Ashes To Ashes (David Bowie cover)

[ColinB]

I've never done good things...

[Glennwillow]

Nice job Colin! Very nice balance between vocal and guitar!

- Glenn

[acousticstyle]

Good job! The guitar has a nice crisp sound so your voice comes through very clear. The audio is a little bit after your mouth movements.

[SalFromChatham]

Well done! And its quite an ambitious undertaking to sing high Bowie.

[Laughingboy68]

Nice job!

When one listens to the recorded arrangement it's a bit of a surprise how well this translates to one guitar with a vocal. I've played this one for several years now, using a very similar arrangement to what you've come up with.

[ColinB]

Thank you, everyone!

As you can hear, this was a stretch for me vocally - the melody has quite a range, and I'm amazed how David Bowie was able to render such a relaxed, casual, almost throw-away vocal!

But the good thing about these recordings is it helps me identify the bits I need to work on most. I spent years in duos, accompanying vocalists, but there's more work these days as a solo singer-guitarist, so I try and work within my range and comfort zone. But as I say, this song a stretch!

[jessupe]

I'm not sure if people know how hard this song is to pull off, really good job, one of my fav's

[David Hutton]

Wow, well done for hitting the high notes. Very nicely performed!

[ajrosales]

Nice rendition of this!

[upsidedown]

Nice choice, nice performance.