Hey guys welcome back again to Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy where the proof is
in the singing. I'm doing a series and this series is
called What Makes This Singer Great and next up to bat is David Bowie. Before we
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greatness of some of these singers. So with that said, what do I think of when I
think of David Bowie. Well the first thing I think of is very eccentric, very
theatrical, someone who constantly reinvents himself,
did, God rest his soul. A fantastic talented guy and just when I say
reinventing himself, I mean over the years continually reinventing himself. I
think of him as someone being very fashionable for sure. By the way it's not
just his singing that makes him great so I think of all the things that make him
great as a singer, can compliment everything from his style, to maybe
philanthropies that he does, you name it. So these are just things that come to
mind what I think of when I think of David Bowie. I think of that kind of
creepy eye. You know which eye am I supposed to look it's kinda mean but it's
true. You thought the same thing too someone out there did and I think of
songs you know amazing songs. I'll get to the songs in a second but I think of
you know gosh crooner of sorts right. He kind of was one of the original kind of
pop mainstream crooners. I don't mean like Frank Sinatra crooner but in his
own way I would kind of call him a crooner. I think of his melodramatic
vocals (sings) you know so very theatrical all
right very interesting and just unique songs. He had a really unique set of
tunes. I mean you think of songs like (sings)
right, that was interesting. "Heroes",
you know we could be heroes just for one day.
"Rebel, Rebel" cool rock tune you know early on. I think of "Modern Love" what a departure
from that bringing guys like Stevie Ray Vaughan in to play guitar, how interesting
that was. "Under Pressure" the duet with Freddie Mercury amazing. Ziggy Stardust. I
think like the kind of androgynous almost effeminate early on you know
paint, paint, face painting kind of stuff you did with the glitter and you know just his
whole vibe there. "China Girl" what a different you know song that was. "Let's
Dance" again Stevie Ray Vaughan kind of tune. "Space Odyssey" you know I
just mentioned that. "Young Americans" you know good songwriting, interesting, good
songwriting. So I think of him as kind of being a little on the bizarre side right,
a little eccent.. very mysterious. I think of him being eccentric. I think I might
have said that and I think of him being kind of extreme in lots of ways, you know in
the way he reinvented himself and. So with that said I want to kind of dive
into a song here, see what he does and looks like live and we'll go from there.
Great song.
Though very charismatic, very captivating. Now I have a saying and the saying is a
singer is only a singer because they have the guts to be one that's righ,t let
me say it again. A singer is only a singer because they have the guts to be
one and I'm gonna use him as an example of this and some people might get mad at
me for saying this but I really mean it. I don't think of David Bowie as being a
great singer. I think of David Bowie as being a
character singer. I, like Mick Jagger's not like a great singer for example but
he's got this great character voice that he brings you in with his charisma and
the way he tells a story and whatnot and just again very mesmerizing in the way
he does it. Well David Bowie's no exception and so a
singer is only a singer, so David Bowie doesn't have the greatest voice, it's
what he did with his voice that made him great. So lesson learned for all of us
out there that want to learn how to sing, remember someone like David Bowie that
just reinvented himself and just made great artistry and really kind of
got the world to sing his songs on his terms, which is really fascinating. So I
just wanted to add that little side note in the middle there.
(sings) dramatic.
Good performer.
Great energy.
I love this song.
You hear how unique his voice is like I say it's real (sings) you know he's
got this really dramatic, theatrical voice which, which I really appreciate
about, just in all of his songs, it was very signature David Bowie. Whenever something
came on by David Bowie, boom you knew it was David when you know. Even kind of the
quirky stuff. It's kind of like The Cars right when The Cars you know Ric Ocasek would
come out with a tune. Okay that's The Cars you just kind of knew it right
because they were just so unusual and so such a signature sound. So if I missed
anything guys put it in the comments section let me know what you think of
when you think of David Bowie. Whatever songs I might have missed or
eccentricities or just whatever you think of and I'm doing this by request
gang so if you have someone you'd like me to react to What Makes This Singer
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