So from what I’ve gathered from the comments below, Mitch is the beatboxer, Scott’s playing the tuba, Christine is singing bass, Matt is the mezzo-portobello, and Kevin is juggling the chainsaws. Got it.
Kirstie (like thirsty) mezzo soprano, Mitch counter tenor, Matt bass, Kevin cello, beatboxer, tenor, and Scott ....whatever he wants to be...bass all the way to tenor LOL Happy New Year! 🎉
I couldn’t help but smile the whole time as you tried to spit your words out. Their talent makes me tongue tied too LOL You were right about them being able to pass the lead and drop into a different part though. Egos prevent a lot of groups from being able to do that without causing drama. That’s one thing that makes them so great… they don’t get in each other’s way or feel threatened by each other and it shows!
The number of times you said “Oh my goodness!” is instructive for me and I know exactly why. There’s something exciting and striking which takes your breath away virtually every second of this performance and I confess I did pretty much the same when I heard the first time. And the second. And the 100th! Thanks for sharing your reaction and all of the best to you and yours. Much love from South Africa!
Pentatonix never has problems throwing the lead vocals to each other. The ones that do eventually has the lead leave for a solo career and the band collapses behind them. Some of the biggest examples are The Supremes, NSYNC and Destiny's Child.
Nice reaction. You might like their BTS video called “Recording of Evergreen”. It is about 15 minutes long but their collaborative process is refreshing. They truly decide parts based on what is best for the song. They shine when it is their turn and then provide the most amazing backup when they are not the lead. ❤❤❤❤❤
You're doing great. Just one small thing though, we don't mind it if you stop the video to comment, but when you do, just go back a few seconds. The first time you stopped in a very vital time and missed the full impact of Scott's entrance. If you had gone back a few seconds you'd have gotten that full shock.
Pentatonix History…..composed by Alan Freeman They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that. The founding members are:- Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead); Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”. Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease); Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese). Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on TH-cam, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings. Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma. While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition. They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his TH-cam videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing". Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours! They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on TH-cam), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building. But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an acappella group could sell records. Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on TH-cam, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live. Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers. But when their cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label. They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys. Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry. Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group. If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently. After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre. Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/ Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work. Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win. They also got a star on Hollywood walk of fame. UPDATE: They’ve been nominated for a 5th grammy award. UPDATE: Pentatonix has done a cameo appearance in the new movie “Candy Cane Lane” starring Eddie Murphy. They are the carolers. Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. No dates YET! They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only acapella group with a star! Things you need to know because if you get these wrong “Pentaholics” will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!! 1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used auto-tune as an effect - so they had to. 2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album. 3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.
For how to say Kirstie's name. Say the word thirsty, the word we use when we want water. Say thirsty and then say the word thirsty with a K instead of a Th. That is how she explained it.
That was Kevin on the cello. He plays cello and beatboxes at the same time and calls it celloboxing. Matt, the bass, had the singing solo. Recommend Kevin playing Kevin’s Fifth featuring Matt on the drums. Link: th-cam.com/video/DbCasvcNx78/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4wiAgAujo2zDuYae
Kevin plays the cello and beatboxes and sings…Matt is the bass and sings.
Kevin plays cello. Matt is the Bass , Scott. Baritone Mitch contralto -tenor Kirsty sounds like thirsty sings soprano.😊
So from what I’ve gathered from the comments below, Mitch is the beatboxer, Scott’s playing the tuba, Christine is singing bass, Matt is the mezzo-portobello, and Kevin is juggling the chainsaws. Got it.
Mitch - "Listen to this...... LoOove remains".......MITCHSLAP!! Kevin - "Hold my beer...... BaaaaBYYYYYY!!!!"......Olusolagasm
Kirstie (like thirsty) mezzo soprano, Mitch counter tenor, Matt bass, Kevin cello, beatboxer, tenor, and Scott ....whatever he wants to be...bass all the way to tenor LOL Happy New Year! 🎉
Perfect description of Scott.
Matt is the bass, Kevin on the cello and doing the beatboxing. 😊
I couldn’t help but smile the whole time as you tried to spit your words out. Their talent makes me tongue tied too LOL You were right about them being able to pass the lead and drop into a different part though. Egos prevent a lot of groups from being able to do that without causing drama. That’s one thing that makes them so great… they don’t get in each other’s way or feel threatened by each other and it shows!
The number of times you said “Oh my goodness!” is instructive for me and I know exactly why. There’s something exciting and striking which takes your breath away virtually every second of this performance and I confess I did pretty much the same when I heard the first time. And the second. And the 100th! Thanks for sharing your reaction and all of the best to you and yours. Much love from South Africa!
Oh My Goodness! That's what PTX does. It's absolutely stunning. Pentatonix is, hands down, the BEST in the world.
No sweat...you'll get it right eventually...I believe in you!!
Great reaction.
The instrument is a cello. No other group is as tight or unselfish as PTX.
Agree!!!
Pentatonix never has problems throwing the lead vocals to each other. The ones that do eventually has the lead leave for a solo career and the band collapses behind them. Some of the biggest examples are The Supremes, NSYNC and Destiny's Child.
Kevin, the cello-boxer, and Matt came in after Scott first came out singing!
Kevin is playing the cello and beatboxing. Matt is the bass singer.
That was Kevin played the cello-beat boxed and sang that high note-Matt is the bass singer and sang .
Kevin is playing the cello and beatboxing. Matt was the one singing
Nice reaction. You might like their BTS video called “Recording of Evergreen”. It is about 15 minutes long but their collaborative process is refreshing. They truly decide parts based on what is best for the song. They shine when it is their turn and then provide the most amazing backup when they are not the lead. ❤❤❤❤❤
Matt is singing and Kevin is playing the cello.
Matt is the bass. Kevin is percussion and plays the cello.
You're doing great. Just one small thing though, we don't mind it if you stop the video to comment, but when you do, just go back a few seconds. The first time you stopped in a very vital time and missed the full impact of Scott's entrance. If you had gone back a few seconds you'd have gotten that full shock.
Pentatonix History…..composed by Alan Freeman
They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that.
The founding members are:-
Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead);
Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”.
Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease);
Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and
Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese). Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on TH-cam, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings.
Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma.
While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition.
They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his TH-cam videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing".
Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours!
They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on TH-cam), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building.
But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an acappella group could sell records.
Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on TH-cam, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live.
Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers.
But when their cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label.
They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys.
Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry.
Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group.
If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently.
After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre.
Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/
Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work.
Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place.
They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win. They also got a star on Hollywood walk of fame. UPDATE: They’ve been nominated for a 5th grammy award.
UPDATE: Pentatonix has done a cameo appearance in the new movie “Candy Cane Lane” starring Eddie Murphy. They are the carolers.
Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. No dates YET!
They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only acapella group with a star!
Things you need to know because if you get these wrong “Pentaholics” will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!!
1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used auto-tune as an effect - so they had to.
2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album.
3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.
dude...that was kevin on the cello. matt sang after scott.
Matt is the base singer and that was Kevin on the Cello and beatboxing at the same time.
Hope your holiday was great!
Kevin plays the cello , Matt is the bass.
Kevin is on the cello, Matt sings the Bass.
Nope, Matt is singing and Kevin is on the cello. You’ll get their names eventually.
For how to say Kirstie's name. Say the word thirsty, the word we use when we want water. Say thirsty and then say the word thirsty with a K instead of a Th. That is how she explained it.
Kevin is playing cello....Matt is singing after scott...
That was Kevin on the cello. He plays cello and beatboxes at the same time and calls it celloboxing. Matt, the bass, had the singing solo. Recommend Kevin playing Kevin’s Fifth featuring Matt on the drums. Link: th-cam.com/video/DbCasvcNx78/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4wiAgAujo2zDuYae
No Kevin is on the Cello, Matt came in after Scott.
KIRSTY
Thirsty, thirsty, thirsty, Kirsty
You mixed up Matt and Kevin. It's a cello, not a violin
Kevin on cello
You mixed up Matt for Kevin 😂😅 You confused.😊
Brah, a black man can't be mixing Matt and Kevin up! Come on, Man!
Do due diligence
Kevin not mat
U mixed up matt and kevin 😊