I'm so happy to see you coming back to listen to Geoff! This arrangement is brilliant; it reminds you that Christmas used to be mysterious as well as fun and bright. He did a similar thing to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen a few years back, when he arranged it into a piece with drive and urgency that managed to be simultaneously darker yet more upbeat and truly joyous than the stodgy old original tune. The man truly is a musical genius.
Diction is very important as an a cappella singer, as all people in the group have to use the exact same way of shaping words for it to sound like a whole and not a muddy mess. And the vocals is ALL they have to rely on to get the music across, they have no instruments to hide behind. Geoff has been singing a cappella since high school, so he's had a lot of experience in learning how to get excellent diction even in his lower bass parts. His wife told him to do this song and make it EPIC. I think Geoff succeeded, lol! 😂😂
Dictionary is important to Geoff as well because his wife, Kathy, is losing her hearing and uses hearing aids. He takes special care with pronouncing words and also entering his own closed captions, not automatically produced.
100%, Hulda Draco. Even as a singer with over 30 years of experience, I learned so much from getting into the a cappella scene. The vowel and even consonant modification used to ensure clarity is amazing. If we listen to Geoff, the same lines sang in different registers and with different techniques can-and often do-will have different phonation modifications. He is simply a master at his craft.
Geoff arrangment of this song is wonderful. He films and edits his own videos. Only the mixing is sent to Ed Boyer. His wife Kathy does his costumes and props. Just check out the video credits. He and his wife do these all on their own most of the time.
LOL, your reactions were priceless. "My floor is shaking." You have a lovely balance between a fun emotional reaction and adding intelligent thoughts about the video and vocals. I so enjoy your appreciation of Geoff's talent. Have an awesome holiday.
All I could think of as I watched and listened to this version of this song by him was dark rich chocolate . Dark rich colors. I found it soothing. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉😊
This was really good. Wife and I were talking about his range and clarity, but more than anything else we were talking about your faces you make as you're watching good music. Really makes the reaction worth it just for your faces alone.
And that time frame includes setting up lighting, cameras, props, and positioning for the clones - and then taking it all down again as well. They have an amazing system!
My thought too! Must be down to a clean, healthy life style. The natural UV protection helps as well but if she had said early 20s I would have taken that for granted. Well done Britt.
It’s good to see you back! Sometime, if you haven’t checked them out already, you might look at his minis. He has done quite a few of them. My two favorites at the moment are Trust in Me from the Jungle Book and I’m on Fire. They are both just him and a piano and that gorgeous soothing low base of his is showcased. I think he probably had to retake parts of it, but in the behind-the-scenes, he and Kathy were at Starbucks at 9 o’clock and had a 1 hour drive to get there and they were done by three. That included setting up countless little pieces of tape on the floor to show him where the cameras needed to be adjusted as they refilmed for each of the clones. Then he spent three days editing like a crazy man in order to get it out early enough. This was all over Thanksgiving weekend. Things like this don’t happen by accident, that’s for sure!
I see you've met Jeff, Jeoff, Goff and Daryl! 😁 (Yes, he honored the various mispronounciations and misspellings of his names, although the loveable troublemaker Daryl got named by the fans) Thank you for your wonderful and entertaining reaction! You touched on many important things that are often overlooked by reactors and I really appreciate that. I guess they're too caught up in the emotions, blown away by Geoff's magnificent vocals and impressive skills... He really is the full package. It's amazing what he and Kathy can do together. Some videos are filmed at Pattycake Studios (owned by Layne and Tony), sometimes with Layne behind the camera and Eli in charge of lighting, but this was a "Castellucci Couple" project. Kathy knows what we love, and Geoff delivered 1000%! You'd never guess that he isn't exactly fond of the original song. This man _commits_ in full.
I'm so glad that you're back to looking at Geoff. VoicePlay also put out a cover of "Zat You Santa Claus?" that I think you might enjoy. It's too bad you missed Halloween, Voiceplay did a cover of "Thriller" that I'm sure MJ would be proud of. As an incentive, it has lots of bass and of course three guesses who does Vincent Price's monologue.
Ok! That was freaking awesome and you were hilarious! What fun!!! Check out the cover artwork. It shows what happens to the bells after hit by Geoff's low notes. What an incredible arrangement! Will dial this up for years. Thanks.
the trick to recording something like this is his frequent cutting in the camera angle. this allows to time up the different performances and time the interactions. that said even with using that it is still a ton of work and he is probably recording each position at least 10 times.
All of Geoff's (and VoicePlays') budgets come from their Patreon support. They're not tied to any record company. Thay just jakes me want to support them even more.
"Carol of the Bells" is a popular Christmas carol, which is based on the Ukrainian New Year's song "Shchedryk". The music for the carol comes from the song written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914; the English-language lyrics were written in 1936 by Peter Wilhousky.
I love how they gave a nod to the Ukrainian origins with the yellow and blue setting, and his clothes. This is like a chorus of dragons serenading us from the belfry at a cathedral!!
I LOVE that juxtaposition! (and I love all the things you pointed out :) Most of the time I listen to the original song and I hear a lot of joy-like hey, Christmas is here, bringing good cheer, etc etc. I listen to this one and I hear darkness and longing in it. Like, I’m not joyful, things are horrible, but I want to have the type of Christmas I remembered. I LOVE that. The mix of the dark and longing flavors of the minor key is just always, **chef’s kiss**
It's nice to see him get credit for his musicianship and not just his vocal execution and the skills he and his wife has when it comes to video creation. So much talent... at least he is using it and sharing the result with us, the greatful audience. 🌹🕊
Since you asked about the 'budget' in regards to the editing. He does have a Patreon page. For those interested, the best perk you get are 'Behind the Scenes' videos each time. Same with VoicePlay's Patreon. But in the BTS for this one we learned (because the venue was so expensive) they arrived, unpacked, set lights and cameras and filmed this one in less than 6 hours. Oh, and got Geoff 'ready'. And I'm pretty sure that was more than the 5 takes to get each clone done since they spoke of the new battery packs for the cameras allowing them to move them easier. You wouldn't move a camera until all 5 versions of Geoff were filmed or you couldn't piece it together in editing. And just who is they? Just Geoff and his wife Kathy. No one else. Regarding costs of editing, Geoff does his own video editing. The man is just super talented in multiple ways. And FAST at it, too. They shot this the day before Thanksgiving and Geoff had it up on Patreon before the weekend was done.
Canyou listen to this song plays when there is a darker action movie thats released during Xmas time ? Its a epic opening to a Xmas movie thats a dark action tone to it :)
"Where is he getting the budget"... me. A whole bunch of me's happily support him so he can do THIS and drop one song here, one on VP, and some shorts and special videos we get to watch on Ptr every month. As it should be.
6:16 I think it was about here that I had to stop and look up the original. This is something beneficial about these reaction videos, introducing people to new stuff. O K now I can continue.
The only Christmas music I can tolerate comes from Alexander O'Neal and Trans-Siberian railroad... If you play Charles Brown or The temptations I will drink myself to sleep😂😂
Sometimes, you are too funny. Nice reaction Britt. Edit... Would you be willing to add a reaction to Angelica Hale doing a cover of Skyfall by Adele? It's been a while since you reacted to her and that one is one of her best yet. Take care and Merry Christmas.
Then he does does 1 st musical edit. It goes to ed Boyer for final music edit. Kathy his wife does costuming set decorations and finding a spot to film. She will also direct him on which way to look at the other Geoff’s
@ yes he’s done 16 tons big bad John and his latest is carol of the bells which if profound. His version of unshaken also has a lot of low notes and some high. He has a five octave range so you never know what you’ll get
Sorry to be the party pooper in the all things must be amazing reaction world but..... This version was terrible. I actually thought it was a spoof at first.
Could you please do a short reacting to these? th-cam.com/video/AUScSJ1e2To/w-d-xo.htmlsi=a3xJUFo38Fh-ojZx only 1 min, would love to see your face when they sing
I'm so happy to see you coming back to listen to Geoff! This arrangement is brilliant; it reminds you that Christmas used to be mysterious as well as fun and bright. He did a similar thing to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen a few years back, when he arranged it into a piece with drive and urgency that managed to be simultaneously darker yet more upbeat and truly joyous than the stodgy old original tune. The man truly is a musical genius.
Diction is very important as an a cappella singer, as all people in the group have to use the exact same way of shaping words for it to sound like a whole and not a muddy mess. And the vocals is ALL they have to rely on to get the music across, they have no instruments to hide behind. Geoff has been singing a cappella since high school, so he's had a lot of experience in learning how to get excellent diction even in his lower bass parts.
His wife told him to do this song and make it EPIC. I think Geoff succeeded, lol! 😂😂
Dictionary is important to Geoff as well because his wife, Kathy, is losing her hearing and uses hearing aids. He takes special care with pronouncing words and also entering his own closed captions, not automatically produced.
100%, Hulda Draco. Even as a singer with over 30 years of experience, I learned so much from getting into the a cappella scene. The vowel and even consonant modification used to ensure clarity is amazing. If we listen to Geoff, the same lines sang in different registers and with different techniques can-and often do-will have different phonation modifications. He is simply a master at his craft.
Geoff arrangment of this song is wonderful. He films and edits his own videos. Only the mixing is sent to Ed Boyer. His wife Kathy does his costumes and props. Just check out the video credits. He and his wife do these all on their own most of the time.
LOL, your reactions were priceless. "My floor is shaking." You have a lovely balance between a fun emotional reaction and adding intelligent thoughts about the video and vocals. I so enjoy your appreciation of Geoff's talent. Have an awesome holiday.
He does it all with his wife. He is just talented at everything.
...phrasing! ...or are we not doing that any more?
All I could think of as I watched and listened to this version of this song by him was dark rich chocolate . Dark rich colors. I found it soothing. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉😊
I was thinking of rum ice cream😅
This was really good. Wife and I were talking about his range and clarity, but more than anything else we were talking about your faces you make as you're watching good music. Really makes the reaction worth it just for your faces alone.
It took from 1000in the morning to about 300pm to film. He and Kathy have it down to a science
And that time frame includes setting up lighting, cameras, props, and positioning for the clones - and then taking it all down again as well. They have an amazing system!
If you check into it, Geoff did it all! Arranged, Recorded, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera and more! He can do anything to do with his performances!
That’s like Fil from Wings of Pegasus. Fil plays every instrument…arranges…sings, etc.
Check him out!
I still can't wait for you to react to him doing Aint No Sunshine, his PDC credentials are on FULL display in that one. Britt will melt....lol.
Hold up. She said that she's 36. That blows my mind. How can that possibly be true? She looks absolutely gorgeous. Simply divine
My thought too! Must be down to a clean, healthy life style. The natural UV protection helps as well but if she had said early 20s I would have taken that for granted. Well done Britt.
Yep it just isn't fair 😅❤
He was bringing the THUNDER in this one !!!
He not only does all the vocals, he does all the instruments. Plays a keyboard and synthesizes it into whatever instrument sound he needs.
Geoff is actually an alien and can be 5 guys at once.
Geoff just broke the earth, again.
It’s good to see you back! Sometime, if you haven’t checked them out already, you might look at his minis. He has done quite a few of them. My two favorites at the moment are Trust in Me from the Jungle Book and I’m on Fire. They are both just him and a piano and that gorgeous soothing low base of his is showcased.
I think he probably had to retake parts of it, but in the behind-the-scenes, he and Kathy were at Starbucks at 9 o’clock and had a 1 hour drive to get there and they were done by three. That included setting up countless little pieces of tape on the floor to show him where the cameras needed to be adjusted as they refilmed for each of the clones. Then he spent three days editing like a crazy man in order to get it out early enough. This was all over Thanksgiving weekend. Things like this don’t happen by accident, that’s for sure!
This song is the soundtrack if a werewolf was chasing Santa.
😂😂😂 Gold comment!😂😂😂
OMG... ROFL!
An earth shattering version of this carol ... beautifully done!
It's as if we are up inside the cathedral belfry
He is a genius!
I see you've met Jeff, Jeoff, Goff and Daryl! 😁 (Yes, he honored the various mispronounciations and misspellings of his names, although the loveable troublemaker Daryl got named by the fans)
Thank you for your wonderful and entertaining reaction!
You touched on many important things that are often overlooked by reactors and I really appreciate that. I guess they're too caught up in the emotions, blown away by Geoff's magnificent vocals and impressive skills... He really is the full package. It's amazing what he and Kathy can do together. Some videos are filmed at Pattycake Studios (owned by Layne and Tony), sometimes with Layne behind the camera and Eli in charge of lighting, but this was a "Castellucci Couple" project. Kathy knows what we love, and Geoff delivered 1000%! You'd never guess that he isn't exactly fond of the original song. This man _commits_ in full.
Very nice reaction! Thank you! You said his name perfectly, and Merry Christmas!😊
I'm so glad that you're back to looking at Geoff. VoicePlay also put out a cover of "Zat You Santa Claus?" that I think you might enjoy.
It's too bad you missed Halloween, Voiceplay did a cover of "Thriller" that I'm sure MJ would be proud of. As an incentive, it has lots of bass and of course three guesses who does Vincent Price's monologue.
I’ve been waiting for your reaction and you did not disappoint. Love your reactions! I love Geoff’s arrangement.
Ok! That was freaking awesome and you were hilarious! What fun!!! Check out the cover artwork. It shows what happens to the bells after hit by Geoff's low notes. What an incredible arrangement! Will dial this up for years. Thanks.
the trick to recording something like this is his frequent cutting in the camera angle. this allows to time up the different performances and time the interactions.
that said even with using that it is still a ton of work and he is probably recording each position at least 10 times.
All of Geoff's (and VoicePlays') budgets come from their Patreon support. They're not tied to any record company. Thay just jakes me want to support them even more.
Geoff did it all on this song. The arrangement, the recording and the editing. The man is a genius.
"Carol of the Bells" is a popular Christmas carol, which is based on the Ukrainian New Year's song "Shchedryk". The music for the carol comes from the song written by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914; the English-language lyrics were written in 1936 by Peter Wilhousky.
I love how they gave a nod to the Ukrainian origins with the yellow and blue setting, and his clothes. This is like a chorus of dragons serenading us from the belfry at a cathedral!!
" Just like an Arch-angel!"
I LOVE that juxtaposition! (and I love all the things you pointed out :)
Most of the time I listen to the original song and I hear a lot of joy-like hey, Christmas is here, bringing good cheer, etc etc.
I listen to this one and I hear darkness and longing in it. Like, I’m not joyful, things are horrible, but I want to have the type of Christmas I remembered. I LOVE that. The mix of the dark and longing flavors of the minor key is just always, **chef’s kiss**
It's nice to see him get credit for his musicianship and not just his vocal execution and the skills he and his wife has when it comes to video creation.
So much talent... at least he is using it and sharing the result with us, the greatful audience. 🌹🕊
Jeff studied computer stuff in college he and his wife do all the filming he does the video editing a
Since you asked about the 'budget' in regards to the editing. He does have a Patreon page. For those interested, the best perk you get are 'Behind the Scenes' videos each time. Same with VoicePlay's Patreon. But in the BTS for this one we learned (because the venue was so expensive) they arrived, unpacked, set lights and cameras and filmed this one in less than 6 hours. Oh, and got Geoff 'ready'. And I'm pretty sure that was more than the 5 takes to get each clone done since they spoke of the new battery packs for the cameras allowing them to move them easier. You wouldn't move a camera until all 5 versions of Geoff were filmed or you couldn't piece it together in editing. And just who is they? Just Geoff and his wife Kathy. No one else.
Regarding costs of editing, Geoff does his own video editing. The man is just super talented in multiple ways. And FAST at it, too. They shot this the day before Thanksgiving and Geoff had it up on Patreon before the weekend was done.
Canyou listen to this song plays when there is a darker action movie thats released during Xmas time ? Its a epic opening to a Xmas movie thats a dark action tone to it :)
He's amazing!!!❤❤❤❤❤
"Where is he getting the budget"... me. A whole bunch of me's happily support him so he can do THIS and drop one song here, one on VP, and some shorts and special videos we get to watch on Ptr every month. As it should be.
Oh, I loved your reaction to this -- wasn't it amazing?!!!
Thanks for coming back and reacting to Geoff!
Could you imagine him rolling over to you in the evening or in the morning talking that deep saying hey baby
This one rattles the teeth a bit, doesn't it? LOL!💚❤
haha I paused at 1:25 cause Brits face says he hit a note that said PDC, that chin sucked in and her brain said GURLLLL !!!
He's done the cloning effect (affect?) in a couple of other videos as well (16 Tons and the Headless Horseman).
He has done it in many of his videos, no just these you listed
6:16 I think it was about here that I had to stop and look up the original. This is something beneficial about these reaction videos, introducing people to new stuff. O K now I can continue.
Christmas song I think you would love ...Darius Rucker "I Wonder What God Wants For Christmas"
6:27 this should have been the thumbnail of this video 😂
5:00. Not pronunciation, ENUNCIATION
GC is the ultimate bass but his high range is impressive.
Yeah one singer said that he doesn't have vocal folds he has tectonic plates
Dragons need Carols too!! 🐉🐉🐲🐉🐉
That voice!! Next member of the PDC??!!
That had to be one of your best reactions!😅
On the radar
Would love to see him and Tim Foust sing together
There's a brief moment in Voiceplay's video "Sing."
The Kinks...Father Christmas...please!
Oh yessss hella basement bass mmmm yummy man ❤❤❤
Lol...Peace, Love!!
The only Christmas music I can tolerate comes from Alexander O'Neal and Trans-Siberian railroad... If you play Charles Brown or The temptations I will drink myself to sleep😂😂
Just want to say Merry Christmas hope you all have a good one❤
Sometimes, you are too funny. Nice reaction Britt. Edit... Would you be willing to add a reaction to Angelica Hale doing a cover of Skyfall by Adele? It's been a while since you reacted to her and that one is one of her best yet. Take care and Merry Christmas.
Then he does does 1 st musical edit. It goes to ed Boyer for final music edit. Kathy his wife does costuming set decorations and finding a spot to film. She will also direct him on which way to look at the other Geoff’s
This can't be natural. The alto especially!
He's an amazing talent I had to turn my wife onto this reaction
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lol I don't remember if you have already inducted him into the PVC or not. I would think you have.
I believe this man has Mr.J.D.Sumner beat, who was in the Guinness book of records for having the lowest recorded human sound !!
At the end of way down he hit jd sumners note it took about 80 tries but he hit it
@DarleneCheatham so Mr. J. D. Sumner still has the record?
@ I think actually now it is held by Tim Storms but Geoff is more melodic and pleasing to the ear
@DarleneCheatham just one more question, is this the guy that sang 16 tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford?
@ yes he’s done 16 tons big bad John and his latest is carol of the bells which if profound. His version of unshaken also has a lot of low notes and some high. He has a five octave range so you never know what you’ll get
When you said your floor was shaking, you meant pelvic right? 😁
Please react on the radar
Hanumankind new song please react
Hanumankind new song
This lame as hell
Why, just why! WHY
Geoff Castelluci is Not from this world
Sorry to be the party pooper in the all things must be amazing reaction world but..... This version was terrible. I actually thought it was a spoof at first.
Could you please do a short reacting to these? th-cam.com/video/AUScSJ1e2To/w-d-xo.htmlsi=a3xJUFo38Fh-ojZx only 1 min, would love to see your face when they sing