Geoff spent well over a decade singing in theme parks and doing other gigs all around Orlando, and the majority of those singing roles were not bass, so he had to learn how to develop his tenor range to get work, as most singing roles were tenor roles. So he's worked a LOT on developing his higher range well enough to get cast for all sorts of jobs.
Geoff rarely shows his Tenor 1 range except in the harmonies. This was a treat for sure. Reactors who were unfamiliar with his voice went bonkers over the Tenor 2 part, which of course made Geoff afficianos laugh because we new what was coming. I subscribed the first time you reacted to Geoff/Voiceplay. Appreciate your analysis. Try his version of Shenandoah, it is the most soothing, mellow, drift you off to sleep thing I've heard from him.
You should really listen to the mini they did of Peaches. Geoff hit his highest recorded note in that. In one of his interviews he claimed that he had wanted to become a tenor like Chris Cornell but then puberty happened and his voice deepened. His speaking voice is really quite low. When they recorded Oogie boogie’s song, that was the first time he used subharmonics in a recorded video and everybody went crazy. Personally my favorite part of it though is when Eli has him the dice and he goes up into a baritone/tenor with a lot of power. He also does that in their medley Queen in five Minutes.
"I See Fire" was the song played over the end credits of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, written and originally performed by Ed Sheeran. This is absolutely my favorite video that Geoff has done on his solo channel. Everything just seems to come together perfectly in it!
Remember, though, Geoff just in his natural chest range is singing from F#1-B4. He's adding a lot of glottal compression during the first part of the intro, but that's still in chest voice, with a touch of glottal compression fry added on top to get that punch. This is a technique you normally only see from high singers to get that high belt and stay chest connected.
@@ShawkaReacts Geoff is bringing the boys back for round #3 noon time 9-21-24. Just keep in mind that in all of Geoff's solo covers all voices you hear are all Geoff. Most of the time he clones himself 3 or 4 times. Some of his solos you won't see them all but trust me, they are there.
famous last words of any reactor listening to Geoff.. "I'm ready." Also, I kind of agree with Peter Barber in that Geoff is more bass than baritone. Baritones just don't have notes like C2-A1 as every day accessible, comfortable notes. Also, you haven't even really heard his falsetto.
@@karenponchak5304 The incredible part of the first drone is that it is done all in one breath, even if it DOES pitch a bit. At least, it SOUNDS like it was one breath.
@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith I was referring to the fact that the first one changes pitches in that phrase - something most people don't hear. The second one is all on that one pitch.
Hearing this song the first time, clicked something for me. I found I can sing closer to a low tenor than I realized. And it's this man who inspired it in me. There is a TON of range in this specific song and I'm working to get closer to his style because of it.
Geoff doesn't need other vocalists, clearly, he can do it all. But he likes them, so we get to have VoicePlay in addition to Geoff and the Geoffs. And honestly, he has resonance in virtually EVERY range!
It's one of his best. This is from the 2nd Hobbit film - Desolation of Smaug. Geoff's ranges: A0 growl, B0 subharmonic, F1 full chest (E1 full chest in You Don't Mess Around with Jim - thanks to Guest.7289_2), B4 starts mix, Bb5 head voice (thanks to Guest.7289_2). Guest also says he has a Bb0 sub on tiktok.
The Bb5 was head voice and he has hit an E1 full chest in you dont mess around with jim and he has a Bb0 sub on a video of him singing way down on his tiktok but yes
Other pro bass singers say he is a bass singer. I think Geoff sang tenor in many gigs during his career that he has gotten comfortable in all registers.
I did finally subscribe to you. I loved your analysis...made so much easier for non musician types like me to understand. Geoff is my current favorite singer so, like his other fans, I follow reactors. Thank you so much for a thoughtful, well considered reaction.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Geoff does add musical effects to his solo videos. Piano, or his keyboard with plugins. There is a nice example of his range without the low bass in his first solo (I think) Bear Necessities. His first attempt at this kind of thing, Give it a listen sometime. He's come a long way since. This song was in The Desolation of Smaug, written by Ed Sheeran, and was used over the final credits. Geoff's range is now A0 to A#5. If he gets any lower he'll fall off the end of the piano.
Geoff continues to claim he's "really" a baritone - which conforms with your observations. Most of his fans, naturally, push back and insist he's a bass. There are some stunning highs to lows in "Ain't No Sunshine."
I judge Geoff's voice off from observations, experience, and education. His voice at E2 is too powerful to be considered a baritone. Think about it like this: the lowest note ever written for a bass singer (not a basso profundo) for opera is a D2. There is a lot of misinformation out there about what makes a person a bass. In reality, it's volume, vocal weight, and agility down to an E2. Geoff fits that criteria with ease.
i think it's "Geoff", "Balin", "Fili" or "Kili", and "Thorin". (Hey, they're twins, how do i know which is which?) Bari, countertenor, tenor, basso. 8D eta - maybe Bofur.
Yeah, Geoff has a ridiculous five-octave or so range, subharmonics included. What I really appreciate about this particular cover is that he gives the song... the right energy. It's not meant to be a big, powerful moment, this is the eye of the storm, where you've survived through the first eye wall, and you're just watching the other side of it bearing right down on you. You see it in how he pulls back rather than goes big when he starts hitting "Now I see fire..." and the lights cut to red. I will say that this is a song that I feel pretty bad for. This and The Last Goodbye, because The Hobbit movies... didn't sit well with me. Even not being a fan of what Peter Jackson did with them (and what he has done to the film industry of New Zealand as a whole), the songs that people made for the movies... are amazing, and I REALLY just kind of blew past them because of my feelings for the movies.
He taught him ONE of the techniques - but Geoff mainly does subharmonics, which he learned originally from watching David Larsen (I hope that is the correct name) youTube videos. Tim prefers the Growl technique. And while that helped Geoff, he wanted something else and so went looking.
@@Hwyla-qp5lv Voice Play and Home Free like to give each other credit for help given. But I'll admit I haven't watched Geoff's full video on singing low bass. I had 3 octaves when I was younger and it's moved down the scale as I got older, but I'm an alto, so I can get to baritone sometimes, but not bass.
@ShakaReacts I love Geoff and his amazing vocalist range, but especially his bass and subharmonics. However, there is another bass singer that turns my innards to jelly (I can't think of the words that truly describe it) but you need to check out Eric Holloway in Hoist the Coulors. Bobby Bass is also in it but Eric goes the lowest. Most likely because he has a super low speaking voice. Trust me he will blow your socks off.
I notice you haven't reacted to many Filipino singers. May I suggest Gigi de Lana with her band the GG Vibes. She is often called the Queen of covers. I suggest their cover of Fly me to the moon.
Geoff spent well over a decade singing in theme parks and doing other gigs all around Orlando, and the majority of those singing roles were not bass, so he had to learn how to develop his tenor range to get work, as most singing roles were tenor roles. So he's worked a LOT on developing his higher range well enough to get cast for all sorts of jobs.
Can he still hit his old tenor range?
@tristancreed yup 😃
You should check out Geoff's rendition of "The Song of Durin". He takes everything he did here and cranks it to eleven.
Geoff rarely shows his Tenor 1 range except in the harmonies. This was a treat for sure. Reactors who were unfamiliar with his voice went bonkers over the Tenor 2 part, which of course made Geoff afficianos laugh because we new what was coming.
I subscribed the first time you reacted to Geoff/Voiceplay.
Appreciate your analysis.
Try his version of Shenandoah, it is the most soothing, mellow, drift you off to sleep thing I've heard from him.
You should really listen to the mini they did of Peaches. Geoff hit his highest recorded note in that. In one of his interviews he claimed that he had wanted to become a tenor like Chris Cornell but then puberty happened and his voice deepened. His speaking voice is really quite low.
When they recorded Oogie boogie’s song, that was the first time he used subharmonics in a recorded video and everybody went crazy. Personally my favorite part of it though is when Eli has him the dice and he goes up into a baritone/tenor with a lot of power. He also does that in their medley Queen in five Minutes.
"I See Fire" was the song played over the end credits of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, written and originally performed by Ed Sheeran.
This is absolutely my favorite video that Geoff has done on his solo channel. Everything just seems to come together perfectly in it!
Remember, though, Geoff just in his natural chest range is singing from F#1-B4. He's adding a lot of glottal compression during the first part of the intro, but that's still in chest voice, with a touch of glottal compression fry added on top to get that punch. This is a technique you normally only see from high singers to get that high belt and stay chest connected.
Excellent explanation of that! As a female vocalist, I am less familiar with male vocal technique and this was really insightful!
Oogie Boogie Song is the highest I've ever heard him go. Love this reaction.
Coming out this fall for Halloween!
@@ShawkaReacts Geoff is bringing the boys back for round #3 noon time 9-21-24. Just keep in mind that in all of Geoff's solo covers all voices you hear are all Geoff. Most of the time he clones himself 3 or 4 times. Some of his solos you won't see them all but trust me, they are there.
From Brazil!!! When I saw this guys singing this song ...OMG! I was crying ....this is a amazing!!!!😊
famous last words of any reactor listening to Geoff.. "I'm ready." Also, I kind of agree with Peter Barber in that Geoff is more bass than baritone. Baritones just don't have notes like C2-A1 as every day accessible, comfortable notes. Also, you haven't even really heard his falsetto.
Not to mention the 12-15 second B0 drone, shifting immediately to a LOW verse.
@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith that first B0 "drone" shifts pitches a few times before the verse.
Now, the second one.... THAT is twelve seconds of B0. ❤️😎
@@karenponchak5304 The incredible part of the first drone is that it is done all in one breath, even if it DOES pitch a bit. At least, it SOUNDS like it was one breath.
@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith I was referring to the fact that the first one changes pitches in that phrase - something most people don't hear. The second one is all on that one pitch.
Thank you for another great reaction to Geoff. ❤
Hearing this song the first time, clicked something for me. I found I can sing closer to a low tenor than I realized. And it's this man who inspired it in me. There is a TON of range in this specific song and I'm working to get closer to his style because of it.
Love Geoff so much!! ❤🔥
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Geoff doesn't need other vocalists, clearly, he can do it all. But he likes them, so we get to have VoicePlay in addition to Geoff and the Geoffs. And honestly, he has resonance in virtually EVERY range!
It's one of his best. This is from the 2nd Hobbit film - Desolation of Smaug. Geoff's ranges: A0 growl, B0 subharmonic, F1 full chest (E1 full chest in You Don't Mess Around with Jim - thanks to Guest.7289_2), B4 starts mix, Bb5 head voice (thanks to Guest.7289_2). Guest also says he has a Bb0 sub on tiktok.
Desolation of Smaug is the 2nd movie
The Bb5 was head voice and he has hit an E1 full chest in you dont mess around with jim and he has a Bb0 sub on a video of him singing way down on his tiktok but yes
@@cp368productions2 Thanks
Other pro bass singers say he is a bass singer. I think Geoff sang tenor in many gigs during his career that he has gotten comfortable in all registers.
Peter Barber was positive Geoff is a bass. He'd know
Did you know that Geoff taught Layne to beatbox? Yes Geoff can do that too, although Layne has since surpassed Geoff in skills there.
The un bearded Geoff is singing in his truly comfortable range.
I did finally subscribe to you. I loved your analysis...made so much easier for non musician types like me to understand. Geoff is my current favorite singer so, like his other fans, I follow reactors. Thank you so much for a thoughtful, well considered reaction.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Check out his cover of Jack’s Lament from Nightmare Before Christmas to hear him hit some extremes. He did some major flexing in that one.
Brilliant vocals ❤❤❤
Geoff does add musical effects to his solo videos. Piano, or his keyboard with plugins. There is a nice example of his range without the low bass in his first solo (I think) Bear Necessities. His first attempt at this kind of thing, Give it a listen sometime. He's come a long way since. This song was in The Desolation of Smaug, written by Ed Sheeran, and was used over the final credits. Geoff's range is now A0 to A#5. If he gets any lower he'll fall off the end of the piano.
Check High and Dry if you want to see high Geoff
Geoff continues to claim he's "really" a baritone - which conforms with your observations. Most of his fans, naturally, push back and insist he's a bass. There are some stunning highs to lows in "Ain't No Sunshine."
I judge Geoff's voice off from observations, experience, and education. His voice at E2 is too powerful to be considered a baritone. Think about it like this: the lowest note ever written for a bass singer (not a basso profundo) for opera is a D2. There is a lot of misinformation out there about what makes a person a bass. In reality, it's volume, vocal weight, and agility down to an E2. Geoff fits that criteria with ease.
If you want to hear his full range I would recommend his cover of Blackbird.
i think it's "Geoff", "Balin", "Fili" or "Kili", and "Thorin". (Hey, they're twins, how do i know which is which?) Bari, countertenor, tenor, basso. 8D
eta - maybe Bofur.
Yeah, Geoff has a ridiculous five-octave or so range, subharmonics included. What I really appreciate about this particular cover is that he gives the song... the right energy. It's not meant to be a big, powerful moment, this is the eye of the storm, where you've survived through the first eye wall, and you're just watching the other side of it bearing right down on you. You see it in how he pulls back rather than goes big when he starts hitting "Now I see fire..." and the lights cut to red. I will say that this is a song that I feel pretty bad for. This and The Last Goodbye, because The Hobbit movies... didn't sit well with me. Even not being a fan of what Peter Jackson did with them (and what he has done to the film industry of New Zealand as a whole), the songs that people made for the movies... are amazing, and I REALLY just kind of blew past them because of my feelings for the movies.
Geoff can hit and hold a B Zero with Sub-harmonic techniques. Valhalla Calling and Dragon Born are better examples.
Also the start of VoicePlay's cover of "Halo"
Dragonborn is a G#1-C#1 if you're talking about the start
Tim Foust of Home Free taught Geoff the low bass techniques. Geoff also has a You Tube tutorial about those techniques.
He taught him ONE of the techniques - but Geoff mainly does subharmonics, which he learned originally from watching David Larsen (I hope that is the correct name) youTube videos. Tim prefers the Growl technique. And while that helped Geoff, he wanted something else and so went looking.
@@Hwyla-qp5lv Voice Play and Home Free like to give each other credit for help given. But I'll admit I haven't watched Geoff's full video on singing low bass. I had 3 octaves when I was younger and it's moved down the scale as I got older, but I'm an alto, so I can get to baritone sometimes, but not bass.
@ShakaReacts
I love Geoff and his amazing vocalist range, but especially his bass and subharmonics. However, there is another bass singer that turns my innards to jelly (I can't think of the words that truly describe it) but you need to check out Eric Holloway in Hoist the Coulors. Bobby Bass is also in it but Eric goes the lowest. Most likely because he has a super low speaking voice. Trust me he will blow your socks off.
Please react to Unshaken by Geoff next :)
I notice you haven't reacted to many Filipino singers.
May I suggest Gigi de Lana with her band the GG Vibes. She is often called the Queen of covers.
I suggest their cover of Fly me to the moon.
It was him. G-0 F-0 B-0 he has it
F0?☠️
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Check out Bobby Waters and Avi Kaplan
This is part 2 of the Hobbit songs.
He also released "Misty Mountain Cold" song.
Check that one.
He did 2 months ago