<b class="Bold">Sing like Matt Barlow</b>

dchrist

My favorite singer of all time!!!! Matt Barlow. Ex Iced Earth, Ashes of Ares now. Such power, depth, emotion, rasp in his voice combined with flawless technique and ability to go from extremely low to ridiculously high G#5, A5 screams. Ken, can you make a video tutorial on this guy? A great challenge, a very complex voice to cover. Best songs:

A Question of Heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWCdDFkn_-s

Dracula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_B5EfshvO0

Declaration Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIleVDkUOE0

Blessed are you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evdAWcwr0r8

Dark Saga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_LGZnog_Kg


How can you sing that high as he does in Declaration Day without your voice being heard girlie?

dchrist

And I forgot the most epic rendition of Star Spangled Banner. A capela, no tricks, just a powerful, beautiful voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09RXJeX6ajA

highmtn

This man has a very versatile voice!

adrhodes

Are you kidding me!!! Top class singer. There is no way that the song in the second video is from a live performance. No way!!! And in the third song he sing as high as the sky. And the performance in National Anthem is flawless. Very tough song. Most singers even the better ones) are trying to impress with cheap tricks, but they can't really hit a note of the song properly. Very versatile and strong chesty voice. I haven't heard a mixed voice as powerful as this guy's, and the timbre of his voice is pure magic.

dchrist

@adrhodes
Hello from Greece. It's definitely from a live show. Here is the link for the whole show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ObPYOj9z8

Believe me, that 1 h 30 min show is demanding as hell. You have to be some singer to pull it off. If only Ken could do a video, covering a song like A Question of Heaven. That 'd be great.

kvourtzoumis

This guy is a baritone that's why i believe his high notes full or mixed sound sound so rich and thick.
@highmtn
Is it my idea or this guy compresses his chords a bit too much? He obviously knows how to do this without damaging them, and it sounds great and with different kinds of distortion, but you shouldn't try this stuff at home. It can very dangerous for your voice.

highmtn

We can hope he's not damaging his vocal cords. Sometimes the cumulative damage takes a while to set-in, thus so many great singers who eventually lose their upper registers after launching impressive early careers. Overcompressing and oversinging can take its toll, over time. I agree that his baritone skills give a greater depth to his tone, even when in his upper register.

dchrist

@kvourtzoumis @highmtn
Damaging his vocal chords? These videos are from 2014, when he was 44 yo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCDZikdPK7g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx96F0NcWHU

Can you hear any wearing down in his voice? I don't know how he does that, but his high register becomes better as he ages. It usually happens the opposite.

kvourtzoumis

I am pretty sure Matt is a great singer, who knows how to keep his voice sharp. But listen what can happen to a man not as talented as he is, who is trying to cover one of his songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_woC6l9Sk4

It 'd be a miracle, if this guy can still speak after that.