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#396539 - 02/17/17 10:51 PM [User Showcase] Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt
Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2580 Loc: Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2580 Loc: Sydney Australia	Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman Leon sent me a song idea with Janice in mind. It was an interesting lyric! – just had to fit lines such as: Like a fish needs a velocipede Had to look that one up on Wikipedia. Fortunately for us Janice kindly agreed to sing – Leon obviously channeled his feminine side whilst writing this but I’m not sure it would have sounded right with him singing. Lyrics – Leon Vocals -the incomparable Janice Merritt I played the guitar and put it all together Thanks to Bud for recording Janice, feedback on the mix and encouragement. The Band: RealTracks in song: 2610:Bass, Electric, SoulFunkSwingAlex Sw 120 RealTracks in style: 2437:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm NewOrleansShuffleKevin Sw 130 RealTracks in style: 2436:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm NewOrleansShuffle Sw 130 RealTracks in song: ~425:Organ, B3, Background Blues Sw 120 RealDrums in style: NewOrleansShuffle^04-a:Kick Shuffle , b:Ride, Shuffle Horns – some old horn samples I had lying around Don’t need a man to make me feel like a woman You think that ladies love outlaws But honey let me set you straight What gets my temperature rising Listen up, and I will relate I need a man I can talk to Who understands what I need Not a stud with only one talent I got to care for and feed I don’t need a man to make me feel like a woman Just need a man I can rely on to be true I don’t need a man to make me feel like a woman Just need a man I can rely on to be true I’m looking for a man who’s not afraid To reveal his softer side A man who knows just when to push And when to let it slide I need a man who’s not a stranger To poetry and art Who’s gentle, kind and sensitive But with a lion’s heart I don’t need a man to make me feel like a woman Just need a man I can rely on to be true I don’t need a man to make me feel like a woman Just need a man I can rely on to be true You think that ladies love outlaws Oh, but that’s been overstated A lady wants a man to make her life Easier, not more complicated Some say a woman needs a man Like a fish needs a velocipede And while I don’t agree There are certain qualities I need You’ve got to treat me like an equal in every way Pick up on the subtle signs I send Pay close attention to every word I say Be my demon lover as well as my best friend I don’t need a man to make me feel like a woman Just need a man I can rely on to be true I don’t need a man to make me feel like a woman Just need a man I can rely on to be true
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#396542 - 02/17/17 11:10 PM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 10/31/08 Posts: 14140 Loc: Australia Noel96 Veteran Registered: 10/31/08 Posts: 14140 Loc: Australia	Janice, Peter and Leon, This is very entertaining! from start to finish. The writing is strong, the melody is top notch, the arrangement is as creative as they come, the mix is excellent and Janice's vocals raise the proverbial roof (Janice, you've absolutely nailed singing the lyrics!). I don't know what to say! For that reason, I'm leaving it up to you. Please choose whichever one or more of the below appeal to you first class stunning totally enjoyable professional through and through clever skillful music at its best absolute quality All the best, Noel P.S. I'm in awe of anyone who can use 'velocipede' in lyrics and then set it to music! _________________________ LINKS TO MY BIAB/RB SONGS audios on Soundcloud videos on VIMEO
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#396556 - 02/18/17 03:53 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 11/30/07 Posts: 1925 Loc: Ontario, Canada BlueAttitude Expert Registered: 11/30/07 Posts: 1925 Loc: Ontario, Canada	Love the groove on this, a fun track! Guitar work is right on the money, as is the vocal (no surprise there!) Nice one! _________________________ Dave Blue Attitude: Homepage, Youtube page
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#396560 - 02/18/17 04:21 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 6024 Guitarhacker Veteran Registered: 04/03/09 Posts: 6024	Nice work on this. The groove fits Janice to the tee. _________________________ You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.com Add nothing that adds nothing to the music
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#396563 - 02/18/17 04:31 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 4723 Loc: South Carolina Charlie Fogle Veteran Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 4723 Loc: South Carolina	This song shines. A good fit for Janice's outstanding vocal. The addition of the horns really worked well to me. Enjoyable all around. Charlie _________________________ BiaB Ultra Pak 2019:RB 2019 Build 2. Windows-7, 64 bit, Home Premium Version with an AMD Athlon II X2 215 Dual-Core Processor and 4GB DDR3 Memory.
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#396582 - 02/18/17 05:27 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 12/08/11 Posts: 3737 Loc: Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran Registered: 12/08/11 Posts: 3737 Loc: Edmonton, Ab, Canada	Very cool feel to this song. Excellent collaboration. Vocal, guitar, lyric and backtrack all excellent . Well done Janice, Peter and Leon... _________________________ Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709
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#396621 - 02/18/17 11:47 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 05/30/08 Posts: 4318 Sundance Veteran Registered: 05/30/08 Posts: 4318	Love the honky talk blues sound with the horns and organ - really cool arrangement. Janice sounds terrific. Velocipede - really? LOL! Fun song. Love it! _________________________ Josie My Song Walking Streets Of Gold passes 5K Youtube views! My Songs My Videos
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#396628 - 02/18/17 01:00 PM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 08/20/11 Posts: 242 Loc: Cumbria - United Kingdom Mike. R. Apprentice Registered: 08/20/11 Posts: 242 Loc: Cumbria - United Kingdom	This rocks right from the off! Nice guitar and the vocals handled so well, very tuneful and foot tapping. Great solo and nice Brass. Cheers. Mike. _________________________ Mike. Win 10 - Intel2 quad core / 8Gb Ram Audiophile 24/96 BAIB / RB 2018 PlusPak For Windows Reaper 5 EWQL Composer Cloud X Gibson LP Studio Fender Mn Telecaster Gretsch Alligator Bugera 1960 Infinium
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#396648 - 02/18/17 02:35 PM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: Noel96]
Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 6451 Loc: GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 6451 Loc: GA USA	Thank you very much Noel. This was a LOT of fun! Janice _________________________ Never grow up...it's a trap. Our 2018 album release J&B YouTube Sampler J&B Website
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#396657 - 02/18/17 03:04 PM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 6482 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 6482 Loc: Florida	Leon/Peter/Janice A terrific listen. (I did have to look up "velocipede"). Everything is right where it needs to be. As I listened, I simply... Listened! The horns work! The vocal - golden. Nice. _________________________ 125+ BIAB Songs
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#396658 - 02/18/17 03:06 PM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 05/26/16 Posts: 253 Loc: San Jose, CA Marty Sorensen Apprentice Registered: 05/26/16 Posts: 253 Loc: San Jose, CA	This is just so much fun to listen to. someday if I ever get good enough, I'm gong to write a song with the lyrics that match your voice. Edited by Marty Sorensen (02/18/17 03:07 PM)
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#396734 - 02/19/17 01:53 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: Noel96]
Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2580 Loc: Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2580 Loc: Sydney Australia	Originally Posted By: Noel96 Janice, Peter and Leon, This is very entertaining! from start to finish. The writing is strong, the melody is top notch, the arrangement is as creative as they come, the mix is excellent and Janice's vocals raise the proverbial roof (Janice, you've absolutely nailed singing the lyrics!). I don't know what to say! For that reason, I'm leaving it up to you. Please choose whichever one or more of the below appeal to you first class stunning totally enjoyable professional through and through clever skillful music at its best absolute quality All the best, Noel P.S. I'm in awe of anyone who can use 'velocipede' in lyrics and then set it to music! Noel Thanks for the kind review. Janice certainly nailed it. Have to get me a velocipede one day. Peter
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#396753 - 02/19/17 05:33 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3156 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3156 Loc: The Netherlands	Well, what can we add to all this positivity? We'll give it a try: top-notch mix very cool guitar work Horn section beautiful the ending of the song, just sounds like a real band. And once again top-notch vocals by Janice! Rob & Anne-Marie _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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#396773 - 02/19/17 06:59 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: BlueAttitude]
Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 6451 Loc: GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 6451 Loc: GA USA	Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude Love the groove on this, a fun track! Guitar work is right on the money, as is the vocal (no surprise there!) Nice one! Thanks! I'm glad you liked it and I appreciate you mentioning my vocal. Peter and Leon handed me a very cool song to work with. Janice _________________________ Never grow up...it's a trap. Our 2018 album release J&B YouTube Sampler J&B Website
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#396785 - 02/19/17 08:23 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: Mike. R.]
Registered: 06/09/16 Posts: 1841 Robertkc Expert Registered: 06/09/16 Posts: 1841	Originally Posted By: Mike. R. This rocks right from the off! Nice guitar and the vocals handled so well, very tuneful and foot tapping. Great solo and nice Brass. Cheers. Mike. Plus 1 to that and a big kudos on your guitar playing, Peter- really well integrated with the Real Tracks. Robert
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#396853 - 02/19/17 05:25 PM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: Guitarhacker]
Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 6451 Loc: GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 6451 Loc: GA USA	Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker Nice work on this. The groove fits Janice to the tee. Thank you Herb Janice _________________________ Never grow up...it's a trap. Our 2018 album release J&B YouTube Sampler J&B Website
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#396862 - 02/19/17 06:37 PM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 12/29/12 Posts: 3579 Loc: Alabama, USA Al-David Veteran Registered: 12/29/12 Posts: 3579 Loc: Alabama, USA	Totally loved this! great beat and arrangement. And, of course, Janice's vocal is top notched. Great sound on the guitar and the horns are a great touch in the last half of the song. Great job in every way! Alan & Di _________________________ BIAB 2018 Ultra Plus-all StylePaksWin108GB DDR4I5-6th GenAT 2035 MicPeavey Nashville 112 AmpIbanez ART120 Electric/Washburn D200S Acoustic*Stromberg Monterey Jazz Guitar Loops: https://aldavidmusic.wixsite.com/bestmusicloops
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#396879 - 02/19/17 11:10 PM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: PeterF]
Registered: 05/11/15 Posts: 1586 Loc: Aichi, Japan animarorecords Expert Registered: 05/11/15 Posts: 1586 Loc: Aichi, Japan	Hello, Peter,Leon and Janice Very nice honky talk blues with horns. As, Noel said, This is very entertaining! from start to finish. Top-notch vocals by Janice! And your guitar playing is very cool. Enjoyed my listen a lot. Best regards. Shigeki Adachi
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#396890 - 02/20/17 12:29 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: BlueAttitude]
Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2580 Loc: Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2580 Loc: Sydney Australia	Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude Love the groove on this, a fun track! Guitar work is right on the money, as is the vocal (no surprise there!) Nice one! Dave Thanks for those nice comments glad you enjoyed. Peter
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#396951 - 02/20/17 11:11 AM [User Showcase] Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt [Re: Guitarhacker]
Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2580 Loc: Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2580 Loc: Sydney Australia	Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker Nice work on this. The groove fits Janice to the tee. Thanks Herb. Peter
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