That happens a good deal David. A song a lot have talked about here and on songwriter sites is HOUSE THAT BUILT ME, which was a huge hit for Miranda Lambert. That song was actually not pitched to Miranda. It was pitched to her husband at the time, Blake Shelton. He had it for a while trying to decide whether to cut it. Miranda at the time was not selling well and in danger of losing her record deal. So Blake gave it to her in order to pump her sales up. Worked very well.
It is never a bad idea if you write songs where they can be gender neutral, where a male or female can sing it. I have done that on a few songs and found a common key to do them in. Then I have recorded a full male vocal, a full female vocal. Then you can have those and with some creative mixing, can actually have a third version, as a duet.
Always interesting to try different things.
MAB
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