Marc Martel, a singer/songwriter with downhere, has been hailed as the second coming of Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury after an audition video of the song “Somebody to Love” was uploaded to Youtube about a month ago (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREKkAk628I). Since then Martel has been has been caught up in a whirlwind of interviews—including a guest spot on the Ellen show. He talks about this downhere (http://downhere.com), the Queen Extravagana experience (http://www.queenextravaganza.com) and what all this may lead to.
 
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