I've seen Adam Rupp do the harmonica sound when Home Free did this song in concert. I was front row left right under the guy and it was mouth and mic, no harmonica there at all, just sounds like it, really sounds authentic. He is really good. I am always in awe when a group can make good instrumental sounds with their voices and this group does.
Bear in mind she may be doing this intentionally to focus on the rest of the group for once. Vocal coach reactions to Home Free are typically LARGELY focused on Tim and his earthquake inducing rumble.
These 5 very tall, funny, uber-talented all lead singers, songwriters, arrangers & multi-instrumentalists who love a cappella, can SING!! Amazing , live, in concert! Home Free & friends Ptx are the 2 Best Selling/Most Viewed ALL Vocal Bands in the World, w/sold-out global concerts (global UTube Reactors are goingg)..Home Free has awesome covers & amazing originals -all beautifully shot!😊
Amagine these voices echoing through mountain valleys accompanied by guitar, upright bass, fiddle (violin) and banjo. That is how it began and how it is best heard.
There are a lot of "Vocal Coach reacts" type of videos out there these days, but I truly enjoy watching yours. I absolutely love the sheer delight you take in these, the insight you bring and the obvious love you have for music. A sentiment I share. Having the ability to sing has always been one of my fondest wishes, but sadly I sound like a bull frog being squished by a car! But, thank you for helping me enjoy this art form vicariously through your videos. It's like finding a cozy, sunny spot on the inter-webs!
I love, love, love the way they wrap the whole thing up at the end. Ushering the faster beat back in, almost like bringing up the house lights in a theater when a performance is through. That's reflected in the video as well when they retrace the visual steps (past our alligator friend again) that brought us to where they were. Its really astounding just how much thought goes into every one of their videos. The more you look and listen the more layers you can pull back and appreciate.
Yo Beth, I think you'd really love reacting to Home Free's rendition of Auld Lang Syne, particularly as a Scottish person. They released it around Christmas last year and I think your perspective on blending with others and listening to your partners would make for an excellent react. I personally think it's a masterpiece of unison singing and it sends me chills every time I listen to it. Great to see this reaction, there are a lot of people who respond to this song but not a ton of people with musical perspective to offer. This video is chock-full of good advice and insight! You're definitely my favorite vocal coach on RU-vid, but with some Scottish heritage I might be biased lmao (even if I'm from the states). Thanks again for the awesome video!
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I really like how even though they're leaning into their country roots, Home Free are kind of putting a bit of a swamp blues slant on it, which is appropriate considering the Bayou setting of the music video. And I absolutely LOVE those parallel fifths from Tim and Adam Chance(? they all blend so well it could've been either Rob or Austin as well) at the end of each verse. It's so unusual because composers and arrangers usually avoid staying with that interval for too long because it doesn't always fit with the rest of the scale, and because of that, it really emphasizes the end of each verse.
If you would like to have a great video to react to for analyzing vocal harmonies, I highly suggest Home Free - Helplessly Hoping, best harmonies I have heard in a long time, maybe ever.
Seen them twice live, over the years, and they are even more unbelievable live. When Adam did his drum solo, while the others took a quick break, I thought the roof was going to cave in. I have no idea how he produced that much bass, but it was shocking. Mostly because he isn't one of the bass guys, but the sound he made was crushingly low. Yes, he is doing that with his mouth.
You know even if I didn't highly value your reviews and tips I would still watch your channel for two reasons. 1) You are a beautiful red headed woman AND I LOVE your roar!!! Its the absolute best!
Yup, more hugs for you Beth, you are awesome. Your illustrations are always on point. Music is what drives me, so thank you for appreciating music in all its forms.
I know this is an old reaction but hope you would consider doing Home Frees version of John Denver's take me home country road. They slows the song down and added soul to it. I don't think you would believe how good this song came out. Just an amazing take on this song. Love youre red hair Beth. I melt seeing that.
We've been listening to and loving this since it came out. My room mate found a dvd of O Brother Where Art Thou and it was my first time watching it. There seems to be a big debate over which version of the song is "better". Everyone can like which one they prefer, I like this one. The rich tones, and that beat boxing! Thank you. ^_^
I waited so long for another Home Free reaction! Thanks for bringing one to react to. I sure do like you're in depth analysis. That's sets you apart from the others. Another soon?
I don't know if you caught it but after Tim (the bass) sung "While he is sleeping in his grave" he went down to somewhere around a low A while everyone else was singing.
I think some of the "nature sounds" you mentioned are recreating bluegrass instruments - the "dop, dop doo" is like a string instrument (style of guitar playing rather than a banjo, though because of the "doo" part), and the "nature" sound at the end (also in the beginning) simulates a mouth harp (really, really well).
Hahaha I hear you talk about their twang in the singing I'm from Southern Missouri in the U.S. and that would be a normal talking sound for most down here. Love the reaction!
Alabama here, and the same thing. I live in a major university town and we have people here from every place on the planet, so my sound has changed a bit, but still southern.
All sounds and vocals are made with their mouth. All of them. The beginning sound and the ending sound is called a juice-harp. The fellow you see at the beginning and the end leaning up against the porch is making the juice harp sound . We play it here in the south. But yes all sounds are made by mouth. There no musical instruments in this at all.
The harmonica is all Adam's voice, and Adam Chance does the juiceharp sound. Beth, did you like that A1,Bb1, B1, and C2 progression after Tim's solo verse?
I know you said you would like to go to a place like this and it is beautiful, been places like that many times. Just make sure it's some time around winter or early spring or late fall. The summer is unbearable down here and normally winter is quite mild, but the trees are brown. On the road where they are, it's all over the south, Louisiana and Mississippi, the swamp area is most likely Louisiana south of New Orleans.
Check out their original called "Champagne taste on a Beer budget". Who makes a cameo as the dollar " yeehah " and is on the bull in the background at the end. Another cool original is called "Full of Cheer" done by them. Thank you
Beth love your work. Unless I have missed the point this is Acapella group - all the music is human voice. There are no instruments used in this song which is one of the amazing things about this performance
This whole performance is almost acapella. one of them is doing percussion beat-boxing, and the rest are emulating instruments where needed, but the harmonizing is so powerful, they don't need much. I detect what sounds like a bass guitar, but even that can be done vocally. I also heard a mouth harp at the end. Very cool version, though!
Ty. Another person who likes all 3. I don't see why people compare them. All 3 do totally different stuff for the most part and have completely different styles.
It's all them all the time. No instruments what so ever. And the Jew Harp you heard in the beginning and end were done bt Chance, the guy in the back. Great review, thank you!
Beth sadly seemed to have missed the "Foust" because she paused at the wrong moment and did not go back a bit "as I was sleeping in my grave". (05:27 - 05:32)
I absolutely love them! That's actually my profile picture from when I got to meet them a while back! I could listen to Home Free all day, any day! You should check out when they were on The Sing Off!!
I also think that you should react to Homefree covering "Elvira" with the Oakridge Boys. Not only is it a technicially impressive performance, but a couple of the Oakridge Boys have very distinct vocalizations that you would probably enjoy.
First all sounds are them, harmonica, jewharp. Born and bred in Georgia (Alabama with kin) and as beautiful as that scenery is there are two things you need to know....1. Gators are fast and don't like ppl & 2. You need be warned south in summer can be miserable....heat, humidity that two minutes in you're drenched and sqeeters (mosquitoes). Especially around swamps.
To be fair, the ending is not a sound found in nature. They are imitating an instrument called a mouth harp/jaw harp which is a staple in southern bluegrass and some country music.
It was really interesting to watch this for the first time (I have seen others react to the same song, but first for this video), so soon after watching your video about accents & singing. You only touched on it lightly here, but I was "hearing" your other comments about what shapes an accent.
This is a Blue Grass song. Blue Grass music was originally from the Appalachian mountains. Most of these people were descendants of Irish immigrants. There are still some pockets where they still speak Appalachia, which is their own form of Gaelic. Here is a link to a Blue Grass doing this song. The band is Allison Kraus and her band. She falls back on this song and mostly plays fiddle. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YBVnKYOvWcs.html
Enjoyed that!!! Confused at/near the 3min mark --- referencing PTX Scales!?! But anyway........ What HF pulls off here is amazing --- not short of, but truly amazing! Phenomenal even! Personally, no other group can do or even match what these guys do; and they pull it off like nothing.... and that is Country, along with Pop/R&B/Soul/Jazz/Blues/Reggae/Gospel/Rock --- and they mix it up. So many of their Country "Covers" are better than the originals (which were hits by the way).
Beth-- you look so familiar. Anyways, LOVE this version of Man of Constant Sorrow. Home Free is increadable. Saw them live a few months ago. They are just increadable. They are my favorite band. I discovered them earlier this year purely by accident. I cannot get enough. They are increadable. I love almost all of their stuff.
The main problem I have with modern studio recordings of a capella groups is the heavy use of auto tune. These guys are legitimately talented and sound really good live, with the little imperfections making their voices and blending feel vibrant and full of life. By contrast, their studio albums just sound robotic because they’re too perfect.
Hello. I love your hair. I guess...because it reminds me of my wife’s. Since you did a home free song.....they just did a song by John Denver. Country roads. It was not my favorite song but....but...this new version? Wow. Did I say, wow? They always catch me off guard but this one actually shocked me. It was so different A very talented group of singers. By the way he actually used his voice for the harmonica.
They couldn’t have done this song in more stereotypical country sound if they tried. I think they literally hit all he hallmarks of country music. Such a great performance though and the beatboxer is incredible at making the harmonica and twanging kind of sounds. And with how he covers his mouth for the harmonica sound you could easily assume that he actually has a harmonica in his hands, it’s that good!
Can someone explain to me why Tim’s voice sounds hollow around F2 and lower. Is it a matter of voice type and resonance or is it just a stylistic choice in this? (You can really hear it on “grave” at 5:08) I am aware that his voice is technically bass/baritone as he loses projection and full resonance after a D2 and he has a full baritone range but this is well above a D2.
Thanks for your insights. It was interesting. I have a recommendation for a future reaction - a Korean quartet called Forestella. Specifically their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody. BTW your “rawr” is super cute.
Beth, I don't really think you know this one, but could you make a video of any song of Tim Maia? He was the brazilian king of soul and lived in the very same neighborhood that I live. I'm sure you'll be amazed by his voice. My suggestion is "Um dia de domingo". Cheers from Brazil 😉
Very nice, Beth. Now how about doing Ralph Stanley's version? A man of constant dignity with the definitive version of this. Good analysis of the vocal style.
I would love Beth to listen to Cold Chisel from Australia. Jimmy Barnes vodka fueled voice is amazing from ballads to full rock yelling. Khe Sanh about the Vietnam war is an anthem.
Hope you are discovering Home Free. Everything they do is good. Several are amazing. Try these: How Great Thou Art, God Bless the USA, Everybody Walking this Land, Down to the Honkeytonk ( both very fun and has amazing, lowest bass you have ever heard). You won’t regret it.
Beth Roars, Your show is better than those of all of your competitors put together. Even though I appreciate them too, none are even close. Having sung with meticulous choral conductors, I think your comments on vocal technique are right on. Even better: your ear is reliable, your taste is great, and your conveying of the feeling in the music is a joy. In this song the group is so imaginative, yet, I still prefer the high lonesome sound of Ralph Stanley. For people who might want to look further, another folk singer of this type was Roscoe Holcomb who I heard live -- his voice sends shivers down my spine.
in the beinning you mentioned that you would like to visit this tpw of place. No you don't, no unless you enjoy being eaten alive by mosquitos, being surrounded by "nature's" most predatory animals like that alligator, poisonous snakes, and that's just the start of all the fun stuff out there! Yes, it is BEAUTIFUL. that's because man doesn't bother it for the most part. becaue they want to live another day. only people that are born and raised in that area know how to get by in that type of land. For the rest of us, one mistep can literally kill you.
Hey Beth! Long time watcher... don't know if I've ever commented. I'm a vocalist... went to school for vocal music education, I currently sing in a band... and I have a question for you that I cannot figure out.... how the hell does Adam do the harmonica sound?!?! I cannot figure it out. I am almost thinking he's using like a trumpet playing embouchure and blowing with tone???? Do you have any idea?!
when you said take it slow to get better on runs, I have to do that on Demi Lovato's Happy For You because I CANNOT get that run up when she sings "if" in the chorus. One day I'll get it, but today is not that day.
