Geoff Castelucci - Sixteen Tons (bass singer VOICEPLAY) FIRST REACTION! (HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?!)
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- Hi Everyone!
Today we're reacting to Geoff Castelucci with the song "Sixteen Tons".
Geoff is de BASS SINGER of VOICEPLAY, an a cappella group (which I haven't done a reaction to yet either, but I definitely will in the future!).
This name was requested by someone in the comment section before, but I actually accidentally stumbled upon his channel without knowing who he was.
On my youtube feed, a video appeared on how to sing very low. During the video, he mentioned his name, which rang a bell with me. Then he mentioned he's the bass singer of Voiceplay, which has been suggested multiple times before as well. After that, he even mentioned the bass singer of the a cappella group Home Free, Tim Faust.
I was so impressed by that video that I knew right away I wanted to check out more of him.
I hope you guys enjoy our reaction as much as we enjoyed this video!
PS: Check out the funny moments at the end of the video. ;p
Original video Geoff Castelucci - Sixteen Tons:
• SIXTEEN TONS | Low Bas...
Original song Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons:
• Merle Travis - Sixteen...
Version from Tennessee Ernee Ford - Sixteen Tons:
• Tennessee Ernie Ford -...
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He said in an interview to The Charismatic Voice that this whole song was in his natural voice, no growl, no subharmonics.
His usual technique is subharmonics, but that's all his natural range.
I saw the first part of that interview already, have to still watch it till the end. Thx for the info!
Idk. I would bet some money that he definitely used subharmonics.
@@sammathews9499 he said he didn't in this song. You can look for the interview.
He does use multiple registers here. You can definitely here the vocal fry register in certain places, and I'm pretty sure some of the high parts get into the falsetto register as well. Use of multiple registers is a technique that a lot of professional singers kind of take for granted, but regular people are often not aware of it, and it extends the vocal range significantly.
he’s using chest voice
The only thing better than watching and listening to Geoff is watching/listening to Geoff X4.
Geoff does do some beatbox, typically when Layne is doing something else. So he has the capacity. He has described his role in VoicePlay as "singing the bass guitar". But in VoicePlay, all of the guys do everything. Eli, (pronounced el ee) is a tenor, but if Geoff is singing lead Eli sometimes fills in on bass. Layne Stein is beatbox (his description: plays drums) but has a gorgeous baritone voice as well. Geoff and Layne do most of the arrangements and videos, and sometimes Eli arranges too. Eli recently did the backdrops for "My Mother Told Me." These guys are massively talented. Geoff's range is 5 octaves.
To me, the primary distinction between the three groups is this: Pentatonix sings traditional a cappella, Home Free sings mostly country, and VoicePlay does everything. They break a lot of rules, they like to have fun and insert humor and costuming into their performances. And their harmonies, no matter who is arranging, are heart-stoppingly beautiful. To see VoicePlay being both massively silly and incredibly musical, check their cover of The Nightmare Before Christmas' song, "Oogie Boogie Man." Geoff sings lead. For something a bit more serious, check "My Mother Told Me" or "Warriors." For more of Geoff's top range, "Blackbird". To see Geoff's latest, with most of the harmonies in the basement, "The Misty Mountain."
Thx for all the info, Aurora! Very interesting! I will for sure react to more of Geoff and from Voiceplay as well!
Also thx for the suggestions! ;)
You can really see his range in The Oogie Boogie Song, The Little Mermaid, My mother told me, Queen in 5 minutes and You're a mean one Mr.Grinch with VoicePlay, in his own you can check out Misty Mountains, Country Roads, High and Dry or The Headless Horsemen
Misty Mountains Cold by Peter Hollens and Tim Foust and Far over the Misty Mountains Cold by Geoff Castellucci. Both are great for different reasons. 👍😀
Blackbird is a great showcase of Geoff's range as well
Oogie Boogie is a testament to Geoffe's range.
You left out blackbird. I love that 1
In other words...he's simply fantastic in everything!🤭👍
When a fresh listener to Geoff or VoicePlay calls some note in the middle of the song incredibly low, you can bet almost every seasoned fan pulls out 🍿 muttering "He ain't heard nothing yet". Geoff loves to do a real bass drop at the end if the song allows it.
Haha I can imagine that tatewakinew! Hyped to learn more of his music!😛
I always remember one reactor starting 16 tons and she said "since this is a bass cover, I am using a bass booster so we can hear it better"... Obviously her first time hearing him, but I couldn't help but laugh. Although I was kind of sorry for it because it had no idea what she had signed it up for.
@@leechowning2712 haha it is definitely not necessary to raise the bass when you listen to Geoff, especially if you listen with headphones🤪
@@leechowning2712 could you please tell me the name of her channel? I’d love to see that! Poor girl must’ve gotten quite the shock.
Geoff did a D5 to D1 drop in the Voiceplay Little Mermaid Medley where he was Ursula.
Actually it was to a D2 technically. The D1 was a layered subharmonic.
I'd probably do some of those other songs in future videos :) So many requests though haha, thx! :p
As others have already said, he’s said that this song is all in chest. For examples of extended subharmonic tones, listen/react to his “Far over the misty mountains cold” and VoicePlay’s “My mother told me” or “The oogie boogie song” (from the film The Nightmare before Christmas). But everything from him and VoicePlay is great!
Thx for the Suggestions, Veronica! :D indeed they did! :p
@YBPlaysMusic if you reacted like this to 16 tons, you'll need a seatbelt for Oogie Boogie's song.
VoicePlays "Oogie Boogie Song" really shows Geoff's range...I think someone said 5 octaves?
Yep. The last two oggie boogie mans showed from his high range to the subwoofer range.
It's not just range. When you check out more of him you will often get hit with Geoff's skill of skipping 2 octaves rather casually. Something all vocal teachers are taken aback because so hard to do. Dimash another popular singer who does it, but that guy is universally seen as unreal.
The world of acappela groups is quite a small world. They all know each other. Blackbird gives you an even better idea, Country Roads also. And High and Dry. He does a bit of beatbox but that role is taken in VoicePlay by Layne Stein. Usually. The member are all very versatile. I think the tool being hit is a lump hammer of some sort. If it's just low you want, check out his Misty Mountains Cold. As to the last note I think it was still a chest voice, but no doubt another fan will tell you. They're good at that. :) Geoff as a dwarf, hahaha. Love it.
4 Geoff's instead of the 7 dwarves haha :p Thx for the suggestions Christine!
Geoff stated that Sixteen Tons is sung ONLY in chest voice. No subharmonics this time.
@@YBPlaysMusic 13 Dwarves! 7 is for Snow White
Well, we were talking about snow white and the 7 dwarfs :p
I've indeed read that in other comments, that is so surprising because it really did sound that way :p
in Geoff's solo work on his own channel, he usually uses a little light instrumentation behind his singing. bass, violin, drums, piano... he doesn't do pure acapella in his solo work.
if you really want to get an idea of his range though, blackbird is the song you need. he uses all 5 octaves in this song :)
Wow 😳😳
This reaction of you two is nothing but priceless! Every time he goes too low your reaction Yuri is 😂😂😂❤️
Haha, probably some screenshots of my face at certain points are pretty funny haha
@@YBPlaysMusic A lot of them! Yuri = Meme! 😂❤️❤️
he did a great cover of the Beatles "blackbird" as for a range high to low you might enjoy Voiceplays "oggie Boogie song" (from nightmare before Christmas) i think this song shows a great showing of what he can do range wise
Thx Craig for the suggestions! I will definitely check some of those out in a future video!
He hits an E1 in each of those songs. For Voiceplay, besides "Oogie Boogie Song," "The Little Mermaid Medley" and "You're a Mean One Mr Grinch" will give you a good idea of their theatrical mode.
Geoff likes showing off by inserting a crazy run from head voice to deep chest (and in this song going upwards again also). ^^
Voiceplay's
Oogie Boogie's Song
demonstrates Geoff's incredible range and versatility.
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Thx for the suggestion! :D
Geoff does it all, along with the rest of the group. He is the bass, with range to the tenor range. He does do some beatboxing, although Layne does most in the Voice Play videos. He and Layne also trade off most of their arrangements, with Eli (pronounced L.E.) jumping in from time to time. Layne does most of the editing. Layne and Eli do a lot of the lighting. Some of the work takes place at PattyCake Productions, the company that Layne co-owns with Tony Wakim, an earlier member of the group. Geoff's wife Kathy does most of the camera work and occasionally, the makeup. You can't go wrong with anything these guys do!
Voiceplay is amazing!!! I recommend My Mother Told Me
There are so many songs you need to listen to from Geoff and from Voiceplay! Carry on Wayward Son, ...Misty Mountains Cold, Oogie Boogie Song, Bang, etc...
All the songs suggested below are great. I will add a few more from his group Voiceplay: Little Mermaid Medley, Queen in 5 Minutes, Carry on my Wayward Son and My Mother Told Me.
Geoff has some good instructional videos on how to find & expand your natural singing range. Not that it ever did me any good. I never tried. But I did watch a few & they are good. I don't think this is his best video but that may be my bias against country music. I mean obviously he is good in it. I'm sure many will make suggestions for you to react to Voice Play. I think his best is 'Oogie Boogie's Song' to show off his range (at least 5 octaves). It is from the movie Nightmare Before Christmas. Some people get confused by the song if they don't know the context. But just listen to him sing & the extreme character voices the rest of Voice Play uses. 3:25 I think I have heard Geoff helping the beatboxer (Layne) a few times.
I really enjoy watching your reaction videos! I think you would REALLY enjoy Voiceplay's video of "My Mother Told Me". I look forward to seeing more of your reaction videos.
You guys should react to his cover of far over the misty mountains shows his range pretty well
His version of High and Dry is crazy.. also Oogie Boogie and The Little Mermaid Medley are crazy ranges as well.
Anything VoicePlay and Geoff Castellucci. 5-octave range.
As I am sure many will say, react to Voiceplay singing the "Oogie Boogie Song". Geoff is freaking amazing in that. Also his solo version of "Blackbird" is awesome.
If you like this, I think you’d enjoy his cover of The Headless Horseman
Now all the covers By: Geoff.
He is AMAZING!!!.
Geoff use more chest and subharmonic register
The growls occasionally
On his solowork he uses plug-ins for other instruments, here a standup bass. He has a 5 octave range.
From him himself, the vocals were all in Chest.
Since voices are not pegs that line up perfectly by category voice types such as bass through baritone are a spectrum. True bass from the past had a default speaking range deep in the 1st octave. They are the basso profundo vocalists that had no need to demonstrate overall range both because there was no demand for it and they anatomically couldn't.
Avi Kaplan, Geoff Castellucci, Tim Foust all have speaking voices in the 2nd octave. With techniques both old and new they can hit the notes the basso profundo can hit and extend their range 4-5 octaves because they aren't limited by suspension bridge thick cords.
Like a spectrum they are not bass they are not baritone they fall somewhere in that spectrum and their mastery of vocal technique combined with appropriate anatomy makes them stand out as incredible bass vocalists with crazy ranges.
Geoff is amazing! Love listening to him. I'd recommend either High and Dry (Radiohead cover) or Blackbird by him - they're fantastic.
He is absolutely great
Mio Dio!!! questa non è semplice musica,ma è l'arte della musica,un incrocio di voci veramente superlativo, qualsiasi aggettivo userei lo troverei veramente riduttivo,posso dirti solo grazie grazie grazie per avermi dato la possibilità di ascoltarla qualcosa che va aldilà della musica.Hello from Italy.🎼💯🎼🇮🇹
You're welcome, Maria! It indeed is extraordinary! I'm getting to know new music and artist by doing these videos, and I hope that I get other people to know new music as well, so happy you got to know this one! ;)
On to Voice Play you go. :)
Blackbird; oogie boogie and headless horseman are great examples of his 5 octave range😍 And My Mother Told Me….incredible and you’re welcome😘
It's the Castelluci Quads... Geoff really should introduce us to his brothers.
We have started calling it the Geoffett.
An original by Merle Travis in 1947.. ( Folk ) Tennessee Ernie Ford made it a number one country song hit in 1955.. I still have the original 78 Vinyl album ( Folk Songs Of The Hills ) by Merle Travis, featuring this song. Was my dads favorite.
What's better than Geoff Castelucci? Multiple Geoff Casteluccis 😊❤
Listen to Voiceplay's Death of a Bachelor to hear Geoff beatbox. This song wasn't performed by the whole group, just Geoff (the bass) and Earl (then the high tenor) multi-tracked.
Thx for the suggestion Geoffrey!
Bass*
Yay!!! I can't believe I missed this when you posted it. I love Geoff Castelucci ❤. It might have been me asking for Geoff 😊
Haha, awesome! Well, you did see it eventually so it’s fine haha😜👌
@@YBPlaysMusic I highly recommend his version of Blackbird. It's absolutely beautiful.
I loved your reaction btw ❤
Do some more coverage of VoicePlay (Geoff too). I really like your commentary and there are some amazing covers from both VP and Geoff. Generally I think he uses subharmonics over growls. Recently Geoff has done Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers) and yesterday dropped an old Elvis Presley tune called Way Down. VoicePlay has done Aerosmith's Dream On (aka Warriors II - if you havn't seen it, it's worth the time) and Enemy (Imagine Dragons) with AleXa an American/half S. Korean KPop singer (just won best American Song) living in S. Korea. She got hold of VoicePlay and wanted to do something with them. They settled on Enemy, she sent in her video and audio from Korea and Eli and Layne did the arranging and fitting of AleXa's video with theirs. Cool to see and sounds great.
3:28 pretty this F#1 bass drop is just him humming
Fun fact, Geoff and Layne (current and the last two original members of voiceplay) was originally the beat boxer in their original acapella group and Layne (current beat boxer) was the tenor lol
Don't know if you're familiar with the song but it was made famous by a country singer named "Tennessee" Ernie Ford. Ernie is from Bristol, TN - which about an hour away from where I live. Ernie had his own TV variety show in the late 50s/early 60s. I remember watching the show when I was little. (Yes, I'm old.) Ernie had a deep voice, but not quite as deep as Geoff. It's a coal mining song, referring to 16 tons of coal. The area where I live is coal mining country.
Hey! Love your reactions. Be great to hear (and see your reactions) to Geoff singing Bluebird and House of the Rising Sun.
He was interviewed and said that this is all chest/full voice, no head voice or sub harmonics
I think when he was saying chest/full voice he was talking specifically about the low notes - some of those upper harmonies definitely included some head voice, or at least mix.
@@maeco7 his words were that the entire song was chest voice, which he gets much higher using his head voice in "High and Dry" so I think I believe him
Welcome home, dude 😂😂😂
Here are my favorites by Pentatonix:
Carol of the Bells (Christmas) (14 November 2012)
The Wizard of Ahhhs by Todrick Hall ft. Pentatonix (16 July 2013)
Daft Punk Medley (4 November 2013 Grammy winner)
Mary, Did You Know? (Christmas) (11 November 2014)
Hallelujah (Christmas) (21 October 2016)
Bohemian Rhapsody (7 April 2017)
Matt replaces Avi as bass
Havana (23 February 2018)
The Sound of Silence (15 February 2019)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (23 August 2019)
Blinding Lights (1 July 2020)
Dreams (22 July 2020)
Amazing Grace (5 November 2020)
also.. Home Free produces some GREAT a cappella covers such as..
Ring of Fire featuring Avi Kaplan (25 July 2014)
How Great Thou Art (28 October 2016)
Mayday (17 November 2017)
Helplessly Hoping (27 April 2018)
Man of Constant Sorrow (28 September 2018)
Go Rest High On That Mountain (3 April 2020)
Folsom Prison Blues (25 September 2020)
American Pie featuring Don McLean (3 February 2021)
When a Man Loves a Woman (12 February 2021)
listen to Mayday LAST you'll understand why later ;p
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Also.. check out another a cappella group called Voiceplay. My favorite of theirs is
Oogie Boogie's Song.
Also, their bass singer Geoff Castellucci has produced some great ones including
The Headless Horseman
Sixteen Tons and
Blackbird
Thanks
..
Geoff has at least a 5 octave range.
Watch Voiceplay's version of Daddy sings bass...it will be a great introduction to his group.😊✌
Well, Mr Buttervoice has you, too, under his spell now! 🤣
Haha Mr Buttervoice, that's a pretty fitting name :p
@@YBPlaysMusic 😛 haha it is, isn't it?
Oogie Boogie's song will make you blow your top with his full register from B4 to E1!
Geoff does help out with beatboxing when Layne can use another layer. I have seen Layne play a violin in Warriors while beatboxing. Geoff's range for 2022 is B0 (in Halo theme) to A5. He's got an incredible voice.
Thanks for your reaction. You should listen to Geoff sing “High and Dry”. It is just him (one of him) moving through most of his 5 octave range. This was fun
Welcome to yet another tunnel of the acapella rabbit hole.
There are the big 3 American bass singers. Geoff Castelluci, Tim Foust and Avi Kaplan. Also a couple of others - Elliott Robinson etc. It is a very rare voice type. All the basses also backup beatboxing as part of the rythmn section. The other band members also lend some support.
Here are a couple of demonstrations by Kevin and Avi of Pentatonix of how it works.
Sing Strong Festival 2012
ruclips.net/video/xnbwR9sIOPI/видео.html
Spaulding Sessions
ruclips.net/video/at18d7Q0Pzw/видео.html
Great review! Yes, Geoff's music really puts a smile on your face 😁. Could you review his new cover of Monster Mash? It's just in time for Halloween 🎃!
His cover of blackbird shows incredible range, and voiceplays cover of Oogie boogie song is fantastic
Oogie Boogie song ..and Blackbird ... you wont regret it!
*Takes out popcorn* You ain't seen nothing yet! 🤣
Es muy muy bueno
I need to take a closer look at the tools, but some of the hand tools used for mining by hand would be a shovel, pick axe, hammer (both sledgehammer and a smaller metal creasing hammer), wedges, and possibly a pan.
Geoff's range from 2021 and Halo by VoicePlay from B0 to A5in another of his songs..
He does a great cover of the Beatle's song Blackbird in which he sings five part harmony. Also for Oct check out his cover of Monster Mash.
Please react to Geoff doing "Headless Horseman". It's very theatrical, fun and low bass.
Thx for the suggestion Bob! :D
I highly recommend his version of over misty mountains. He goes extremely low. It’s his news video.
Thx for the suggestion whatsup! perhaps for a future video :D
Geoff just dropped a new song. House of the Rising Sun.
Hi SeaHag! Yeah, I saw! But I haven’t watched it yet, as I want to do a reaction to it😉
He does have a five octave range
You definitely have to check out his newest one
You gotta watch his latest video
Others have said great songs to listen to but a great one to hear is the headless horseman
Thx for the suggestion Tim! Hard to choose probably between all these songs :p
@@YBPlaysMusic trust me. You want a low note it’s this or misty mountain. 😉
Voiceplays Oogie Boogie Song has to be one of the best displays of Geoffs vocal range from amazing belts to beasty sub harmonics. Well worth a reaction!
I think that will be one of the next ones I react to including Geoff! :D
Please do a reaction video of Geoff Castellucci's version of Big John. This is his newest song.
If you want to hear Geoff's range and Voice Play try The Little Mermaid or the Oogie Boogie Song. Fabulous!
Also,you should watch Jeff cover Over the Misty Mountain..., and Blackbird. Both show his incredible vocal range.😊also,on the subject of Vocal groups...give Do You hear what I Hear by Home Free a watch,and PTX Show you how to Love video its an original. Also PTX Imagine cover is beyond beautiful!!😊enjoy!!im sure you'll love these videos as much as I do....oh ya...PTX Dance of the Sugar Plum Faries also!!
Do please react to Voiceplay! You'll like them, I think
Well Robin, I indeed think I will like them :p
For a better sample of his spoken voice and more incredible low notes you have to watch The Headless Horseman.
Please check high and dry, far over the misty mountain cold also covered by Geoff Castellucci
We loved this video and are also Voiceplay stans (literally how we started our band haha) ! We're an all guy a cappella group, we'd love to know what you think of either of our current music videos!!
Check out more of his videos - Far over the Misty Mountains Cold, Headless Horseman, and Blackbird are all great.
Just a little thing to point out: Geoff also reads Poems (The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe ruclips.net/video/p4t280b12G4/видео.html ), Childrens-Stories (The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen ruclips.net/video/lscKhYqviDw/видео.html ).
Also anything Voiceplay is basically a must for anyone who likes Bass Singers.
Tim Foust and Peter Hollens - Misty Mountain is also great (the ending destroyed my Subwoofer ...)
Thx for the suggestions Rawwbot! Haha I can imagine your Subwoofer going nuts on those low tones! :p
Super LG
React to "Oogie Boogie Song" from the "Night before Christmas" shows Geoff's total range .... Really WOUW!!
Thx for the suggestion vincent! I got good news for you, we recorded that one already and will be up next Sunday! ;)
You should definitely look at the voiceplay RUclips page, also, wiki the history of this song. It's very interesting.
Hi Brandi! Well, meanwhile, I’ve posted our reaction to the Oogie boogie’s song from voiceplay, so perhaps you can check that one out as well.😉 And indeed, I saw there are a couple of covers from this song, including Johny Cash and the version in a movie ft George Clooney.
If you want to hear more of Geoff's amazing bass, check out his rendition of the Oogie Boogie Song. 😊 Or any VoicePlay performance really.
~08:20 "Like: How much more manly can a voice get?" --> I guess you should take Tim Storms - "Lonesome Road" for reference . . . .
Geoff can beatbox but in voiceplay Layne Stein is the beatboxer he is also sensational
Geoff does beatbox too. On blackbird you REALLY get his range
I can imagine he’d have a crazy good bass drum sound😜
@@YBPlaysMusic hey that's not SNARE 😂 see what I did there 😉
Check out Voiceplay: Oogie Boogie Song, Warriors, Panic at the disco in 3 minutes, You're the mean one Mr Grinch, My mother told me and the little mermaid medley :)
If you want to get his entire range watch the video "Oogie Boogie Song' from the Nightmare before Christmas.
you want a good octave drop and show of range blackbird which is Geoff Alone or Oogie Boogie Song by Voiceplay
- you have to watch oogie boogie!!
He borrowed the tools from his dad!
Solitary Wolf?
Hey Geoff virgins voice play oogy boogy he leads on it and you will loose your mind both hi and low and ultra low and my mother told me is a cool song Geoff alone headless horseman you will freak
Check out the Oogie Boogie Song!!!
do blackbird ,then you realy hear his voice range
Geoff does do some beatbox with voiceplay
But this here isn't an a cappella
The third tool is a pick not an axe
Yeah his cover of misty mountains cold will blow ur mind, in this music tho he only used chest voice,... Yeah take that in, only chest, no subharmonics (which btw wht u did isnt subharmomics is fry), no growl or fry.
that was chest fry