@@hop-skip-ouch8798 Every single one of Voiceplay's and Geoff's songs are recorded and mastered in-studio separately, then the videos are filmed lipsynched to the master track. Goes for most big name groups; this is why you don't see microphones in the shots. These are productions, not recordings of live events done in one take, so there's going to be plenty of "unnatural" editing and overlays. Still amazing and the artists' voices though!
@@alysaere Yeah I know. Goeff however specifically mentioned that that particular riff was 2 different riffs overlayed together to make it sound that good. since everyone kept asking him about it.
@@deianirrah7598 LOL! What's this "Or" stuff?? The word is "and" Definitely and.... 16 Tons AND Blackbird AND High and Dry AND The Jungle Book's "The Bare Necessities" AND why stop? Go through 'em all - it's pure ear-candy. ;)
The great thing about this group is, Geoff is simply the gateway drug. Once you get sucked in you start to realize that every single one of these guys are vocal monsters, and even the folks they choose to collab with are ridiculously talented as well (a few that come to mind: Rachel Potter, Deejay Young, John Pinto Jr., Ashley Diane). Layne Stein, as well as being one of the best vocal percussionists out there, also provides about half of the arrangements VoicePlay uses. (Geoff does the other half, with a few exceptions). Eli, who generally sings second tenor, can wail in the upper register, then drop down and fill in a bass line while Geoff solos when they're performing live. He can also do some of the best and most distinct sung character voices you've ever heard, and then turn around and whip out a rock and roll riff with just the right amount of rasp.
I agree. The talent here is amazing. One of their other classics that illustrates their depth and crazy aptitude in acapella (as well as their zany sense of humor) was one that I saw several years ago right after the SingOff, called "Road Trip." It's so fun to laugh until you hurt while being completely astounded and blown away at the mad skills these guys possess.
Fun fact: he *was* supposed to go higher on that last note, but the guy who made the arrangement asked Geoff if he could go lower. I heard about it on his interview with the Charismatic Voice.
VoicePlay has done several songs from “A Nightmare Before Christmas”. They are all good. Geoff has a 5 octave range so anything is possible. Thanks for your reaction
Geoff Castellucci has his own channel where he has done videos own his own where he sings all the harmonies and you have not heard how high he can go. I would love to see you react to songs he did like "Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold" deep bass cover, "The Headless Horseman" deep bass cover, "Saddle Up", and "16 Tons"
The dog is Zero.....and Geoff Castellucci is the amazing, incredible, awesome bass! I am so glad you caught his little "doo ba dee doo" riff..so many reactors totally miss it.
Seat belt? HA! Y'all needed a 5 point harness and helmets! I think that's one reason this was so requested. The ones of us who know and love this song, couldn't wait to see y'all's reaction to his range in this song. I LOVE the idea of using the led lights in your mouths for the next Ford and Fossil video btw!
I love it with headphones, but you can actually FEEL the oscillating from ear to ear on "tears" without headphones. 5 octave range. The last note I believe was E1
Awesome reaction. To see more of Geoff's range i would suggest his solo channel where he harmonizes with himself and Voiceplay's "Little Mermaid Medley ft Rachel Potter" where he does about a 4 or 5 octave slide. Voiceplay also has videos made for "This is Halloween" "What's This" and "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" from Nightmare Before Christmas that are awesome to check out too
The dog's name is Zero. They have 4 Night Before Christmas vids: this one, "Kidnap the Sandy Claws", "This is Halloween" and "What's This". They are all awesome, you should check them out. VoicePlay members: Layne Stein, beatboxer - Geoff Castellucci, bass - Eli Jacobson, tenor (pronounced like Ellie) - Earl Jenkins Jr, high tenor (left a year ago for personal reasons) - J None, baritone (left a few months ago to join the Navy Band), Cesar de la Rosa, baritone (new member, not seen here, joined after J None left). Geoff, Layne and Earl started the group back in 1997, and Eli joined in 2010 or 2011. Geoff and Layne do most of their arrangements. They have all been around for a long time, and work together very well. They describe VP as "Original. Imaginative. Ridiculous. A Cappella.". To me, they are the best out there. I also love Home Free and like Pentatonix and Voctave, but VP is higher than all others, to me. Geoff also has solo vids, all amazing. Check his "Sixteen Tons", or his latest "Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold". His vocal range is awesome! (5 octave, I believe) The highest I heard from him is in "Toxic Audio performing "Grace Kelly" at LHP", towards the end. His lowest is ... in so many places I can't count! I love your reactions!
The final note is An E1 he has a crazy range I believe its 5 octaves. awesome reaction once again love how you guys remind me of my daughter when she gets spun up geeking out about music
Next song from voiceplay should 100% be voiceplay : sing . It is a Collab with all of the people that have been on there channel plus there friends family ect . (If you have captions on it tells you who everyone is as they appear on screen ) it is an amazing massive collaboration
They've got several from Nightmare that you could roll out toward the end of October, actually. "This is Halloween", "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" (with Rachel Potter), and "What's This" are all good ones. For the next one, I'll second (or third/whatever) "My Mother Told Me". It's amazing. You can't really go wrong when grabbing their songs, though.
I think the end of this song would count as his 5 octaves. The first oogie boogie man (B4), the oogie boogie man (C4?), the oo-gie (next octave), boo-gie (4th octave), maaaaaaan (E4)
Geoff is the bass You'll learn their names. I'm just starting to watch them so idk their names either. 🙂🙂 I'm pretty sure he has a 5 octave range also. I have read that Tim (home free) can go 1 note lower then Geoff and Geoff can go 1 note higher then Tim. They are both great and friends
Great reaction fellas! Next Voiceplay should be My Mother Told Me.....cool Viking song. But they also have some amazing Disney Medleys. To hear something really cool, check out Geoff's solo work on his channel, he's singing all the parts
I watched the movie when it first released and at the time I loved the songs. After listening to these guys and rewatching the movie, they do it better. The last note is like a foghorn or the closest to a lion’s roar or even an elephant 🐘 rumbles.
The image in my head of young Jeff in choir, looking at his sheet, and you see 3 more bar sets written in manually below the norm is cracking me up like crazy, because i can totally see a choir teacher doing that once he knows what Jeff can do
Hell yeah! Looked forward to this one! 😁 I would LOVE to hear him do voiceover work in Disney movies. Lol. His range is siiiiick and he’s really mastered subharmonics. Love these guys. Great reaction!
Geoff definitely did Ken Page (the original Oogie Boogie) proud! Also, Geoff has worked with Tim Foust (from Home Free) to expand his range and it sure shows!
The Voiceplay group is from the Orlando area, and they have all sung and performed musical theater at Disney and Epcot. That's why they are so comfortable doing this type of video. In addition to this video they have also done three other songs from Nightmare before Christmas; "What's This", "This Is Halloween", and "Kidnap The Sandy Claws". If you're doing Halloween videos, I also suggest "Thriller" by The Bottle Boys. The Bottle Boys are musicians from Denmark that play music on bottles, glasses, and jugs as well as other percussion items.
307, hmm must be a couple fellow Wyoming peeps. Casper here. Great reaction, and you caught the small bass run Geoff did when he took a pause in the background. I have watched about 20 people react to this and nobody ever catches that.
Chris, I love your ability to just catch that climb, and say "oh that's a hair more than an octave." I have been practicing vocals for decades and I still can't do that. I try my best, but I can't do it unless I'm the one singing and I've been practicing the scale. You're very talented. Plus, I dig the videos not to discount that, you guys definitely rock!
Everyone wants to see this reaction for Geoff's final note necessarily, it's so "inhuman" and grabs everyone the first time ^^. But if you want to see its range, I recommend Blackbird or Hight and Dry on its own channel instead. But for another voiceplay video, I think many would recommend Moana Medley or Little Mermaid Medley, they are fine indeed, but personally I think one of their most recent would be good for comparison. "We're good", "Bang", "Butter" or "If I was a rich man / girl" are good covers. Or if you want to do the splits and see something that must have been tricky to set up, "Just Sing" might do the trick. It was during quarantine and they invited all their singing friends and who they collaborated with for this one, to see with the subtitle / caption for the info on each person (and some funny commentary).
I don’t know if this is TH-cam’s fault, or maybe the audio channels got mixed together before exporting, but the rapid left-right panning at 10:09 didn’t come through in the video.
Yep Geoffs range is crazy! Right up there with Tim Foust. You should check out his solo stuff where he does all his own harmonies. All is good any of them!
Yes, please, do “This is Halloween”, it’s great! As is their cover of “Kidnap mr Sandy Claws” 😁! They’ve also done “What’s this?”, it’s great too, but they haven’t brought out their costumes (lightning is fun, though!). Seems VoicePlay is quite the Nightmare before Christmas fans... 😊
Awesome reaction as always, guys! If you haven't already, I strongly encourage you to check out their version of "Carry On Wayward Son." The original is one of my favorite songs of all time, and they absolutely destroyed it in the best way possible.
first time here, loving your chemistry and your reactions dears... great job !!! happy Halloween everyone ♥ great attention to technical details... you guys hit it out of the park !!
At 6:05 it's a 2 octave jump. The ending is a 2 octave and a 5th descending line. They did do a fantastic job with the music video. They like doing a lot of spooky so you're covered for October.
This one is always a “must watch” reactors reaction for me! It’s so much fun watching first reactions! Voice Play, for me, has surpassed PTX, in my ranking of my fav A Capella groups. Not because of this video (I’ve seen it many times). They’re in my #2 spot right below Home Free. Speaking of Home Free and their bass, Tim Foust; he and Geoff have the same 5+octave range. I learned from the rumor mill years ago that Tim helped both Geoff and Avi hone their bass skills to sing lower than they did before he met them. Anyway, I really enjoyed your reactions and reviews on this one!! Looking forward to Christmas music time! Home Free has some really great holiday tunes/videos, too!
You're right about Tim helping them. Geoff even has mentioned it in one of his tutorial vids on YT. He says that he's a natural baritone, but has learned how to go lower without hurting himself. He now does the tutorial vids to help others learn what he learned from Tim. Tim has even worked with the other guys in HF (like Chance & Chris when he was still in the group) on how to go lower. He tried to help even Austin do it, but Austin almost hurt himself so he doesn't even try now. During the season 4 Sing Off when VP was in competition with Home Free (Home Free won), even the judges mention that Tim was the ONLY true bass competing that season. The others were baritones that could occasionally hit the lower octaves but not sustain them. Tim worked with them after the competition. On HF's Ring of Fire feat Avi Kaplan cover, the symbolism of Avi Kaplan @ the end is awesome. Most people totally miss it.
Geoff has gummy worms fall out of his mouth when he sings "make snake and spider stew" (around 4:39 of so) and most folks miss it. Love your reactions. Go back and look for the gummies.
VoicePlay's Just Sing is a beautiful quarantine-mass-choir number that you have to have your close captions on to ID everyone singing. The 1st person you see is the young daughter of the man who's playing Sandy Claws here. They're also the brother and niece of Kathy, Geoff's lovely wife.
Glad to see you got his little run at 8:49. Did you catch the tone he did at 9:16 and 9:21? It wasn't while he was visually singing, it was part of the background 'instrumentation', but it was all Mr Castellucci!
It’s so much better listening to it with headphones I keep forgetting to charge my headphones but I finally did and am listening with headphones and its so good
That jump Geoff does, that is a two octave jump. The note he hits at the end is an E1. That is five keys from the bottom of the keyboard. He does it with subharmonics, he does a video on it.
That last note by Geoff was an E1, the lowest E on a full 88 key piano keyboard. My count may be off, but I get 5 octaves out of that last part. That's a major range indeed.
All three of the amazing acapella bases (Geoff, Tim and Avi) have obscene ranges and absolutely fantastic lead or solo voices - not saying react to it but at least check out some of Avi Kaplans solo stuff its just really nice.. (well and check out Homefree Mayday.. just because...)
Great reaction! It’s such a fun video. VoicePlay has a handful of Halloween videos you can line up for October 🎃 Little Mermaid 🧜♀️ and Moana Medleys are great. The Boy Bands in 5 minutes you can sign along to 🎶 Tennessee Whiskey is my favorite.
Sweet, you caught it. We only get about 1 in 10 who catch that, even with pausing and going back. You know how PTX is Christmas? That is Voiceplay for Halloween. Literally, they have a whole Halloween album worth of songs, and the last two years we have gotten a bonus since Geoff started his "Solo" videos during lockdown last year. You will understand the quotation marks once you see. But welcome to the DEEP rabbithole that is Voiceplay/Geoff Castellucci.
You guys should check out (if you have not already done so!) "The Dragonborn Comes - Skyrim" and "I Can't Make You Love Me", two of their more recent covers.
Now check out their cover of Kidnap the Sandy Claws. The original Oogie Boogie actor played Audrey II in a production of Little Shop of Horrors that I saw in Sacramento.
Well done. Love another great reaction from you two. It's a great start but if you're going to open up a VoicePlay rabbit hole, may I make some suggestions? "Road Trip (an oldie but goodie from just after their SingOff days-great sense of humor)," "Tennessee Whiskey," and "Can't Help Falling In Love." Plus they do awesome mashups: "Queen in 5 Minutes," "Boy Bands in 5 Minutes," and anything Disney (heroes, villians, sidekicks...). And for your Christmas to-do list, their version of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
You guys are great. Another amazing song that shows voiceplays incredible range is their version of "my mother told me," a viking song with guest singer Josê Rosario. 👌
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Chris looking dumbfounded staring after Geoff hits that last note and just goes ".....what.....?" was friggan amazing and had me giggling so hard!
Great reaction! You even caught Geoff’s little run when he was in the background. Most reactors miss that.
That's not all natural though. It's edited.
@@hop-skip-ouch8798 Every single one of Voiceplay's and Geoff's songs are recorded and mastered in-studio separately, then the videos are filmed lipsynched to the master track. Goes for most big name groups; this is why you don't see microphones in the shots. These are productions, not recordings of live events done in one take, so there's going to be plenty of "unnatural" editing and overlays. Still amazing and the artists' voices though!
@@alysaere Yeah I know. Goeff however specifically mentioned that that particular riff was 2 different riffs overlayed together to make it sound that good. since everyone kept asking him about it.
Agree..I noticed that in several reactions.Good job.
It’s my favorite part!!
He goes from a B4 to an E1 in that last bit- about 3 1/2 octaves in just moments
In voice terms, he sings a chest-head mix on the highest note, full chest voice in the middle, and then sub-harmonics for that low-note.
@@danielcummins5092 And in piano keyboard terms, another half-octave down, and you are out.
he actually has a range of 5 octaves
Now you need to listen to Geoff's solo cover of "16 Tons."
That - or "Blackbird".
@@deianirrah7598 Or The Headless Horseman.
@@deianirrah7598 LOL! What's this "Or" stuff??
The word is "and"
Definitely and....
16 Tons
AND
Blackbird
AND
High and Dry
AND
The Jungle Book's "The Bare Necessities"
AND why stop?
Go through 'em all - it's pure ear-candy. ;)
@@sc0repio662 And Misty Mountains Cold....
@@sc0repio662 And The Monster Mash
The great thing about this group is, Geoff is simply the gateway drug. Once you get sucked in you start to realize that every single one of these guys are vocal monsters, and even the folks they choose to collab with are ridiculously talented as well (a few that come to mind: Rachel Potter, Deejay Young, John Pinto Jr., Ashley Diane). Layne Stein, as well as being one of the best vocal percussionists out there, also provides about half of the arrangements VoicePlay uses. (Geoff does the other half, with a few exceptions). Eli, who generally sings second tenor, can wail in the upper register, then drop down and fill in a bass line while Geoff solos when they're performing live. He can also do some of the best and most distinct sung character voices you've ever heard, and then turn around and whip out a rock and roll riff with just the right amount of rasp.
I agree, they’re all so great!
I agree. The talent here is amazing. One of their other classics that illustrates their depth and crazy aptitude in acapella (as well as their zany sense of humor) was one that I saw several years ago right after the SingOff, called "Road Trip." It's so fun to laugh until you hurt while being completely astounded and blown away at the mad skills these guys possess.
^^^ This is the most factual statement on the internet ^^^
The first time I heard him was Sixteen Tons and I was hooked and dove down the VoicePlay and Geoffs rabbit hole.
Fun fact: he *was* supposed to go higher on that last note, but the guy who made the arrangement asked Geoff if he could go lower. I heard about it on his interview with the Charismatic Voice.
The arranger's name is Layne, and he also said it in his QnA Part 2
Why did he ask for him to go lower?
I have seen that interview between Elizabeth (Charismatic Voice) and Geoff. Layne is the beatboxer and sound effects.
@@zitriphyer8429 wanted to make the ending more special
I have to give the charismatic voice credit for my discovery of voiceplay
VoicePlay has done several songs from “A Nightmare Before Christmas”. They are all good. Geoff has a 5 octave range so anything is possible. Thanks for your reaction
Geoff Castellucci has his own channel where he has done videos own his own where he sings all the harmonies and you have not heard how high he can go. I would love to see you react to songs he did like "Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold" deep bass cover, "The Headless Horseman" deep bass cover, "Saddle Up", and "16 Tons"
He also has a how to sing in a deep voice on his or their channel
Geoff also teaches how to sing Bass or even lower in Subharmonics levels without damaging vocal chords.
The dog is Zero.....and Geoff Castellucci is the amazing, incredible, awesome bass! I am so glad you caught his little "doo ba dee doo" riff..so many reactors totally miss it.
I love that you guys picked up on that bass run after "a little spice" from Geoff. It's not something that people reacting to it usually pick up on.
Years watching reactions of this song and I never catch that part until now 😮
Seat belt? HA! Y'all needed a 5 point harness and helmets! I think that's one reason this was so requested. The ones of us who know and love this song, couldn't wait to see y'all's reaction to his range in this song. I LOVE the idea of using the led lights in your mouths for the next Ford and Fossil video btw!
It's actually mouth/teeth guards that used to be popular back in the 80s. Still pretty cool though.
You'd be blown away by Geoff Castellucci's Misty Mountains Cold solo performance and Voiceplay's Mother. Both are mind-bogglingly good.
Definitely need to schedule Misty Mountains so I can set a reminder. I 100% agree!!!
I love it with headphones, but you can actually FEEL the oscillating from ear to ear on "tears" without headphones.
5 octave range. The last note I believe was E1
Check out Geoff's "Misty Mountain Gold" - it's Geoff in 4 layers singing with himself. Shows off his ranges.
"Cold" :)
Headless Horsemen, Bear Necessities, and Sixteen Tons.
Monster Mash. House of the Rising Sun. Take Me Home Country Roads.
Geoff went from a C#2 to an A6 in virtually the same breath, then at the end, dropped to an E1 chest note. An insane amount of range indeed!
E1 subharmonic and B4...
Awesome reaction. To see more of Geoff's range i would suggest his solo channel where he harmonizes with himself and Voiceplay's "Little Mermaid Medley ft Rachel Potter" where he does about a 4 or 5 octave slide. Voiceplay also has videos made for "This is Halloween" "What's This" and "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" from Nightmare Before Christmas that are awesome to check out too
Great reaction- you should do Queen in 5 minutes and any/all of their Disney medleys
They just did this perfectly!!!! Love the way they did this!!
santa is played by Geoff (he bass) brother in law also Geoff has a 5 octive range. the last note was a E1
I should be wearing a seatbelt -- just from watching you guys watch Geoff!
Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold by Geoff...you won't be disappointed! The man is a Bass BEAST!
The dog's name is Zero.
They have 4 Night Before Christmas vids: this one, "Kidnap the Sandy Claws", "This is Halloween" and "What's This". They are all awesome, you should check them out.
VoicePlay members: Layne Stein, beatboxer - Geoff Castellucci, bass - Eli Jacobson, tenor (pronounced like Ellie) - Earl Jenkins Jr, high tenor (left a year ago for personal reasons) - J None, baritone (left a few months ago to join the Navy Band), Cesar de la Rosa, baritone (new member, not seen here, joined after J None left).
Geoff, Layne and Earl started the group back in 1997, and Eli joined in 2010 or 2011. Geoff and Layne do most of their arrangements. They have all been around for a long time, and work together very well. They describe VP as "Original. Imaginative. Ridiculous. A Cappella.". To me, they are the best out there. I also love Home Free and like Pentatonix and Voctave, but VP is higher than all others, to me.
Geoff also has solo vids, all amazing. Check his "Sixteen Tons", or his latest "Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold". His vocal range is awesome! (5 octave, I believe) The highest I heard from him is in "Toxic Audio performing "Grace Kelly" at LHP", towards the end. His lowest is ... in so many places I can't count!
I love your reactions!
The final note is An E1 he has a crazy range I believe its 5 octaves. awesome reaction once again love how you guys remind me of my daughter when she gets spun up geeking out about music
Geoff Castellucci worked at Disney World Orlando. Next along this line is Kidnap The Sandy Claws.
Next song from voiceplay should 100% be voiceplay : sing . It is a Collab with all of the people that have been on there channel plus there friends family ect . (If you have captions on it tells you who everyone is as they appear on screen ) it is an amazing massive collaboration
Yes Please!!!!! That song doesnt get enough reactor love but its probably my most favorite video by them because of the message and the collabs
Yeah, Just Sing is great. The look Geoff gives Tim when he pops up is so funny.
They've got several from Nightmare that you could roll out toward the end of October, actually. "This is Halloween", "Kidnap the Sandy Claws" (with Rachel Potter), and "What's This" are all good ones.
For the next one, I'll second (or third/whatever) "My Mother Told Me". It's amazing. You can't really go wrong when grabbing their songs, though.
They're all a bunch of theater kids at heart and it shows so much.
"We're going to get into some wild shit!"
😂😂😂Which describes perfectly how I feel about falling down the VoicePlay rabbit hole. Its fun!
He actually climbs down on about a 5 octave ladder at the end..Every jump is an octave difference, starting with his high note.
When you start doing Xmas stuff Homefree has some good ones too
For the whole song, Geoff ranges from B4 to E1. I believe he can do a full 5 octaves, but hasn't in any one song.
I think the end of this song would count as his 5 octaves. The first oogie boogie man (B4), the oogie boogie man (C4?), the oo-gie (next octave), boo-gie (4th octave), maaaaaaan (E4)
@Soular Wisdom No, B4 to E1 is only 3.5 octaves. But his full range is D5 to B0, which is 4.5 octaves.
Geoff is the bass
You'll learn their names. I'm just starting to watch them so idk their names either. 🙂🙂
I'm pretty sure he has a 5 octave range also.
I have read that Tim (home free) can go 1 note lower then Geoff and Geoff can go 1 note higher then Tim. They are both great and friends
Geoff says Tin can go lower, Tim says Geoff can go lower.
@@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames I call it a tie. They are both so good along with Avi
Great reaction fellas! Next Voiceplay should be My Mother Told Me.....cool Viking song. But they also have some amazing Disney Medleys. To hear something really cool, check out Geoff's solo work on his channel, he's singing all the parts
Geoff has easily a 5 octave range and he really shows it off on his personal channel
This video is almost a year old and I go back to it for the laughs. No matter how many times I've seen it, I always get a smile going. Thanks guys
If you want bass, Do Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold by Geoff Castellucci
And the version by Peter Hollens and Tim Foust, for good measure.
I watched the movie when it first released and at the time I loved the songs. After listening to these guys and rewatching the movie, they do it better. The last note is like a foghorn or the closest to a lion’s roar or even an elephant 🐘 rumbles.
A great one to watch by them is my mother told me! It’s insane🤯
Thanx for the reaction! I love Voiceplay and really appreciate your take on their videos.
The image in my head of young Jeff in choir, looking at his sheet, and you see 3 more bar sets written in manually below the norm is cracking me up like crazy, because i can totally see a choir teacher doing that once he knows what Jeff can do
Hell yeah! Looked forward to this one! 😁 I would LOVE to hear him do voiceover work in Disney movies. Lol. His range is siiiiick and he’s really mastered subharmonics. Love these guys. Great reaction!
Geoff definitely did Ken Page (the original Oogie Boogie) proud! Also, Geoff has worked with Tim Foust (from Home Free) to expand his range and it sure shows!
The Voiceplay group is from the Orlando area, and they have all sung and performed musical theater at Disney and Epcot. That's why they are so comfortable doing this type of video. In addition to this video they have also done three other songs from Nightmare before Christmas; "What's This", "This Is Halloween", and "Kidnap The Sandy Claws".
If you're doing Halloween videos, I also suggest "Thriller" by The Bottle Boys. The Bottle Boys are musicians from Denmark that play music on bottles, glasses, and jugs as well as other percussion items.
307, hmm must be a couple fellow Wyoming peeps. Casper here. Great reaction, and you caught the small bass run Geoff did when he took a pause in the background. I have watched about 20 people react to this and nobody ever catches that.
And don't forget to add Geoff's Headless Horseman to your Halloween list.
5 different octaves with the last two oggie boogie mans. That’s impressive and very seamless.
U guys should do “kidnap the sandy clause” from voice play
Chris, I love your ability to just catch that climb, and say "oh that's a hair more than an octave." I have been practicing vocals for decades and I still can't do that. I try my best, but I can't do it unless I'm the one singing and I've been practicing the scale. You're very talented. Plus, I dig the videos not to discount that, you guys definitely rock!
OMG, best reactors. Most people miss the bass run and especially the head snapping!!!
6:50 that was over a two octave jump from low line (E2, D#2, E2, C#2) to a mixed belt up in G#4
I would DEFINITELY recommend the little mermaid medley Voiceplay. You guys would flip
That last bit was a B4 to a sub harmonic E1 in 10 secs!!!!
if you didnt know geoff's last note was subharmonic thats why its so crazy deep
Their cover of were good is incredible
Everyone wants to see this reaction for Geoff's final note necessarily, it's so "inhuman" and grabs everyone the first time ^^. But if you want to see its range, I recommend Blackbird or Hight and Dry on its own channel instead. But for another voiceplay video, I think many would recommend Moana Medley or Little Mermaid Medley, they are fine indeed, but personally I think one of their most recent would be good for comparison. "We're good", "Bang", "Butter" or "If I was a rich man / girl" are good covers. Or if you want to do the splits and see something that must have been tricky to set up, "Just Sing" might do the trick. It was during quarantine and they invited all their singing friends and who they collaborated with for this one, to see with the subtitle / caption for the info on each person (and some funny commentary).
That man has a 5 and a half octive range. That last E1 is just unreal.
I don’t know if this is TH-cam’s fault, or maybe the audio channels got mixed together before exporting, but the rapid left-right panning at 10:09 didn’t come through in the video.
So Santa was Geoffs Brother in Law but his vocals were done by a member of voiceplay
I heard it was Eli doing the voice.
Thank you again for this experience. It's a delight to share your reactions "307 Reacts.". It brings good humors to us all.. Thanks again.
Thanks for stopping by and watching!!! We appreciate you more than you know! Hope you had a good weekend and a good safe work week ahead of you!
Yep Geoffs range is crazy! Right up there with Tim Foust. You should check out his solo stuff where he does all his own harmonies. All is good any of them!
Every human on Earth has to watch to grasp this clusterfluck of brilliance period the end
Yes, please, do “This is Halloween”, it’s great! As is their cover of “Kidnap mr Sandy Claws” 😁! They’ve also done “What’s this?”, it’s great too, but they haven’t brought out their costumes (lightning is fun, though!). Seems VoicePlay is quite the Nightmare before Christmas fans... 😊
Matt & Chris.....#Foghorn is back....Have y'all listened to Geoff's latest music video? Ghost Riders in The Sky!!! Buckle up gents!!!
Their Moana medley is the only reason I watched the movie. They're really good at making you want to watch the movie.
Awesome reaction as always, guys! If you haven't already, I strongly encourage you to check out their version of "Carry On Wayward Son." The original is one of my favorite songs of all time, and they absolutely destroyed it in the best way possible.
first time here, loving your chemistry and your reactions dears... great job !!! happy Halloween everyone ♥
great attention to technical details... you guys hit it out of the park !!
At 6:05 it's a 2 octave jump. The ending is a 2 octave and a 5th descending line. They did do a fantastic job with the music video. They like doing a lot of spooky so you're covered for October.
This one is always a “must watch” reactors reaction for me! It’s so much fun watching first reactions! Voice Play, for me, has surpassed PTX, in my ranking of my fav A Capella groups. Not because of this video (I’ve seen it many times). They’re in my #2 spot right below Home Free. Speaking of Home Free and their bass, Tim Foust; he and Geoff have the same 5+octave range. I learned from the rumor mill years ago that Tim helped both Geoff and Avi hone their bass skills to sing lower than they did before he met them. Anyway, I really enjoyed your reactions and reviews on this one!! Looking forward to Christmas music time! Home Free has some really great holiday tunes/videos, too!
You're right about Tim helping them. Geoff even has mentioned it in one of his tutorial vids on YT. He says that he's a natural baritone, but has learned how to go lower without hurting himself. He now does the tutorial vids to help others learn what he learned from Tim. Tim has even worked with the other guys in HF (like Chance & Chris when he was still in the group) on how to go lower. He tried to help even Austin do it, but Austin almost hurt himself so he doesn't even try now.
During the season 4 Sing Off when VP was in competition with Home Free (Home Free won), even the judges mention that Tim was the ONLY true bass competing that season. The others were baritones that could occasionally hit the lower octaves but not sustain them. Tim worked with them after the competition. On HF's Ring of Fire feat Avi Kaplan cover, the symbolism of Avi Kaplan @ the end is awesome. Most people totally miss it.
Geoff has gummy worms fall out of his mouth when he sings "make snake and spider stew" (around 4:39 of so) and most folks miss it. Love your reactions. Go back and look for the gummies.
VoicePlay's Just Sing is a beautiful quarantine-mass-choir number that you have to have your close captions on to ID everyone singing. The 1st person you see is the young daughter of the man who's playing Sandy Claws here. They're also the brother and niece of Kathy, Geoff's lovely wife.
Little Mermaid Medley and the Moana Medley. You won't regret it.
So happy to see this!! Love you guys😂😂
you should watch home free's: Mayday to see Tim Fousts's upper range. man's a god
Yeah that last note that just sounds like a low drone is him doing E1
Glad to see you got his little run at 8:49. Did you catch the tone he did at 9:16 and 9:21? It wasn't while he was visually singing, it was part of the background 'instrumentation', but it was all Mr Castellucci!
Never tired watching ❤️❤️❤️
He actually has a 7 octave range! Which is stupid amazing
You should look at voice plays "grim grinning ghosts"
It’s so much better listening to it with headphones I keep forgetting to charge my headphones but I finally did and am listening with headphones and its so good
Geoff has his own channel with great covers, country roads, blackbird, and misty mountains all show off his vocal instrument extremely well!
Don't wait!!!go ahead and react to this is Halloween, sandy claws and what is this? 😁😁😁
That jump Geoff does, that is a two octave jump. The note he hits at the end is an E1. That is five keys from the bottom of the keyboard. He does it with subharmonics, he does a video on it.
that last note was an E1 (the first E on the left side of a piano) That makes that phrase a 4 octave drop.
that last note Geoff sings is an E1 flat, godsdamn
The last note Geoff hits is called a subharmonic which is a type of throat singing . It's playing 2 notes at once .
That last note by Geoff was an E1, the lowest E on a full 88 key piano keyboard. My count may be off, but I get 5 octaves out of that last part. That's a major range indeed.
Zero is the dog. Lock, shock and barrel are the kiddos.
All three of the amazing acapella bases (Geoff, Tim and Avi) have obscene ranges and absolutely fantastic lead or solo voices - not saying react to it but at least check out some of Avi Kaplans solo stuff its just really nice.. (well and check out Homefree Mayday.. just because...)
They did a series of the songs from the nightmare before Christmas… I like the kidnap the santiclaws which is a prequel to this song
Great reaction! It’s such a fun video. VoicePlay has a handful of Halloween videos you can line up for October 🎃 Little Mermaid 🧜♀️ and Moana Medleys are great. The Boy Bands in 5 minutes you can sign along to 🎶 Tennessee Whiskey is my favorite.
Loved this. A great show of talents!
10:11 "Headphone moment!"
upload it in non-stereo so the left-right effect isn't even present lmao
Sweet, you caught it. We only get about 1 in 10 who catch that, even with pausing and going back. You know how PTX is Christmas? That is Voiceplay for Halloween. Literally, they have a whole Halloween album worth of songs, and the last two years we have gotten a bonus since Geoff started his "Solo" videos during lockdown last year. You will understand the quotation marks once you see. But welcome to the DEEP rabbithole that is Voiceplay/Geoff Castellucci.
Geoff's total vocal range is 5+ octaves. His last note, I believe was an F1. He is awesome! 👌
You guys should check out (if you have not already done so!) "The Dragonborn Comes - Skyrim" and "I Can't Make You Love Me", two of their more recent covers.
Now check out their cover of Kidnap the Sandy Claws.
The original Oogie Boogie actor played Audrey II in a production of Little Shop of Horrors that I saw in Sacramento.
You should do a reaction to Voiceplay’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. The harmonies in that one are phenomenal you’ll love it!
Great reaction! You picked up on a lot technical aspects that nobody else did.
Well done. Love another great reaction from you two. It's a great start but if you're going to open up a VoicePlay rabbit hole, may I make some suggestions? "Road Trip (an oldie but goodie from just after their SingOff days-great sense of humor)," "Tennessee Whiskey," and "Can't Help Falling In Love." Plus they do awesome mashups: "Queen in 5 Minutes," "Boy Bands in 5 Minutes," and anything Disney (heroes, villians, sidekicks...). And for your Christmas to-do list, their version of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
You guys are great. Another amazing song that shows voiceplays incredible range is their version of "my mother told me," a viking song with guest singer Josê Rosario. 👌