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A love song.
A duet...
...with the inimitable Janice Merritt.

The BAND:
Style is _SHINING.STY (Praise&Worship PopShining)
RealTracks in style: 1255:Bass, Electric, PopShiningA-B Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 1264:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopShiningA-B Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 1256:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopShiningGritty Ev 120
RealTracks in style: 1259:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopShiningRockA-B Ev 120
RealTracks in song: 633:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopAmericanMuted Ev 120 (A:sync)
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RealDrums in style: PraiseWorshipShine^01-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride

The song:

WIN YOUR HEART

i did my best to win your heart
i was determined that you'd fall hard
i must have done something right somehow
you're here with me now
but don't think my efforts will ever ease up
i'll never stop making you fall in love
   
   you say you'll be mine 'til the end of time
   i can't take the chance you'd ever change your mind
   so every single day you'll find a fresh rose waiting
   or love notes on the seat of your car
   every single day... i'll try to win your heart

what does it take to make love last
do i need a magic spell to cast
is there a mountain i should climb
or some key to find
whatever it is you can bet i'll get it
you're my whole world, i won't let you forget it
   
   you say you'll be mine 'til the end of time
   i can't take the chance you'd ever change your mind
   so every single day you'll find a fresh rose waiting
   or love notes on the seat of your car
   every single day... i'll try to win your heart

when you find the one you want to hold forever
spend forever holding on
   
   you say you'll be mine 'til the end of time
   i can't take the chance you'd ever change your mind
   so every single day you'll find a fresh rose waiting
   or love notes on the seat of your car
   every single day... i'll try to win your heart




Janice, THANK YOU!!!
Bud - thanks for recording AND processing Janice's vocal!!

Thanks to all that give a listen.
Have at it.

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Man, you are so prolific! A good, solid write as usual.

Love the vocals, especially Janice, there is something about the way she phrases that always gets to me.

Enjoyed the listen!

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Floyd, You both sound great!! That chorus should appeal to everyone! I really like the phrasing of the lines in the chorus. A positive feel good song. Thanks Torrey.

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Great duet, y'all loved everything about it. Really solid song. Excellent vocals.

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so every single day you'll find a fresh rose waiting
or love notes on the seat of your car
every single day... i'll try to win your heart

I LOVE THAT!!! What a great way to end a chorus-lyrically and melodically so full of impact. This is such a positive, feelgood song. I always enjoy this kind of duet and this one does it right. The melody just takes off at the beginning of the chorus and the harmonies are so sweet. And, of course, Janice nails her part. This is simply a GREAT song!! Well done guys!! Take care. Greg

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Floyd & Janice,
Lots of skill in that one - beautiful phrasing and harmonizing - you make it sound so easy.
Great mix with a really professional sound, you sound like you're in the same room singing(Janice nicely recorded by Bud), good set of lyrics and strong catchy chorus melody.
Very nice indeed.

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Hi Janice & Floyd.

Great song, Floyd, with everything working together, just as it should. Perfect.

Janice, what can I say? When you sing in that register it gives me goosebumps.

A fabulous performance, you two - just SO professional throughout.

Must listen again...

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Floyd & Janice,
Your voices sound so good together (I had to read the intro again to see that you weren`t in the same room together).
Making this very good song a duet raises it to another level- I`m curious if you wrote it with that in mind?
A highly professional production throughout as usual.

Robert

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Yep.... good duet. Nice work and a good job on the write.


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Floyd, Janice, Bud

Well this team just keeps delivering.

What a great arrangement, with matching excellent lyrics.

There is no doubt about the formula, you've got another 'Winner' with Win Your Heart.


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Hello, floyd and Janice

Great Duet!
As Peter said, lots of skill in that one - beautiful phrasing and harmonizing - you make it sound so easy.
The tight and solid drums are so pleasant.
A positive feel good song.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best Regards.

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Fantastic.Always love a duet.


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that was a nice tune, floyd!

the lyrics are great, and i like the way you sing alone and together with janice
your voices works great together!

the production is very well sounding
nice use of real tracks!

take care
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Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude
Man, you are so prolific! A good, solid write as usual.

Love the vocals, especially Janice, there is something about the way she phrases that always gets to me.

Enjoyed the listen!


Thanks, Dave... we appreciate that...


Originally Posted By: Torrey Bliss
Floyd, You both sound great!! That chorus should appeal to everyone! I really like the phrasing of the lines in the chorus. A positive feel good song. Thanks Torrey.


Torrey - glad you enjoyed this... when you are in pitching situations (back when that existed), "positive, upbeat love songs" is pretty much all they are/were looking for...

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Another awesome collaboration. Vocals were excellent


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Hi Floyd and Janice,

A song with a commercial potential grin
This shows in the song structure, the bridge, and especially the choruses, which sound like typical commercial pop country.
And by "commercial" we mean GOOD!


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Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude
Man, you are so prolific! A good, solid write as usual.

Love the vocals, especially Janice, there is something about the way she phrases that always gets to me.

Enjoyed the listen!


Thank you! I appreciate you saying that. A wonderful write and production like this makes the vocal so much fun. Thanks again and thanks floyd!

Janice

Originally Posted By: Torrey Bliss
Floyd, You both sound great!! That chorus should appeal to everyone! I really like the phrasing of the lines in the chorus. A positive feel good song. Thanks Torrey.



Originally Posted By: David Snyder

Great duet, y'all loved everything about it. Really solid song. Excellent vocals.


Hey y'all, thanks for listening and mentioning the vocals!

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floyd, Janice and Bud,

you two go together like country and western.
THIS IS COUNTRY AS IT SHOULD BE

Sun's out, doors open, volume is at 11 AND I got a response from a neighbour at last grin She asked if it was me singing HAHAHA. I wish mad

beautiful

I totally agree what BlueAttitude (Dave) wrote
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Love the vocals, especially Janice, there is something about the way she phrases that always gets to me.


time for another play

well done floyd and Janice, oh yeh and Bud!

great stuff

Alyn

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Floyd / Janice,

Excellent! Love the blend of your voices as well as the individual parts. Great song and mix as well. Loved it!

Bob

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Floyd and Janice,

What a great uplifting duet. Your voices blend so perfectly together.
Bud also did a great job on Janice's vocal.

All rounded off with a perfectly recorded RT band. Especially love the solid drum sound.
What's not to love about this.

Excellent work,
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You're a real class act, you two. Such a full yet open sound throughout. Drums, guitar, vocals... all really really top notch.

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Fun song. Well written, arranged, mixed and produced.

The vocals are stellar together - A match made in country. They play off each other like you two have worked together every day for years.

Enjoyed my listen.

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Originally Posted By: David Snyder

Great duet, y'all loved everything about it. Really solid song. Excellent vocals.


Thanks, David. It is hard to keep up with you these days... you are a machine..


Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson
so every single day you'll find a fresh rose waiting
or love notes on the seat of your car
every single day... i'll try to win your heart

I LOVE THAT!!! What a great way to end a chorus-lyrically and melodically so full of impact. This is such a positive, feelgood song. I always enjoy this kind of duet and this one does it right. The melody just takes off at the beginning of the chorus and the harmonies are so sweet. And, of course, Janice nails her part. This is simply a GREAT song!! Well done guys!! Take care. Greg


Greg - it is always nice to read your thoughts - you are an incredible song man in every regard... which makes this especially nice... Isn't Janice amazing???

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Originally Posted By: PeterF
Floyd & Janice,
Lots of skill in that one - beautiful phrasing and harmonizing - you make it sound so easy.
Great mix with a really professional sound, you sound like you're in the same room singing(Janice nicely recorded by Bud), good set of lyrics and strong catchy chorus melody.
Very nice indeed.

Peter


Peter- thanks for the very nice comments, and for your continued support... You and Leon are doing some good stuff, too...

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Sweet and uplifting. And I love sweet and uplifting.

You both sound super. Love the stops. Love the guitars - the arrangement is great. Really nice work on those drums.
Personally I like a little more bass but that's just me.

Great job.

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Originally Posted By: Greg Johnson
so every single day you'll find a fresh rose waiting
or love notes on the seat of your car
every single day... i'll try to win your heart

I LOVE THAT!!! What a great way to end a chorus-lyrically and melodically so full of impact. This is such a positive, feelgood song. I always enjoy this kind of duet and this one does it right. The melody just takes off at the beginning of the chorus and the harmonies are so sweet. And, of course, Janice nails her part. This is simply a GREAT song!! Well done guys!! Take care. Greg


Thank you Greg!
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Originally Posted By: PeterF
Floyd & Janice,
Lots of skill in that one - beautiful phrasing and harmonizing - you make it sound so easy.
Great mix with a really professional sound, you sound like you're in the same room singing(Janice nicely recorded by Bud), good set of lyrics and strong catchy chorus melody.
Very nice indeed.

Peter


Thanks Peter! It's fun to sing harmony when both parts have that natural blend.
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Originally Posted By: ROG
Hi Janice & Floyd.

Great song, Floyd, with everything working together, just as it should. Perfect.

Janice, what can I say? When you sing in that register it gives me goosebumps.

A fabulous performance, you two - just SO professional throughout.

Must listen again...

ROG.


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Originally Posted By: Robertkc
Floyd & Janice,
Your voices sound so good together (I had to read the intro again to see that you weren`t in the same room together).
Making this very good song a duet raises it to another level- I`m curious if you wrote it with that in mind?
A highly professional production throughout as usual.

Robert


Thanks, Robert - appreciate that - good to know that the sound is cohesive...

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This sounds GREAT! Nice job. The lyrics work well and the phrasing is excellent. I really enjoyed the listen.


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Originally Posted By: ROG
Hi Janice & Floyd.

Great song, Floyd, with everything working together, just as it should. Perfect.

Janice, what can I say? When you sing in that register it gives me goosebumps.

A fabulous performance, you two - just SO professional throughout.

Must listen again...

ROG.


Thank you ROG! If you heard how high I sang in our bluegrass band you'd probably throw something at your speakers smile

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Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
Yep.... good duet. Nice work and a good job on the write.



Thanks, Herb...



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Floyd, Janice, Bud

Well this team just keeps delivering.

What a great arrangement, with matching excellent lyrics.

There is no doubt about the formula, you've got another 'Winner' with Win Your Heart.


Trevor - we all appreciate that!

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Love this one guys - very well done!


Regards,

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Janice & Floyd

This one really won my heart. A winning formula, keep her in your heart every day.
A powerful song. Powerfully sung, yet with a lot of warmth.

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Originally Posted By: Robertkc
Floyd & Janice,
Your voices sound so good together (I had to read the intro again to see that you weren`t in the same room together).
Making this very good song a duet raises it to another level- I`m curious if you wrote it with that in mind?
A highly professional production throughout as usual.

Robert


Thanks Robert! We are blessed that our voices do blend well and it does seem like we are in the same room when Bud and I record my part.

Janice


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Originally Posted By: animarorecords
Hello, floyd and Janice

Great Duet!
As Peter said, lots of skill in that one - beautiful phrasing and harmonizing - you make it sound so easy.
The tight and solid drums are so pleasant.
A positive feel good song.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best Regards.

Shigeki Adachi


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Originally Posted By: JoanneCooper
Fantastic.Always love a duet.


Thanks, Joanne.



Originally Posted By: molsenhouse
that was a nice tune, floyd!

the lyrics are great, and i like the way you sing alone and together with janice
your voices works great together!

the production is very well sounding
nice use of real tracks!

take care
einar


einar - thank you - it is always a pleasure to sing with Janice - these are nice compliments from someone with your talent...

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Originally Posted By: Scottt709
Another awesome collaboration. Vocals were excellent


Thanks, Scott...


Originally Posted By: RnAM
Hi Floyd and Janice,

A song with a commercial potential grin
This shows in the song structure, the bridge, and especially the choruses, which sound like typical commercial pop country.
And by "commercial" we mean GOOD!


I love hearing that!!!

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Originally Posted By: gibson
floyd, Janice and Bud,

you two go together like country and western.
THIS IS COUNTRY AS IT SHOULD BE

Sun's out, doors open, volume is at 11 AND I got a response from a neighbour at last grin She asked if it was me singing HAHAHA. I wish mad

beautiful

I totally agree what BlueAttitude (Dave) wrote
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Love the vocals, especially Janice, there is something about the way she phrases that always gets to me.


time for another play

well done floyd and Janice, oh yeh and Bud!

great stuff

Alyn


Alyn - smile LOL - Loved reading this review! What nice things to say!.... I know you've got Janice & Bud grinnin', too...

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Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
Yep.... good duet. Nice work and a good job on the write.



Originally Posted By: VideoTrack
Floyd, Janice, Bud

Well this team just keeps delivering.

What a great arrangement, with matching excellent lyrics.

There is no doubt about the formula, you've got another 'Winner' with Win Your Heart.


Thanks y'all!!

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This is a top song, it really is.

Sounds studio produced and great hooks in it. Superb performances.


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A great write AGAIN. Some great performances AGAIN. The three of you have standards that are so high that you never disappoint. I really liked the tight, locked in harmony. That's how it should be done. I also agree with Josie a little more bass would be nice. This is a fine example of songwriting, vocal performance and mastery of production. Some high skill level on display. Tom

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Originally Posted By: rsdean
Floyd / Janice,

Excellent! Love the blend of your voices as well as the individual parts. Great song and mix as well. Loved it!

Bob


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Originally Posted By: receder
Floyd and Janice,

What a great uplifting duet. Your voices blend so perfectly together.
Bud also did a great job on Janice's vocal.

All rounded off with a perfectly recorded RT band. Especially love the solid drum sound.
What's not to love about this.

Excellent work,
Jez


Thanks, Jez. I do love singing duets with Mrs. Merritt...

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Originally Posted By: animarorecords
Hello, floyd and Janice

Great Duet!
As Peter said, lots of skill in that one - beautiful phrasing and harmonizing - you make it sound so easy.
The tight and solid drums are so pleasant.
A positive feel good song.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Best Regards.

Shigeki Adachi


Thank you. Glad you like the harmony!


Originally Posted By: JoanneCooper
Fantastic.Always love a duet.


Thanks Joanne. Duets are fun.

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Originally Posted By: molsenhouse
that was a nice tune, floyd!

the lyrics are great, and i like the way you sing alone and together with janice
your voices works great together!

the production is very well sounding
nice use of real tracks!

take care
einar


Originally Posted By: Scottt709
Another awesome collaboration. Vocals were excellent


Thank you both very much!

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Originally Posted By: Matcham
You're a real class act, you two. Such a full yet open sound throughout. Drums, guitar, vocals... all really really top notch.

Matcham


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Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle
Fun song. Well written, arranged, mixed and produced.

The vocals are stellar together - A match made in country. They play off each other like you two have worked together every day for years.

Enjoyed my listen.

Charlie


"A match made in country..." I like that, Charlie!! Thanks for the very nice review...



Originally Posted By: Sundance
Sweet and uplifting. And I love sweet and uplifting.

You both sound super. Love the stops. Love the guitars - the arrangement is great. Really nice work on those drums.
Personally I like a little more bass but that's just me.

Great job.


Thanks, Josie. I went back and bumped up the bass some...and then remembered that I cannot replace the Soundcloud file without wiping the comments there... maybe I'll put it up on the other site...

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Originally Posted By: RnAM
Hi Floyd and Janice,

A song with a commercial potential grin
This shows in the song structure, the bridge, and especially the choruses, which sound like typical commercial pop country.
And by "commercial" we mean GOOD!


Good heavens! I never thought I'd appear in anything commercial. At last smile

Thank you!!


Janice

Originally Posted By: gibson
floyd, Janice and Bud,

you two go together like country and western.
THIS IS COUNTRY AS IT SHOULD BE

Sun's out, doors open, volume is at 11 AND I got a response from a neighbour at last grin She asked if it was me singing HAHAHA. I wish mad

beautiful

I totally agree what BlueAttitude (Dave) wrote
Quote:
Love the vocals, especially Janice, there is something about the way she phrases that always gets to me.


time for another play

well done floyd and Janice, oh yeh and Bud!

great stuff

Alyn


Alyn, thank you so much!!

Janice


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Originally Posted By: rsdean
Floyd / Janice,

Excellent! Love the blend of your voices as well as the individual parts. Great song and mix as well. Loved it!

Bob


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Floyd and Janice,

What a great uplifting duet. Your voices blend so perfectly together.
Bud also did a great job on Janice's vocal.

All rounded off with a perfectly recorded RT band. Especially love the solid drum sound.
What's not to love about this.

Excellent work,
Jez


Thank y'all for mentioning the vocal blend. It was a lot of fun!

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Top notch in every way! Superb write and wonderful vocals and production! Floyd, Janice and Bud - solid gold!

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Originally Posted By: RichRayer
This sounds GREAT! Nice job. The lyrics work well and the phrasing is excellent. I really enjoyed the listen.



Thanks for stopping by, Rich. We appreciate that...


Originally Posted By: 90 dB
Love this one guys - very well done!


Regards,

Bob


Thank ya, Robert....



Originally Posted By: PaddyG

Janice & Floyd

This one really won my heart. A winning formula, keep her in your heart every day.
A powerful song. Powerfully sung, yet with a lot of warmth.

Paddy P


Appreciate that, Paddy...



Originally Posted By: Mike. R.
This is a top song, it really is.

Sounds studio produced and great hooks in it. Superb performances.


Thanks, Mike - can't ask for a nicer review than that!...

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Originally Posted By: tommyad
A great write AGAIN. Some great performances AGAIN. The three of you have standards that are so high that you never disappoint. I really liked the tight, locked in harmony. That's how it should be done. I also agree with Josie a little more bass would be nice. This is a fine example of songwriting, vocal performance and mastery of production. Some high skill level on display. Tom


Thanks for the nice review, Tom. (as I told Josie) I did a mix with more bass, but can't replace the Soundcloud file...


Originally Posted By: gruverider
Top notch in every way! Superb write and wonderful vocals and production! Floyd, Janice and Bud - solid gold!


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Hi all. I just recently mixed Lawrence Olivier's Album Vessel. During mixing, I was mesmerized by a woman singing on one of his song. That woman come to find out was Janice Merritt. So I did a google search and it brought me to this page.

Not trying to hi-jack Floyd's post (great song by the way Floyd and nice mix) but I just wanted to say Janice you have an amazing voice and it was a true pleasure to mix it on Lawrence's "I Will" song.

Until Lawrence came along I had no idea what Band in the Box was. I literally had no experience with it. After mixing his album, I can see why you all use it. Lawrence's album turned out (he's a song writing genius) excellent and I hope he will let some of you hear it. It was a joy to mix all of these unique sounding instruments and of course Lawrence's unique great voice.

Anyway sorry if this posting is frowned upon here, again did not mean to hi jack, but I wanted Janice to know that I was moved by her performance.

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Originally Posted By: Matcham
You're a real class act, you two. Such a full yet open sound throughout. Drums, guitar, vocals... all really really top notch.

Matcham


Thanks!

Janice

Originally Posted By: Charlie Fogle
Fun song. Well written, arranged, mixed and produced.

The vocals are stellar together - A match made in country. They play off each other like you two have worked together every day for years.

Enjoyed my listen.

Charlie


Thank you Charlie. Your description is just what we were trying to do!

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A wonderful sophisticated love poem.

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excellent Floyd...your voice ...joe walsh....the eagles ..the band of all time..!

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Originally Posted By: Sundance
Sweet and uplifting. And I love sweet and uplifting.

You both sound super. Love the stops. Love the guitars - the arrangement is great. Really nice work on those drums.
Personally I like a little more bass but that's just me.

Great job.




Originally Posted By: RichRayer
This sounds GREAT! Nice job. The lyrics work well and the phrasing is excellent. I really enjoyed the listen.

Originally Posted By: 90 dB
Love this one guys - very well done!


Regards,

Bob



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Janice & Floyd

This one really won my heart. A winning formula, keep her in your heart every day.
A powerful song. Powerfully sung, yet with a lot of warmth.

Paddy P



Thank you all for listening and commenting! I've always liked duets and it was so much fun to have a chance to sing one. Thanks to floyd smile


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Janice and floyd,

This is outstanding. The write and arrangement are first class and your performances lift the song into the stratosphere. The duet approach is a perfect fit. Both of you are so incredibly talented.

The word play in the bridge made me smile...

Quote:
when you find the one you want to hold forever
spend forever holding on

... how cool is that!

I don't know what you did to the drums on this, but they held me captive with their crispness and clarity.

How ever I look at it, this is really fine music.

All the best to you both,
Noel


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Originally Posted By: jeff5x0
Hi all. I just recently mixed Lawrence Olivier's Album Vessel. During mixing, I was mesmerized by a woman singing on one of his song. That woman come to find out was Janice Merritt. So I did a google search and it brought me to this page.

Not trying to hi-jack Floyd's post (great song by the way Floyd and nice mix) but I just wanted to say Janice you have an amazing voice and it was a true pleasure to mix it on Lawrence's "I Will" song.

Until Lawrence came along I had no idea what Band in the Box was. I literally had no experience with it. After mixing his album, I can see why you all use it. Lawrence's album turned out (he's a song writing genius) excellent and I hope he will let some of you hear it. It was a joy to mix all of these unique sounding instruments and of course Lawrence's unique great voice.

Anyway sorry if this posting is frowned upon here, again did not mean to hi jack, but I wanted Janice to know that I was moved by her performance.


Jeff - glad you stopped by. We are all big fans of Lawrence's - the man can sing! the man can write... glad the you have discovered Janice... in a righteous world she would be a HUGE star...


Originally Posted By: Marty Sorensen
A wonderful sophisticated love poem.


Marty - I really appreciate that! Really... Thank you...


Originally Posted By: colly
excellent Floyd...your voice ...joe walsh....the eagles ..the band of all time..!


colly - thanks... pretty sure that tis the first time joe walsh has been mentioned in any of my efforts... smile

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Originally Posted By: Noel96
Janice and floyd,

This is outstanding. The write and arrangement are first class and your performances lift the song into the stratosphere. The duet approach is a perfect fit. Both of you are so incredibly talented.

The word play in the bridge made me smile...

Quote:
when you find the one you want to hold forever
spend forever holding on

... how cool is that!

I don't know what you did to the drums on this, but they held me captive with their crispness and clarity.

How ever I look at it, this is really fine music.

All the best to you both,
Noel


Noel - I always look forward to what you might have to say about a song - whether it be lyric or production ideas... thanks for noting the bridge wording...

The drums processing was a bit of an experiment on this one. I doubled the track (made a copy) and EQ'd it hard from 200-500 (dropping out everything else) to accentuate the snare and to give it some "warm".

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Originally Posted By: tommyad
A great write AGAIN. Some great performances AGAIN. The three of you have standards that are so high that you never disappoint. I really liked the tight, locked in harmony. That's how it should be done. I also agree with Josie a little more bass would be nice. This is a fine example of songwriting, vocal performance and mastery of production. Some high skill level on display. Tom


Thank you Tom. That is very kind of you. I always look forward to your productions!!

Janice

Originally Posted By: Mike. R.
This is a top song, it really is.

Sounds studio produced and great hooks in it. Superb performances.


Thanks Mike!

Janice


Originally Posted By: gruverider
Top notch in every way! Superb write and wonderful vocals and production! Floyd, Janice and Bud - solid gold!


Thank you very much Lawrence!

Janice

Originally Posted By: jeff5x0
Hi all. I just recently mixed Lawrence Olivier's Album Vessel. During mixing, I was mesmerized by a woman singing on one of his song. That woman come to find out was Janice Merritt. So I did a google search and it brought me to this page.

Not trying to hi-jack Floyd's post (great song by the way Floyd and nice mix) but I just wanted to say Janice you have an amazing voice and it was a true pleasure to mix it on Lawrence's "I Will" song.

Until Lawrence came along I had no idea what Band in the Box was. I literally had no experience with it. After mixing his album, I can see why you all use it. Lawrence's album turned out (he's a song writing genius) excellent and I hope he will let some of you hear it. It was a joy to mix all of these unique sounding instruments and of course Lawrence's unique great voice.

Anyway sorry if this posting is frowned upon here, again did not mean to hi jack, but I wanted Janice to know that I was moved by her performance.


Jeff, I am so happy that you liked the part I sang for Lawrence. Bud and I have admired and often listened to his songs for years.

I hope while you are here you will have a chance to listen to more of floyd's songs. The high quality of his writing, vocals and productions are amazingly consistent.

Janice

Originally Posted By: Marty Sorensen
A wonderful sophisticated love poem.


Originally Posted By: colly
excellent Floyd...your voice ...joe walsh....the eagles ..the band of all time..!


Thanks y'all. It was fun being part of this.

Janice


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JANICE MERRITT!!!

Thank you for singing with me on this!

You are a true talent.

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I know I have definitely listened to this before but I cannot remember if I commented or not (and too lazy to go through all the comments!).

This is beautiful. Top notch all round. Well done you two!


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I've come back to listen to this several times. Another classic combination of excellent writing, vocals and production.

Floyd, Bud and Janice are an awesome trio of talented musicians. Music just doesn't get any better than this.

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Originally Posted By: JoanneCooper
I know I have definitely listened to this before but I cannot remember if I commented or not (and too lazy to go through all the comments!).

This is beautiful. Top notch all round. Well done you two!


LOL - You have been by earlier, Joanne... but we appreciate you coming 'round again... smile



Originally Posted By: Curt Young
I've come back to listen to this several times. Another classic combination of excellent writing, vocals and production.

Floyd, Bud and Janice are an awesome trio of talented musicians. Music just doesn't get any better than this.


Curt - we really appreciate that... Thanks for dropping by...

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Dang that was too Incredible! And Janice was the BOMB!!!!!! You got Mad Skills Boy!!!!!!

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