My niece came by again a few weeks back and was able to record her singing again. I had time to prepare something this time instead of using a backing track. I loathe backing tracks. She is hoping to get into Berklee, here in Boston, in the spring. When she's singing she'll do fine but she has no training whatsoever so she'll have trouble with the music part. In the meantime, hopefully, she's getting vocal and piano lessons.
 
Jailene is singing
I play the cup and everything else is soft synths.
 
 
 
Cups (you're gonna miss me when I'm gone)
 
 
 
Enjoy!

Very nicely done and your niece sings really nice and should go far if she sticks with it.
 
Peace and Blessings, John

Thanks John. I appreciate it. I hope so as well but you know kids.

You gave her a good song to showcase her talent.  She has good phrasing and a good ear, so I imagine she will thrive in music.  Overall, this song is fun to listen to, and the mix is very nice on my speakers.  Best of luck.

Love it bro!

Robert,
 
 Nice job.  If this is your niece's demo for acceptance she will have no problems getting accepted.   Sounds really good overall and she has a nice voice.   Berklee is a good experience, went there back in '86.   Was a fun time, and they have some excellent instructors there.  

Regards

Thanks for the good words. I'll pass them along to Jailene. :-)

I think your niece is a natural... did you have to pitch correct? if not, she may be a ringer... 

She has a great quality to her voice. Very relaxed and natural singer. And not many songs have banjo in them, so that was a treat. The drums/percussion is an interesting choice. Nice recording.

Like the tune. Like the voice. Nice..