Occupation(s) Musician Website marcmartelmusic.com Associated acts Downhere, Queen Genres Rock music | Years active 1999–present Role Musician Name Marc Martel | |
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Born November 16, 1976 (age 48)
Montreal, Canada ( 1976-11-16 ) Albums Wide‑Eyed and Mystified, On the Altar of Love, How Many Kings: Songs for, Ending Is Beginning, Thunder After Lightning Similar People Jason Germain, Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Luciano Pavarotti Profiles | ||
Music group downhere (1999 – 2012) Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano | ||
Marc martel i will always love you live
Marc Martel (born November 16, 1976) is a Canadian Christian rock musician.
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- Marc martel i will always love you live
- Queen singer marc martel or adam lambert
- Downhere 1999 2011
- Solo career 2011present
- References
Martel was born in Montreal, Canada. His parents instilled a love for music in him that followed him throughout his childhood and to Briercrest College and Seminary in Saskatchewan, where he formed the band Downhere with his roommate Jason Germain and a few close friends in 1999.
Queen singer marc martel or adam lambert
Downhere 1999-2011
Downhere developed their sound while touring on behalf of Briercrest College. After four years of college, the band left their Canadian roots behind and relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where they signed with Word Records. Downhere has since gone on to win multiple Juno Awards, Covenant Awards and a Dove Award. They have released 10 albums, including On the Altar of Love.
Solo career 2011–present
In September 2011, Martel entered a competition to join Roger Taylor, original drummer for the rock band Queen, on-stage for the Queen Extravaganza Live Tour with a video of Martel singing along with the Queen classic "Somebody to Love". It generated more than one million views on YouTube after being up for only a few days and as of January 2017 is at more than 11,800,000 views. This led to an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show a week following the release of the video. Martel went on to be one of the winners of the competition which led to a six-week tour with The Queen Extravaganza in 2012. The Queen Extravaganza continues to tour with Martel as of November 2015.
Martel released an EP, Prelude, on February 1, 2013 which includes "Up in the Air" and "8th Wonder". The EP was recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles with producer John Fields. His full-length debut, Impersonator, released on September 30, 2014.
In September 2016, he had collaborated on "Last Christmas", featured in the video game, Just Dance 2017. On November, 18 2016 The Silent Night EP, a collection of Christmas songs, was released.
Martel currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Crystal.