What Makes This Singer Great? Milijenko Matijevic

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What Makes This Singer Great? Milijenko Matijevic

Miljenko Matijevic literally reached another stratosphere when singing in his multi-octave range and today we'll look at what he did when singing that made him great.

Born in Croatia, Miljenko (also known as Michael), moved to the US with his family when he was six. 3 years later he began singing in church choir and at age eleven he was introduced to Led Zeppelin which started him on his musical journey.

He knew from his early teens he wanted to be a rockstar and in the late 80s he joined a band called Red Alert which later changed their name to Steelheart.

As the frontman to Steelheart the band enjoyed commercial success right away with their debut album selling 33,000 copies on its first day in Japan alone.

The album went on to reach platinum and its power ballad, "She's Gone," hit #1 on the international charts, staying there 17 weeks. Their second single, "I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)" reached #14 on the Billboard charts.

Miljenko continues to perform and in 2016 he performed the Dream Concert in Korea where he became the only foreign artist to ever perform a concert to an audience of 60,000 people.

Today we'll be looking at a couple of live performances from Matijevic and I'll explain the technique he's using to get that range. I'd love to hear what stands out about him for you so please be sure to let me know in the comments!

Also check out the version I did of "She's Gone" here:

and KTVA student Kati Cher taking on "I'll Never Let You Go" here:

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[dougroberts]

Wow! Why hasn’t this guy been more acknowledged than he has? He has the pipes!

[Ubermentsh]

Come on. This guy is clearly one of the best rock vocalists that has ever lived. super underrated and undiscovered. Most unfortunate about his stage accident. Simply a vocal God

[terrabeardall]

He gives goosebumps all over my body. He's voice is beautiful he's a beautiful man.

[fridz]

That guy can belt it like no other. Was and still a monster. Lost a lot of range now but still a better singer than 80% of mainstream artists nowadays.

[markcole]

This guy is a vocal God! One of the most natural gifted singers out there! So under rated

[lisaweiss]

His range and singing always blew me away. Never thought he and the band got the recognition the deserved.

[gunnarjordan]

One of if not THE best voice in rock/hard rock ever.

[TheAndriky]

For me, he's is the best. My favorite singer of all time. The tone, the range, the pitch and the interpretation of this guy are just amazing. He inpires me to learn more and more about vocal. He's just the number one for me.

[ShannanThomasTrucking]

He's so flawless it seems every time ..truly gifted .. even still today ..just stunning beautiful..I can never take my ears or eyes off him whenever I see a video ...

[bigo]

Milli and Sebastian Bach in their primes still giving me goosebumbs whenever I listen to their songs

[gund]

He's doing that sh*t live...LIVE! No filter, no auto-tune, no whatever other effects they use these days. Just a microphone and that dude's kick ass vocal talent. I think this guy is incredibly underrated in the rock singer lexicon. If he had been in a bigger band, we might put him up there with Coverdale, Dickinson or some of the other greats. Not Freddie though, there's only one Freddie lol

[yithachupfithu]

No one on this planet can sing as like him. He is really genius.

[jefflay]

This guy had a voice that was unmatched in the day.

[ΝανσυΑθανασιου]

This reaction it's all the were great and Mili... voice is gift from heaven... ❤❤❤ thanks ❤❤❤

[maverickmaverick]

I’m 57. Loved music since nine yr old was always mostly amazed of very talented vocalist more so than the guitar or drums bass player ect, the vocalists is the soul spirit of any band

[doloresbalcera]

This guyzz every emotion when i saw her face lovely face ever Milijenko Metijevic very good singer very powerful voice

[House_of_Haley]

Still relevant :) Miss you guys every

[JaneSmith]

I kept waiting for one of those high notes to go flat or for him to bail and go low instead, but he nailed it every time. I found myself holding my breath through the entire note. Mikey is definitely one of the greatest talents to come out of the 80s hairband era.

[johndotson]

Yes for sure always loved his voice in the 80s great show in concert and still good til this day WOW never can get enough listening to him sing he's smiling

[cwalker]

Matijevic (ma-ti-yea-veetch) is one of the greatest voices to come out of the Balkans.
They have a great musical tradition in that part of the world.