Way To A Woman's Heart

This seems to be my third song this year on this forum with 'woman' in the title. Pure coincidence, but tells where my inspiration has come from lately

I have had a vocaloid version of this on soundcloud for couple of years, but now I have finally sung it myself. The original arrangement sounded bit harsh so I had to find a softer but still rocking instruments. I was happy to find the combination of PopPepSquad drums and baritone guitars, BIAB fulfilled my wishes once again Unfortunately the baritone guitars don't have nice-sounding holds so I had to use filling guitars for those parts.

RealDrums: PopPepSquad

RealTracks:
Electric bass #995
Baritone guitars #2499, #3164
Electric guitars #632, (hold #996 & #2352)
Electric guitar soloist #1722
Sax Tenor #715
Organ #671

MIDI: guitar riff (ST3)

Vocals by me

Mixed in Cakewalk by Bandlab


Lyrics:

Alone licking all my wounds
trying to figure out
what I did and
what you cried about.
You have faked your pain
I was fooled again
just like a lab mouse in your surveys
been running in your maze.

On the way to a woman's heart
each mile has left a trace
all my clothes are torn
blood stains on my face.
The way to a woman's heart
is way too long
I'm lost at every crossroad
I have always chosen wrong.

Alone fallen one more time
a jungle in the dark
on your trail
there's no signpost to your spark.
Never felt the beat
never tasted sweet
you kept a distance from my glances
you never gave me a chance.

On the way...

I have never reached my destination
frustrated on the path overgrown
always halfway there
not even halfway there.

On the way...

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Janne

Hey there Jannesan, great work on this! Fantastic selection of instruments here and very soothing to hear. The vocals harmonize well with the other instruments. Great work!

Janne,
interesting tune. For some strange reason, it reminds me of Japanese alternative pop songs, probably because of claps on drums, which I feel was a great decision. Very good arrangement! Guitars and bass work very well on this. But why such a violent way to that special woman's heart ?
P.S. I admire your bravery bending rhymes to your needs. Most of my life I lived in US, and still shaping some words and phrases are a great challenge for me. Mental block

Nice mix Janne. I particularly liked the intro. Well done on the lyrics and performance. Rob

Very coo different backtrack. Excellent vocal. Well done

Great driving pop song, love the percussion (hand claps?)

good melody and heartfelt singing

enjoyed,

Kenny

Janne,

This is really well done. A GREAT pop sound! Great drive to it.

Cool drums. It is great when someone uses a track that hasn't been displayed in the Showcase before...

Nice mix. Enjoyed.

fj

Nicely interesting upbeat catchy toe-tapping pop song...
I like the sound of the guitar picking over the chords on "been running in your maze"...
Pretty neat effect...
I really enjoyed this musical work.

Thanks Joe for your kind words It is actually BIAB which has fantastic selection of Instruments

Janne

Thanks Misha for your kind feedback I agree about the drums, I'm really glad I found that RD while re-arranging this tune.

I received feedback from a guy who said that this song sounds like it's about him and his feelings. So I guess that violent way is quite universal theme

I like playing with words also outside lyrical landscapes so it feels natural to me play with words also with my songs. I'm flattered by your admiration

Janne

Thanks Rob for your kind compliments

Janne

Cool man! Love those pep squad drums.

Nothing wrong about writing about women. It's all I ever do.

This was definitely a very emotional song. Thanks for sharing it with us.

This is a really good pop song. The intro and chord progressions are excellent. Your vocal is really good. Your dynamics are excellent making this song very powerful.

Excellent song.

Really cool song!! The groove is infectious! I'm going to have to check out those drums. Nice job on everything!! Take care. Greg

Thanks Scott for your kind words

Janne

Thanks Kenny for your kind feedback, driving pop song - very well described That percussion is part of the excellent pepsquad RD.

Janne

Thanks Floyd, always nice to read your positive feedback I'm pretty sure that I have heard those drums used on some showcase song earlier this year. But I wouldn't mind hearing it many more times.

Janne

Thanks Jim for your upbeat compliments

Janne

Excellent choice of RD's/RT's for this strong pop tune.

We very much like those drums...as others have already said.

There's a lot of raw emotion on display here...strong vocal delivery.

And the mix sounds excellent on our monitors. Everything sits in a good place!

Enjoyed it...

J&B

Janne,

Very nice rock'n' roll song!
A little bit 60's American oldies feel.
Continuous eight beet is really comfortable.
Very enjoyable listen!
I missed the vocaloid version.
I would like to listen to it.

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Thanks David I love those drums too. And I do hope that there are still many aspects of that particular subject left to be written about

Janne

Thanks Ember for your kind feedback

Janne

Thanks Mario for your very uplifting feedback I was after 'Powerful', glad you mentioned that magical Word

Janne

"a jungle in the dark
on your trail
there's no signpost to your spark"

Good lyric!

Enjoyed this eclectic production.



(Shots and holds in BIAB are often troublesome for me too. Usually not smooth.)

Thanks Greg, glad you liked the groove

Janne

Thanks Janice and Bud for your kind feedback BIAB has truly excellent selection of instruments for pop songs.

Janne

Thanks Shigeki Adachi for your nice feedback You can find the original vocaloid version on YouTube, it was my first try with CyberSongman. The arrangement and lyrics have changed since then.

Janne

Thanks olemon for your kind words Always nice to read something positive about my lyrics

Janne

Janne,

This song is great and the vocal performance is outstanding...

Great mix as well.

Bob

Really nice, Janne! Has a bit of "That Thing You Do" feel to it. That's a compliment. Very few songs grabbed my attention, and wouldn't get out of my head like that song did. I have a feeling, your song is going to be stuck there in my mind for a while as well. When you accomplish that, as a songwriter, you've done something!

Steve

My goodness. I hope you haven't had such a hard time with women. This was a very enjoyable listen. Lots of power in the rhythm section buoyed it up very well.

Drums are awesome! Well written lyrics as per usual, and nice job on the mix also.

Hi Janne,

I have to quote floyd because he said everything that I thought...



Your singing is so full of confidence and it sounds great! In addition, that backing is produced so very, very well. Everything sits beautifully in my speakers and the sound is rich and full of clarity.

All the best,
Noel

Thanks Bob for your kind words I'm always worried that my vocals sound awful in other people's ears, so I'm really happy you liked my performance.

Janne

Thanks Steve, your kind words are really rewarding I'm listening right now to the song you mentioned, I feel honored that you compared my tune to such a catchy pop hit song

Janne

Thanks Tangmo, glad you enjoyed my song Hard time… not on physical level but maybe mentally, sometimes

Janne

Thanks Dave for your positive comment

Janne

Thanks Noel for your very kind words, I feel I don't deserve all of them, but they really mean much to me and give me confidence to continue singing

Janne