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  • Life On Mars? (Bowie Cover Featuring Bacco on Vocals) (p.3)
2017/10/11 16:15:04
Makke
Enjoyable to listen to great cover.
Well played and sung version.
Good mix and sounds
2017/10/15 09:22:47
synkrotron
I thought I'd better have a listen to this, and glad I did... Took me back a bit. Really good cover, for sure
2017/10/15 11:18:17
daryl1968
Great cover Mark. My fave Bowie tune and you've been very respectful of it.
'Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow' - love that line.
2017/10/19 17:41:48
markno999
Makke - Appreciate the comment.
 
Synkrotron - Glad you has a listen too:)   Thx.
 
Daryl - We tried to stay close to the original.   The guitar during the Choruses are really the only differences in arrangement.   I liked Lorde's tribute to Bowie and used some of the guitar parts from that performance.   Hope your relocation to the UK is going well....
 
I am working on a minor update to loosen up the drums a bit to make them less mechanical.    Slightly dirtying up the OH, Toms and snare.   Also adding a hint of Waves Reel ADT, to the vocals to bring them into 1970.   Appreciate all the comments and suggestions.  Will have an update soon.  Thx.
2017/10/19 19:09:48
cclarry
The Piano sounds AWESOME in this...and it's a great cover!

Well done young Padawan!
2017/10/20 06:36:08
Bob Oister
Hey, Mark,
 
Absolutely SPECTACULAR job on this fantastic cover!
 
The playing is dynamite, the instrumentation is true to the original, Phil's vocals are excellent, and the mix is truly outstanding!
 
I was lucky enough to see Bowie live twice during the Ziggy Stardust tour, which was killer, (I really loved Mick Ronson's live guitar sound), and my cover bands over the years did a few Bowie songs right up until about 6 years ago.
 
Excellent job, as always, Mark, I had to continue on Soundclick to hear you and Geno do your great Journey cover and then the cover of Turn It On Again by Genesis.  Great stuff, brother!
 
Have a good one, Mark!
Bob
2017/10/24 20:02:50
markno999
Bob - Appreciate the listen comment and good to see you back on the forum.  Better yet, back on the forum and posting your music.
 
That must have been something to see the Spiders From Mars.    Mick Ronson is one of my all-time favorite rock guitarists.   He was a unique player and had a great tone.    I think he set his Wah pedal at a half-way point to get that sound.
 
Regards
2017/10/27 16:52:58
stevec
Just another "wow" here...   Fantastic cover.   The vocals sound freakin' awesome, both in performance and recording, and your arrangement/programming supports them to a tee.  
 
Honestly, I'm not sure how much better a cover of this song could be.
2017/11/01 16:27:23
markno999
Steve,
 
Thanks very much for the listen and comment.    Bacco (Phil) did a great job on the vocals for certain.   Appreciate that the recording quality was up to par, was going for 70's baseline with a little modern edge.  Hopefully accomplished that.   Thx again.

Regards
2018/03/07 20:46:19
Vilovilo
Hi Mark.
Bowie.... My teenage years,a great artist and very well served with your cover.
Great job!
Cheers.
Olivier.
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