Vocal Coach Reacts To VOICEPLAY "Oogie Boogie Song" | Analysis & Demo 

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Oh he does this bottom note live, he actually demonstrates exactly this final descent in one of his podcasty videos on his personal YT channel here where he discusses subharmonics.

If you want to check out Geoff in all his glory, here's a few suggestion: Sixteen Tons, Headless Horseman, Black Bird, and Country Roads. Just to name a few. There are so many to choose from.

She had no idea how absolutely correct she was when she said " I bet his range is at least 4 octaves!" and that "She wasn't ready for him to do his stuff!" None of us were! This is amazingly normal for Geoff. Also, Scottish Santa had me wheezing with laughter. I wanna petition to switch to that accent. Great review

I love that you predicted he has a wide range and you were still shocked by it. Also really liking the detailed breakdowns you do.

What's crazy is that he can pull this off live too. All of them can. They're crazy talented! They've been getting better and better lately, too. They regularly blow my mind!

Geoff Castellucci doing all the Geoff things. The last note Geoff hit in the song is an E1. You need to go to his channel and hear his low bass covers. Where he clones himself and sings all the parts. Fun fact. Sandy Claws is Geoff's brother-in-law. Also, check out their Disney medleys. Welcome to the VoicePlay/Geoff Castellucci rabbit hole.

This woman gives excellent delivery to a scene and keeps me engaged. I dig it.

Literally NO ONE ELSE has ever picked up on the vocal backing to the "I'm going to do my stuff" line. I love your reactions in an almost (but not quite) disturbing way.

He name is Geoff Castellucci. He has about a 5 octave range. You need to investigate his solo (that is a quartet or quintet all by himself, layering all the lead and the harmonies) work! He has awesome talent! You will be amazed!

Voice play is one of my favorite’s. Would highly recommend Hoist the colors,We don’t talk about Bruno, Dream on, and their latest, Enemy. If you like musical theater they also cover a few like Wicked and The greatest showman. I have never heard anything by voice play that wasn’t worth a listen.

WOW! You nailed Geoff's range before even hearing him! Very impressive - great reaction!

I find myself returning here every once in a while just to watch your reaction to his final lowerestest note. It's priceless.

I have heard Voiceplay do this song live and Geoff, the bass, hits that E1 subharmonic with the same authority. His chest voice extends down to F#1, his subharmonic register to B0, and his upper range to A5.

Goeff's solo stuff is incredible too. Check out Blackbird, Country Road & 16 Tons in that order.

Sweetie Pie, you had me in stitches. Your grins and grimaces and squeals and little screams and gasps and your whole delighted beaming face just made me smile from ear to ear. And, of course, there's your spot-on analysis. But your animation ... oh my. Glad I'm subscribed. Oh, yes!

You won a subscriber. One of the most charismatic reaction artists I’ve seen!

"Hoist the colors" and "we dont talk about Bruno" are a must!

Geoff has several RU-vid videos out explaining and demonstrating his use of subharmonics. Recommend you check them out.

Geoff Castellucci is a vocal wonder, one of a kind that there will NEVER be another of. The talent he displays with that magical voice of his. . .the words haven't even been invented yet to describe it.

Geoff is freaking amazing! You should do more reactions to him Btw loved your personality, you’re really sweet 🥺

Can't wait for you to get into reacting to more VoicePlay and to Geoff's solo work! Their cover of The Dragonborn Comes has some especially exciting and creative arrangement. (Geoff does most of their arrangements.) And for Geoff's solo work, it's not his most technically impressive but Blackbird is just beautiful.

Every day I search for new reactions to Voiceplay, and it's especially fun to find someone who has never seen them or heard them before. Your reaction was terrific! I enjoy your enthusiastic giggles as well as your detailed analysis. Although this piece is a favorite, it is not the best way to get the full effect. Obviously, it was arranged to showcase Geoff Castellucci, the bass, because of the nature of the song. Voiceplay usually gives all of their members a chance to "solo" in each production. Geoff and the beatboxer, Layne Steine do almost all of the arrangements. They produce one each month, taking turns. Whichever of them does the arrangement also does the production, set, direction, plans the costume and makeup. They have outside camera and makeup artists when necessary, depending on the complexity of the production. Two of the men here are no longer with Voiceplay. The bearded tenor left for personal reasons in 2020, and the black baritone left last year to join and sing with the US Navy. They currently have 4 permanent members. Eli (pronounced ellie) Jacobson, the bald tenor and Cesar de la Rosa, baritone/tenor joined last year. They use featured artists to fill out the production. Next watch Hoist the Colours, from Pirates of the Caribbean 3, it has been blowing the minds of reactors for months. Trust me.

Whenever I need a boost, I watch this vid. Your zany appreciation of this is so satisfying! Freakin' Love You! Continue on!

First reaction I've seen you do and have to say I am not disappointed. I'll definitely be looking at more. And yes. VOICEPLAY have a lot of fun songs. They are also very creative. They are kind of like the theater kids of the A Cappella world.

You're such an AMAZING communicator. I really love you videos. You're concise, you get to the point, and you even demonstrate your points showing that you don't just know theory, but also practise. And all comes in a very understandable package. You fantastic and I hope to see you on the top of the vocal coach reaction-tube at some point.

Please keep the Voiceplay reactions coming! I DEFINITELLY LOVE your analysis and enjoy your reactions, so organic and honest 💖. Every one of the Voiceplay covers will give you sometjing to comment on or analyse profusely!

Well, dear FVM, I just watched your reaction to this cover of VoicePlay for about the 20th time. The enjoyment that I get seems to be cumulative, so I guess I'd better ration myself lest I explode. Back to the main point, watching TFVM's reaction to this has become more important to me than what she's reacting to. Some sort of metaphoric inversion, I guess. Thank you more than you'll ever know.

That reaction to the end actually made me so happy. I love seeing people finding voiceplay for the first time. Geoff has a way of drawing people in. What I need to point out is Geoff does that ending decent live with no issues! Looking forward to you watching some of the newer stuff (their growth over that last year alone has been insane)

You are just a treasure! Beautiful, funny, expressive beyond the normal, smart and vocally just bloody wonderful... oh Fairy Voice Mother, I love you 😀

This was BRILLIANT!!!! Loved your reaction!!! Please, do more VoicePlay!!??? 😁🙏 These guys are killing it at vocal perfection!

So glad Geoff was able to shake your world as he has done many of us! His cover of "Ain't No Sunshine" is really good as well... well, all of his covers are! Please do more! Lol.

They also do a great job on "Moana" and "The little Mermaid". Geoff (the fellow with all the range) does a lot of songs which he layers extensively so he does a four-five part harmony all on his own.

I can’t tell you the level of joy you give me when you respond to music. You truly must enjoy life. Thank you for making me belly laugh!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

I had a sneaking suspicion your a capella train would make this particular stop, Lolli! Thank you for such a delightful (and delighted) reaction to a fun, dynamic vocal group.

Welcome to a world where you now know the magic that is voiceplay. Enjoy.

I visited first for the pentatonix reaction, which I have watched multiple times because I am amazed at your audio discernment, I watched this and was pleased to see even more of it. So many are simple "ooh, that was nice" whilst yours reference anatomy and vocal techniques. Please keep doing these reactions, I would like to see your response to the Pentaonix "Daft Punk" medley - it is amazing what they did recording in their home for less than $400 USD. They received a Grammy for it! Any way - thanks for your reactions!

Going the extra mile is absolutely what Voiceplay is all about. Definitely check out more of their stuff. Everything they have done in the last year is on a whole new level of amazing.

"but WHATEVER happened, and HOWEVER it happened, it STILL happened!" well said. Can't wait for more reacts from you.

"What the **FAIRY** was that??" never gets old, LoL; it makes me crack up every time I watch your reaction, which I do quite often as it's a hoot. I have a niece about to start a degree in music, so I sent her this and she loved it. Her mother is a graduate of a prestigious Conservatorium as a pianist, and has worked with many classical singers; she also laughed a lot while appreciating your technical knowledge and explanation. Great stuff.

Girl you've just opened up the FLOODGATES for amazing a cappella music. There's so much to see and react to! I personally think you're in my top 3 reaction channels and you JUST started!

You are gonna FREAK OUT when you listen to hoist the colors by them and Geoffs misty mountains cold

First off, thanks for polishing my glasses at the beginning. Secondly, your expression in the thumbnail is my favorite; Geoff's talent is scary. If interested in more from both Voice Play and/or Geoff, I would recommend their "Little Mermaid Medley" and his cover of "Sixteen Tons". Thanks again for the information and entertainment. Still the best on YT. Love you Lolli.

Oh gods I adore watching people react to Geoff for the first time. It's aaaaalmost as satisfying as listening to the man sing. 😁 YOu definitely have to try out some of Geoff's other songs, as well as Voiceplay's cover of Enemy. Sooo good :D

I really cant get enough of how passionate your reactions are about vocals are

I guess you should know that Geoff does this song live! Yes all of it!

Your reaction was one of the most honest, non-self-conscious reactions I’ve seen. I think I’ve watched just about every reaction video to this, and I actually learned a few new things from you. You are only the second reactor who caught that little descending harmonic riff, and the other reactor had listened to it several times before but was choosing not to react but to analyze. So he was not watching (and being distracted by) the video and that’s how he caught it. So very well done. You have a slightly different approach than some of the others and it made a lot more sense to me as a person without musical training. So thank you for that! Your absolute delight was a delight to all of us who love VoicePlay. They are incredible and this is an old video. They’ve gotten better. You might want to check Geoff’s personal channel. He has a few tutorials on how to sing in subharmonics and how to sing very low. He considers himself a baritone, and actually wanted to be a tenor and tried his best while he was younger. His voice has deepened with age (as he constantly laments). So now it’s more of a baritone bass speaking voice. Plus he uses that voice all the time. His wife remarks that she always knows exactly where he is because he is constantly singing. I wish he would do some readings that weren’t quite so spooky. But he does some readings of Edgar Allan Poe and the Jabberwocky and has an incredible voice. He could read the phonebook and I would listen to it. You might also want to check out David Larson. That is who Geoff credits with teaching him subharmonics. Recently I went to his (David’s )channel and found about a 30 minute course on subharmonics. No musical training here but most of it made sense to me and I found it fascinating. I had to look for it but I found a copy of them doing Oogie boogie live a few years ago. The quality is not great because it was taken from my cell phone but here it is. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_HwUxb-DDw4.html&feature=share Fun fact. The man playing Santa Claus is Jeff’s brother-in-law, but it was voiced by Eli (pronounced Ellie) who was the man in red with the Rasal Nesonance. 😉 In their Little Mermaid medley (which is one of my favorites) Geoff is cast as Ursula the sea witch (The beat boxer arranged that one and got to choose who did ehich parts, LOL). I don’t have musical training but it has been reported that he went from a D4 to a D1 in one word. You might want to check it out. As others will, I’m subscribing in hopes that you’ll cover more VoicePlay and also Geoff’s personal channel. I do enjoy the other groups but these guys look like they have so much fun. They are short one member and have been using featured artists a great deal in the last two years. They’ve also done that in the past when they were in transition. So you will see some people that they don’t usually sing with and they’re always listed at the featured artist. If you watch the cover of “Just Sing@, be sure to put the captions on. That will tell you the names of the the many collaborators that they were able to contact for this production.

Oh my, she earned my like on the Santa with scottish accent 😂😂😂

Welcome to Voiceplay and Geoff Castellucci (he’s the bass). These are some wonderful rabbit holes. Oogie Boogie is kind of the gateway drug for a lot of people-there’s so much more they can do. I highly recommend If I Were a Rich Man/Girl, My Mother Told Me, Hoist the Colours, and their most recent release, Enemy. They often have featured guests, so you’ll get to hear a lot of pretty fantastic singers along with this group, and you’ll also see a few personnel changes that happened over the past couple years. Anyway, I’d love it if you’d do more with these guys. Given how much you love Dimash, I think you’ll really appreciate all these guys, though I would NOT compare them. Dimash is a very different kind of singer and honestly, he’s not human, so it wouldn’t be fair. But every member of Voiceplay is extraordinary. On Geoff’s solo channel, definitely check out 16 Tons and his latest, Ain’t No Sunshine, though there’s some pretty wonderful bassy awesomeness no matter what you pick. He also does narration, so there are several readings from POE and other writers that are terrific. It’d be interesting if you’d also think about how their overall work has changed since Oogie Boogie. A lot of us have been noticing that they’re really upping their game, and have been since quarantine. I’d almost bet that when the shutdown was happening these guys sat down and realized it might be awhile before they could tour again, and made a decision to really invest in every aspect of making videos. Check out the credits in the description as you go along as well. There’s a lot going on behind the scenes, and a lot of skill to be seen there as well. Happy hunting! Thanks again for doing this. More, please!

Voiceplay is known as the "Theater Kids" for a reason :-) They go full blast everything they do. Geoff has his own channel where he performs but also discussed how he sings as low as he does. The group are master arrangers and there are so many little details in their songs that it takes quite a few times to see it all. Love them. Watch their last 2 or 3 songs and you be amazed at how far they have grown in a short time. Great review.

I love Voiceplay's mix and post recording editing because it really enhances their performance in great ways. In addition to that though, I have seen live recordings of them performing similarly EPIC things live so while they do have post production editing they also are all amazingly skilled at what they do. Thanks for your reaction and analysis of what the singers are doing. I love Voiceplay and other acapella groups so please stay on this train of yours

NOW THIS IS WHAT I CALL A REACTION!!! I smiled through the whole video Welcome to the acapella family abbit hole very excited to watch your journey through it :)

I love the range of emotions you went through in the last part Geoff is singing. XD very excited - impressed - just shocked (reconsidering all the choices you made in life)

I swear every video I learn more and more terms explained in a way that actually clicks (and forgive the pun, but resonates) with me. Voiceplay's cover of We Don't Talk About Bruno is a favorite of mine and I'd love your analysis!

Eli is a huge voice as well, and Lane is beatboxer extraordinaire

Look, Lolli… my dear Fairy Voice Mother… I’ve watched this at least a dozen times and I’m worn out from laughing and crying during your reaction. It’s time for you to do more of Geoff’s solo videos and VoicePlay’s more recent videos. Please? Pretty please? Humor an old man, will you?

That was a great reaction! Voiceplay is so under rated... I love when a larger platform finds them and is as amazed as I am!. This song was a while ago...they just keep getting better with every video! As some have probably already mentioned... Geoff Castelluci the base/lead singer in this one has his own channel where he talks about subharmonics and there are videos of them doing this song live... so even with the studio magic on the last note... even live it is amazing! Anything you pick from VoicePlay or Geoff's solo channel will give you new things to be amazed by each time!

I love your reactions! I'm a HUGE VoicePlay fan. A lot of their videos are full musical theater (including costumes ad sets) with amazing arrangements. Some of the ones that stand out are: Wicked Medley, We Don't Talk About Bruno, If I Were a Rich Man/Girl (from Fiddler on the Roof), My Mother Told me, The Little Mermaid - MEDLEY, MOANA MEDLEY

Your faces spoke more than your words. You're such fun to watch. And so informative. And so talented! You're the absolute bloody best!

Don't worry, that 5 is safe here. Last I saw he is just a bit past 5 octaves, able to hit a C0 in a couple cases (although he says it does take him stretching) all the way up to a G5 in some songs. Welcome to the DEEP rabbit hole that is Voiceplay. Since we are coming into Christmas season, and I know will be a bit before you could get to it, check his personal channel for God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Hope you have as much fun as we have listening to him.

I look specifically for reactions to this song as it was an instant favorite when I heard it. I've seen a lot of holy crap moments..... Yours is the absolute best so far. I love that you're so animated. Good friggin job. Your editing is top notch as well

Check out their cover of "We don't talk about Bruno" and Geoff's cover of "Ain't No Sunshine" among so many others! Your reaction was hilarious!! Glad you enjoyed it so much!!

Welcome to the world of Voiceplay and Geoff Castellucci's insane 5 octave range. He does a lot of solo stuff too.... Misty Mountains would be a good one to start with, or 16 tonnes. Would love to see your reaction to Voiceplays 'Hoist the Colours' or 'My Mother told me' too....

10:26 OK, you just won the internet! I watch this portion every day to get my day started. Your reaction is priceless!! I would very much like to see the portions you cut out during editing. I am sure they are just as perfect.

she's extremely knowledgeable. Its amazing to hear someone talk about it with so much enthusiasm and detail.

I loved that you mentioned the syncopation. Geoff gets all the attention, but doing syncopation with 3 people like these guys do at this level is so difficult it HAS to be noted. There are so many little details, please listen to this a few times to pick them out.

I would absolutely love to see you react tp more voice play and more Geoff Castaluchi.

I love watching people react to this song especially people with musical knowledge

Oh my god I can't wait for you to explore how much more insane Geoff's voice had gotten since this video

Geoff ( Jeff ) Castellucci is my favourite basso profondo and he always surprise us with his very low tones next one try "The Dragon born comes and "My mother told me" and "Hoist the colors" . Stay safe

Welcome to the Voice Play and Geoff rabbit hole. Geoff's solo work is incredible. Voice Play just released Enemy by imagine dragons and with out giving too much away, you might find it interesting.

Your editing is hilarious. The solid analysis is just icing on the cake.

i always love watching ladies react to Geoff's range... this band is bloody amazing!! and I am so glad you found your way. ♥

They performed this live, and he did it their as well. Anyway Voiceplay are amazing and anything they do blows me away. They are awesome!!!

Loved the reaction. If you’re like the rest of us you will fall into the VoicePlay wormhole. Through the comments I never saw mention of who is who here. Many mentioned Geoff (Jeff) Castelucci singing lead/bass here. The bald guy is Eli (pronounced Ellie). Vocal percussion is Layne. The other two, Earl (bearded guy) and J. None are no longer with Voiceplay. J. None has done some guest appearances since leaving.

Please do more Voiceplay, there is so much incredible stuff on their channel! I really enjoyed your analysis of their cover and would love to see you analyze more of their stuff!

You have definitely become my favorite reaction channel. Your reactions are unfiltered and genuine, but you also throw in plenty of analysis and demonstration. Plus, you're naturally funny. Thank you, and I hope you react to more Geoff Castellucci.

I was excited to see this reaction! Voice Play is amazing. Geoff is a beast with a crazy range. He and Tim Foust are very similar. They can both go super low but can also sing in a tenor range without strain or having to leverage their head voice. Your analysis, as usual, was just so outstanding. You are so knowledgeable and I learn something new every time I watch you. And you crack me up. :-) Which is great! Your demonstration/explanation of twang vs. nasal resonance was very cool and informative. As far as Voice Play, I would recommend their QUEEN A Cappella Medley or their Tennessee Whiskey. The video someone mentioned where Geoff talks about how he does the subharmonics is very interesting as well and it sounds like right up your alley. I wish you all the success and happiness with your channel and otherwise, as you so richly deserve, fellow nerd. We approach our channels/reactions in a similar way. I talk about how music can light the world and lift us and bring us together. My patrons often call me Dad as well. Although, you are in a league of your own and way more knowledgeable than I am. God bless you, Lolli.

I have been waiting so long for you to discover Geoff Castellucci. I love all the other groups as well but Geoff is a must to delve into. The headless horseman, 16 tons, the monster mash, big john, ain't no sunshine, the bare necessities...and do not discount the ones with Voiceplay as well. This is probably my favorite reaction of yours, keep up the good work!

Love this reaction, entertaining and technical.

You are brilliant! I never get tired of watching you and laughing at you’re quirky sense of humour. You’re the best, FVM. ❤️

What an amazing and informative reaction :) I loved it to bits and yes, my personal reaction was much the same as yours at the end. It is crazy. Geoff is just insane. I would highly recommend one of his older covers - Geoff Castelluci - Blackbird. To this day it gives me chills and I still find it incredibly beautiful. I think you will enjoy it as well!

Welcome to voiceplay. Everything they do is incredible.

Ok I really hope you do more Voiceplay, you are super entertaining and actually quite educational, you explained things in ways that made so much sense, great job doll 👍🏻😃

Damn... I really enjoy watching your reactions to these a cappella groups. Not only are they a lot of fun, but they're also informative and instructional. Keep up the great work!!!

Always love your very detailed, informative and natural enthusiastic emotive reaction. Out of the many vocal coaches/teachers that I have seen react to this particular video, you are the first to notice and talk about Eli's harmonic minor riff descending down. Great catch as everyone tends to get caught up in Geoff and completely miss it.

I was soooooo freaking eager to watch this one!!! I have heard that song a thousand times (and the ending, twice as many times), but I really needed to "share" it with you! So glad you listened to IT... Geoff is a great singer and his solo stuff will also blow your mind if you give it a try. My fellow fairy voice brothers have pointed many good songs (and arrangements) from him so I just will limit my contribution to: anything you hear from him will be EXTRAORDINARY!!! Thank you a lot... And I mean, A LOT!!!

Love that you've started down the 3 acapella groups - VoicePlay is my personal fav, but I love Home Free too. New sub!

There's a spot about halfway through, where the others are doing their character voices, where Geoff pulls off this _absolutely insane_ subharmonic arpeggio in the background. No one ever notices, but it's a dead giveaway to what is coming at the end.

Well , once again you have outdone yourself. Excellent breakdown of the style and techniques, spot on. However your reaction was an absolute delight to watch. All of Geoff's work should be on your next reaction schedule. You won't be disappointed. Cheers.

I would LOVE to see you dive more into both Voiceplay and Geoff's solo stuff. All of it is amazing!

Kudos to you on your analysis of this piece. You increased my enjoyment and understanding of the vocal gymnastics exponentially

A totally awesome reaction, I was able to join you in the fun you were having ! (thank you) Geoff Castellucci is an amazing vocalist - perhaps even a 'freak of nature'. He and Voiceplay have a large body of work, and Geoff does solo work too ! I'll watch whatever you react to from them ! I suggest you react to / compare Castellucci's "Misty Mountains Cold" and the same title by Peter Hollens featuring Tim Foust. I think you will find both most enjoyable !

What a great analysis! I love the way you break down both the song and the voices- and lemme tell you, you will love VoicePlay for that sort of thing. Many of the members have backgrounds working for Disney as performers (the group is based in Orlando, Florida), and as a result character voices are easily within their comfort zones (as you heard in this song, but this trait shows up again in their other Nightmare Before Christmas videos and in quite a few of their Disney medleys. But they can sing more traditionally as well, in a variety of genres, and nail them all. As a group, they have complete creative control over their projects, with Layne Stein (vocal percussion) and Geoff Castellucci (bass, and whatever else he wants to be) taking turns creating the vocal arrangements. The arranger is also responsible for filming and editing the video, and Eli Jacobson (first name rhymes with 'jelly', he's the bald tenor) does the lighting work. As you go along, don't be surprised when you start seeing faces you don't recognize; VoicePlay's lineup has seen some changes since 2020, when high tenor Earl Elkins Jr. (very nasal high tenor in this vid) left for personal reasons. J. None, the black baritone in this video also left the group in 2021 to join the Navy, and has been replaced by Cesar De La Rosa. Earl's spot hasn't been permanently filled, and VoicePlay has a steady stream of featured guest vocalists to round out their number. Oh, and Geoff's range? It's a good 5 octaves, with his lowest recorded note being an astounding B0 in VoicePlay's cover of the Halo Theme. Like everyone else, I'll also encourage you to see what he can do on his solo channel. He's a one-man quartet, and it's absolutely incredible to experience.

I very much enjoyed this. You should for sure keep digging into voiceplay. They have so many fun songs.

I really love watching someone encounter Voiceplay and Geoff for the first time. Subscribed.

I love the way you edit your videos-the way the music possesses you and how your so genuine in your reactions! Aaaaand I love the fairy in you!

I was actually pretty surprised when you knew what subharmonics was. Not that many people know about it so you are well informed. Also, Geoff is literally my favorite singer of all time. you should check out some more of his stuff and I promise you, you will not regret it

I was waiting for your reaction to VoicePlay. Permission granted! Delightful and informative as always! Now that you have witnessed Geoff Castelluci and VoicePlay, what will be your next stop on the a cappella train? I can't wait.

I really love your analysis , you are a vocal surgeon , your knowledge of vocals is so impressive I love it