She's not bad? But... On a scale of 1-10 IMO? A 6.5. She could be a 7.5 if she works at it. But it's tough to get from where you are to where you want to be.
 
The mix is great Herb.

Also, I may go for some background vox on "Give me a chance....."

Nice one Herb. Don't recall the first one. I thought the vox did seem just a little off at the beginning too but I think it was just me adjusting to her vocals which were pretty good. If you ever get a soundcloud acct. I'll try to share it with more people.

Rim shot:  there are a lot of issues with that recording of the vox. Thanks for the comment about smoothed it out but left the air.... that's not always that easy to do and something I pay attention to on every vocal.
 
Robbie: she was just 16... not quite 17 but probably close enough for a Beatles song...  She had never done studio recording before singing mostly in choir and in the musical plays she was involved in. Enunciation on those stages is a bit different from the studio. Add to that she was a bit scared but at the same time has a powerful voice.  Even backed off a fair distance she overloaded the mic and I didn't catch it until the session was over. (ie: unborn baby's cry) She ended up recording a second song for me and is now, no longer available to record as she is off to college.
 
Starise: thank you.  I'm glad you like the song. I do have a cloud acct, but I don't tend to post many songs to it. Old habits with Click.... and it seems to work just fine so I post most of them there.

Hey Herb. Nice job. It's hard enough to write toward a specific purpose, but to tackle this purpose, well, all I can say is Nice Job. I thought about the comment Robbie made. Considering the number of  the unborn that might feel the same, I thought yea that would be HEAVY. But, considering the focus, counseling individually, Just the one voice makes sense. A child's voice as a woman's conscience...and, the agony of "choice" for a young woman whose been left alone. Seems the stronger ones are definitely wearing the female bodies. Thanks for tackling the tough stuff.  Jim.

Glad you like it Jim.   Yeah , it's not exactly a "Sunday drive in the sunshine" kinda topic now is it?

"she was just 16... not quite 17 but probably close enough for a Beatles song...  She had never done studio recording before singing mostly in choir and in the musical plays she was involved in. Enunciation on those stages is a bit different from the studio. Add to that she was a bit scared but at the same time has a powerful voice.  Even backed off a fair distance she overloaded the mic and I didn't catch it until the session was over. (ie: unborn baby's cry) She ended up recording a second song for me and is now, no longer available to record as she is off to college."
 
Wow, well that changes things. She may develop in to a pretty dam good singer. (I lettered in choir)

Hi Herb, wow pretty heavy topic …
yeah , music does have the power to convey messages and plant seeds when words and personal convictions alone can fail.
I agree with you regarding the whole not being afraid to trash everything and start over approach in music 
as people and aspiring artists it is my opinion that there is a constant evolution of growth that happens on many levels whether a person is conscious of the activity of growth of not .
it can be very empowering growth experience for a person to embrace the uncertainty of a new musical expression    
and abandon an older conception of what might of constituted a satisfactory musical expression ….
 
I dug the song overall  I didn't get too caught up on every nuance of the singers performance 
the dobro took things over the top and it was a super nice touch ..
you did a great job with this song on many levels 
 
Kenny
 
 

It seems like great production on the arrangement and the playing.
 
Thanks for sharing.

Listened again? I'm still mixed on my feelings... I like the message? Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying she's a bad singer, just that she has room to grow. the kid part (again)  for me, doesn't add to the tune.