So I haven't seen any proper thread dedicated to this Australian multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, the creative mind behind Toehider, and musical hero to Arjen Luccassen (Ayreon). While I've known his voice for years because of Ayreon, I've never checked out Toehider until recently, and I've been watching a few of Mike's live-in-the-studio performances he's posted recently on YouTube, and MAN he just blows me away.
This guy has a FOUR OCTAVE vocal range (C2-C6) and is able to masterfully control it as well, all the while playing some intense guitar parts. He's also pretty amazing at bass and drums and keys, from what I can tell, since he seems to write and record everything on the Toehider albums (near as I can tell, but that might not be the case for all of them).
Are there any pre-existing Toehider fans here? I feel like Mike is severely underrated and underappreciated. I would love to see him branch out and play with other musicians in the prog sphere, like a project with him and Mike Portnoy would be awesome.
-Marc.