Vocal Coach reacts to Geoff Castellucci singing Take Me Home, Country Roads 

Geoff is actually from Virginia. That is where his pronunciation of some words come into play. His family moved to Florida when he was a kid. I think the Song he did called ( Shenandoah ) was part of his roots. Please do a reaction video of Geoff's version of Shenandoah. It is so smooth & beautiful.

He has my vote. Most beautiful man iv ever seen in my life and he made me like a John Denver song. Geoff's voice is amazing!!

I agree with you, he is a beautiful man. Plus he has not only an amazing voice and gift of talent, but a kind of ease and relaxed demeanor; a friendly, sincere vibe that actually reminds me of John Denver. Who, I think, would love this cover if he were alive to hear it.

His vocal range is truly out of this world. Hes incredible 😳

Four times the beauty , four times the fun ! And then he opens his mouth and sings and pure vocal ecstasy hits you. What a package!!!!

Anything Geoff sings just fills me with Joy, whether it be this song, or Bear Necessities, it sounds amazinh

Geoff is the GOAT! He has a gorgeous voice and is gorgeous. Period. ❤

Geoff and VoicePlay Oogie Boogie song. Listen to how high and how low he can go. I fell in love with his voice when I hear him sing 16 Tons. Took me back to when I was a young girl.

That last chorus, though................................. Geoff singing (five voices!!!) with the instruments and a totally badass rythm, is the best single-verse cover I think I've ever heard..... Pure amazing, and just woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow... Also a great video, and great explanations to some of the "nerd"-stuff, thanks for another great video...

Love his version of Sixteen Tons.

If you haven’t already seen it, Geoff’s cover of Blackbird is phenomenal or anything Voiceplay (his acapella group) would be great to see reactions to 😊👍🏻

I always remark how nimble Geoff is with his vocals. He just bounces around the octaves at will like a ping pong ball! I have been clamoring for Tim Foust, Avi Kaplan, and Geoff Castellucci to do a collaboration. They have similar ranges, but different techniques and textures to their tones. I can't even imagine how viral that video would go! I really like the way you break things down to explain them. I never went further than high school choir and karaoke singer, but you made it make sense in layman's terms. Thank you! ❤

Oogie Boogie and 16 Tons! You will be floored!

You should check out his cover of Sixteen Tons. By far my favorite. His choices with the arrangement and... um.. interesting instruments are flat epic.

Without any musical knowledge, all I do is enjoy the music. And I do enjoy every Geoff performance! Goosebumps, smiles and tears, all at the same time! To get a better feel of his highs & lows, listen to The Beatles' Blackbird, it's awesome! Also Sixteen tons is amazing! My favorite Geoff's solo! With VoicePlay (the acapella group Geoff is part of), Queen in 5 min and Daddy Sang Bass are great! Well, you can't go wrong with VoicePlay! The Oogie Boogie Song (from The Nightmare Before Christmas) is spectacular! I love your enthusiasm, and the way you explain things! Thank you!

You are so much fun to watch! I learned some new things, too, which was fantastic. Thank you!

Thank you for the subharmonic explanation that finally makes sense to me. Every other time I've heard it explained (even by Geoff himself!), they've talked about how they've achieved it by using either a clearing or growling technique. And people saying that the person is actually 'not singing the note you're hearing' just baffled me. But hearing it explained as bringing in a second set of folds that is going to change how the sound produced by the primary folds is perceived finally makes sense to me. Though, of course, it also accentuates the fact that it is one heck of a technique to learn, much less perfect as Mr. Castellucci does in order to be able to do it consistently and in a 'live' situations no less!

Welcome to the world of Geoff. would love for you to react to his versions of 16 Tons & Blackbirds by the beetles. he is just amazing

You will love his 'Blackbird'. Yes, the Beatles one. Multiple Geoffs, multiple octaves. Stunning.

There's other comments about it so you already know, but Geoff has a really wide chest range and those parts where he dips down to a C#2 on the "country roads" bit are still in chest. I have no idea how, but everything in this song was chest (including the G#1s) and falsetto except the lowest note here (F#1) on the big climax which is done with a subharmonic. Geoff is really a master at those and uses them a lot, but he likes to keep it in chest as much as he can. I'd recommend the Sixteen Tons cover from him. In that song, everything is chest.

I’m sure someone else mentioned but only the F#1 is a subharmonic. He just adds a lot of power and resonance to his lower chest notes, you can hear the same tone in his speaking voice. It’s hard for non bass singers to understand the placement of these notes and I’m not exactly a musical genius so I couldn’t really explain it but I’ll say just sing a low note for you in your chest voice and add as much volume as possible and you’ll be able to get a somewhat similar tone

16 tonnes is amazing and all done is his chest voice no subharmonics the man has a crazy range! I also love high & dry it really shows off his higher range. Also anything by Voiceplay with Geoff 💗

I have to agree, he is beautiful in every way. :)

Geoff has a unique way of resonance he picked up from not being a natural bass. Essentially, when he hit puberty his voice didn't drop like those of Avi Kaplan and Tim Foust, but now, through constantly, but very gently, stretching his vocal chords since at least 1997(when VoicePlay started), he can go lower than both of them(with chest voice). Most people, if they don't try to use a vocal fry, like you did in imitating his C2, they might open their throats (I don't know the anatomical terminology behind that) to make it sound a bit more resonant. That's what Geoff does, but he does it lower than most people, making it sound a little rumbly, hence the G1s sounding throaty. If you see his group VoicePlay's cover "Superstition", he hits an F#1 in the same style, but in their collaboration with Kurt Hugo Schneider, in their Twenty One Pilots mashup, he doesn't do that, making it sound more breathy. His subharmonics are easy to pick out as they sound nothing like his chest voice.

Geoff in 16 tons and Voiceplay in My Mother Told Me are amazing!

Yes!! 16 Tons! You’ll enjoy that! Or Voiceplay’s My Mother Told Me and the Little Mermaid Medley 🧜‍♀️

I love your energy so much, thanks for putting this together and helping artists find their voices! The world needs music now more than ever!

At that point when you were taking about subharmonics, Geoff was still in his chest voice. Only the F#1 on belong was subharmonic. Everything else Chest

My ex-wife is deaf, and has worn hearing aides since she was about six years old. She can hear lower registers better than higher ones, and has been a John Denver fan all her life. When I shared this with her, she said, “Where did that BASS come from. He such a skinny dude! Nice! Thanks."

If you haven’t done Home Free man of constant sorrow, that’s another awesome group and Tim F ...wow...low low low! He’s right there with Geoff and Avi.

Good reaction. Thanks for the technical explanations.

“Cat” 😂😂

It's amazing what Geoff is able to do; he's obviously worked very hard on perfecting technique. The last few yrs have really shown the work. His low(s) is so good, shaking actually. A definitely different arrangement from John Denver's original but not bad at all. On that "note" --- be sure to check Home Free's take on "Country Roads" ... it differs from the original as well --- but I have come to admire and appreciate it ....... and that is sayin' something. I am West Virginia where John Denver's version is basically the undisputed State Song!

Nothing is impossible with four Geoffs!

So Geoff has a number of great “multi-Geoff” videos - Blackbird, 16 Tons, and even Headless Horseman. He is also the Bass for Voice Play a capella group. Hear Geoff in the Oogie Boogie Song and My Mother Told Me. Also I recommend Queen in 5 Minutes and Can’t Help Falling in Love

His cover of High and Dry from Radiohead and Blackbird from The Beatles also highlight his full range.

I like listening to your reactions. I agree with the recommendations of what to listen to of Geoff. I would also check out his Headless Horseman cover. Funny and fun!

Geoff is a master of the subharmonics - his low sub is B0 that he can sustain 14 sec in singing. See it in VoicePlay's Valhalla Calling. His lowest note is A0 (very fast growl), F1 full chest, B4 starts the mix, Bb5 is his top falsetto. I grew up around there and it looks like countryside outside Orlando.

Really cool reaction. I like your analysis! If you like Geoff, I have a suggestion for you. Voiceplay’s “My Mother Told Me” has him singing bass, of course, and he’ll rattle your sternum with the notes he hits.

That first roads, that you thought was subharmonic, was just chest voice. Geoff has just that low of a voice, that his chest notes sound like subharmonic, but it wasn't quite subharmonics THIS TIME, later in the song, as you saw, he does ;)

Thank you so much for explaining sub-harmonics. I am a bass, and while I had voice lessons in college, we never got onto that topic during my lessons. While I can get into the sub-harmonic range, Geoff has an even greater range, which I completely appreciate and enjoy listening to. I just never understood how it was done, so again, thank you for that. Keep it up. I look forward to more reviews and analyses from you.

Great video! And a great explanation of the subharmonics! Keep up the work :)

You have to watch his version of "16 Tons". Blows your mind... Or watch "HomeFree" another acapella band...

Please react to Voice Plays version of Tennessee Whiskey. The riffs they do are amazing. The riffs at the end with all of them together in perfect harmony & they were all in sync with one another is out of this world fantastic. So hard to do as a group.

I really enjoyed your content! I subbed so looking forward to seeing more from you! Support from a South African singer🌍

Love me some Geoff! Home Free does a version of this song too. I would love to see you react to that one.

" ... and also to find some opportunity to growl ..." :) exactly what I was going for!

Subharmonic singing is not done by using false folds. It's done by making the vocal folds vibrate differently from each other. Geoff has some videos about this on his YT channel, should check it out :)

Hiya, Phil. First, I hope I spelled your name as you spell it. Secondly, I'm with you about Geoff's gorgeousness. LOL! His voice astounds me, too. I enjoyed watching your reaction so much.

You should definitely react to the videos on his channel where he talks about how he sings really low (if you haven't seen them already, of course)

You explained subharmonics on a note in his normal range. He is just that good.

What a fantastic reaction vid. Definitely subscribed. I appreciate the music nerd kind of analysis so I'm looking forward to more!

The way he says Virginia is actually pretty common in the south. I wouldn't really consider it a stylistic choice as much as it is probably just how he pronounces the word. Now, he does exaggerate it a tad, not gonna lie. I'm from Texas, and I pronounce Virginia Vir-gin-yuh. Also, great video. You've earned a sub from me.

off to 16 tons and the headless horseman with you! Jeff kicks the crap out of them.

Oogie boogie by voice play and also 16 tons. Both amazing cover that you need to see

Yet another awesome singer. Great choice!

You really need to watch Voiceplay Oogie Boogie Song. Does a good job of showing Geoff's vocal range.

You have to try David Phelps too. He recently made a cover for "I have nothing" from Whitney Houston. It's one of the best covers in my opinion. Also, there's a video with him singing entitled "The most resonant notes" that can be an interesting teaching material full of examples. If you'll try, you won't regret it :)

Geoff Castellucci and The HU Band collaboration has to happen

Best reaction!!! 👍👍👍Thanks for make me laughing! 🤣

Incredible, singer myself, nice to see another Geoff spelled correctly lol

you should check out his sixteen tons cover, he’s confirmed none of it is subharmonic

Geoff only used a subharmonic at the end. His harmonic content in his voice is so strong and rich, even his low chest voice (he's good to F1 in chest) sounds nearly like a subharmonic. But if you listen, you can hear the low note is the principle frequency; this is the key to denoting which type of note it is. With a subharmonic, you will still hear the primary an octave higher as slightly stronger, but the subharmonic will be there with it. With Geoff, the opposite is true on his chest voice: the primary will be stronger and you may hear the 2nd or 3rd harmonic pop out as slightly weaker. I have ran his voice through a spectrum analyzer and he has some of the most amazing harmonic content I have ever seen. I am not only a singer but also an audio engineer, so I am fascinated with all things musical.

OMg please watch Geoff's version of "sixteen tons" It's AWESOME!

“Come on!” “…AGGGGGGGGGGHHH!!!!!”😂

yes, he hit it and yes, he sustained it

When watching Geoff perform, keep an eye on his hands. When they go low, he's about to blow out your subwoofer.

It's almost a crime to have hair, voice and build like him! We girls are like oooh yum!! ( he is married!)

Geoff just released a new song that is like ALLL bass

Another instance where you should listen to Peter Hollens' solo version of this song. I don't get the video, but the sound...well, it is very difficult to believe that it is a capella. Peter knocks it out of the park.

4:40 he's chesting that Db2.

If you haven't seen this check out his version of 16 Tons

Please check out his newest video of Misty Mountains. He just keeps getting better and better!

Check out Voiceplay's Carry on Wayward Son, Bang, Superstition, and SOOOOO many others...

Can I ask you to take a look at Jahmene Douglas who sang Etta James' At Last on BGT. I know many reatcors don't watch talent shows but he was outstanding and has recorded many beautiful tracks since. I want to see him being promoted more as he really deserves it.

Geoff don't need subs to sing in the 2nd octave, his chest voice goes to g1 and it's so juicy when he does it !

Reiterating what a lot of people were saying about most stuff being chest rather than subharmonic but the resonance of chest notes I’ve found changes when you get really low. For example for me my voice switches at about G2 and again at C#2, I’ve found that it gets much rounder and fuller though I see it mostly in bass’s. Hope this helps

You need to react to his cover of 16tons.

okay not sure if you do songs out of season but you should hear his version of The Headless Horseman. Or even 16 tons, you wil flip for that one. That and his group Voiceplays Oogie Boogie Song from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Actually Voiceplay has covered several songs from The Nightmare Before Christmas and they are all fantastic.

you need to listen to misty mountain by peter hollens and tim foust and ring of fire by home free. geoff actually said that tim taught him how to get into the subharmonics.

I never knew how to mix is it like singing through your nose or no? And how do you sing in mix voice

Misty Mountains with Peter Hollens ft Tim Foust. Now subharmonics

Just out of curiosity, what’s the score hanging on the wall behind you? I have music framed as art in my home as well, but I’m always curious what others have!

4:40 that's not subharmonics lol. I can sing the note he's reaching in pure chest and his voice is like a minor third lower than mine, his subs go way into the first (and recently the 0th) octave

I'm 14 and I like to think I sing pretty deep until I heard Geoff and now I sound like a seagulls

Just out of curiosity you ever checked out Angelina Jordan she has covers and originals and right now she's only 15 years old and has been singing since she was seven

Hey! Could you next time react to the Lonesome Road by Tim Storms it is amazing, thanks 🌟

Try "pisces" by Jinjer if you want to see extreme false cord singing..........

I don’t think that Geoff used subharmonics the first time you mention it. He just has a ridiculously low chest voice

No disrespect to Geoff who is great but Home Free's version of this song is brilliant.

If you like this song (and indeed it's great!) take a look (and esp. listen :) to Geoff's "16 Tons" ... ... SPOILERS! ... ... Multiple Geoffs in wifebeaters with pickaxes and shovels ;)

or voiceplay's daddy sang bass

Sorry , I am to late ...with the Information to Geoff CASTELLUCCI (on HomeFree Video) ;-)

do your ears a favor and check out voice plays "oogie boogy song'., also I recommend avi kaplan's 'change on the rise: or 'otherside'

When he said country road that was not subharmonics that's was chest

geoff is the new fabio....

You need to react to peter barber

That first note you said was subharmonic wasn't actually subharmonic for Geoff. All the rest were tho

Actually I dont even think it's a subharmonic note at 04:41 XD

no he is really a baritone by normal by has a really deeper voice.