{"id":64091,"date":"2025-12-03T17:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/?p=64091"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:19:15","slug":"david-bowie-personality-and-the-art-of-reinvention-a-conversation-with-bob-clearmountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/david-bowie-personality-and-the-art-of-reinvention-a-conversation-with-bob-clearmountain\/","title":{"rendered":"David Bowie, Personality and the Art of Reinvention: A Conversation With Bob Clearmountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"produ-2287985267\" class=\"produ-leaderboard-placement produ-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;margin-bottom: 30px!important;\"><script async=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/tag\/js\/gpt.js\"><\/script>\n<script> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<\/script>\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-4984878593869-0\">\n  <script>\n\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() {\n\t\t\t\tgoogletag.defineSlot( '\/21927241144\/728x90-Leaderboard', [728,90], 'gpt-ad-4984878593869-0' )\n\t\t.addService(googletag.pubads());\n\t\t\t\twindow.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers || {};\n\t\tconst timers                     = window.advadsGamEmptySlotsTimers;\n\n\t\ttimers['gpt-ad-4984878593869-0'] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\tconst id = 'gpt-ad-4984878593869-0';\n\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t}, 1000 );\n\n\t\tif ( typeof window.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotRequested', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\ttimers[id] = setTimeout( function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}, 2500 );\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\tgoogletag.pubads().addEventListener( 'slotResponseReceived', function ( ev ) {\n\t\t\t\tconst id = ev.slot.getSlotElementId();\n\t\t\t\tif ( typeof timers[id] !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tclearTimeout( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t\tdelete ( timers[id] );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\tif ( ! ev.slot.getResponseInformation() ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.dispatchEvent( new CustomEvent( 'aagam_empty_slot', {detail: id} ) );\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\twindow.advadsGamHasEmptySlotListener = true;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tgoogletag.enableServices();\n\t\tgoogletag.display( 'gpt-ad-4984878593869-0' );\n\t} );\n  <\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\">\n<div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0acHwq7swOM\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"The Many Voices Of David Bowie\" title=\"Play video &quot;The Many Voices Of David Bowie&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0acHwq7swOM<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0acHwq7swOM\" title=\"The Many Voices Of David Bowie\">The Many Voices Of David Bowie (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0acHwq7swOM)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Whenever I sit down with Bob Clearmountain I know we are going to end up talking about David Bowie. This time it was Bob who mentioned\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"italic\">Ashes to Ashes<\/span><span class=\"\">\u00a0first. The moment he brought it up my eyes lit up because we both absolutely love that song. In fact it sparked the entire conversation that followed.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"italic\">Ashes to Ashes<\/span><span class=\"\">\u00a0has been one of my favourite tracks for as long as I can remember and I have used it more than any other song when I am trying to coax personality out of a vocalist.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">When someone sings me something perfectly in tune and in time I will say, give me some personality. Most singers look at me slightly puzzled until I play them\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"italic\">Ashes to Ashes<\/span><span class=\"\">. Within the first minute Bowie gives you four completely different voices. Four different characters. It is a masterclass in how the human voice can tell a story far beyond pitch and timing. It is theatre, film and emotion wrapped inside a pop song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64092 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"592\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-225x225.jpg 225w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-170x170.jpg 170w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-770x770.jpg 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-40x40.jpg 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-18x18.jpg 18w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-540x540.jpg 540w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-16x16.jpg 16w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-606x606.jpg 606w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-14x14.jpg 14w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-10x10.jpg 10w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-20x20.jpg 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-9x9.jpg 9w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cd73b56468fffb78ab427d03a65cc4a6.1000x1000x1-385x385.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Bob feels exactly the same. As soon as he mentioned the track we both fell into this shared admiration for how Bowie never settled for one vocal identity. He preferred to inhabit different personas, sometimes within one verse, sometimes within one line. That kind of fearless creativity is rare. It changed the way I produce singers and it changed the way Bob captured them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64093 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"503\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-80x58.jpg 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-320x232.jpg 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-311x225.jpg 311w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-235x170.jpg 235w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-207x150.jpg 207w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-40x29.jpg 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-160x116.jpg 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-20x14.jpg 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-470x340.jpg 470w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-14x10.jpg 14w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-414x300.jpg 414w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-12x9.jpg 12w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/davidbowiemodernlove1-500x362-1-385x279.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Which brings us to the incredible\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"italic\">Modern Love<\/span><span class=\"\">\u00a0story.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Bob told me that when Bowie came in to record the lead vocal he walked out into the live room and started singing it in his deep Anthony Newley voice. That classic theatrical crooner tone he used early in his career. Bob hit record. Bowie powered through the first verse, full Newley vibrato, and then suddenly stopped and said through the talkback, hang on a sec, can you play that back for me.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Bob ran it from the top. Bowie stood there listening, head tilted, taking in every nuance. Then he said, right, let us do it one more time. He stepped back out in front of the mic. Bob hit record again. What came out next was completely different. Up the octave. Full energy. Shouting the hook with that wonderful bright Bowie intensity we all know. It was like someone else had walked into the room. A completely new character. A completely new approach. Same singer. Same song. Two entirely different worlds.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">That is what made Bowie so special. He did not just sing songs, he embodied them. His voice was an instrument of reinvention. He treated recording like performance art. If a vocal felt too safe he would change character. If a tone felt too clean he would distort it emotionally. He trusted instinct more than perfection and because of that every take had a kind of electricity that producers dream of capturing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-64094 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"524\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-255x170.jpg 255w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-40x27.jpg 40w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-909x606.jpg 909w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-15x10.jpg 15w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-14x9.jpg 14w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-385x257.jpg 385w, https:\/\/producelikeapro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20160112_BOWIE_HP-slide-DMXR-superJumbo-1540x1026.jpg 1540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">To this day whenever I am in the studio coaching a singer who is playing it too safe I think of that moment Bob described. Bowie hearing himself in one voice, deciding he did not like it, and without hesitation transforming into a completely different version of himself. It reminds me why I love making records. It reminds me why Bowie still means so much to all of us. He gave permission to be bold, to explore, to act, to shapeshift. He made pop music theatrical and deeply human at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Bob and I agree on many things, although nothing more than this. The world needs more artists willing to take risks the way Bowie did. More singers willing to find their personality. More moments like the one in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"italic\">Modern Love<\/span><span class=\"\">\u00a0where a great artist says, hang on, let me try something completely different.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-main__content\" data-test-id=\"publishing-text-block\">\n<p><span class=\"\">And as producers and engineers all we can do is keep the tape rolling and enjoy watching magic happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0acHwq7swOMVideo can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Many Voices Of David Bowie (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/0acHwq7swOM) &nbsp; Whenever I sit down with Bob Clearmountain I know we are going to end up talking about David Bowie. This time it was Bob who mentioned\u00a0Ashes to Ashes\u00a0first. 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