Welcome to the rabbit hole that is VoicePlay FYI: This is early VoicePlay. • Far left/all black: Layne (beatboxer) • next to him is J-None (they're saving the 5th spot for him when he is discharged from the Navy) • middle is Eli (pronounced like elly) • big dude hitting the high notes is Earl (he has since left the group to pursue a Broadway career) • and far right is none other than the man who made a deal with the devil for his bass voice Geoff Castellucci.
The last three they've done does some of their versatility. Creep - you will cry your eyes out Drunken Sailor -you will bust a gut laughing Hellfire -sinister scary Subscribed in anticipation of more Voiceplay!
For a very different listen to Geoff's bass, he sings lead in their just-released, Hellfire. (he sings Frollo, the evil villain from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame.) But if it's riffs you love - Tennessee Whiskey. It's all insanely good.
That is not even Geoff's lowest. That's right the bass singer can go all the way to the basement with his low notes. But, he can also go incredibly high as well. I hope you do a lot more Voice Play. They are my favorite of all the acapella groups❤
Whoa, and I have heard VoicePlay before, but not this; what a powerful performance that was. Holy cows! As a former choir member (church and High School competition) I promise you that they made that look easy. I would bet dollars to donuts that once the camera cut they were sweaty and exhausted. It's the best kind of exhaustion though, and I am only slightly jealous, lol! Awesome choice, wonderful reaction! Thank you!
I paused you at 1.07, low? Oh honey you ain't heard nothing yet! He and Tim Foust are friends and they both have that bass down to a fine art! And I really love Matt from Pentatonix but Avi will always be my favorite there! Geoff (bass in this group) does a lot of songs on his own. You need to check him out too!
Yes, Layne Stein, over on the left, is the beatboxer. But this arrangement needed no beatboxing, so he's just singing a fifth vocal part. He was previously the group's baritone. Geoff Castellucci, the bass, on his personal YT channel, has vids about how he trained himself to sing low. He uses a combination of vocal fry, growl and subharmonic techniques. He learned the growl... which he says is essentially clearing your throat on pitch... from Tim Foust of Home Free. * You've opened up another rabbit hole now. Have fun.
Flash back video. Geoff Castellucci ( bass singer) has a five-octive - six-octave range . You do realize that they're doing a cover of one of Elvis' hits.
Just subscribed, you seem to have a quite fine ear. Wonderful reaction! Hopefully you stick a little longer by Voiceplay this time ;-) I would recommend "In the air tonight" as the next one from Voiceplay, because you already reacted to the original 😇
The bug guy, aka Earl Elkins Jr., said that when they were on tour that he enjoyed watching the audience when Geoff (Jeff) - Bass Singer, would sing and have confused looks. Until they figured out that yes Geoff is singing Bass and Earl is singing High Tenor. Welcome to the Rabbit Hole 😊 Just don't compare the groups. They are all friends along with their fans; and many are cross over fans who love all three (that's all that is asked)
My dear, you are going to be enchanted by the Bass singer, as well as the rest of these talented gentlemen. They can talk sweetly to you all the time and the orange juice flows like a river.
There are others like this that they've covered too: a few are "True Colors," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "I Can't Make You Love Me" and "In My Room." That last one is a Beach Boys cover and it's a beautiful rendition. These all show their softer side and really show off their harmonies. Loved your reaction!! ❤
@@scottrogers7242oh, you probably didn’t realize that’s over a year ago so I don’t remember all thousands of videos I’ve done … if you know how to run my channel better please show me your reaction page! Thanks Superstar
Yeah, the fan base is called Voiceplayers. I love all three of the "big three" groups, but as a musical theater geek myself, Voiceplay is definitely my favorite. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Tennessee Whiskey, Nothing Else Matters, Valhalla Calling, My Mother Told Me, Dream On, Hoist the Colors, Phantom of the Opera, Warriors, Queen in Five Minutes, Enemy... Voiceplay pretty much owns Halloween. They're the theater kids of Acapella and we love them for it. ;) Also a word of advice: Make sure you always play their videos through the outros/end credits. If you don't, you'll miss some fun stuff at times, messages, announcements, etc... also you'll hear about it in your comments if you don't. 🤣 The same is true of Geoff Castellucci's solo channel. Enjoy the rabbit hole. It's lots of fun down here. :)
Voiceplayers! Anything in their catalog. Although the lineup has changed over the years the quality never wavers throughout any genre they do which is pretty much all of them. Sadly the buff high tenor is no longer with them and J None is doing a hitch in the Naval Band but comes in whenever for a song like their latest Hellfire from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre dame. Great reaction.
My top two are VoicePlay and Home Free. The big guy with the full beard is Earl Elkins Jr. He left the group in 2020. So call us VoicePlayers and Home Fries.
Yeah, this is one of the couple/few they've done with no beat/baseline like usual. I'd recommend one of their newer ones next, like Nothing Else Matters. Earl (Mr, High Notes/big fella I think you called him) is no longer in the group and the awesome Cesar has stepped in to fill the spot. J None comes back often to feature (he's in the military, he's the soulful brother). Eli (pronounced, Ellie) is the one you were calling Baby NSync and yes he does some incredible runs but he's more well known as Rock God Eli. Yes, Layne (the one on the end in all black) is the beatboxer and he sings and plays violin, etc. Geoff is the bass and he's the king of Subharmonics.
Oh honey.. You are in for a ride. The Trifecta of acapella never let us fans down. I'd recommend Hall Of The Mountain King as a Halloween treat. Hugs from Newfoundland 🍁
Voiceplay fans is known as VP's and great reaction! From left to right is Layne beatboxer J None, Elly (i think is right spelling but looks like Eli) Earl (guest appearances) and Geoff (Jeff) Mr Bass who likes to go sub level or earthquakes with his lows
Great reaction! VoicePlay is my favorite accapella group. Check out their cover of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters to get the full extent of their talent. Also, check out Geoff Castellucci's solo stuff. His new release of Unshaken is mind blowing!
If you like Simon and Garfunkel covers checkout Geoff Castellucci's (he is bass in case you didn't know) solo cover The Sound of Silence. Oh and be forewarned when I say solo I mean he does all his background vocals too.
This is a much better introduction to Voiceplay than the Oogie Boogie Song IMHO. 🙂 And even if, since this video was released, they had a few changes in their lineup, they kept improving under all aspects, and their late performances are just otherworldly. 🙂 You named "Bridge over troubled water", which is very good as well. But try, as an example, their cover of Metallica's "Nothing else matters", and you'll get what I mean 😁. Or their latest, "Hellfire", from Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame"... Or the "Vikings pair" that is "My mother told me" followed by "Valhalla calling". But their older stuff is also incredibly good, as you just experienced. I'd suggest "True colors", and "Tennessee whiskey", and "Superstition", and... whatever else in their catalogue 😁. Enjoyed your reaction. Will subscribe in anticipation of more of them. 🙂 Oh, BTW, Geoff ("Jeff") Castellucci, the bass, has his own "solo" channel, where he does "Low bass singer covers". He just released his Halloween song, "Jack's lament", from "Nightmare before Christmas"... I'd suggest you to check it out. Although "anomalous" in his production (he usually "clones" himself in 4 or 5 characters, each one with his voice and personality, and ofter outfit and makeup, and the clones have NAMES too!), it will give you an idea. 🙂 See you next time!
I really enjoyed this. I second everyones recomendations below and you also need to check out the bass, Geoff (Jeff) Castellucci's, solo channel for some amazing covers as well. To differentiate his channel from VP he does use light instrumentation but he does all the harmonies himself, even going so far as to clone himself on video. Start with 16 Tons, Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold, or Blackbird... or for a Halloween vibe either Monster Mash or his latest Jack's Lament from Nightmare Before Christmas.
This is one of their older covers. Earl, the heavy-set gentleman, is no longer with them. Apparently, he left for business reasons. J-None, the darker skinned gentleman, is no longer with them either. He joined the US Navy singing group, but is featured every so often. Probably when he has some military leave. So, now they have four men (Geoff/Jeff Castelucci-Bass, Layne-beatboxer/percusionist/singer, Eli/Elly-bald guy with the high rock sounds, and Cesar-not in this video). The first two are originals. I guess, because of their shifting of singers, they stay with the standard four and choose a fifth singer to fit the cover they want to complete. BTW: Geoff has his own channel, where he harmonizes with himself, because he can with his 5-ish octave range. VP sing a large variety of genres. I think, because they live and grew up around Disney World/Universal Studios, they sing many Disney covers. Some of their medleys are the best. They sing sea shanties/pirate themes, video games, hard rock, etc. Since VP is lovingly considered the theater kids of A Capella, their best overall dress up video is Hoist the Colors and Valhalla Calling. Enjoy! Oh, BTW, since you like The Nightmare Before Christmas, you'll love Geoff's cover of Jack's Lament.
I really enjoy your reaction videos. Have you heard Adele? Rolling in the deep, Set fire to the rain and Hello is my favorites with her. Suzanne Vega-Luca Asylum-Runaway train.
I don’t know about this. I love Elvis' version and this sort of sounded like a hot mess to me. Barbershop? College frat boy serenade? Just not very romantic or meaningful for me. Love you, though, AB.❤
People who like Pentatonix are called "Pentaholics." People who like Home Free are called "Home Fries." People who like VoicePlay are called "people". HTH.HAND. The best thing they've ever done is probably either Mountain King or Hoist the Colours, although if you like this kind of slow song with close harmony you may want to check out Tennessee Whiskey. It has vocal arpeggios ("runs") in it.
Before ppl start asking me to do Oggie Boggie by them… 🤣🤣 I’ve already done it
th-cam.com/video/L8q_7dRhQeg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=j5n19MzgYX9S9APk
😂 I saw it and missed you for 2 years....
Welcome to the rabbit hole that is VoicePlay
FYI: This is early VoicePlay.
• Far left/all black: Layne (beatboxer)
• next to him is J-None (they're saving the 5th spot for him when he is discharged from the Navy)
• middle is Eli (pronounced like elly)
• big dude hitting the high notes is Earl (he has since left the group to pursue a Broadway career)
• and far right is none other than the man who made a deal with the devil for his bass voice Geoff Castellucci.
Yes three great a capella groups but VoicePlay stand out for their theatrical videos, We are VoicePlayers as far as I know. :)
The last three they've done does some of their versatility.
Creep - you will cry your eyes out
Drunken Sailor -you will bust a gut laughing
Hellfire -sinister scary
Subscribed in anticipation of more Voiceplay!
For a very different listen to Geoff's bass, he sings lead in their just-released, Hellfire. (he sings Frollo, the evil villain from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame.) But if it's riffs you love - Tennessee Whiskey. It's all insanely good.
You gotta do "Valhalla Calling." They absolutely killed it.
Yes this will truly mind blow you
Yes I second this! Definitely this one as well!!!
I third this recommendation!!!!
That is not even Geoff's lowest. That's right the bass singer can go all the way to the basement with his low notes. But, he can also go incredibly high as well. I hope you do a lot more Voice Play. They are my favorite of all the acapella groups❤
Whoa, and I have heard VoicePlay before, but not this; what a powerful performance that was. Holy cows! As a former choir member (church and High School competition) I promise you that they made that look easy. I would bet dollars to donuts that once the camera cut they were sweaty and exhausted. It's the best kind of exhaustion though, and I am only slightly jealous, lol! Awesome choice, wonderful reaction! Thank you!
Love this group so much! Can't wait to see you react to more videos by these guys!
You also must check out their covers of Dream on and Nothing Else Matters...the slayed them as well!❤
Yes to both of these as well as Seven Nation Army 🔥
I paused you at 1.07, low? Oh honey you ain't heard nothing yet! He and Tim Foust are friends and they both have that bass down to a fine art! And I really love Matt from Pentatonix but Avi will always be my favorite there! Geoff (bass in this group) does a lot of songs on his own. You need to check him out too!
Dude!!! Please do a deep dive into VP!!! They’ll grab your heart!!!❤ Great reaction!
Yes, Layne Stein, over on the left, is the beatboxer. But this arrangement needed no beatboxing, so he's just singing a fifth vocal part. He was previously the group's baritone.
Geoff Castellucci, the bass, on his personal YT channel, has vids about how he trained himself to sing low. He uses a combination of vocal fry, growl and subharmonic techniques. He learned the growl... which he says is essentially clearing your throat on pitch... from Tim Foust of Home Free.
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You've opened up another rabbit hole now. Have fun.
Flash back video. Geoff Castellucci ( bass singer) has a five-octive - six-octave range . You do realize that they're doing a cover of one of Elvis' hits.
You have to do My Mother Told Me, Hoist The Colours, Seven Nation Army, Valhalla Calling & Nothing Else Matters
Just subscribed, you seem to have a quite fine ear. Wonderful reaction! Hopefully you stick a little longer by Voiceplay this time ;-)
I would recommend "In the air tonight" as the next one from Voiceplay, because you already reacted to the original 😇
Geoff has quite a range. They do some wild videos. Great reaction
Beautiful rendition of this song that was originally by Elvis from his film Blue Hawaii.
Sorry, this sounded like scary to me. Kind of like listening to frogs in a pond. Elvis is the best on this song...by far.
The bug guy, aka Earl Elkins Jr., said that when they were on tour that he enjoyed watching the audience when Geoff (Jeff) - Bass Singer, would sing and have confused looks. Until they figured out that yes Geoff is singing Bass and Earl is singing High Tenor.
Welcome to the Rabbit Hole 😊
Just don't compare the groups. They are all friends along with their fans; and many are cross over fans who love all three (that's all that is asked)
This is so very awesome. Voice Play at their finest! Love your reaction!
My dear, you are going to be enchanted by the Bass singer, as well as the rest of these talented gentlemen.
They can talk sweetly to you all the time and the orange juice flows like a river.
There are others like this that they've covered too: a few are "True Colors," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "I Can't Make You Love Me" and "In My Room." That last one is a Beach Boys cover and it's a beautiful rendition. These all show their softer side and really show off their harmonies. Loved your reaction!! ❤
Hellfire, from Hunchback of Notre Dame was their release this week. 🔥 🔥 🔥
Before ppl start asking me to do Oggie Boggie by them… 🤣🤣 I’ve already done it
th-cam.com/video/L8q_7dRhQeg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=j5n19MzgYX9S9APk
@@scottrogers7242oh, you probably didn’t realize that’s over a year ago so I don’t remember all thousands of videos I’ve done … if you know how to run my channel better please show me your reaction page! Thanks Superstar
Yeah, the fan base is called Voiceplayers. I love all three of the "big three" groups, but as a musical theater geek myself, Voiceplay is definitely my favorite.
Bridge Over Troubled Water, Tennessee Whiskey, Nothing Else Matters, Valhalla Calling, My Mother Told Me, Dream On, Hoist the Colors, Phantom of the Opera, Warriors, Queen in Five Minutes, Enemy...
Voiceplay pretty much owns Halloween. They're the theater kids of Acapella and we love them for it. ;)
Also a word of advice: Make sure you always play their videos through the outros/end credits. If you don't, you'll miss some fun stuff at times, messages, announcements, etc... also you'll hear about it in your comments if you don't. 🤣
The same is true of Geoff Castellucci's solo channel.
Enjoy the rabbit hole. It's lots of fun down here. :)
And turn on the closed caption since they sometimes sneak fun stuff in there too 😍
Voiceplayers! Anything in their catalog. Although the lineup has changed over the years the quality never wavers throughout any genre they do which is pretty much all of them. Sadly the buff high tenor is no longer with them and J None is doing a hitch in the Naval Band but comes in whenever for a song like their latest Hellfire from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre dame. Great reaction.
My top two are VoicePlay and Home Free. The big guy with the full beard is Earl Elkins Jr. He left the group in 2020. So call us VoicePlayers and Home Fries.
Yeah, this is one of the couple/few they've done with no beat/baseline like usual. I'd recommend one of their newer ones next, like Nothing Else Matters. Earl (Mr, High Notes/big fella I think you called him) is no longer in the group and the awesome Cesar has stepped in to fill the spot. J None comes back often to feature (he's in the military, he's the soulful brother). Eli (pronounced, Ellie) is the one you were calling Baby NSync and yes he does some incredible runs but he's more well known as Rock God Eli. Yes, Layne (the one on the end in all black) is the beatboxer and he sings and plays violin, etc. Geoff is the bass and he's the king of Subharmonics.
I loved your reaction! ❤. This is a great rendition of this beautiful song.
Oh honey.. You are in for a ride. The Trifecta of acapella never let us fans down. I'd recommend Hall Of The Mountain King as a Halloween treat. Hugs from Newfoundland 🍁
I love your reactios! Long time subscriber here. Please react to more from these guys, they have so very much to offer! I’m a VoicePlayer! ❤
Must say that I absolutely ADORED your intro to Voiceplay!!! 😂😂😂❤❤❤
If you wanna hear Geoff get deep listen to valhalla calling
AB, love your vibe. I really hope you’ll listen to more VoicePlay soon! ❤
This is quite beautiful. My favorite though is the Pentatonix version. It's special! Please react to that too. Thanks!
Voiceplay fans is known as VP's and great reaction! From left to right is Layne beatboxer J None, Elly (i think is right spelling but looks like Eli) Earl (guest appearances) and Geoff (Jeff) Mr Bass who likes to go sub level or earthquakes with his lows
What kind of music do you like? I'll give you a list! Tennessee Whiskey, In the Air Tonight, Nothing Else Matters, Valhalla Calling, Hellfire.
You should check out some of elvis presley acappella. Instrumentals were removed so you can just hear Elvis' beautiful voice.
Great reaction! VoicePlay is my favorite accapella group. Check out their cover of Metallica's Nothing Else Matters to get the full extent of their talent. Also, check out Geoff Castellucci's solo stuff. His new release of Unshaken is mind blowing!
You've got to check out their cover of Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" amazing 🔥🔥🔥
I'm a Voiceplaya, baby.
If you like Simon and Garfunkel covers checkout Geoff Castellucci's (he is bass in case you didn't know) solo cover The Sound of Silence. Oh and be forewarned when I say solo I mean he does all his background vocals too.
This is a much better introduction to Voiceplay than the Oogie Boogie Song IMHO. 🙂
And even if, since this video was released, they had a few changes in their lineup, they kept improving under all aspects, and their late performances are just otherworldly. 🙂
You named "Bridge over troubled water", which is very good as well. But try, as an example, their cover of Metallica's "Nothing else matters", and you'll get what I mean 😁. Or their latest, "Hellfire", from Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame"... Or the "Vikings pair" that is "My mother told me" followed by "Valhalla calling". But their older stuff is also incredibly good, as you just experienced. I'd suggest "True colors", and "Tennessee whiskey", and "Superstition", and... whatever else in their catalogue 😁.
Enjoyed your reaction. Will subscribe in anticipation of more of them. 🙂
Oh, BTW, Geoff ("Jeff") Castellucci, the bass, has his own "solo" channel, where he does "Low bass singer covers". He just released his Halloween song, "Jack's lament", from "Nightmare before Christmas"... I'd suggest you to check it out. Although "anomalous" in his production (he usually "clones" himself in 4 or 5 characters, each one with his voice and personality, and ofter outfit and makeup, and the clones have NAMES too!), it will give you an idea. 🙂
See you next time!
Nothing else Matters, Metallica by Voice Play is amazing.
I really enjoyed this. I second everyones recomendations below and you also need to check out the bass, Geoff (Jeff) Castellucci's, solo channel for some amazing covers as well. To differentiate his channel from VP he does use light instrumentation but he does all the harmonies himself, even going so far as to clone himself on video. Start with 16 Tons, Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold, or Blackbird... or for a Halloween vibe either Monster Mash or his latest Jack's Lament from Nightmare Before Christmas.
❤
This is one of their older covers. Earl, the heavy-set gentleman, is no longer with them. Apparently, he left for business reasons. J-None, the darker skinned gentleman, is no longer with them either. He joined the US Navy singing group, but is featured every so often. Probably when he has some military leave. So, now they have four men (Geoff/Jeff Castelucci-Bass, Layne-beatboxer/percusionist/singer, Eli/Elly-bald guy with the high rock sounds, and Cesar-not in this video). The first two are originals. I guess, because of their shifting of singers, they stay with the standard four and choose a fifth singer to fit the cover they want to complete. BTW: Geoff has his own channel, where he harmonizes with himself, because he can with his 5-ish octave range.
VP sing a large variety of genres. I think, because they live and grew up around Disney World/Universal Studios, they sing many Disney covers. Some of their medleys are the best. They sing sea shanties/pirate themes, video games, hard rock, etc.
Since VP is lovingly considered the theater kids of A Capella, their best overall dress up video is Hoist the Colors and Valhalla Calling. Enjoy!
Oh, BTW, since you like The Nightmare Before Christmas, you'll love Geoff's cover of Jack's Lament.
AB if you haven’t already, you need to listen to Elvis do this song. He’s the best. 😊
Try Dream On (Aerosmith) or Warriors (Imagine Dragons).
You really should listen to Voice Play sing Seven Nation Army! ❤❤ 🎉
I really enjoy your reaction videos. Have you heard Adele? Rolling in the deep, Set fire to the rain and Hello is my favorites with her.
Suzanne Vega-Luca
Asylum-Runaway train.
LOVE your reaction!!! Please pleas please react to their cover of Nothing Else Matters by Metallica!!!
Been waiting for you to get back to VP. Make sure you also pick up on Geoff's (the bass) solo stuff as well. Not to be missed
That's not deep for Geoff, believe me. :) This is an old Elvis song, beautifully done.
I don’t know about this. I love Elvis' version and this sort of sounded like a hot mess to me. Barbershop? College frat boy serenade? Just not very romantic or meaningful for me. Love you, though, AB.❤
People who like Pentatonix are called "Pentaholics." People who like Home Free are called "Home Fries." People who like VoicePlay are called "people". HTH.HAND.
The best thing they've ever done is probably either Mountain King or Hoist the Colours, although if you like this kind of slow song with close harmony you may want to check out Tennessee Whiskey. It has vocal arpeggios ("runs") in it.
my opinion if you like this style do "nothing else matters" it's simple yet complex in sounds it takes time to pick it apart