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I had not picked up on the swinging rhythm as "an audio picture of a bell." Very nice. The bells will be echoing in my head for quite a while.

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Another great reaction. (Yeah, I'm giong through your backlog right now ^^) Did you know that VoicePlay just released another Warframe cover, officially sponsored by the people behind the game? (Apparently they were as impressed as we fans were.) The guys are channelling the 90's boyband style of in-game world-famous group "On-Lyne", getting ready to perform THE show of the millennium on New Year's Eve of 1999. And although VoicePlay always have had a flair for the creepy and ominous, I'm sure nothing will go wrong this time. Right?

Thank you for the enjoyable and entertaining reaction! I love that you clearly had a blast, and I'm happy that you're motivated to keep practicing. You also brought up some observations I haven't seen anyone else make yet. The audio interpretation of a bell swinging back and forth? So clever! - And I absolutely wouldn't put it past Geoff to have exactly that in mind when arranging. While his stunning voice captivated me initially, by now I'm just as amazed by Geoff's skills as an arranger. That combination of thoughtfulness in intent and depth of understanding of what makes the original great, coupled with his unique style and creative daring is a rare delight. (Layne Stein from VoicePlay is an equally gifted and masterful arranger in his own right, and they complement each other so well. EDIT: Also full credit where due to Eli. I haven't seen enough of his arrangements to get a clear picture of his style, but he surely is a creative force to be reckoned with as well.) I can only imagine how much skill and hard work it takes to be able to do what Geoff does and make it sound - and look - so effortless. Powerful *and* graceful.

This such an epic version of this carol. Like you've never heard it before. His lowest in this one is D1 so still has a few piano keys to work towards.

Geoff always does great arrangements, but this went to a whole new level. I had never imagined this approach to a carol - ominous, kind of threatening even - and he pulls it off brilliantly. This could be on the soundtrack of a war movie set at Christmas time. Someone please make that movie, lol.

The last singer on the right is Daryl!😂

Loved your reaction. I’m from PA and spending Christmas with my family. Voice Play is the best. They never disappoint me.

Their names are: Darry, Jeoph, Geoff, Goff, and Jeff. Jeff’s my favorite ❤️

Just so you know, Geoff & Voice play do not worry about copyright on their videos

😂😂 Carol of the hells is quite the Freudian slip. That said, this song definitely sounds like a battle anthem.

There have been many great comments about this cover, but one of my faves goes something along the lines of: a piano listened to this and the left hand keys asked “what note is THAT?😂😂😂😂

Thunder of the Bells! The really deep notes that Geoff hits while he's doing the chorus with the camera shakes are G1, Eb1, F1, D1 - all subharmonics. Apparently his lowest full chest note in this is a G1, which isn't anything new for Geoff - he's been able to hit that note for quite a while. Speaking of notes "only elephants can hear" - there IS a vocalist who can hit those notes, apparently. Tim Storms has the record for the lowest notes/tones produced by a human voice - about an octave and a half below a piano keyboard, well into infrasound range. The tones are so low that the basically nobody would be able to hear anything at all, and you'd need special mics to be able to pick those up - regular audio mics wouldn't even come close to having the dynamic range to hear them.

So much fun!

What a MASTERPIECE!!!!!! Besides his voice, that arrangement!!!! Hells bells indeed! I had the same feelings . . . about thirty times now!!!!

Yet another Christmas song I really didn't care for. Geoff's arrangement has me loving it. The other is one he arranged a couple years ago God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen went straight to my Christmas playlist. This one also made it.

Geoff arrangements and video productions are wonderful

Beautiful... 🔔

Carol of the Hells. 😂😂😂 Well, he is down in the depths ...... 😂😂

haha, fun fact you may not know, there already is a bass singer who sings in the negative octaves. his name is Tim Storms and he holds the Guinness World Record for both the "lowest note produced by a human" and the "widest vocal range". his lowest produced sound is in the -7th octave, that's negative 7 octaves, at 0.189 Hz. which ofc can't be heard by humans, so it doesn't work for music 😅😅 if you go lower than what Geoff currently does, it stops being music and just becomes a frequency, so it just wouldnt sound good in a song 😄

wow, I'd completely missed the rhythmic swaying of the bell in the audio - great point, thanks.

I've been looking forward to your reaction to this and you didn't disappoint me! I have listened to this song countless times since he dropped it on Patreon. It is now my favorite of Geoff's arrangements. I'm not sure if you're aware that this song originated in the Ukraine. Geoff gives a bit of the history of the song in his video description. The national colors of the Ukraine are yellow & blue and next time you watch this notice Geoff is wearing those colors and there are subtle tones of them in the background & lighting. Also, to me, the album art looks very much like bells in a war zone. I don't know if this is Geoff & Kathy's nod of support to the Ukraine or just a nod to the heritage of the song but either way I think it's wonderful that they did this. As of my writing this, Geoff's channel is showing 635K views for this and it came out only 9 days ago. Extremely impressive for any video but especially a "Christmas" specific song and boy does he deserve those views for this masterpiece. Oh, and BTW, I loved your squirrel comment at the beginning. That has become a running joke between my hubby & myself when it comes to me gaming and always going off on side quests, LOL! Happy Holidays to you & your family.

Who woke the DRAGON? Smaug ate the bells and spit out this CHRISTMAS FIRE!! Dang this is awesome! What a performance and arrangement. Props to Geoff......

Are you having a stroke? You seem so flustered and at a loss for words at the beginning in creating... a...simple...sentence.

Blew it out the park!!!😊😊😊

Thanks for this reaction to Geoff's epic Christmas release. I have run out of superlatives! A five octave vocal range is a powerful thing. The thing about Geoff's range is that he has three of his five octaves in full chest voice. I enjoy the way Geoff arranges music nearly as much as his vocals. Judging by his album art, the Geoffquakes did some damage! The community aspect of sharing the love for VoicePlay's and Geoff's solo music is something wonderful. Living in a time where so much positive energy is at our fingertips through the internet is a blessing.

This song is EPIC and it brought out the conductor in many reactors 😅❤ Geoff's covers are always so well arranged, his voice is superbe (like always), but the instrumentals in this one were really next level 🤩 The "middle Geoff" had a way to stare down the camera, like he was right before going into battle... I felt a little scared and intimidated 😮 I'm not much into all the normal cheesy Christmas songs, but this one... good Lord... I'm listening to it on repeat since it dropped (literally 😂) last Friday 👍🏻 Thank you for your reaction 🫶🏻

Love this! You were right, Rob was front and center, Tim has some gray in his hair and Chance had the knit cap on. Adam Rupp is the beatboxer and Adam Bastien is the new guy with dark hair and a little gray on the sides. He is the high tenor so he will sing higher than anyone in a video. This was filmed in Utah so those were Aspen trees and not birch although I love birch trees too. Home Free has so many good Christmas songs. Try Angels We Have Heard on High, O HolyNight, Mary Did You Know. They have lots of funny ones too. Just so you know, there have been 2 personnel changes Chris Rupp (Adam Rupp’s brother) was in HF (usually wears a ball cap or cowboy hat)and is shown in videos from 2013-2016 and left to go on his own and Chance took his place. Then Austin Brown (redhead and high tenor) was in HF from 2013-2024. Austin left to go on his own just 6 months ago. They are all talented men. Enjoy!!!

Good job on the names. Adam Rupp is the beatboxer. Adam Bastien is the one in the camel coat. In most cases, Adam Rupp does all the beatboxing. Adam Chance usually shares the bass with Tim or goes to baritone, although he has done beatboxing sometimes.

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Great reaction. I like it when they take a classic song and put their own twist to it. This was filmed in Utah.

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Simple explanation - this is "ear candy"!

Home Free are never flamboyant with the more sacred songs, unlike some groups/performers. They 'pray', they 'praise', but they never say, "Hey! Look at us, aren't we fantastic!". Even their first release of God Bless the USA is simply a love song to the country, and it also was shot in the perfect scenery for it, in front of Mt. Rushmore.

Louis Armstrong did this in 1952. I think Satchmo loaned J None his voice for the scatting. They got a new robot camera! I love this one as well. Merry Christmas to one and all! By the way, the US Navy has moved him from a baritone voice to a bass voice. I was born in Jacksonville FL in 1951, grew up at Cape Canaveral, college in Gainesville, then moved to the Tallahassee area after my husband's job went to China (he didn't). Currently thinking of selling off 2 10-acre parcels so I can build a 2 bedroom house and get out of the little camper. That will leave me about 57 acres to play with. Lost him to colon cancer 8 yrs ago and have recovered enough to enjoy life again.

You are correct on most of the names Rob ,Tim and Chance the other Adam’s are Adam Rupp ( beatboxer) and Adam Bastien ( bass like the fish -Teen ) Home Free are amazing at picking absolutely gorgeous locations for their videos. While they were in Austria they filmed How Great Thou Art in the Austrian Alps its stunning scenery. I love the modern take on this classic Christmas song. After 2 heart wrenching videos ( Let Me Come Home a Adam Bastien original and The Greatest Gifts Of All a Tim original they released a hilarious unhinged chaotic video Santa Clause Is Coming To Town 😂 Friday they are releasing another hilarious video Your A Mean One Mr Grinch 😂

Thank you for the reaction. All the guys (except Rob) say Rob is best/ most skilled singer. Of course, as mentioned, they all are very skilled and talented and the sum of the parts is exceptional. They released a hilarious video last Friday, and a new humorous one will be released this Friday. There are 2 Christmas originals they recently released as well (one by Bastien, one by Tim) - both emotional. Keep up the good work.

I first heard this released by Harry Connick Jr and then shortly thereafter by the Brian Setzer Orchestra. I had never heard it because it’s a little off the beaten path so did go out and look it up and found out it was a Louis Armstrong song. I thought J did a great job of channeling his inner Satchmo. This was near PattyCake Productions but their studio was full of scenery for their Villains Lair series so temporarily rented nearby space in the same mall. Layne forgot the key, so while they were all standing around waiting they did a little impromptu concert for everyone. I’m sure the shoppers were amused. This had to be constructed from the ground up so I’m glad you liked it. Michael Winslow for VoicePlay 😂😂😂

Speaking of J. and "also singing high", that last "you" goes J., Cesar, Eli, J., Cesar, Eli, Cesar, J. from low to high.

I loved seeing you laugh so much! I’m in KY, USA. I’m sure others mentioned it but this is an old Louis Armstrong song so J None was channeling him a bit 😂

I'm old enough to remember this song, but I don't. It never made it into the every Christmas playlist on the radio. This was so much fun. Thanx for reacting to it. Rural North Carolina, Christmas dinner with my daughter and kids.

Louis Armstrong sang this in 1953. At the end J None did a very good impression of him.

Thanks for this enjoyable reaction to VoicePlay's latest! Friday was a great day with both VoicePlay and Geoff solo dropping their Christmas releases. Epic! VoicePlay is so much fun! Love them! We need more happiness in this world and can depend upon VoicePlay to make us smile and laugh! Geoff's Christmas release is also epic. Judging from his album art, those Geoffquakes did some damage!

Loved your reaction thank you so much. Make sure you react to Geoff's Carol of the Bells

Ive neever seen a techno Viking before now

They did a great homage to Louis Armstrong.

Oh, they always make us smile! And why do a conventional Christmas song when you can do this 😉. ⚘️🕊

J None is currently singing bass for the Navy, so...

This was filmed with a new robotic camera that was programmed to the music. They are always upping their game. They just keep getting better. Louis Armstrong did this in the 50's, therefore the jazzy feel. Love it.

I absolutely loved your reaction to this! Frankly, I do the same thing every time I watch it with them popping here & there, LOL. Just a few things you may or may not be aware of: J sings bass in the Navy choir (I believe he is actually the lead bass and he certainly has a great mentor in Geoff). Both Layne & Geoff are amazing whistlers. Good example of Geoff is in his Ghost Riders. Also hear it in If I Were a Rich Man/Girl but I'm not sure if it's Layne or Geoff in that one. I'm jealous because I can't whistle at all 😢. This is Layne's third arrangement of this song for VoicePlay. See Huldra Draco's channel for a great peep at all three versions! They used a robotic arm to film this, a new toy they now have added to their repertoire. I'm really looking forward to your reaction to Geoff's solo Christmas offering this year - he saved his bass blasting for that!