@@angelika5029 Actually Adam Chance ALSO beatboxes.... he does the jaw harp in Man of Constant Sorrow, and he helps Adam Rupp in live shows too....as does Rob.
Wait, where's the drum set? See that tall skinny guy with the dark blond hair? THAT is the drum set. He's also any birds chirping, any harmonicas, crickets, wind blowing, and on and on. He's not a beatboxer, he's an alien who can mimic just about any sound.
@@anne-francehd8150 Yes, very good harmonica. Better than I can do on a corporeal (real) harmonica. I've heard there's a video of Adam and Austin having a non-hrmonica play off contest. Haven't found that yet but I'll bet it's a hoot.
I'm still watching but wanted to comment that "great balls of Barry White" might be my favorite exclamation ever. Made me laugh out loud 😂 Ok just finished.. glad you're checking them out! Their cover of Man of Constant Sorrow is really good.. great display of all their talents.
@@atomicsquid9836 agreed, even my $1,000 svs subwoofer was having trouble with it, but that might be because of the settings and the fact im still breaking it in lol.
Absolutely, I was super impressed seeing them live, but I have always liked country music, gospel music, acapella groups and barbershop quartets. My gf of the time was not as impressed :/ as I was
You did a reaction to Misty Mountains by Peter Hollens. Well, he did a version (and a video) of that song with Tim Foust, the bass singer of Home Free, that is an absolute must!
They actually did do it live...without Avi. They won the Sing Off, and one of the performances was Ring of Fire...in which Tim actually went lower on that last note!
I've watched home free live in concert four times and they do this song Because duh ... and every single time Tim hits that last note it makes your heart skip a beat or two or three
It was fun to see this reaction. The men of Home Free are: Austin Brown - high tenor Rob Lundquist - tenor, has beard Chris Rupp - baritone, often wears a cowboy hat, brother to Adam, founder of group Tim Foust - bass Adam Rupp - beatboxer, occasionally sings baritone, brother of Chris, founder of group In 2016, Chris left the group and a new baritone Adam Chance (goes by Chance to avoid confusion with Adam Rupp) was added. Chance can also sing bass which allows them more vocal freedom when Tim sings lead. When they decide to do a song, whether a cover or original, they have a sing off between themselves to come up with a lead singer. So some songs have more than one lead. They are known for great harmonics and humor especially during live shows. If something goes wrong on stage they are known to make fun of it and just keep the audience (and themselves) entertained. They have both serious and comedic songs and videos. Fans are referred to as Home Fries, a name created by Ben Folds when Hone Free was on the Sing-Off.
You missed the memo that since this video Chris went solo and was replaced (sorry, bad with names, was in another Sing Off group and maybe has the same name as another Home Free member).
Splendid It’s in what I wrote. Chris was replaced by Adam Chance who goes by Chance so as not to cause confusion with Adam Rupp the beatboxer. Chris left in 2016.
FYI. It’s not “The Pentatonix”. Rather it’s just “Pentatonix”! Also, you know Avi left PTX (amicably)? His mom was ill, and it was very hard for him. He helped to find the new bass for PTX, Matt Sallee!! Avi is now solo, and doing amazing work!
It seems pretty clear that you haven't listened to his songs yet, because someone in his right mind, who listens to Avi Kaplan, would never say something like that. So please be kind and don't judge a musician or his music if you don't know what you're talking about, and thank you.
@@christellekhalil1738 perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I don't like the music he makes now. Every song I've heard him sing since he lost pentatonix has been unbearably slow and monotonous, which I find extremely undesirable in music.
@@keoashford1924 Where is confirmation on this? Because I've seen this debate, and I have personally compared the end note of Misty Mountains against a number of samples of G#1, and Tim is clearly an octave below that. It's a growl, not a chest note, but I have found nothing actually supporting it being a G#1. It matches G#0, and is a half step below his A0 in Sold! (which I have also checked against a number of A0 samples to confirm a match, as well as A1 samples to confirm it is an octave lower). If you have more solid evidence than this that it is indeed G#1, I'm interested to see it.
@@KillerTruffle The A0 does not exist in Sold. There is a video on Dan Mirabel's channel where Tim video responds to a question about the A0. Tim's growl in Misty is only a first octave note, and it's very obvious when taken to a keyboard. Sorry if your aural skills aren't on par mate.
@@keoashford1924 I looked at that video (hadn't seen it before), and it's a little short of a confirmation. He said "I believe... but my memory's not great." That does raise more into question, but I still do not see concrete evidence that it's not an A0. In fact, nowhere in Tim's reply did he state that the note was an A1 rather than A0. The only question Tim's response even touches on is who actually sang the note - he "believes" it was Adam. Which if that's true, I just got a whole lot more respect for Adam too - and he's already one of my favorites in the group (great sounding bass in Mayday), if it's possible to have favorites when every one of them is amazing. I will admit I do not have a keyboard handy to track along with the notes and have only been able to make due with finding other note samples online, but I'll look into it some more.
You have found a treasure trove of a capella with Home Free. Please check out net from Home Free - Helplessly Hoping (a cover of a 1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash B-side song) It's ART,,,,just plain and simple ART. The Home Free Bass is Tim Foust, the high tenor at the beginning was Austin Brown, their tenor (guy with the beard and glasses) is Rob Lundquist, beritone here in this video is Chris Rupp who founded the group, but he left in 2016 to have a solo career, and was replaced by Adam Chance (but called in the group & by fans just Chance), and the beatboxer is 2 time world Champion beat boxer Adam Rupp. They can do all genre's of music, they have covered BoyzIIMen, and dozens of country artists but also some of their own originals. They have also collabed with Lee Greenwood, Kenny Rogers & the Oak Ridge Boys, We the fans call ourselves Home Fries. Also look for their cover of How Great Thou Art, an original Why Not ?, and their latest came out just this past Saturday....a cover of a Foy Vance song called Moonshine. There is video to of Adam Rupp's "drum solo" which has no drums here on RU-vid. They give him a solo part at each of their concerts. I've seen them twice in concert...they also are still in Quarantine and have produced 10 new videos/songs since it all started. Their Quarantine song is funny, shows their sense of humor. Their cover of Everybody Walkin' This Land has a powerful message for today...
Hi Ken If you want to hear Tim go deeper you should react to Tim and Peter Hollens singing Misty Mountain. How Great Thou Art is Beautiful. You should react to Man of Constant Sorrow and see him do a Harmonica. You should watch some videos of Home Free with Tim going Low. The beat boxer does the harmonica
You are impressed by Home Free's beatboxer? Well, he's gotten a lot better if you can believe it. It only a bit later than this video but if you look up, 'Adam Rupp - drum solo' the other guys back up and let him take the stage solo for a bit. One thing though, you'll be getting requests for their cover of 'Mayday by CAM'. I wouldn't do that one until you are more familiar with them as a group. They have a.. surprise in the first part of that video that will go over your head if you haven't seen who does what. I would watch a few more of their videos before doing Mayday.
Their cover of Castle on the Hill is a great example of a band with no instruments. Adam Rupp has the cleanest, most realistic drum skills I've heard. You will enjoy checking out more Home Free.
Other Home Free songs to check out: "Man of Constant Sorrow", "Butts Remix", "Blue Ain't Your Color", "Hillbilly Bone", "Country Fried Pop", "Go Rest High on that Mountain" and "Do You Hear What I Hear"
All of Home Free’s music is fantastic! Just make sure you really know the band before you listen to “Mayday”. Also check out their stuff from after 2016 since they had a lineup change. Chris Rupp left the group and Adam Chance took his place. A great example is their version of “Auld lang syne”.
"Great balls of Barry White" - That is such a fantastic line. I love it. I really like it when vocal coaches react to videos because your musical knowledge adds so much to the commentary. When a layman reacts, the comments usually end up being something like "Wow, that's really cool".
I got dragged here watching reactions to Home Free. I'll watch almost any reaction video once. But there are only a few that I enjoy their program consistently. I really enjoy your reactions and your descriptions. You keep it fun without being obviously contrived.
You said Basso Profondo with the Italian pronunciation and I'm veeeery happy! 😁🇮🇹 If you like Avi Kaplan's voice let me suggest you some of his originals: "Change on The Rise" - "It Knows Me" - "Chains" + the cover of "Lean On Me". Home Free's bass is Tim Foust and beatboxer Adam Rupp. All of these gentlemen are fantastic!
You hit the nail on the head with "Basso Profundo". Before being recruited into Pentatonix when he was about 21, Avi was an opera major at Mt. San Antonio College in CA (Theory minor) and specifically trained as a Basso Profundo. Since leaving PTX, as others have said, he's done a lot of solo work, almost all of which is original. Here's a link to him performing his original "Chains", a piece that will show his range, released earlier this year: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_Ki0WeSRxvE.html
Prior to joining Pentatonix, Avi was studying opera and is a basso profundo with an extended high range. However, I think Tim Foust has an even more extended range to the high end.
Home Free's bass is Tim Foust who has a 5 octave range. He has said his voice didn't change until he was about 17 and he is now 39. Head down the rabbit hole that is Home Free and please react to "Mayday" where Tim will surprise you when he leads off that song. Tim has always said "Work on your high range and the low end will take care of itself". Tim is also a songwriter and has a solo album out titled "The Best That I Can Do". Welcome to the land of the Home Fries! You have a lot of work ahead of you.
His philosophy is similar to mine. I tend to believe that the low end will take care of itself, but I think that's easier for people who already have pretty low voices to begin with.
I just looked back at your list of reaction videos and I see no Pentatonix. You really should find something of their's to react to. I would recommend, Hallelujah or Bohemian Rhapsody, which has Avi Kaplan, the original bass, and Sound of Silence, which has their new bass, Matt Sallee, who took over for Avi, when he left for personal reasons.
I really think some of their original work is fantastic with Avi - like "Love Again" or "Sing" - but my favorites of their newer stuff is "Come Along" or "Deep End"
NOTE = that at the end TIM FOUST - Bass at it's best ..... is so low, so clean, so bold and smooth EVEN ANOTHER GREAT BASS SINGER (Avi Kaplan) JUST SMILES AS HE SINGS BACKGROUND WHILE EYING TIM'S FINAL LOW NOTE ! Home Free !!!!!!
There is really only one bass in the group typically, sort of. Tim is their bass and Avi is just standing in as a guest here. Tim, Home Free’s bass is known to go down as low as A0. He’s down to a G1 on this. Their beat boxer, Adam, is amazing (check out Adam Rupp drum solo on RU-vid). Rounding out is Austin (tenor 1), Rob (tenor 2) and Chance (baritone/bass). Chance took over for Chris who’s seen in this video.
Welcome to home free!! They have their own channel on RU-vid with a ton of videos. Tim is the bass. Adam Rupp is the beatboxer. He has won world competitions in beatboxing. Check out man of constant sorrow or in the blood or can't fight the feeling
Welcome to Home Free! Nice reaction!! Listen to How Great Thou Art; Helplessly Hoping; Auld Lang Syne; Enid of the Road; Oh Holy Night; Everybody Walking This Land; Elvira; Seven Bridges Road; Champagne Tastes on a Beer Budget; Fishing in the Dark/ Boondocks mashup!! Those will get you started on your way through HF songs!! ENJOY, Can’t wait for your next HF Reaction!!! ,
You need to explore more of Home Free, but also need to check out more Pentatonix (no "The" required). They are both top-notch with different styles and have very active fanbases with a lot of overlap between them. Pentatonix has 3 Grammys under their belt, as well. Avi, featured here, was with PTX from 2011-2017 when he left to spend more time with his family and helped find Matt Sallee to replace him.
I just realized that if I ever wanted to demolish my house, these guys can do it with their voices. The brick and mortar would vibrate until all is gone. It is so fricking awesome!!!
The beatboxer is Adam Rupp you need to watch Adam Rupp drum solo..he will make you a believer! Loved the harmonies and beatboxing! Avi and Tim were amazing! Notice how Tim held that last low note for about 10 seconds? Great reaction 🎉 I love Home Free😊
Tim Foust is the Home Free bass. Adam Rupp is the beatboxer. You know Avi. The rest of the group here I Chris Rupp, Adam's brother. The high tenor is Austin Brown and the other tenor is Rob Lundquist. All of the singers have superb voices. The beatboxer has a pleasant tenor voice but prefers background harmony parts when he does sing. Next steps depend on what you want to hear. They do a variety of genres, R&B try Thinking Out Loud / Let's Get It On or End of the Road a Boys to Men cover. Pop has a Billy Joel parody titled Quarantine. And of course plenty of country / folk Hillbilly Bone from Blake Shelton and Go Rest High by Vince Gill.
Welcome to Home Free! That beatboxer is Adam Rupp. He is an award-winning talent. Check out Tim Foust, who has a 5 octave range and can sing south of the piano keyboard. They have another bass now who is Adam Chance, and their performances are singularly amazing, because they have an amazing low register. PLEASE react to more of Home Free. You will be simply STUNNED!!! And also, amused because they are hilarious.
Home Free created this rendition for a competition performance on The Sing Off, so you can see their live version there, absent Avi of course. Tim's final low note had the judges out of their chairs.
Really enjoyed the reaction and commentary. Looking forward to more Home Free reactions. About Home Free’s bass, Tim Foust, he actually started as a tenor and he’s found that by continuing to work on keeping his tenor range he’s been able to extend his bass range as well.
Tim Foust (Home Free's bass) has a 5 octave range - "Snow Globe" which he wrote, really shows it off. Home Free also has an outstanding version of "When A Man Loves A Woman" and the video "Mayday (Live") is amazing. Loved your reaction to the two basses. The beatboxer is Adam Rupp - he and his brother Chris (in the black cowboy hat) founded the band.
This is a reaction almost a year after this was posted so I'm sure you know by now that Home Free has five tenors and at least two basses. They are a deeply talented group. Thanks for the informative review.
You should check the bass battles with Avi, Tim, and Geoff. Tim is amazing! Also look under Home Free's site and watch Adam Rupp's "drum solo" and see what he can do. Adam has won several beatbox championships. Tim Foust is the bass for Home Free try listening to "Diamond Dreams" and "Moonshine" for samples of their original stuff. Also Avi's "Change on The Rise" is amazing!
Ken you said you always marvel at people can do nontraditional things with their voices; then checkout Home Free's Man of Constant Sorrow and be prepared to be blown away.
Thank you for reacting to Home Free! 🎶😁🎵 This group has gotten me through the pandemic. You have barely scratched the surface of what these guys are capable of. There is so much more and you will never walk away not being uplifted. They love what they do and the energy delivered is well received❗️Loved your reaction & exclamations. 😁
Love the response, they are my favourite group and great guys, see them every time they come to Canada near me. Better in person. All sounds are made with the human voice. You should check out mayday now, the incredible bass you heard at the end, Tim Foust shows his range a little :). Subscribed.
I think I read somewhere that Adam Rupp is a three times World Champion beat boxer? So, yes, his performance is amazing and, I feel, always underrated.
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