Geoff (Jeff) also has a personal channel where he does "solo" work, updating and re-imagining old classic songs while staying true to their roots. Big Bad John is his latest, and just spectacular. He arranged Hoist the Colors. You commented on their modern sound - you'll find that both in Geoff's arrangements and in Layne's. Layne is the beatbox, and they each do about 50% of the performances, which means, EVERYTHING. Rough vocal edit, video & editing, the whole thing. In the last year Eli, the tenor with the goatee, has taken on more of the visual aspects. He did lighting here. You might be interested in The Dragonborn Comes (spectacular low notes from Geoff) or the Halo theme - Halo is very different, absolutely mesmerizing. Their most recent, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" takes them back to the other side of the group persona - comedy. When you get around to watching that one, watch closely. Take your eyes off the screen and you'll miss the little gags that are laced through-out. Have fun, and look forward to watching more of your reactions.
I feel like we really need to get them to react to Dragonborn Comes. I remember mentioning it in the comments section of one of their Home Free videos because they referenced Skyrim and how they appreciated the video editing too, so I think they would really geek out over it
The song is from Pirates of the Caribbean: At Wordl's end. VoicePlay have taken a simple song and made it their own. It's what they do The bass is Geoff Castellucci and taking you into the basement is what he does. Though he has a range of 5 octaves so can also take you into the attic at times. VoicePlay are known as the theatre kids of acapaella. Eli (pronounced as ellie) used to sing with rock bands and is a master of riffs and runs. Enjoy!
As was mentioned, Voiceplay was on the same season as Home Free, but they didn't do all that well on the sing off for a variety of reasons. They have improved leaps and bounds since that time as you could see here. Pretty much everything they have done for the last 7 months, like this song, is on another level.
My favorite thing is to watch someone react to Voiceplay for the first time!! Please, please, please react to them again. The Dragonborn Comes is epic; We Don't Talk About Bruno is brilliant and hysterically funny!
This group is seriously awesome!! Geoff Castellucci is their bass singer who has the lowest voice.Geoff is phenomenal on his own,and also arranges for Home Free sometimes. You've now completed the holy acapella Trinity of top vocal groups from the sing off!!😃✌out dudes!
VoicePlay dropped The Dragonborn Comes a few weeks ago. I recommend checking that out. Gamers recognize it from the Elder Scrolls Skyrim game. It’s just as epic.
And Tim worked with Geoff to help get to lower notes. If you check out the bass battle vids you'll see that Tim has the lowest recorded note of them all.
Must do VoicePlay's cover of The Oogie Boogie Song from the Nightmare Before Christmas. It is 1 of 4 covers from that movie they have done. Also the Halo theme and Carry On My Wayward Son. You can NOT go wrong with VoicePlay. In the acapella world it goes: Pentatonix are the Student Council VoicePlay are the Theater Kids and Home Free are the kids having a tailgate party on the football field. PS new Sub just because of VP
'Dragon Born Comes-Skyrim' deserve a high ranking to check out. They are the 3rd in the a cappella trifecta. Top notch all three. Voice Play's majority of work is theme songs of TV, Films, and Gaming. You will also like 'My Mother Told Me' If seafaring is yo cup of tea. It is from the TV cable show Vikings.
Voice Play is one the acapella trifecta (with PTX and Home Free). They are world class, and have their own unique style. Favorites are: Warriors, Carry On Wayward Son, Hoist the Colours (EPIC), Little Mermaid Medley, The Wicked Medley, The Dragonborn Comes... and more!
I also wanted to add that you should never interrupt the bass! His name is Geoff and I think you just totally missed a cool octave slide to what might've been a tenor range! You should also check out his solo channel where he will clone himself than harmonize with his other selves. This is perhaps the most entertaining Rabbit Hole to jump into so have fun!
Yeah, pirates are dope, but watch their "My Mother Told Me" and you'll want to be a Viking and watch their "Warriors" and you'll want to be a post-apocalyptic civilian fighter and watch their 'Oogie Boogie's Song" and you'll want to be an evil minion of Jack Skellington who has kidnapped Santa Claus (aka Sandy Claws). They were at a disadvantage back when they did the Sing off (which is quite a few years ago now) because Geoff (long-haired bass, it's pronounced "Jeff", not "Gee-off") was not as awesome as he is now (basses just get better with age, just a fact of life with how the vocal cords age), and they were organized as a five guys group and had to be compete as a group of six and add a woman to a group, it just wasn't the best mix for them.
I think that they didn't use Geoff like they do now he had the bass part down but they were at a disadvantage because the other groups used there basses at the right times and they also had a lady singing with them and it didn't really sound right
@@sararawls3601 Absolutely. I mean Geoff was already awesome, just not quite as awesome as he is now. After being on the show they did utilize him better and he did pick up some new techniques, even if he found that what worked for other singers wasn't the best way for him to expand his range and he developed some things on his own.
I’d totally agree about the sing off. She has an amazing voice, but she just doesn’t go with them. It’s almost painful to watch. And it’s not her fault, it’s just not a good match.
Geoff is the bass. But Layne, the beatboxer, has a similar range, and Eli (rhymes with jelly) covers the bass when Geoff is singing. Eli, the bald guy, toured with a rock band for some time, but he can mellow it out beautifully. He has such a versatile voice. Harmonizing and seamless transitions in medleys are their specialities. Their arrangements, and video work, have gone off the charts since the pandemic. You might want to check out Geoff’s channel. He does a great cover of Misty Mountains, the dwarves song from The Hobbit. And definitely check out their Dragonborn cover as well as their other gaming themes: HALO, Warriors, My Mother Told Me
Fantastic reaction. Can you react to VoicePlays song. Warrior (imagine Dragons) please its amazing. Layne beatboxes while playing a violin at the same time xx
There's a song "Zombies vs. Hillbillies" where Voiceplay and Home Free collaborate - great for a reaction. They were on the same season of "The Sing Off". Home Free won that season, but Voiceplay has worked hard and really found their footing. They have had a couple lineup changes since they were on the show and only 3 of the people in this video were on the show. I also recommend "Just sing" (must leave the captions on to see who everyone is), a fundraiser song they did with a ton of former Voiceplay members, family and friends and one guest you will especially recognize. This group is more like musical theater than Home Free or Pentatonix. You'll see a lot of elaborate costumes and sets. Sometimes they're Vikings. Sometimes they're Disney characters. Sometimes Ghouls and zombies.
I love “my mother told me” Geoff Castellucci hit the bottom of hell in that song. It shakes me..he has actually been giving some lessons to Tim from home free.
Home Free and Voiceplay play off of one another fairly often. They swap ideas and Geoff (base) has helped produce a couple of Home Frees cuts. It's a fairly small community and they all know one another. Avi (formally of Pentatonix) sang with Home Free on some songs (Ring of Fire). Geoff has a crazy range and has produced a few sets singing multiple parts (Headless Horseman). New rabbit holes all over the place.
@@drieuxkoeppel8152 Sorry. I think auto correct must have "helped" me. I have known the difference for 70 years. Or maybe I was having a senior moment.
I highly recommend watching Geoff's solo career. BTW,Home Free & Voiceplay did compete against eachother on the Sing Off,Voiceplay came in 2nd to Home Free if I remember correctly. The 3 deepest basses from the sing off are Avi from PTX,Tim Foust from Home Free and Geoff Castellucci from Voiceplay. I think Geoff comes in first,taking the crown for depth between the 3.I'd say Tim Foust is a close second,with Avi come by in third even though he's still frickin deep af...lol😂loved this reaction guys!! Oh ya,Geoff solo rec...16 Tons,The Headless Horseman,Blackbird,and the Monster Mash for starters!!😃✌out!
Voice Play is known as The Theater Kids. They were hired as an acapella group by Disney. Voice Play owns Disney covers. They are the best theatrical acapella group ever.
Tim Foust is the one who trained this bass singer to go lower than he had before. His name is Geoff (Jeff) Castellucci and he has several solo videos, usually Geoff-times-4 (see Monster Mash, House of the Rising Sun, Sixteen Tons, and his latest from just a few days ago Big Bad John). The bald guy is Eli, pronounced like Ellie. The guy in the center is a guest singer, Jose Rosario Jr. He also guested in the first video I saw of theirs, My Mother Told Me. The one with the blind eye is their newest, Cesar De La Rosa. His first number he did with them as a regular member of the group was If I Were a Rich Man/Girl, with guest singer Ashley Diane. They've undergone a lot of cast changes so you'll see a lot of different faces in their videos. If you watch their Halo Theme be sure to include the message at the end of the song. That's Scott Porter from Friday Night Lights, one of VoicePlay's founding members with an important message. Follow with Boy Bands in 5 Minutes to see who he was talking about.
" Trained this bass " , when 10 years ago when he competed in the sing off he was still a baritone he trained and climbed everyday to be where he is don't shove Geoff's achievements on Tim foust , there's a reason why Geoff has a lower chest voice on tim
@@Kiradeit I'm only repeating what I heard, although I do admit my wording was rather awkward. I'll admit I may be mistaken. (Damn, it's either no caffeine or too much caffeine. I just can't get it right some days.)
While Tim did teach Geoff the growl technique, Geoff credits David Larson for helping him deepen his voice. Geoff primarily uses subharmonics to go deep deep deep. It doesn’t hurt that Jeff’s idol is Thule Ravencroft, who sang the song in Grinch, and did a lot of those deep deep voice overs for Disney. Coincidentally he was also Tony the Tiger!
VoicePlay the #TheatreKidsOfACappella. Pirates here, Vikings in My Mother Told Me. HALO, The Dragonborn Comes/ Skyrim. They kill everything they do. Costumes, Make-up, sets, lighting. Geoff ( Jeff ) the bass also has his own channel that he does his own low bass covers. Geoff and Tim Foust are friends.
VoicePlay is considered the theatrical acapella group. Sing-Off was on TV and that was the venue they competed in. One of VoicePlay's songs they did is Road Trip. Of course that was several years ago. The guys were in the chorus in middle school, started a group called 4:2:5. Geoff started off as a tenor then baritone and bass. He says he isn't a bass but you couldn't prove by MY ears. He practices both ends of his range which as of now is B0 on the bottom and A5 on the top - short a note of 6 octaves. He has a beautiful bass voice - smooth as butter or as one listener said, caramel. I place him first because of the quality on both ends with Tim Foust of Home Free a close second followed by Avi. These men are all singularly superb more shading than anything else. VoicePlay is my favorite, the complete package with innovative arranging, creative staging, costuming, etc. Pentatonix are probably next with several songs that were top of my list - Hallelujah, Mary Did You Know, and Bohemian Rhapsody. Home Free next but I love the Survivors video done by VoicePlay vs Home Free (Zombies vs Hillbillies).
There's a quote I saw somewhere that if a cappella were a high school, Pentatonix would be the student council, VoicePlay would be the theater geeks, and Home Free would be the rowdy boys throwing a kegger in the parking lot. Pretty accurate description.
You should stop featuring your comment thread. Most of the fuckers in there are bots repeating the same bullshit over and over and over. And none of them are commenting on the video you're watching.
Voiceplay and Home Free were on the same season of The Sing Off but Pentatonix was the on a different season. Home Free won their season and Pentatonix won their season.
You should check out Voiceplay’s The Dragonborn Comes, from the game Skyrim. Also Halo Theme (Geoff hits his lowest recorded note in that one-a Bb0). Nice reaction!
Welcome to Voice Play and welcome to knowing what all of us Voice Players have known for a long time. They are amazing. They do everything themselves except the final mix. It doesn't matter what you pick from them, you won't be disappointed. New sub thanks to this reaction.
Watch My Mother Told Me or Halo theme song by Voiceplay. It is just as epic. Geoff (Jeff) Castelucci is the bass and he is insanely good. In Halo he hits a B-zero subharmonic, the first time that note had been professionally recorded.
Please do My Mother Told Me by Voiceplay. Also features Jose Rosario Jr. Voiceplay did a cover of the Halo theme featuring Scott Porter (the original beat boxer for the group and also the actor from Friday Night Lights) - if you react to that one, you have to watch till the end for a very special message from Scott.
Yeah, so both Avi and Geoff can currently go as low as they can due to advice from Tim (all because of that Sing-Off connection, although the acapella community is very tight even without the Sing-Off). Obviously, it's not all because of Tim as all 3 are insanely talented and skilled. Tim and Geoff pretty much have the same range (around 5 octaves, which is around the range of Mariah Carey), they just use different main techniques for their low sound. Avi has around a 4+ octave range (same with Adam Chance from Home Free, although I believe Avi's range is a bit better). Another great bass is Elliot Robinson who is currently with Axiom Vocal. He was actually the bass for Home Free before Tim (there was a time when they were both on Home Free together, but I believe Tim was only part-time, then). Elliot actually has the best full low range (chest voice) out of all of these incredible bass singers. Home Free, VoicePlay, and PTX all have amazing beatboxers (or vocal percussionists, if you prefer), which, along with their amazing basses, are the (main) reason these acapella groups are so well-loved (and why they groove so much). They each have their own flavor and style. I'm also really glad that y'all seemed to be enjoying Eli's (bald dude, pronounced as "Ellie") voice so much. He's my favorite pure voice in the group. VoicePlay has had a lot of turnover in the past several years, so when you see older videos of theirs, you will see different lineups. The 3 you will always see, though, are Geoff (bass, original member from 1997 [yes, they've been together that long]), Layne (beatboxer, other original member [originally their baritone, then became the beatboxer when their original beatboxer left]), and Eli (bald dude with the great voice). The dude with the sword is a guest vocalist (Jose Rosario, also in their "My Mother Told Me" video). The last one that I haven't mentioned yet, is their newest member Cesar De La Rosa (I may have spelled that wrong). Throughout their other videos, you will see 3 other main members who have since left the group. I'm sure you'll learn more about them as you react to more of their videos. They're also the group that collaborates most with guest artists.
Welcome to this rabbit hole! These guys are theater kids and they’re awesome. And that BASS. Boom. Lol. There’s unlimited talent here. They truly take you on a journey. PLEASE look up Halo Theme cover and The Dragonborn Comes. Epiccccccc!
Here the original song from Hans Zimmer - Hoist The Colours - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lNRjt4rCymM.html Go check their others videos like "We don't talk about Bruno" fro Encanto , "The little mermaid song" , "If i was a rich man" (from a famous movie "Fiddler on the Roof") for example. For sure there is so many songs to cover, no need a compatition between A Capella's group.
Actually Homefree and VP did compete against each other in Season 4 (?) DEF check out their vid of Zombies vs Hillbillies…Hilariously Epic! Haven’t read the comments so apologies if this is redundant. Layne is the beat boxer and is one of the best in the biz- He and Geoff (the bass) do all their own arrangements, lighting usually done by tenor Eli and Geoff..they do almost everything themselves. SO creative. A Capella is an extra amazing genre IMO because there’s no room for error, no place to hide…all the a capella groups are filled with vocal monsters as a result. Level of talent is just insane. And most of VP members have an average range of 4-5 octaves- they usually can fill for whoever’s got the solo at the time🥰
You have a lot of Pentatonix & Home Free video reactions but I only see this one. Please catch up on Voice Play. They are known as The Theater Kids. Disney assigned them as their own acapella group. They own Disney covers. Please do a reaction video of Voice Plays version of The Dragonborn Comes it is from the video game. Also please do a reaction video of Voice Plays version of the Halo theme song from the Halo game. Wait for the special message at the end. You will also love Voice Plays version of Queen In 5 Minutes, I Got Friends On The Other Side,
Geoff Castellucci is the base singer. He also does really great solos. Love this group! Great reaction! Please do check out more of their performances..you won't be sorry you did. :)
I don't know what all that stuff is going on at the right of the screen but it is annoying beyond belief. I'll suffer through this video because Ilke VoicePlay but won't come back here for another reaction. Get rid of that distraction at the right of the screen.
“I have a sudden urge to go join a pirate ship“? I think you’re the first person on this planet with that exact quote. Making it seem like you’re going to go join a new gym membership or something. Let me know how that pirate ship joining works out for you.
You missed the part where Geoff, the bass, starts low and slides way up the scale to a tenor note. The whole group is so talented and you have to go back in time to watch ealier videos with other members prior to Cesar De LaRosa (blind eye guy).
The bass singer name is Geoff Castellucci and he has a great voice, you can hear it inthe song 16 Tons . You really need to listen to it I think you will enjoy it.
Just subscribed. Please react to Voiceplay Oogie Boogie Song and Dream On and also Geoff Castellucci's (the bass singer) covers of Sixteen Tons, Ain't No Sunshine, and Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold.
Geoff's not the lowest bass. He does do vocal fries & has a large vocal range. As other commenters stated he has his own channel. He, Lani & Eli (founders) have years performing & both Lani & Geoff arranging too. WRONG about Sing-Off. Similar to AGT & the voice, it was not live. The judge's based the decision on their expertise & knowledge. The show was taped in the summer to play in winter holiday season similar to the Bachelor. Biggest issue that could make/break was selection of songs. My opinion, that's how Voice Play placed low and they added a female voice "I" think to be more like Pentanoix. Resulted in harmonies weren't as tight. Pentatonix competed the YEAR before and won. Confusing some, they came back the following year to perform at the finals. Home Free, Voice Play, Fhilharmonic ALL competed together 2013! Home Free 1st, Ten 2nd, Vocal Rush 3rd, Fhilharmonic 4th, AcoUstiKats 5th, Voice Play 6th, Element 7th, Street Corner Renaissance (Adam Chance's former group), Calle Sol 8th Princeton Footnotes 8th.
Geoff Castellucci & Tim Foust both have 6 Octave range voices which is extremely rare in Men & found mostly in some bass singers. Homefree beat Voiceplay in Season4 Sing-off. Homefree won & Voiceplay came 6th in 2013.
VoicePlay and Home Free competed against each other on The Sing-Off. Home Free took first, VoicePlay a close second. Pentatonix competed on The Sing-Off the season before Home Free and VoicePlay. They won their season.
Voice Play are the most theatrical acapella group like 99% more than Home Free or Pentatonix. Voice Play are known as The Theater Kids. Either Geoff ( Jeff ) low bass singer or Layne the beat boxer do all the arrangements & they do their own production's. Eli the high tenor does the lighting. Geoff's wife Kathy is their production manager.
Tim used to be lower. I'm not sure now. They have similar ranges, but use different techniques. Both are cool and they are friends. Pentatonix was on the season of the Sing Off before Home Free. Voice Play and Home Free competed on the same season, which Home Free won. I enjoy HF more, but that is just taste. I watch both... a lot. Lol.
Voiceplay was on Season 4 of The Sing Off, they lost to out to a few groups. The Season 4 winner is Home Free. Featuring another solid Bass Tim Foust. Pentatonix was the season 3 winner. There were some amazing groups on the show, and a fun journey down the rabbit hole shall y'all investigate.
Home Free and Voice play were on the same season of Sing Off. Pantronix was the year before. There is a funny as hell video of Home free and voice play together Zombie Vs HillBillies ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yYzwzbqUJXk.html
Please do a reaction video of Voice Plays version of Dream On by Aerosmith , The Dragonborn Comes Skyrim , Halo theme song from the Halo game & listen at the end when Scott Porter gives his tribute to a fallen comrade.
