thursday (submitted around midnight). Took me to today to brag about it. 

Real nice-Fun video to watch and listen to. Nice job and Nice vox- As far as I am concerned-I am so glad I didn't have to listen to auto tuned or V Vocal crap. It is what it is and it is Nice-You have my vote!
Thanks for sharing
Frank

Refreshing! Good to hear a nice voice, beautiful harmonies, and a bare bones production for a change.

Critisism? Nothing you don't already know. I could hear the vocal edits at times and I also agree with Danny that the drums sound a little robotic and could  have used just a little more editing time. I did read your post about X1 and the drums not playing well - and maybe that was part of the problem. 
 
For my tastes - I quite liked the sound of the acoustic guitar, and as the whole the entire mix (and especially the vocals) were really nice to listen to.

Earlier in this thread, Mike said: "... it's cool to see you having fun with your child. "  I could not agree more! Very cool indeed!

Overall this was a really nice start to my day! I enjoyed it a lot.

 
Edited for spelling and grammar

Thanks for all the comments and input.

@Danny: I've updated the title to be more accurate. I meant that all the music was done in Sonar X1. The final .Wav file was brought into Vegas as the audio track.

As for the drums, those are some good tips. I tried to quickly find some midi loops to use, then ended up programming them in the Step Sequencer. I did use varying velocities, but of course I then reused the loops. May have missed a few on the hits, but again, it was because we were rushed.

@Matt: Interesting to find out what others hear. You noticed the reverb on the Guitar but not on the vocals. For your taste, would you have had no reverb on the guitar, or just less? Do you think there should be different reverb on the vocals, or just more? I created a separate stereo bus for the verb and routed some guitar and vocals, more of the drums and harmonies, and no bass.

Also, you really felt that some notes were off? This was one of the best, straight up vocals, i have ever recorded. And I'm not just saying that because she's my daughter. Or do you simply listen only to pop? It was probably the only comment that "surprised" me.

@All: I'm surprised that no one commented on the one thing that stood out most to me. The drums slow down in the second verse so obviously as they are tracked to the Audio of the Guitar (which wasn't done to a click track). I figured that the typical radio listener wouldn't pick up on it, but that you critical audiophiles would. Just shows how we all listen differently.

Again, thanks for all the input. I also just noticed that there is a forum for songs. That was probably the more appropriate location.

Interestingly I don't mind that drums as such - they should be tighter for this without a verb drenched on the kit tho. Place a nice hall/plate send to the snare and hat especially and stick a sample with drumagog or trigger over the snare and get a great tone from eqing a sample. Bass should be bought up at around 70hz to give it some balls to compete but other than that this track's not half bad. Would have liked verb on the vox but each to their own.