Thanks for the comments you guys. Steve Barton was an inspiration for me, unfortunately I didn't really begin to listen to him until after he passed away. I guess our voices have a similar tone, just keep in mind I'm only 24 years old at the moment. I recorded this song when I was 21. - Shawn

as a major fan of the broadway production i must say...this is brilliant. nice work!

Wow..thank you! I am slowly starting to do predominately professional work with some regional theatre things coming up. Things can get difficult without an equity card..which is very hard to get unfortunately. But I'm enjoying things and taking what comes to me.

If someone feels absolutely COMPELLED to put a video or recording of themselves on youtube, I always pray they are at least HALFWAY decent. Your voice is brilliant, thank you!

Confessions of a Vampire Well alright, no stars tonight The moon must hide can't bear to see my face So many moons have passed So many suns gone down Too much blood under the bridge Too many worlds turned upside down The skies were pure and the fields were green The fading summer, sixteen-seventeen The first time I ever drew blood She was such a beautiful and innocent child She never knew my soul was cursed for good I fought to overcome my thirst I thought I could But when I kissed her lips then I had no control And the furies all ran wild And when I grasped for life I always killed the things for which I yearned I wish to be a flame and reduce to ashes But I have never burned I long to fly in total freedom and yet these chains keep dragging me down I want to be an angel or the devil himself But I am nothing but a creature longing for things I can’t have And the split goes through my very soul It’s a wound that never mends Our desires are elusive and the hunger never ends When the world has drawn its final breath And extinguished all the lights There’ll be nothing left but a lifeless wasteland And an endless appetite Nothing left but a soundless heartbeat And a ruthless appetite The preacher’s daughter let me in her room In seventeen thirty-two, to love me was her doom With her silken blood I wrote a poem of love Upon her ivory skin And the bashful page of Napoleon the Great In eighteen hundred thirteen he stood at the gate When I recall his body I can’t help but think To consume him was a sin So many victims washing on the shores an ocean of pure tears So many pleas for mercy, howls of pain Intoxicating fears I used my body just like a bandage I used their bodies just like a wound And I’ll never know where they disappeared But I can see them rising up out my memories now Just like the demons rising up from a tomb! And there is no way ever to apologize, repent or make amends No release and no redemption The hunger never ends There are those who believe in science And those who believe in art There are those who believe in power and wealth Or love and matters of the heart There are those who believe in various gods In nations, and knowledge In hell and in heaven The powers of darkness The assumption of the light But I believe in just one god That of endless and insatiable Immoral and destructible And all consuming appetite There is a prediction that I now will make And I’m sure it will be right: When the next millennium finally comes The god most worshiped in this world Will be the god of appetite

You really understand to catch alot of the emotion in this song :) Amazing!

You are a God among men. This is amazing. Please, any more versions you might have time to do, please sing. You really bring the English version to life!

wow that was azamin when I first heard you i thought you were a real recording im not kidding i love this song it's one of my all time favorites and you did a great job thanx for sharing i loved this

You guys, As much as I love Steve Barton, I really don't hear his voice when I open my mouth. I guess our voices are similar, though when he sang this song he was 47 and I was 21. We'll have to wait to see what I'll sound like at 47 singing this song :) You know, a show I would love to do would be Sweeney Todd.

Just look out for the lyrics of "Total eclipse of the heart" by Bonnie Tyler... was #1 hit in '83 i guess.

Actually, "Unstillbare Gier" is originally known as "Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are" (long, yeah) and was also written by Steinman for Meat Loaf.

Amazing! i love tanz der vampire, what a talent, greetings from México :)

Amazing!You're wonderful singer!=)

brilliant, watch those top F#s though, they are very awkward - i think you could milk some of them a bit more if you wanted to. but absolutely fantastic

i repeat you'r incredible... i'd sung a fandub of this song but nothing like this congrats i'm a fan!

WOW

Are you a reincarnation of Steve Barton?? You sound just like him.

Much better than Crawford.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! For posting the english translation of one of the songs from 'Tanz der Vampire'.Could you post the song "Totale Finsternis" in english?

I agree. It seems that the character was completely re-written and it became very campy.

Ah!!!! Your voice *___*

erstmal, absolut klasse gesungen, aber mir gefällt trotzdem die deutsche version besser. Deutsch klingt härter als Englisch und so kommts halt noch ein bisschen leidvoller rüber trotzdem: deine stimme...*wow*

Fast so schön wie das Original, aber Steve Barton ist nunmal unschlagbar!!!

Better than Crawford? Well, that's not hard, isn't it? Crawford raped the role of Krolock. I've seen the german version twice and videos from the english version and Crawfords Krolock had NOTHING to do with the real one.

Hi everyone. Shawn Jesseman here. I haven't used the Spaceboy account for a few years. This is the new one.