Well keep you posted as much as possible on my website, Marcmartelmusic.com, Downhere.com, come out to a show it'll be fun to see you. Marc Martel (Montreal, 16 de novembro de 1976) um msico canadense de rock cristo. The Christian Post: Where did you develop this passion for music when you were younger and who did you dream to be? Film producer Graham King said in a Rolling Stone interview that Mercury's singing vocals came from either Queen master tapes or new recordings by Martel. Between anything Queen-related, my own recordings and these fun little side projects, Im more diverse and happier as an artist than Ive ever been!, Washand-selected by Brian May and Roger Taylor of the legendary rock band,Queen, to front their official tribute,The Queen Extravaganza,and has done so since 2012, His videos have been seen by over 85million people on Youtube and Facebook, Has performed on"The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Has performed on "American Idol" with the Queen Extravaganza, 5-time Juno Award winner with the band Downhere, Has performed for the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, and Charlotte Hornets, Has performed for the San Francisco Giants, Has performed forOpening Night at the Kentucky Derby, Performed 10 nights at the Calgary Stampede in 2013, Performed with the band, Downhere, from 1999-2013, 3 Top 5 singles at Christian Radio with Downhere ("Here I Am," "My Last Amen," "How Many Kings"). 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Teatro Nacional Casa de La Cultura Quito , Quito, Ecuador, Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort , Cherokee, NC, Ritz Theatre & Performing Arts Center , Elizabeth, NJ, Zeiterion Performing Arts Center , New Bedford, MA, Complejo La Hacienda Nuevo Cuscatlan, San Salvador, El Salvador, ONE VISION OF QUEEN feat. All I can tell you now is that Downhere is definitely not breaking up. "Literally, you could close your eyes and it's Freddie," says King. "The fact that you can fill up two whole hours with greatest hits,it's hard not to love that It was just a treasure trove of accessible musicthat's really hard to play. But yeah just to play in front of that many people is mind boggling. However, the success of the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" might have changed things. The pandemic shut down Martel's touring for a while. They're really wise about it, I don't think anyone knows how long this Queen Extravaganza thing is going to be. Are you prepared? There's a bit of a resemblance to Freddie, but listening to you sing his songs I'm sure there's people that can't tell the difference. The Queen Extravaganza began touring in Summer 2012, with all 27 US dates met with an ecstatic response. I love to write my own music, I love what I do in Downhere and hope to keep doing it for a long time, but just the timing of the whole thing and the fact that people have been telling me for years that I sound like Freddie Mercury, it just was kind of a no brainer for me. old circus is tired it's time to collect a new one. I had no idea that was going to happen, you can't predict a viral video. There's three other singers and two guitarists. www.indianranch.com. CP: When you started getting viral feedback for the Youtube video, what were your first impressions of that? And everybody has their own idea of what a rock star moment would be and the antithesis of that might be sleeping on someone's floor because our promoter couldn't afford a hotel or a place with a spare bed. . QUEEN . So no one has to copy. Still planning on recording some music sometime next year, that's pretty much all I can tell you at this point. The Queen Extravaganza Tour was a concert tour by official Queen tribute band the Queen Extravaganza. Maybe do a test run in the beginning. Downhere has won several awards including the Juno Awards, Covenant Awards, Vibe Awards, Prairie Music Awards and Dove Awards. Background The . The finalists travelled to Los Angeles for the final audition for Taylor. Covered Wham!s, Last Christmas for the Ubisoft video game, In September 2016 Marc performed for Cline Dion on Radio-Canada TV's, In Spring 2017 recorded vocals for TBS/Pepsi/Conan television spot that aired nationally, In 2017 Marc recorded at legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, 4 Top 10 singles at Christian Radio at Christmas ("It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" featuring Plumb, "O Come All Ye Faithful" featuring Jason Gray, "What Child Is This?" MARC MARTEL - One of the world's most spectacular Queen Tribute Shows, ONE VISION OF QUEEN feat. I think I've seen enough people have their 15 minutes that I can sort of manage my 15 minutes of fame with it. I think I have some pretty good expectations. I read the contest rules and the vision behind and seeing that it was an official thing put on by the band Queen themselves I thought, It has never been my dream to be in a tribute band. After four years of college, the band relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where they signed with Word Records. Q:As you say, it's all about the music. She is a piano player and a choir director at my church. The band has some great material and it's an honour and a pleasure to be singing it. "It is definitely the most challenging material that I've sung,and I've definitely become a better singer because of it.". Marc Martel and The Ultimate Queen Celebration LIVE! Original Queen band mates and songwritersiconic drummer Roger Taylor and legendary guitarist Brian Mayare the masterminds behind The Queen Extravaganza. A: To tell you the truth, if I hear a quick clip of music there are times I can't even tell the difference. Near the end of Freddies life, he explored other styles of music beyond rock, including opera, so with that in mind, the show also includes a segment of familiar songs in the flavor of what they might have sounded like had Freddie ever gotten the chance to sing them, Martel said. In college he became a member of downhere, as the band was stylized, which had some success and relocated to Nashville where Martel still lives,now with his, wife, Crystal Martel. Martel went on to be one of the winners of the competition[5][6][7] which led to a six-week tour with The Queen Extravaganza in 2012. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. She freaked out and said 'What you're going to be on Ellen!' That's a stipulation Roger Taylor had for his band. None of us are actually from Saskatchewan, but we kind of all met there and started there. Marc Martel: Definitely my passion for music came from my mom. I had the video all ready to send and submit, I was sitting there on the couch next to my wife and I was like, Yeah I don't know if I really want to do this. To capture the fabled design and excitement of Queens legendary live performances, veteran Set Designer the late, great Mark Fisher was tapped to create the staging and production elements for The Queen Extravaganza. Ls vr integritetspolicy och cookiepolicy fr att f mer information om hur vi anvnder dina personuppgifter. Marc Martel: Definitely my passion for music came from my mom. It caught on so crazy over the Internet, it surprised everybody, it was kind of an outer body experience. A: Not even close. As far as I remember, it was Roger's retirement project. Hope youll give us another try and check out some other articles. The live show will rock you with their spectacular royal tribute celebrating 50 years of Queen The 90-minute set features more than 20 Queen classics inspired by the bandsgreatest hits: Bohemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites the Dust, Crazy Little ThingCalled Love, Under Pressure, We Will Rock You We Are the Champions,A Kind of Magic, Radio Ga Ga, Somebody to Love, and Killer Queen as well as other fan favourites. Comparing myself to the ultimate rock star of today (Justin Bieber), I feel like all the things that have happened over the years and being around the other members of Downhere who really have their heads on straight, because of that I think it has helped me keep my head on straight and I can keep it in stride and really focus on what the important things are in all of this my relationships first with my wife and God, and the people I come in contact with. The makers of the 2018 movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" noticed Martel'svocal similarities to Mercury as well, bringing on Martel to sing parts at Abbey Road studios in London that tapes of Mercury could not be matched up to. It starts in Quebec City on May 26 and hits Toronto's Queen Elizabeth Theatre on May 29. CP: How long is this actual gig with Queen, and what happens when you are ready to do stuff with Downhere again? The Queen Extravaganza toured the UK in 2016 performing A Night At The Opera in its entirety and a. "It was as if Freddie . To see the look of elation on their faces confirms how important art is,live art is. [11] On November 18, 2016 The Silent Night EP, a collection of Christmas songs, was released. The electrifying live performance of "Somebody to Love" featured . We've done that plenty of times. Check these out, Weightless the new single from The Slow Show, Louis Dunford performing in Manchester Gallery, Olly Murs brings glitz and glamour to leeds. 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It generated more than one million views on YouTube after being up for only a few days[2][3] and as of February2021[update] it has over 22 million views. Spread the word - send out the video to everybody you know. And the whole fame thing which I've tasted in a very small amount is a weird thing. A lot of tribute bands have Freddie look a likes, even though a lot of people tell me I sort of look like him, you know they grow the mustache and wear the same costumes and all that and try to act like Freddie. "What an amazing and unexpected opportunity to come our way not to mention the timing of it all for me," said Marc Martel, . The Queen Extravaganza. In 1999, he formed the band Downhere before going solo in 2013. I still had some self doubt about the thing and I haven't heard a lot of guys sing like Freddie Mercury, I know there's a few of them out there for sure, but I felt like I had a good chance of at least moving on to one of the vocalist spots. Why even have the Queen Extravaganza when Queen tour? [12], In 2017, Martel left Queen Extravaganza and joined the Ultimate Queen Celebration.[13]. We lasted for about 13 years," Martel said. That's about what a Downhere video gets. QueenExtravaganza is a YouTube channel created by Freddie Mercury impersonator Marc Martel, a Canadian musician. I think it helps that I'm not expected to be Freddie Mercury, I think what they want of me is to sort of bring my own artistic self into this thing. Queen Extravaganza collective consists of world-class musicians, hand-picked by Roger & Brian. Queen fans are surely familiar with Canadian rock belter Marc Martel. A: Well, I have always been involved in music and I'm currently a singer in a Christian rock band called Downhere, but the first time I can really remember hearing any of the bands work is when I heard Bohemian Rhapsody in Mike Myers' Wayne's World movie. "Bohemian Rhapsody," "We Will Rock You," "We Are The Champions," "Another One Bites The Dust," "Under Pressure," "Somebody . I love what I do, if I win this I don't know what to do with my band and she's like Marc, this is like cut out for you. And then announce a couple months later saying Queen Extravaganza has a new lead singer. As I said, this isn't a tribute band with each of us playing one of they guys, this is all about getting the music exactly where it should be. You listen, close your eyes and you think it's Freddie. Martel: A little bit of fear honestly, excitement obviously. Martel: I think so far what I know, the Queen thing is supposedly a three month tour in the middle of next year going possibly into the fall a bit, sort of playing it by ear as to how long they are taking this tour out on the road. My wife and I don't have kids yet so I figured Well while we still have no kids I have the freedom to travel a little more than the other guys probably and I figured, Well instead of trying to get some other part-time jobs to supplement the loss of income from not being on the road, I'll look into singing with other bands or do some session work whatever it may be.. This show is not to be missed! People that didn't even know our music at all, but I'm sure about 99.9 percent of them never heard a single Downhere song. Return to homepage. You listen, close your eyes and you think its Freddie. Marc Martel is without doubt the closest sounding vocal impersonators in the world today. In 2011, however, with Downhere having run its course after seven studio albums, Martel heard that the Queen drummer Roger Taylor was putting together an authorized tribute band called the Queen Extravaganza and won a spot on vocals with an audition video of "Somebody to Love" that went viral. For instance, I perform Ave Maria by myself on piano and also the great opera aria Nessun Dorma in the style of Freddie, so it gives the night some imaginative elements in the spirit of Queen, rather than strictly the letter of Queen. Marc Martel See Tickets Aug 18 Fri 8:00pm Montgomery Performing Arts Centre - Montgomery, AL Black Jacket Symphony Queen's "A Night at the Opera" ft. Marc Martel See Tickets Aug 24 Thu 8:30pm The Avalon Theatre At Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort - Niagara Falls, Canada One Vision Of Queen Featuring Marc Martel They released 10 albums, including On the Altar of Love, before going on hiatus effective January 1, 2013.[1]. The material is so powerful, so varied that's all you need to carry the band's legacy. I pretty much got that email the day the Queen Extravaganza started in late September. The act has some incredible vocalists and we all get along. Explore releases from Marc Martel at Discogs. Klicka p Avvisa alla om du inte vill att vi och vra partner ska anvnda cookies och personuppgifter fr dessa ytterligare ndaml. He also oversees the video direction, which includes some footage from Queens extensive archives and also newly- created imagery. It's interesting, you can see up front which songs people know.". In developing his own singing voice, Martel had in mind Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. With him and a few friends he formed the band downhere. It was at 606 and I was like well that's kind of funny. For the last 6 years and over 160+ shows Marc has fronted Queens official tribute show, Fast forward to 2017, and Martel has forged for himself a unique and diverse career. In September 2011, Martel entered a competition to join Roger Taylor's (original drummer for the rock band Queen) official Queen tribute project, the Queen Extravaganza, with a video of Martel singing along with the Queen classic "Somebody to Love". MARC MARTEL - One of the world's most spectacular Queen Tribute Shows l, ONE VISION OF QUEEN feat. ", Martel wasn't really all that familiar with Queen at the time, but "I would learn a lot by listening to the music," he said. Then in the afternoon, it's funny because it had exactly doubled in views. Produced by Taylor, The Queen Extravaganza was designed to celebrate the group's legendary body of work with performances I keep telling people it's so weird being the one guy that can join in with everybody and say Hey way to go this is so exciting for you, this is awesome. It's kind of weirdly lonely in a way. ", Regarding how long he can keep performing Queen shows, Martel said, "Timewill tell. We knew that we had someone we could use for parts that maybe Rami couldn't do and obviously Freddie didn't do. Queen Extravaganza 2023-24 tour dates, event details + much more. We got signed to a record label in Nashville in 2001 and before that all came about we were all just planning on moving to Toronto or something and trying to make the best of it there and staying in Canada. On the leaked film footage of them reproducing Live Aid it absolutely sounded like Marc. Nothing quite like it hadbeen heard before, or has been since. Exclusive Interview with Marc Martel of the Christian rock band Downhere and Winner of The Queen Extravaganza contest. Anyone can read Conversations, but to contribute, you should be a registered Torstar account holder. On the other hand he does enjoy writing his own material, and he will have more Christmas songs to put out his year, he said. Probably the biggest moment we've had as a band throughout the years was in 2006 when we played in Morocco which I believe was in front of 60,000 people. [citation needed] His full-length debut, Impersonator, released on September 30, 2014. At the same time the contest had just started and maybe they haven't gotten the word out. Since 2013, The band have completed 3 tours of the UK, including the sold out A Night At The Opera dates in 2015. They met with Alirio Netto in December 2017 and announced the band line up in February 2018, well before the September/October 2018 tour that crossed North America and Ireland and the UK.. Marc even played with Queen Extravaganza in May 2018 on the FOX lot, so he seemed amicable to playing with the band if they needed him . A lot of people on Twitter and Facebook are pissed about this. The video landed him an appearance on the Ellen Show and he was hand-selected by Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen to be the voice of their official tribute group "The Queen Extravaganza." Martel has appeared on American Idol with the Queen Extravaganza and contributed vocals for the Oscar winning Queen biopic film Bohemian Rhapsody." Montrealer Marc Martel, 35, will be playing the late, great Freddie Mercury in a musical travelling performance of the rock band Queen's musical legacy. You'll be pissed if you go and see Queen then :/. Legendary drummer Roger Taylor has announced Marc Martel as one of the winning vocalists for The Queen Extravaganza contest Thursday. All Help keep The Christian Post free for everyone by making a one-time donation today. My wife and Ireally loved Nashville.". 2023 www.worcestermag.com. The name also means just being down here. It is such a thrill when artists we have been developing and working with get the recognition they deserve. and a performance with the surviving members of Queen on American Idol, Marc Martel spent 13 years recording and touring the globe with Canadian rockers Downhere. Also, the classical operatic style might not have been to everyone's taste here. The Britsare mad about Queen, that's for sure," he said. The contestants were voted on by the public during several rounds of online auditions. Exclusive Interview with Marc Martel of the Christian rock band Downhere and Winner of The Queen Extravaganza contest. Q:You've obviously performed before, but you've never been on an extended road show like this. It's going to depend on the success of it. permissions/licensing, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com. 1 on the Billboard Christian AC Monitor charts,[14] and the Mediabase Christian AC. Martel has toured with Queen Extravaganza, and, in 2017, he also startedThe Ultimate Queen Celebration. The Ultimate Queen Celebration show has great production values and visuals, but the band won't be dressed up like Queen. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. Following concerts. Lets see if this is really true, maybe it'll just spike after a few hours and then stop., Sure enough the next morning it was in the hundreds of thousands, and for probably the first week or two it was just really surreal all the attention I was getting. @howarddavidp I just drove three hours to get there myself showed up to the concert the music started to play I have been waiting months for this queen was the first CD that I ever owned my wife knew how much this meant to me. At Ocean Grove, NJ . It's going to be a really fun time to branch out and play some other music that just so happens to be some of the greatest music ever recorded, so that doesn't hurt either. To enjoy our website, you'll need to enable JavaScript in your web browser. By 2013 the band been wrapped up. Marc Martel Coral Springs Center for the Arts, Coral Springs, FL - Dec 19, 2021 Dec 19 2021. Bohemian Rhapsody, "We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, "Another One Bites The Dust, Under Pressure, Somebody To Love and Crazy Little Thing Called Love are likely all part of the set list. Then theres a forthcoming covers collection, jaw-dropping cover of George Michael and Wham!s Last Christmas for the video game Just Dance 2017 and Kenny Loggins Footloose on Just Dance 2018". We were able to make it workwith the technology available now,taking some vocal recording jobs. "And that's a very tough thing to do."[17]. I submitted the video on the 21st of September, and the next morning I checked what the views were at and I remember specifically it was at 303 at like nine in the morning and I thought Well that's about what I expected, I honestly didn't expect much. Martel uploaded a video of himselfsinging Queen's "Somebody to Love"and the soaring vocals quickly generated more than one million views on YouTube. Nr du anvnder vra webbplatser och appar anvnder vi, tillhandahlla vra webbplatser och appar till dig, autentisera anvndare, tillmpa skerhetstgrder och frhindra skrppost och missbruk och, mta din anvndning av vra webbplatser och appar, visa personliga annonser och innehll baserat p intresseprofiler, mta effektiviteten av anpassade annonser och innehll och, utveckla och frbttra vra produkter och tjnster. The lighting design, directed by Rob Sinclair, creates diverse visual moods on stage to match Queens extensive and varied song catalogue. To order A religious liberty newsletter that is a must-read for people of faith. But obviously I got the call from my manager a few days later saying I got Ellen. "But at the same timeyou're not going to hear anything that's closer to the music anywhere else.". My biggest influences when I was a kid I listened to a lot of top 40 radio, so whatever the big artists were so like the mid 80s. Both shows have touredall over the world. 2012 will see the launch of "The Queen Extravaganza" tour, . I just didn't know what to expect but everyone has just been great. When Christ was down here and the example he set for us as a way of life and trying to emulate that as much as possible. ", Taylor remarked to the Daily Record: That voice. The rock star thing is all kind of fluff. Martel not only won a spot as the lead singer on Queen Extravaganza but also appearedonThe Ellen DeGeneres Show. What a shithead move by Queen Productions to allow pre sale of tickets for the fall. We never saw it as kind of a thing to do, to move to the states and when we got that offer from this big record label in Nashville we thought Well this is a door that either God was opening for us and we were very careful about it and very prayerful about it and after eight months of negotiating to make sure it was really worth it for us, we moved down in 2001 and that's when we kind of went full time. Being a professional musician with Downhere for 11 years now, I feel completely at home on stage. I know that both Brian May and Roger Taylor were mesmerized and said you sounded exactly like their late friend. To order copies of Martel now sings in a different band, Ultimate Queen Celebration Starring Marc Martel, which will revisit Queen classics and deeper cuts (and more) in a show at Indian Ranch in Webster at 1 p.m. Sept. 4. Roger is overseeing the whole thing and it's a celebration of the music. "It was an amazing rideto be part of that," Martel said of the experience. Still, when the Ultimate Queen Celebration is onstage, "We're simply being ourselves," he said. We've always managed to remain humble and down to Earth as much as possible when your job involves being under lights and people watching you. to colleagues, clients or customers, or inquire about The band had a huge, huge following and sold millions of records. Return to homepage. ", But back on the road, "it's going awesome," Martel said. He sent a video to Brian May and Roger Taylor and he sounds exactly like Freddie Mercury. . I was thinking about what I was going to do in 2012, our families were growing in the band and that's always been our first priority, so we planned to take some extra time off the road so the guys can be with their families. If you do not yet have a Torstar account, you can create one now (it is free), Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. I grew up believing a lie that I had to have one sound as a singer, but after I put that false belief aside, I realized I can have as many sides as I want, sums up Martel. I'm going to actually go to L.A. and be on a television show, this is really crazy. Martel also writes and performs his own music, and has released several Christmas albums and EPs. Fast forward to 2017, and Martel has forged for himself a unique and diverse career. Martel: The whole Queen thing came around in a really timely fashion. The Queen Extravaganza toured the UK in 2016 performing A Night At The Opera in its entirety and a selection of Queen's greatest hits.#queen #queenextravaganza #marcmartel #freddie mercury #bohemianrhapsodySubscribe to the official Queen channel Here https://Queen.lnk.to/SubscribeWatch more: https://Queen.lnk.to/BoRhap About Queen: Welcome to the official Queen channel.
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