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Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt #396539 02/17/17 08:51 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 Sydney Australia PeterF OP Veteran
OP PeterF Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 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

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396542 02/17/17 09:10 PM User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,054 Australia Noel96 Veteran
Noel96 Veteran Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 19,054 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! MY SONGS... Audiophile BIAB 2024 audios on Soundcloud

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396556 02/18/17 01:53 AM User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 5,232 Ontario, Canada BlueAttitude Veteran
BlueAttitude Veteran Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 5,232 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 Website Blue Attitude YouTube channel

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396560 02/18/17 02:21 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 9,543 Middlesex, NC Guitarhacker Veteran
Guitarhacker Veteran Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 9,543 Middlesex, NC	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. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396563 02/18/17 02:31 AM User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,165 South Carolina C Charlie Fogle Veteran
Charlie Fogle Veteran C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 8,165 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+ 2024:RB 2024, Latest builds: Dell Optiplex 7040 Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz CPU and 16 GB Ram Memory.

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396582 02/18/17 03:27 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,639 Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran
Scott C Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,639 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 https://soundcloud.com/spiritlevel-ca https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritLevel-ge3hm/

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396621 02/18/17 09:47 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,063 Nashville, TN Sundance Veteran
Sundance Veteran Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,063 Nashville, TN	Love the honky talk blues sound with the horns and organ - really cool arrangement. Janice sounds terrific. Velocipede - really? LOL! Fun song. Love it! Youtube Channel Soundcloud

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396628 02/18/17 11:00 AM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 289 Cumbria - United Kingdom Mike. R. Apprentice
Mike. R. Apprentice Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 289 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. SongBrain - AI Generator Shiny Emeralds - Latest Single Win 10 Home 64bit - Ryzen7 3700x / 32Gb BIAB / RB 2024 For Windows EWQL Composer Cloud X

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt Noel96 #396648 02/18/17 12:35 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 14,378 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 14,378 GA USA	Thank you very much Noel. This was a LOT of fun! Janice Our Music - Audio & Videos

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396657 02/18/17 01:04 PM User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 Florida floyd jane Veteran
floyd jane Veteran Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 11,831 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. 150+ Songs produced using BIAB RealTracks And 50 more... and some more...

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396658 02/18/17 01:06 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 266 San Jose, CA Marty Sorensen Apprentice
Marty Sorensen Apprentice Joined: May 2016 Posts: 266 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. Last edited by Marty Sorensen; 02/18/17 01:07 PM.

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt Noel96 #396734 02/18/17 11:53 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 Sydney Australia PeterF OP Veteran
OP PeterF Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 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

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396753 02/19/17 03:33 AM User Showcase
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,048 The Netherlands RnAM Veteran
RnAM Veteran Joined: May 2014 Posts: 4,048 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. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos http://rnam.net/

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt BlueAttitude #396773 02/19/17 04:59 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 14,378 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 14,378 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 Our Music - Audio & Videos

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt Mike. R. #396785 02/19/17 06:23 AM User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 3,357 Robertkc Veteran
Robertkc Veteran Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 3,357	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

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt Guitarhacker #396853 02/19/17 03:25 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 14,378 GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran
Janice & Bud Veteran Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 14,378 GA USA	Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker Nice work on this. The groove fits Janice to the tee. Thank you Herb Janice Our Music - Audio & Videos

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396862 02/19/17 04:37 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 7,560 Originally Missouri ... Now Al... Al-David Veteran
Al-David Veteran Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 7,560 Originally Missouri ... Now Al...	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 2024 Ultra Plus-all StylePaksWin1116GB DDR5Rhyzen 9745xAT 2035 MicPeavey Nashville 112 AmpIbanez ART120* Acoustic/Electric/Washburn D200S Acoustic*Stromberg Monterey Jazz Guitar Loops: https://aldavidmusic.wixsite.com/bestmusicloops

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt PeterF #396879 02/19/17 09:10 PM User Showcase
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 2,816 Aichi, Japan animarorecords Veteran
animarorecords Veteran Joined: May 2015 Posts: 2,816 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

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt BlueAttitude #396890 02/19/17 10:29 PM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 Sydney Australia PeterF OP Veteran
OP PeterF Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 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

Re: Don't Need A Man To Make Me Feel Like A Woman - Featuring Janice Merritt Guitarhacker #396951 02/20/17 09:11 AM User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 Sydney Australia PeterF OP Veteran
OP PeterF Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 5,576 Sydney Australia	Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker Nice work on this. The groove fits Janice to the tee. Thanks Herb. Peter

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