BEATBOXER ANALYZES: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - PENTATONIX | XURECK 

Hope Kevin sees this feedback. He's a learner, a brilliant man who is constantly learning. Wouldn't be surprised if he would appreciate the critique.

When they proform this live, Mitch uses just his voice , no megafone ,it's amazing ❤️

I have seen reaction videos from a few singer's perspective, and It helped to understand some of the vocal aspects, but seeing from a beat boxer's perspective is really awesome too. It's hard for me to hear exactly what is going on with Kevin as there is so much more going on, plus it's hard to hear all the sounds he makes sometimes.... And Kevin is just incredible ... you also have so much talent and when you mimic what Kevin is doing I am just at a loss for words! Thanks for giving your perspective and explaining what is going on with Kevin. Regular untalented (musically) people like me need help understanding this phenomenon....

you should check out their less produced songs like the "evolution of" medleys or something like "Gold" that show all of them going through the song in one shot and one take. Kevin's beatboxing really shines in those and you can watch what he's doing the whole time.

Congrats on being featured on SwissBeatbox. Keep living the dream!

Check out Adam Rupp of Home Free drum solo he’s there beat boxer twice world champion beat boxer.

Xureck, we are very happy for your success. Your channel is only a couple weeks old and already you have about 500 subscribers. Congratulations. You are very informative and friendly and positive. Keep up the good work!!!! If you want to see another side of Pentatonix, please check out "Can't Hold Us" or "The Evolution of Michael Jackson" or some of their Christmas songs. 😀😀😀

I didn’t get any sense of hate at all. Your insight and alternate interpretation was much appreciated.

Congratulations!! :o) re: another beat boxer - We so seldom get reactions from other beatboxers, that I would be up for another beatboxer's reactions.

*YES WE ARE SOOO INTERESTED*

I'm new to your channel and I must say that you're, first of all, a GREAT beatboxer (as far as I can tell) and your comments and reactions are really insightful and entertaining, so you gained my subscription. Also congrats on getting featured on that channel! 👏🏾❤

Awww! Happy for you for getting that coveted feature! Btw I loved your suggestion to change the snare in that part. Sounded awesome and like it fit better. As an OG Pentaholic I am not upset lol. You weren’t being rude at at. It was meant as your opinion and you stated it very respectfully.

Your reaction to Mitch’s megaphone moment was priceless! Great reaction as always!

check out new Pentatonix cover that dropped last Wednesday - Blinding Lights by The Weeknd. It's an upbeat tempo song and Kevin is front and center, carrying that song with his beats

Congratulations!!! 👏 I I am so excited for you! I told you that you were good but I don't know anyting technical about what you're doing just what I hear and that vocal fry that you had going was blowing my mind! You deserve to be featured on that channel! Thank you for sharing that with us I am so excited for you! You have to just be thrilled right now! What awsome news for you to get when everything is bad news lately! Wow! 🎉 👏 Regarding the reaction, specifically the guitar solo.. Until just a few days ago I thought that they had not added any Distortion in the recording because Mitch goes from singing straight into the guitar solo using the same microphone he sings with when they perform it live. it sounds the same as the video to my untrained ears. HOWEVER, much to my chagrin, I saw an interview with Kevin a few days ago in which he started he'd had an idea that it would be great to use a certain thing to add a tiny bit of distortion to Mitch's voice for the video. I was really disappointed to hear that because I prefer that they keep it pure... but realistically I know that when people edit things they tweak it but Pentatonix likes recorded versions of their music to be as close as possible to how it's going to sound live as because acapella is all about being able to do it live. they don't want the fans to be disappointed in the live version compared to the recorded version when they pay money to come see them. So they try to avoid layering of the same voice over itself and doing too much editing because they can't duplicate that sound live with 5 voices on stage and no track playing in the background. So, what you're saying about them using something for distortion I now know was what they actually did. and it was Kevin's idea. I don't know what to say except they tried to stay as precious to this song as they could without changing it up because they said it is simply too Epic and they have too much respect for the song. They also said it was a very difficult song for an A Capella group and they put off doing this cover for years in spite of us fans constantly requesting they cover it. They consistently repeated that they wouldn't even attempt it unless they thought they could do it any justice out of respect. And I think they still apologize before they perform it live because it is a hard song for just five voices when there are so many intricacies and instrumentals in this epic EPIC song by Queen, and they have the utmost respect for that fabulous group and for Freddie (He is Mitch's Idol when it comes to male vocalists. His female vocal Idol is Rihanna.) This is one of the last official videos they made before Avi left the group. Last bit was just an FYI. I honestly like the sound of the snare that you were hoping he would have used near the end of the song. It's so interesting hearing a beatboxer talk about but Kevin's doing and give feedback because this is a first for us as fans. Most of us know some things about singing but we don't know anything about beatboxing and so Kevin gets left out of the conversation except to say how awesome he is but we don't have any point of reference as to what he's doing. Thank you for giving your input and giving an example because I appreciate the honesty and we did come to you asking you to listen to this and give your input so thank you!

Congratulations!! So glad for you :) Your reactions are so unique to most PTX reactors because of your beatboxing skills. I don't think I've seen anyone else be able to talk about the technicalities of what Kevin is doing. I really appreciate that side of your reactions. We as fans, love Kevin and it's nice to see you describe what he is doing and actually show us with your own skills. Thanks for being awesome

I love having a beatboxer critique.

I absolutely love this reaction!! It's refreshing to have a beatboxer who knows and is passionate about their stuff to put in input on Kevin's portion. There's a lot of singers out there who can comment on the other 4 but a lack of beatboxers to give context for Kevin. Kevin is my favourite member of the squad and I thought your constructive criticism was really insightful and added depth and alternatives. Your comment and example on the snare switch-up, for example, I thought was really interesting!

You should definitely watch Kevin's solo projects! His cover of Down (by Marian Hill) and his cover of Sign of the Times (by Harry Styles) are my favorites.

You should check out Adam Rupp in Home Free. He is a very talented beatboxer.

Welp if Kevin ever decides to leave Pentatonix, we have found the replacement! :)

Congrats. Well deserved recognition. I respect you talent and opinion and if your opinion is another opinion would be good......then yeah. Bring in your friend and lets hear it !

You are fantastic at your craft....A great reaction, great advice and I I hope you and Kevin have the opportunity to meet and share the love of what you are bringing to the awareness of beatboxing! I'm a huge fan of PTX and I am a big fan of yours and excited to meet you (through the magic of internet) and watch to see amazing moments ahead!

Home Free's Adam Rupp drumb solo. Do it.

Huge huge fan of yours. Love from South Africa. You are AMAZING!!!!!!!!

We’re interested in anything PTX related! Your insight is unique. You have found an untapped market that could allow your channel to soar once word gets out! Congrats on the feature!

You should review the cover they did of problem by Ariana Grande. Kevin beatboxes while talking, it’s really cool.

Hello everyone.....great video bud

I hope you will do some more reaction videos soon. Love them. I have some suggestions ;) HomeFree: "Flowers on the Wall", "Mayday" or "Hillbilly Bone" Some Beatboxing by Adam Rupp from HomeFree (just him): HomeFrees Adam Rupp Beatboxing Solo ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bWsbD7vcwh4.html Pentatonix: Sound of Silence I also suggest Voice Play, another acapella band: "Moana Medley", "bridge over troubled water" or "Queen in 5 Minutes" Greetings from Austria :)

Check out the new Blinding Lights EP that's out now! Peace.

OMG!!! You're amazing!!! 👏👏👏👏

That is awesome Reck about your feature video. Mitch does this live without the megaphone, and it is shocking. I was hoping you would comment on Kevin at that part too because it sounds to me like he is doing cymbals and drums. I'm sure you were distracted by Mitch but could you tell me what he's doing there? Maybe you and your friend could go back over it again. It will be great to have two beat boxers showing us bc that rarely happens with PTX. Congrats!

As a beatbox enthusiast, you really need to check out Adam Rupp of Home Free. There are some "drum solo" videos of him doing his thing all by himself. For sheer versatility have a listen to Man of Constant Sorrow. His harmonica is other worldly.

No Mitch did it without the mega phone prop. That's just him doing that. Watch the live.

The megaphone that Mitch uses is just a prop. He actually sings it live without it...

Fun fact - Scott used to be the bass when they were a trio (Mitch, Scott, Kirstin).

You need to check out Kevin Olusola’s channel, it’s awesome, just him kicking back doing some of his own stuff cello, piano lots of beatboxing, there’s also a video of him at Carnegie Hall at 17 where he plays the Sax, talks about his teenage years and then does some beatboxing, Scott found him online playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time with over 1 million views, he was excepted to several colleges but attended Yale, pre Med. He also speaks fluent Mandarin😁You could also check out the Sing Off Where it all came together as a 5 person group. Scott, Kirstin & Mitch have been best friends and singing together since 10 years old. But as a group at that time with Avi the bass, they only been together a few days before the first show, and they were fantastic you would’ve thought they had been together for years.. Matt is the bass now and has fit right in which is so hard to do with a already established group👏🏽

I just discovered your channel and I’m blown away! You are an amazing beatboxer and I love hearing you show your talent, as well as teach us non beat boxers! Congratulations on your success and keep the reactions coming!

Not coming across as hate, no worries. You are a unique perspective and it's very cool to hear your thoughts and you are talking with a knowledge/skillset that many don't have. As Fans, we apreciate his talent and also appreciate the opinions of others who experience PTX with us. That's why we watch reactors ;) Thank you for your honesty and perspective

Why don't you and Mike do a reaction video together? (Also: congratulations!)

React to their cover of CAN'T HOLD US! Avi and Kevin are incredible on that one.

Holycr... you managed ti elevate a PTX cover!! You REALLY had a point in changing up that sound!! 👏👏

This was shot live on a residential street from about 11 PM to 6 AM. That’s why you see the cold fog from their mouths at times and the lane strip on the street. Also, you can see a short view of the lights from a house way in the background. Go get the Behind the Scenes video to see how it was shot.

Your overlay of the snare that should have been used was totally on point. It kept the music going like in the original song. There was a brightness that just added to the energy of that moment that was lacking before.

OMG enjoyed seeing you enjoy and analyze Bohemian Rapsody. You are great and enjoyed that Soo much. Very pleasant to watch! You’re the tops. You mentioned bringing a friend beatboxer on... we will enjoy Anything you do/Bring it on, one and all ideas you have.

you are really a master in BB analyzing performances just by hearing. Great!!!

Your analyses are really nice. Going to drop a subscribe. As for suggestions, I'd like to make mention a band called Home Free (country a cappella). Adam Rupp, their beatboxer, is insane, and nicely rivals Kevin. I'd suggest Man Of Constant Sorrow, Elvira, or Ring Of Fire (which has Avi in it).

Congrats on the Swissbeatbox Reck - with Mitch and the guitar sound...he uses the megaphone only for the video - it's a prop...he does it just with his vocals live.

Hey man! You may want to check any song from the group ‘Home Free’... also please check the live performances of Pentatonix in the Sing-Off competitions... thanks!

I love hearing your beat box expertise and ideas.

Your appreciation of PTX and the individual members is wonderful to see and hear! I absolutely love how you break down parts most reactors don't touch on much... beatboxing and bass. Your knowledge of music, percussion, and beatboxing gives unique insight on every song so far! Truly fantastic and educational! I would love to hear your thoughts on PTX's "Making Christmas". In interviews, Kevin mentioned he had no idea what he was going to do until the actual recording.. so it's pretty impromptu. I know that's a seasonal song but I would still love to see it.

congratulations on your success!

Check out Voiceplay, anything by them. How about their Moana medley? It features beatbox and bass very well. Hope to see you react to that soon.

Congrats on the feature on SBX! I'll go check it out!

Felicidades my friend on being featured! Thank you for the great reaction once again (your beatboxing came across very well). I don't remember if you said what part of Mexico you are in, but hope you are staying safe from the virus.

I wanna hear you beat for a video. Your fantastic!

I suggest you do some beatbox reactions. Keep it up.

You are wonderful. I love your explanations of beatboxing. You are great yourself!!!

Wow! You are Amazing! I listen to PXT all the time. I really enjoy the whole experience. Ive actually got deeper into b boxing recently and love it....

Congratulations man! That's truly awesome. Can you react to some of Pentatonix Evolution series? Ariana Grande and Rihanna are some personal favorites . But they're all amazing

You are really fantastic. I finally understand how they are doing it now.

You should check out Kevin Olusola in a solo recording(video) of Down. It is amazing! He is very talented, he plays the cello too!

You should do blinding lights, by PTX. Its a recent on that I just adore!

if i can suggest you to listen and do analysis of the songs, i suggest you "Stay", "See Through", "Come along", a solo covers of Kevin "Down", "As long as you love me", "Friends" ;) Keep it up, great reaction, great analysis. Cheers bro ! :)

It says you are from México ¿De verdad? Que genial, ojalá en un video puedas hablar español para escucharlo

Fascinating.

Congratulations !! I like your video's , I think beatboxers are not appreciated enough ! You should react to other accapella groups like Home Free , Voice Play , Acapop Kids as well ( ofcourse there are more great groups, but this ones I know the best :) )!! You defenetly should check out the drumsolo ( acapella ) of Adam Rupp from Home Free ( Home Free : Drum Solo [SPM ST15] ) , it's phenomenal !! Maybe you would like to check out the channel of Mckoy TV (just for yourself and after reacting to the song first :) ! ), he did a lot of reactions of PTX about a year ago . He's very driven and also very funny to watch . Greetings from the Netherlands !

Que bueno que regresaste!

Loved your shoutout on swissbeatbox 🔥🔥

Thank you for your commentary! I love your reactions. I think they were being very very careful with this song, it is so iconic. I appreciate hearing your feedback, I didn't hear any hate! If you want to dig into Kevin's beatboxing, their Evolution Of videos are great (lots of transitions & variety because they do 10-20 songs in a row). Daft Punk is great, New RulesxAre You That Somebody, Problem...lots of other stuff too, but those are the ones I have been thinking of recently. (Ariana Grande is my favorite of the Evolution videos, but every one has its champion). I would love to hear a pair of you dig into the beatboxing aspect. It might be worth crowd-sourcing for what people think are the richest songs in terms of beatboxing.

Wow ur Are an amazing beatboxer it sounded so cool

You are extremely talented!

Woww!! Thank you so much for taking my suggestion and reacting to it! It was so nice to see you add your suggestion! I loved your version! Hope Kevin will see this. Yes, Mitch is crazy amazing!! Would love having your friend over!!!! Would you please react to dance of the sugar plum fairy and gold by pentatonix? Pllleeeeaaaasseeeee?? They got their second Grammy for dance of the sugar plum fairy.

Congratulations

Congratulations!

Excited to see yours and Mike's take on more PTX and Home Free beatboxers. Keep It Comin'.

Just subscribed to you man! I wish you all the best in your career 👍👍👍

I don't see the link to the video of you on swissbeatbox in the description box, but I will find it! I'd love to have that friend of yours join with the analysis! There's a song coming up that's probably a few weeks away yet if they follow the order the tracks appear on the new EP. But there will be an unofficial video and the whole beginning of the song is just Kevin, without Matt, as the Rhythm Section . The song is "Cologne" and Kevin is making some more electronic maybe sound effects? I don't know the proper terms but I would really love to hear what you both have to say about that. He's definitely making vocalizations that we haven't heard much of except a few of the sounds remind me of what he did in their first-ever viral video which was "Somebody That I Used to Know". They were so poor and this was so low budget that for a set they found a little tiny place for all 5 to squeeze into that was basically surrounding them with concrete surfaces to get good Acoustics for the performance. Their videos at that time were usually performed live sitting on a couch like the one you saw in this video with a few mics in front of them . That was also the reason they went with a theme of this moving couch for this video . They started singing on a couch and they've come so far they wanted to show the couch carrying them as a representation of their beginnings and how far they've come in their travels as musicians . But back to the song I was just talking about Kevin has a section in it where He makes some sounds that are like a bubble popping sound. When I listen to Cologne on their new EP it reminds me of little bit of sounds of bubbles. I'm definitely going to go check out your video! Congratulations again!

Congratulations Reck! That's awesome to have your beatboxing talent recognized! Have to check that one out! And excited to have your friend. That is a megaphone that Mitch used but just for visual effects only for the MV, great to see a reaction from a beatboxer's perspective

Everything you say is an enhancement for p tx love your expertise ❤️

Oh hell yeah! Those octave fry flips are amazing! Did you submit a wildcard for 2020? If not, you should for next year! Ooh, very nice lip roll at the end there, too.

Congratulation

Please react to Evolution of Michael Jackson by Pentatonix kevin gets to sing there

Congratulations! ❤️❤️ Thanks for your videos! Make more 😊😊

THX for your comments! If I remember correctly in the listening party for the new EP Kevin talks about not thinking his other snare-sound being good enough, that's why he hardly ever uses it - but I do not know much about beat boxing so I might be wrong here and mix things up ...

Muchas felicidades!! Como persona siempre me ha gustado ver el éxito de los demás, pero siempre me emociono más por mis compatriotas mexicanos 🇲🇽!! Al ser fan de Pentatonix adoro ver las reacciones de sus videos, pero como han dicho en otros comentarios, tu aportación como beatboxer me ha permitido apreciar aún más el beatbox y entender un poco mejor el gran trabajo que hace Kevin. Espero el siguiente video con ansias!

If you want to see insane beatboxing, watch some Home Free. Their beatboxer is unbelievable, and there is even a video of just him showing off what he can do. Just look up Home Free Drum Solo, and be amazed at his skill. Not only that, Home Free's bass, Tim Foust, can hit even lower notes than Avi, and does so very, very often. Same goes for the Acapella group Voiceplay and their bass, Geoff Castellucci. In general, here are some great videos to watch from all three of the 'main' RU-vid Acapella groups. Pentatonix- Natural Disaster (not actually on their youtube channel, but you can find the track anywhere on youtube.) Sound of Silence Gold Any of their Evolution Videos (Music, Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Ariana Grande) Problem Radioactive Somebody That I Used to Know Home Free- (Good first reaction videos would be Ring of Fire, or Man of Constant Sorrow, assuming you don't watch the Drum Solo) Drum Solo (Not on their channel, but the primary example has almost a million views) Sold (Tim hits an A0 six times in this. Absolutely insane) God Bless the USA (The new one is better IMO, but the old one allows for the beatboxing and bass to be heard easier) Ring of Fire (This also has Avi in it!) Elvira Man of Constant Sorrow Voiceplay- (Good first reaction videos would be Boy Bands in 5 Minutes, or Moana Medley) Moana Medley Oogie Boogie Song Queen in 5 Minutes Boy Bands in 5 Minutes (For a first reaction to Voiceplay, this video would probably be your best bet) Trapped Panic! In 4 Minutes (Part 1 and 2) ACA Top 10 Hits of 2019 I Will Survive Obviously, I do not expect every single video on this list to be watched. This is like 3 months of reaction videos, and other people want their turns as well. This is merely meant as a general grouping of the most requested videos for reacting from each group. Chances are, other people are going to recommend videos that are listed here I do hope you at least try out Home Free and Voiceplay, because they really are amazing. Cheers!

Please react to the whole of Pentatonix's new album, Home. I would love to watch like a 20min video of you analysing it!!!

I think it’s awesome that you point out how amazing Kevin is, because you don’t always hear that from reactors. Also I think you’re just as good as Kevin is!

Ok, now I am curious (but too lazy to research it myself..lol) does the original song by Queen have that variation of the snare? If not I wonder if that explains the lack of variation as they wanted/chose to maintain that integrity with the original. 🤔

We all love Kevin's Beat boxing, but check out the Rupp brothers. Compare Adam Rupp's beat boxing to his brother, Chris Rupp's beat boxing in “Natural” by #imaginedragons: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9UZsb7pyglM.html Who learned from whom? Find out about this cover from watching Chris’s discussion at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MUkDZZX9yDw.html (4th cover)

Hey bro, eres genial! Ojala llegues muy lejos, ya he visto todos tus videos en este canal, me encantaron. Porfa, reacciona a Perfume Medley, es una joya. Otro es Can't hold us, un clásico de ellos. Saludos desde Rep. Dominicana.

Xureck, you should have tried out when Avi was looking for a replacement. Your capabilities would go well with Kevin's. You voice sounds wonderful.

wow. you just explained to me why I always thought it sounded the tiniest bit off. more flat, to my ears. sincerely thank you! so glad I stumbled over your channel. cover songs of PTX I think you'd enjoy would be Come Along, White Winter Hymnal, Joy To The World (I know it sounds silly, but it's a fun one!), Where Are U Now, and last but not least New Rules x Are You That Somebody. in the last song they have a new member (sorry if I've spoiled anything by saying that!).

I love ur passion 4 🎶 & ur so talented so Congratulations on realizing ur Dream...U got a long future ahead in 🎶!👏🏻✌🏼💞

Please react to them doing New Rules x Are you that sombody 😁😁🤞🏻🤞🏻

I SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR CHANNEL. FOR ONE YOU ARE VERY HANDSOME. DONT GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS ON UTUBE. THAT IS HOW KEVIN GOT THE WORLDS BEST ACAPELLA GROUP IN THE WORLD. 🎵🎙🎶

You also need to react to Butterscotch, here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Efk_z9kg2MU.html

Found your reactions while on a rabbit trail through RU-vid this weekend. It's great to see reactions from the beatboxer point of view. Most of the others just focus on the voice parts.