@@Fearless13468 well if it makes you feel better I have a very deep voice and wish I could sing higher but its just not in the cards, there's always an upside my friend:)
Random person:what’s your “natural range”? Geoff: wider than yours Random person: highest note? Geoff: higher than yours Random person: lowest? Geoff:you know the answer Also “And it goes like, uhh-water”
@@drac3650 Me {G1[Eb2 (G2-C4)G4]G5} () - Comfortable range [] - true voice range (low chest to hgh head voice) {} - Full range (low growl to high falsetto)
@@DJAZfake you guys seriously need to stop bragging about your range in the youtube comments... nobody cares, are you singing because you like it or to brag in youtube comments?
@@DJAZfake I mean, you kinda did. You must have wanted a reaction, otherwise you wouldn't comment stating your range out of nowhere. Your just fooling yourself if you can't admit that. Peace
All these people are saying that there ranges are BO-A5 please tell me how. My range in barely A#1 to about G5. Even though I have a Low a it’s so quite I can barley hear it myself. Just please I need a explanation
I have a question. I try to sing subharmonic and when I do, my sister tells me, yes, there is a tune, but also she tells me I sound like an electric drill. Will that sound disappear with training or is ist just how subharmonic singing sounds like?
@@GeoffCastellucci Please translate into português(Br), the content is very good, but I can't understand most of the words.(por favor traduza para português Br, o conteúdo é muito bom mas não consigo entender a maioria das palavras.)
@@euriansoares2925 || translate.google.com || Open video options/settings in the bottom right, click Subtitles and turn them on, Now, click settings again, click subtitles, under the (English) subtitles, it should show 'translate automatically' - after which you can translate it to your own language.
San Cieslak how do I sing it? I used subharmonics to hit it. I also used ingressive phonation, which is just inhaling vocal fry basically. It’s much easier to hit using that technique
San Cieslak mine doesn’t sound as good as Geoff’s either. Geoff has been doing it for years now which is probably why it sounds better. I’ve only done it for about 6 months. One day I hope to sound as good as Geoff, only time will tell.
San Cieslak my natural chest range is about Bb1-A4. Sometimes I can go lower to an A1, but usually a Bb1 or B1. With head voice I can go higher. What’s yours?
Yes and I'm glad he's done some spoken word recordings too. Many years ago I used to fall asleep to a radio program where the guy had a soothing deep speaking voice like this. I miss it; it was called Night Sounds.
This really helps me a lot for highschool show choir! Also if possible, can you please do a specific guide on Sub-Harmonic and Voice Growl if possible, if not it's ok! Have a really Awsome day geoff!
Geoff: "I don't consider myself a bass" Also Geoff: 00:14 02:07 05:14 05:50 ruclips.net/video/B-lgRsgTkSI/видео.html The internet: "No dude, you're a bass."
@@redux1012 bass-baritones can do that as well. You have to understand that off-mic his lower notes are not nearly as loud as we think. His timbre actually fits better in that more lower baritone section that anywhere else. It’s very bright, and forward, and as someone who studies opera I can tell you that most basses are anything but.
Very important question: In the Oogie Boogie Song at 1:20, how do you do that run in the background? Is it subharmonics, altered in post, or something different altogether? I'm currently obsessing over it a lot and need help
I sang that run in 2 different octaves, so what you’re hearing is me, just doubled. There’s no craziness there, it sounds funny because it’s both octaves in parallel at the same time. Hope that helps.
Hi Geoff, I just recently found my subharmonic register. Its so cool I couldn't believe it at first, but after I saw your video and David Larson's, I actually tried it for a few days and WHOA its actually real. It goes an octave below what I was singing. So impressed and just wanted to say thanks.
@rafortnite 777 Hmm.. I kinda feel like its easier after you understands the technique, but it's difficult upon hearing it the first time. As an example, the first time I heard or even know of this technique was after I saw Voiceplay's OOGIE BOOGIE song, and yes it was Geoff's last note. I was so amazed and tried to do it before watching both the tutorial from Geoff and David Larson's. Couldn't find it within the first 2 days. So I started looking for videos that explains the technique, and stumbled upon both of their videos. I understands the technique because Geoff mentioned a horror movie that uses this technique (I believe it was the Grudge ?) and begin to start from there. Eventually I found my register and now I feel so much easier to do it again and again without any "warm-ups". And yes, I believe Geoff can still go a little bit lower than Sub E1.
Mordecai Peter yeah I’m sure Geoff can definitely go lower than an E1 with subharmonics. He said he loses resonance around a C#2, so that’s probably the lowest he can go with the subharmonic technique (C#1). But, I guess we won’t know until he officially says
@rafortnite 777 I think you should use a tuner. Because you can think you have hit the note and then realize you were wrong. My advice to you is to download a tuner and see the pitch of your growl 😉
@X rafo Also, I found out a little trick. Sleep on your back at a 45 degree angle. It helps. Also make sure your neck is straight and not bending forward. It works
Geoff, your talent is astronomical. You've got to get into doing audiobooks, I could listen to you talk about literally nothing and still be enthralled.
Oh definitely, it really shows in his obvious enjoyment of the higher passages he does in Oogie Boogie. Just head thrown back, joy of singing. Everyone goes nuts for the low notes but that high end has to be such a good feeling.
Hey Geoff, I have been bass singing for a few years. You, Tim Foust and Avi Kaplan are my idols. I love your guys's music. I am making an A Capella group for my college in the fall. I just wanted to say thank you for the things you do. Because if I hadn't heard any of you sing, I wouldn't have met the people I have and done the things I have done. Keep up the good work!!
Interesting how the world works. The guy who didn't want to sing bass originally is one of the ones who got me excited to learn to sing bass. I just started voice lessons recently in part because of watching this guy. Thanks for being a good example!
OK I THINK THAT GEOFF CASTELLUCCI SINGING QUEEN AND DOING THE OFFICE REFERENCES IS THE BEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME!!! Srsly, thank you so much. H I L A R I O U S
Oh, and these videos are just delightful, they make me laugh, smile, and almost miss my choir days! And extremely interesting as well. Thanks for doing them! **Oh,** and I have a question, albeit a rather random one...what do you think of Josh Groban? He's my favorite solo singer and I am just curious on another amazing singer's view of him.
Not only a great singer in a great group but also takes the time to make these videos for his followers and fans wanting to learn more I love what you're doing. Thank you very much!
When you said learn in instrument I was like "Hell yeah, I already do!", and then you went on about chords, notation and all that stuff. Drummers life...
What surprises me most about your voice isn't how low you can go (it is is pretty crazy though) but how high you can go. I can only get as high as about F5, maybe F sharp, and that's on a good day, yet you've got a high A all the time!
@@cheferguson1274 my lowest note that I can hit on a regular basis is F1. I did hit an E1 a few days ago with subharmonics, but I've never been able to hit the note again. And I don't use the growl technique.
Voiceplay are huge fans of Matt and think highly of him. And the best thing is that they dont mention Avi's name whenever they talk about Matt, unlike some of the others have here.
Will you ever do a single? Love love love Voiceplay but would love to hear especially Be Prepared from the Lion King! Would also love to see a Zat You Santa Claus music video!!
i'm female but trying to learn to imitate a male-ish voice without hurting myself lol i THINK i've been making use of the subharmonic range but didn't know it was called that thank you for all the advice, it was very helpful!
I hope you dont hurt yourself. I'm a male and I try to imitate males both low and high trying not to hurt myself. Some guys like Geoff are freaks of nature.
Fearless GD i’m being very careful! ^^ long breaks, lots of experimenting to try and find the most comfortable way to do it. it’s challenging but i’m taking my time :)
With nothing but immense respect, and no notable music background to speak of on my part, can I just say- you could sing me the phone book and I'd feel it in my ovaries. Goodness. This is what world peace sounds like, I'm convinced. Brilliant, brilliant talent.
Two questions. Question on subharmonics: where are you feeling the switch in your register? I’m having a hard time figuring out where and how to relax my throat the sort of way you mentioned. I’ve been looking through Larson’s channel off and on for a couple years. I had also been experimenting with a technique I had never seen anyone use before, and he finally uploaded a video about it because he couldn’t find it either. He’s calling it “ingressive phonation” or something like that. Have you done any experimenting with that? Do you have thoughts on it?
Jack Golden I’ll try to help you with the subharmonics question. You are relaxing your throat just like you would to do vocal fry. But, you have to find the “sweet spot” between chest voice and vocal fry. Not too much fry and not too much chest voice. Once you find it, it’s then about try to hold it for longer than a split second, that’s where it really gets difficult
Hit the note and try to make it a little bit flat by tightening your vocal cord but dont lower your larynx. As you tighten your cord, try to push just a lil bit of air. Thats it, hope it helps and sorry for my english.
Thanks Geoff Just became a big fan watching Ghost riders I have listened to other singers I vote your version In my mind is the best. It moves my spirit
Hey, Geoff! You (and maybe Layne, as well!) should make a video about how you make your arrangements for Voiceplay and your own tools and methods for arranging music for a capella performances! I sing with an all guys a capella group at my university and have written a few arrangements, but would love to learn from some of the best out there!
This probably sounds cheesy but "watching these helped me significantly increase my range". I've always tried frying to get higher or hide my breaks up there (I also always wanted to be a tenor) and never thought to fry to go lower. I never thought I'd be able to get into the 1's before. You explained it perfectly for my brain to wrap around it too.
You're awesome dude! Few people are blessed with the ability you have and that deep rolling thunder bass just gives the sound so much more depth and feel. I'm nothing but a frustrated church singer but folks just don't get how music works. You guys do. Happy I found y'all!
I am a Mezzo Soprano, but can sing into some Contralto range, and wish so badly I could sing lower, haha! The sound of those deep sub harmonics get me.
I have naturally a really low voice but I still am 15 years old so my voice is more “changeable” and while practicing with time I noticed that I’d do a lot of high notes like G5, G#5 and G#6 (that is what I usually hit) it gets harder to make low notes. I could hit C1 and Even lower, then I struggled to hit lower notes than G2 and, if I spend like a whole week only talking and singing with a lower register my voice “changes” again and I am able to hit lower notes again! I am starting to reach both high and low notes a lot effortlessly than before, I guess that’s because of my practice.
Your voice has to rest. It's not easy to go from frequent high to low. Good news for you though, doing it a lot can condition you and make it easier. Also if you are 15 your voice has not set yet. You might even be 16 now. I am also 16, and though I can sing some lower notes still sound inherently like a kid. Give it 2-3 more years. Once your voice sets things should be better. For both of us.
0:49 - I actually noticed that in the oogie boogie cover... The way you hit those higher notes it's conducive of a bariton-bass. But, nonetheless, your vocal range and technique is still crazy. P. S. In a similar situation as you. Feel comfortable between f2-c4, anything lower or higher I really need to focus to hit.
It took me almost a full year of daily practice to be able to sing that ending of the Oogie Boogie song... with my morning voice. It will probably take me another year to be able to sing it on command. Geoff is insane.
Have you heard of the second subharmonic register? I am pretty sure that you could reach some 0 Octave notes with that technique because you already mastered the first subharmonic register.
I stumbled across David Larson's subharmonics video about 2 years ago! I'm amazed to see that you learned the technique from him as well, and I aspire to be as practiced and refined as you someday. It's really cool seeing you behind the scenes, Geoff. Would love to make it out to a show once the Ronies go away.
Geoff is right. The term Bass refers to tessitura and resonance. As Geoff said, he losses resonance below D2/C#2, and his most comfortable notes are in the baritone range. Besides, he also said he can't project below C2 without a mic. All of this is to say that he would be musically considered a bass-baritone, or a "baritone singer with a bass range." Hopes that enlightens you a bit!
@@silasarmitage5471 Ofcourse he is more comfortable in a baritone range. Every bass is ofcourse more comfortable in the second-third octave than the first octave. If your lowest chest note was in the same octave as your most comfortable note, you wouldn't have a low voice, you would just have a small range.
Better singing is the way. I used to sing four part harmony (barbershop society) and we always sang what sounded clean and in the pitch that fits your voice instead of going for volume. We let the natural sound expansion do the work for us. We also made sure we were singing for our audience not ourselves. If that makes sense. We saved all our vocal gymnastics for rehearsals.
Geoff: "I'd never call myself a natural bass"
Also Geoff: *causes a sonic earthquake just by speaking*
Well, compared to the traditional, "true" basses like you see in gospel, he really isn't. As crazy as that is.
HE DOSENT CONSIDER HIMSELF A NATURAL BASE?! JEEZUS THE MAN COULD CAUSE A WINDOW TO BLOW OUT BY SNORING
LOL
Exactly, his talking voice is ridiculously low...
Dude his regular speaking voice measures on the Richter scale. His singing voice tho
100 on the Richter scale. This dude has an amazing voice
How to sing really low:
*Geoff starts speaking*
Me: ahh ok.
Unfortunately that's how it is when it comes to singing low...
I wish it were different seeing as how I cant sing low hardly at all.
@@Fearless13468 well if it makes you feel better I have a very deep voice and wish I could sing higher but its just not in the cards, there's always an upside my friend:)
@@hudsonpallett6184 the thing is I wish I could even sing high. E4 is the start of the painful range for me.
@@Fearless13468 where's your comfort range at?
@@hudsonpallett6184 F2-G#3
I just looked it up and Geoff turns 40 in august. This man could easily pass for 28
Tylerdactle wow, I thought he was in his early 30’s
Wtfff????
WTF? HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!!!
The long hair is magic
predappio indeed. Geoff grew his hair out to hide his grays better after all.
Geoff: lEtS fiNd mY nAtUrAl rAngE
Also Geoff: if I bought the whole piano, I’m gonna use the whole piano
i’ve got all my vocal chords, i’m gonna use all my vocal chords
@@mendis8729 He has 5 pairs who wants to bet
i was born with all the vocal cords I'm gonna use all the vocal boards
@@cerenyldz2754 That's not a bet, that's a fact!
@@SomeoneWhoHere thats the point 😭😭😭😭
Random person:what’s your “natural range”?
Geoff: wider than yours
Random person: highest note?
Geoff: higher than yours
Random person: lowest?
Geoff:you know the answer
Also “And it goes like, uhh-water”
Me, amateur baritone: E2 to G4, sounds good.
Totally not a Bass: Yeah so subharmonic E
@@drac3650 Me {G1[Eb2 (G2-C4)G4]G5}
() - Comfortable range
[] - true voice range (low chest to hgh head voice)
{} - Full range (low growl to high falsetto)
@@DJAZfake you guys seriously need to stop bragging about your range in the youtube comments... nobody cares, are you singing because you like it or to brag in youtube comments?
@@EntropyMusicOfficial Have I asked for an opinion of yours, dear?
@@DJAZfake I mean, you kinda did. You must have wanted a reaction, otherwise you wouldn't comment stating your range out of nowhere. Your just fooling yourself if you can't admit that. Peace
Geoff is a rare talent. Is a bass can be a baritone or a tenor. Love you Geoff
and soprano with that A5
Scraggs bullshit he reaches that in falsetto even most basses can do that
no, as he said, he is a baritone that can go bass and also go up to tenor range
ThePorritZ im stating that he is able to hit soprano notes
All these people are saying that there ranges are BO-A5 please tell me how. My range in barely A#1 to about G5. Even though I have a Low a it’s so quite I can barley hear it myself. Just please I need a explanation
Thanks for the shout-out Geoff!
Daviddddd, nice to see you here 👌👍 been loving your vocal technique/ subharmonic videos lately
love u david :)
If it isn't the man himself
Yo, what’s good David
I have a question. I try to sing subharmonic and when I do, my sister tells me, yes, there is a tune, but also she tells me I sound like an electric drill.
Will that sound disappear with training or is ist just how subharmonic singing sounds like?
Me: I wanna sing low!
also me: *is female*
That's a mood right there. ;)
Hey, I'm a female and I can reach a B2(I think)
@Alexandria Hauser nice!
@@Sun_shiner11 I can reach A2 :)
@@woahouuu4383 oh that's awesome! i've been doing training and i can hit a G2 if i really try!
3:30 I love how he went from Ariana Grande to James Earl Jones in 2 seconds
me, a soprano: wait what am I doing here?
I’m a really big fan of Voiceplay and Geoff and I can’t wait for more of these videos! Really educational :)
aeonnie x same
Same!!!
yep, last I knew I was a soprano and a fan. Glad I am not the only one.
same here, soprano in the house XD
Im a tenor and usually go down to baritone and never bass and i wanna learn
Geoff: “I’m not a bass”
Also Geoff: 2:07
🤣
Casper Fox it’s because of the oogie boogie larynx
@@GeoffCastellucci Please translate into português(Br), the content is very good, but I can't understand most of the words.(por favor traduza para português Br, o conteúdo é muito bom mas não consigo entender a maioria das palavras.)
@@euriansoares2925 || translate.google.com || Open video options/settings in the bottom right, click Subtitles and turn them on,
Now, click settings again, click subtitles, under the (English) subtitles, it should show 'translate automatically' - after which you can translate it to your own language.
@@euriansoares2925 Amigo, brasileiro não é uma língua. Favor pedir tradução em português kkkkk
We can't tell that you love The Office at all mate lol
J. None nice to see you here J
J None nice to see you here
Well, he's alive, so.
Nice to see you J!
"I'd never call myself a true bass." Everyone points out his low voice, but what we really need to point out is his long hair.
Love the shampoo commercial effect he gets in a lot of videos
As a bass guitarist with long hair, I’m cackling
His long hair is the reason why he can sing so low.
Geof: "And we're back"
And (d3) we're( c3) back ( c2) 😄
Nice, perfect pitch XD
Ah, the combination of perfect pitch and ADD. I thought I was the only person who listened to the pitches that people talk with😂
0:00
Geoff: “Without challenging myself too much”.
Also Geoff: *Hits 4 octaves effortlessly*
Geoff, YOU AND YOUR VOICE ARE MINDBLOWINGLY AMAZING!!! 😍❤️🎼
Me trying to record bass covers of Voiceplay arrangements:
1) Learn the bass parts
2) Try
3) Cry
4) (Optional) Switch back to PTX covers
Raimi Rusydi yeah Matt Sallee’s range is much more easy to replicate than Geoff’s. Matt barely goes below a C2
San Cieslak most of the time I can do the subharmonics Geoff does, but the E1 in Oogie Boogie is kinda tough for me
San Cieslak how do I sing it? I used subharmonics to hit it. I also used ingressive phonation, which is just inhaling vocal fry basically. It’s much easier to hit using that technique
San Cieslak mine doesn’t sound as good as Geoff’s either. Geoff has been doing it for years now which is probably why it sounds better. I’ve only done it for about 6 months. One day I hope to sound as good as Geoff, only time will tell.
San Cieslak my natural chest range is about Bb1-A4. Sometimes I can go lower to an A1, but usually a Bb1 or B1. With head voice I can go higher. What’s yours?
0:15 " *AUGHHH* "
hmm haaa HAAAAA OAAAAAAA
"Without challenging myself" "on any given day"
It sounded like someone just saw a spider while practicing their scales. Lol
Haugh hmmm aaaa haaaaa huilaaaaa
*AUGH* hmm HaH HAaAH hAAaaAa
Could Layne make some kind of beatboxing tutorial like you're doing with bass ??
*bump
YES! YES! YES! PLEASE LAYNE MY BEATBOXING IS FAAAAILING WITHOUT YOU!!!!
Yass please! Surely gonna watch that!
Throat bass lmao
I think that Geoff can do a little beatbox. In "Death of a Bachelor" do some.
Anyone else just love to listen to his voice? Its so calming
Yes and I'm glad he's done some spoken word recordings too.
Many years ago I used to fall asleep to a radio program where the guy had a soothing deep speaking voice like this. I miss it; it was called Night Sounds.
He can sing lullabys for me any night! ;-)
I just listened to him read The Little Mermaid to me last night and fell asleep just go to his channel it's very soothing.🌹
Yes, you are not alone on that. It's so calming to the brain and can make all the other noises go away
3:29 The camera can't take it 😂
If you Wana sing like this 3:30
Or this 2:07
Drink this 3:08
TRUTH!! Although I'm a Baritone to counter-tenor (think Mitch from Pentatonix), so Imma never gonna get near 2:07 lol
JesseArt not unless you drink a whole lot of water
Im a female and I can sing his Heathens part with a small whisper, but i am strengthening it as I go in choir!
AHAHHAH
😂😂😂
"A baritone with a bass range." That is the true definition of a bass-baritone, or as some put it the other way, a baritone-bass.
Reading “baritone-bass” with my own two eyeballs immediately triggered my flight or fight response.
Or bassitone maybe
Bass-Baritone, aka Bass 1
@@theawsomefools6303 true
That means that bass can be high and baritone can be lower than usual but both are still bass and baritone
3:29
Love how the camera starts trembling when he belts!😂 I llike to imagine everything else behind it is falling apart from the shockwave!🔊🎶
And my heart 😂.. I have to put my name because this is my hubbys phone ..adrienne
"Any given day, four octaves."
That's the sort of range people joke about on acapella arrangements with pitch shifting. This man is the real deal.
Geoff: I'm not a bass
Also Geoff Reach Subharmonic B0 in their Warriors Song Covers.
In the climax of the song he actually hits an A0 as well, which is insane
If I recall correctly, Geoff said that that note was artificially manipulated in post
3:30 I'm-
How can you be so perfect???
Practice?
Perfect isn’t enough to describe that ✋🏻😭
He’s a GOD! 😭
2:03 - 2:11 on .25 speed is just amazing😂
In all seriousness, thanks for doing this Geoff!!!
Oooooooooooogieeeeee b o o o o ogie ma a a a a a ann
Helicopter
wtf. u like engine sounds?
LMAOOOO
The boooo at the end sounds like ooof from roblox
2:11 Death in minecraft
LMAO
i love this comment
How do you discover that?
THIS IS TOO FUNNY OMG
Un Rap Random sorry! It wasn’t meant to be sarcastic. I genuinely found it so funny and am glad you pointed it out. 😂 The noise is perfect.
I think Geoff is just so incredibly good and he is so smooth and smart 🙌🔥💖👌👌
This voice hmm I could listen for hours, such voices are sexy💋💋
This really helps me a lot for highschool show choir!
Also if possible, can you please do a specific guide on Sub-Harmonic and Voice Growl if possible, if not it's ok!
Have a really Awsome day geoff!
Geoff: "I don't consider myself a bass"
Also Geoff:
00:14
02:07
05:14
05:50
ruclips.net/video/B-lgRsgTkSI/видео.html
The internet: "No dude, you're a bass."
@Niranjan Rajesh and high notes as well
I didn’t even have to click the link
Niranjan Rajesh if you can chest and A like Geoff you’re a bass no questions asked
@@redux1012 bass-baritones can do that as well. You have to understand that off-mic his lower notes are not nearly as loud as we think. His timbre actually fits better in that more lower baritone section that anywhere else. It’s very bright, and forward, and as someone who studies opera I can tell you that most basses are anything but.
@@boundary2580 Finally someone who understands singing professionally
6:04 now that's just straight up adorable ❤
Thanks for the water reminder. I needed that today.
You know, not as a singer, but as someone who is always forgetting to hydrate.
Very important question:
In the Oogie Boogie Song at 1:20, how do you do that run in the background? Is it subharmonics, altered in post, or something different altogether?
I'm currently obsessing over it a lot and need help
I sang that run in 2 different octaves, so what you’re hearing is me, just doubled. There’s no craziness there, it sounds funny because it’s both octaves in parallel at the same time. Hope that helps.
@@GeoffCastellucci Thanks so much for clearing that up, that effect sounds absolutely amazing!
Geoff Castellucci so you sang one in chest down to a C#2 and the other down to C#1 in subharmonics and layered the two over each other then?
I think it's established that Geoff loves The Office
Have you recorded any of Soundgarden's music? That would be amazing! Also, I would fan girl freak out to hear Eli doing some Bon Jovi.
Hi Geoff, I just recently found my subharmonic register. Its so cool I couldn't believe it at first, but after I saw your video and David Larson's, I actually tried it for a few days and WHOA its actually real. It goes an octave below what I was singing. So impressed and just wanted to say thanks.
@rafortnite 777 Hmm.. I kinda feel like its easier after you understands the technique, but it's difficult upon hearing it the first time.
As an example, the first time I heard or even know of this technique was after I saw Voiceplay's OOGIE BOOGIE song, and yes it was Geoff's last note. I was so amazed and tried to do it before watching both the tutorial from Geoff and David Larson's. Couldn't find it within the first 2 days. So I started looking for videos that explains the technique, and stumbled upon both of their videos. I understands the technique because Geoff mentioned a horror movie that uses this technique (I believe it was the Grudge ?) and begin to start from there.
Eventually I found my register and now I feel so much easier to do it again and again without any "warm-ups". And yes, I believe Geoff can still go a little bit lower than Sub E1.
Mordecai Peter yeah I’m sure Geoff can definitely go lower than an E1 with subharmonics. He said he loses resonance around a C#2, so that’s probably the lowest he can go with the subharmonic technique (C#1). But, I guess we won’t know until he officially says
@rafortnite 777 how do you know the pitch of your growl when it's below the piano range
@rafortnite 777 I think you should use a tuner. Because you can think you have hit the note and then realize you were wrong. My advice to you is to download a tuner and see the pitch of your growl 😉
@X rafo Also, I found out a little trick. Sleep on your back at a 45 degree angle. It helps. Also make sure your neck is straight and not bending forward. It works
I'm a tenor. What the hell am I doing here? Dreaming, of course. What a deep voice, dude! I'd like to be able to hit even a C2.
Geoff, your talent is astronomical. You've got to get into doing audiobooks, I could listen to you talk about literally nothing and still be enthralled.
And he did. And it's perfect.
Geoff originally wanting to be a rock tenor is surprising, but also explains a lot lol
Oh definitely, it really shows in his obvious enjoyment of the higher passages he does in Oogie Boogie. Just head thrown back, joy of singing. Everyone goes nuts for the low notes but that high end has to be such a good feeling.
So he basically wanted to be Eli.
@@TheBaumcm Yes, but it was a no-go: too much height and too much hair!
im 14 and i just realized i have a bass voice and now i’m obsessed with you
Just wait 3 years. You will sound way more mature as well. And your voice will likely deepen more.
@Cheese Boy if you keep singing low notes through puberty and work that lower range...your voice will deepen more
Hey Geoff, I have been bass singing for a few years. You, Tim Foust and Avi Kaplan are my idols. I love your guys's music. I am making an A Capella group for my college in the fall. I just wanted to say thank you for the things you do. Because if I hadn't heard any of you sing, I wouldn't have met the people I have and done the things I have done. Keep up the good work!!
Interesting how the world works. The guy who didn't want to sing bass originally is one of the ones who got me excited to learn to sing bass. I just started voice lessons recently in part because of watching this guy. Thanks for being a good example!
Ha! Those wacky instrumentalists with their crazy notes.
OK I THINK THAT GEOFF CASTELLUCCI SINGING QUEEN AND DOING THE OFFICE REFERENCES IS THE BEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME!!! Srsly, thank you so much. H I L A R I O U S
Every time Geoff does the last note for oogie boogie his hair grows 2 inches
What’s the lowest note you can hit using subharmonics? Can you go lower than the low E?
He hit C# in the middle of Oogie boogie song
@@marcelloberry6829 yes it's true! I wonder if Geoff would confirm this
Cole Fountain you should make a vocal range video, because u seemed to know a lot about his notes and music.
Lethal Razor I’ve actually thought about doing one before. Maybe I’ll make one at some point
@@marcelloberry6829 it sounds shifted
it's impossible to hate this guy
He really is lovable!
Geoff: “I’m not a bass”
*Can, can you not...? :(*
Oh, and these videos are just delightful, they make me laugh, smile, and almost miss my choir days! And extremely interesting as well. Thanks for doing them! **Oh,** and I have a question, albeit a rather random one...what do you think of Josh Groban? He's my favorite solo singer and I am just curious on another amazing singer's view of him.
Вы-самый красивый бас,какой я слышала за 66 лет! А я никогда не упускаю возможность послушать бас...
Not only a great singer in a great group but also takes the time to make these videos for his followers and fans wanting to learn more I love what you're doing. Thank you very much!
When you said learn in instrument I was like "Hell yeah, I already do!", and then you went on about chords, notation and all that stuff. Drummers life...
"this is big one"
"That's what she said"
Dead
7:40
Is there ever a chance of you doing a collab with Tim Foust? Y'all both are amazing!
Hillbillies vs. Zombies - Survivor
Look it up!!!!
@@sam_lvlcnrn1492 I was talking about more just those two, not HF and VoicePlay.
@@Shadowsoken Oh right (:
What surprises me most about your voice isn't how low you can go (it is is pretty crazy though) but how high you can go. I can only get as high as about F5, maybe F sharp, and that's on a good day, yet you've got a high A all the time!
My highest note is also F5 sometimes F5#, and that still surprises me, mainly because I'm a bass 2. Question, what's your voice type?
My highest note is Bb5 actually and my lowest note( using growl that is) is C#1😊
@@cheferguson1274 what voice type are you?
@@cheferguson1274 my lowest note that I can hit on a regular basis is F1. I did hit an E1 a few days ago with subharmonics, but I've never been able to hit the note again. And I don't use the growl technique.
@@theawsomefools6303 So I sing bass actually but lately I've been trying to extend my vocal range.. also I'm 16 years old 👌
*in the deepest voice I've heard in my life*
"I wouldn't consider myself a true base"
Geoff edits his own videos, right? Cuz these meme drops are pretty danged funny! 😆😆👍
Geoff referring to Queen... when he’s got Baron’s cane next to his keyboard... friendly reminder he played Baron.
And was awesome!
What do you think about Matt Sallee from Pentatonix?
I think Matt is the only member of PTX following VoicePlay in Instagram, and they follow him back
Avi is better but Matt is also good so I can't complain 😂
He's quite good but way not as good as Avi
Voiceplay are huge fans of Matt and think highly of him. And the best thing is that they dont mention Avi's name whenever they talk about Matt, unlike some of the others have here.
Will you ever do a single? Love love love Voiceplay but would love to hear especially Be Prepared from the Lion King!
Would also love to see a Zat You Santa Claus music video!!
Wtf!! If you think you're not a full bass but a baritone-bass...then i'm definitely a soprano
i'm female but trying to learn to imitate a male-ish voice without hurting myself lol
i THINK i've been making use of the subharmonic range but didn't know it was called that
thank you for all the advice, it was very helpful!
I hope you dont hurt yourself. I'm a male and I try to imitate males both low and high trying not to hurt myself. Some guys like Geoff are freaks of nature.
Fearless GD i’m being very careful! ^^ long breaks, lots of experimenting to try and find the most comfortable way to do it. it’s challenging but i’m taking my time :)
(0:12 says he can sing only 4 octaves) also 0:12 sings 5 octaves
well, these notes are FROM 5 octaves, but from A1 to A5, there are only 4 octaves
bro i'm an alto and I can barely even touch his highest note 💀
Who else thinks Geoff is the best bass singer ever
Is that the cane you used in Queen in 5 Minutes propped in that corner back there?! Love your work and your voice! ♥
With nothing but immense respect, and no notable music background to speak of on my part, can I just say- you could sing me the phone book and I'd feel it in my ovaries. Goodness. This is what world peace sounds like, I'm convinced. Brilliant, brilliant talent.
Two questions. Question on subharmonics: where are you feeling the switch in your register? I’m having a hard time figuring out where and how to relax my throat the sort of way you mentioned.
I’ve been looking through Larson’s channel off and on for a couple years. I had also been experimenting with a technique I had never seen anyone use before, and he finally uploaded a video about it because he couldn’t find it either. He’s calling it “ingressive phonation” or something like that. Have you done any experimenting with that? Do you have thoughts on it?
Jack Golden I’ll try to help you with the subharmonics question. You are relaxing your throat just like you would to do vocal fry. But, you have to find the “sweet spot” between chest voice and vocal fry. Not too much fry and not too much chest voice. Once you find it, it’s then about try to hold it for longer than a split second, that’s where it really gets difficult
Hit the note and try to make it a little bit flat by tightening your vocal cord but dont lower your larynx. As you tighten your cord, try to push just a lil bit of air. Thats it, hope it helps and sorry for my english.
Thomas J There’s no problem with your English, my friend! Thanks!
2:08 E
No easy feat to even imitate Chris Cornell he had a very specific & uncommon range. That was really good
Dark Neverland you are a boy now.
God, even his voice in amazingly deep. 😶😍
Thanks Geoff Just became a big fan watching Ghost riders I have listened to other singers I vote your version In my mind is the best. It moves my spirit
Hey, Geoff! You (and maybe Layne, as well!) should make a video about how you make your arrangements for Voiceplay and your own tools and methods for arranging music for a capella performances! I sing with an all guys a capella group at my university and have written a few arrangements, but would love to learn from some of the best out there!
5:40 I’m sorry but. WHAT WAS THAT GEOFF??????😅
Im sorry but the "THATS WHAT SHE SAID" parts had me cackling💀😂
5:39, 7:39, and 8:50 btw
This probably sounds cheesy but "watching these helped me significantly increase my range". I've always tried frying to get higher or hide my breaks up there (I also always wanted to be a tenor) and never thought to fry to go lower. I never thought I'd be able to get into the 1's before. You explained it perfectly for my brain to wrap around it too.
You're awesome dude!
Few people are blessed with the ability you have and that deep rolling thunder bass just gives the sound so much more depth and feel.
I'm nothing but a frustrated church singer but folks just don't get how music works. You guys do. Happy I found y'all!
Hey Geoff have you ever sang" My Way" You can do that Easy mid range but I've never heard it Bass.
your voice is so so so awesome just when you are speaking, so low, so amazing!
I am a Mezzo Soprano, but can sing into some Contralto range, and wish so badly I could sing lower, haha! The sound of those deep sub harmonics get me.
I love the tone of your voice
Bro is literally speaking in subharmonics
I have naturally a really low voice but I still am 15 years old so my voice is more “changeable” and while practicing with time I noticed that I’d do a lot of high notes like G5, G#5 and G#6 (that is what I usually hit) it gets harder to make low notes. I could hit C1 and Even lower, then I struggled to hit lower notes than G2 and, if I spend like a whole week only talking and singing with a lower register my voice “changes” again and I am able to hit lower notes again! I am starting to reach both high and low notes a lot effortlessly than before, I guess that’s because of my practice.
Your voice has to rest. It's not easy to go from frequent high to low. Good news for you though, doing it a lot can condition you and make it easier. Also if you are 15 your voice has not set yet. You might even be 16 now. I am also 16, and though I can sing some lower notes still sound inherently like a kid. Give it 2-3 more years. Once your voice sets things should be better.
For both of us.
I’m bass man and hitting notes just gets harder with time. So I’ll try to master what I’m naturally good at. I think that’s the idea
How do you pronounce your surname?
What do you think about Tim Storm's voice?
Also, how much time did it take for you to get good at sub-harmonics?
Kas-te-luki the pronouncation
You are my Favorite nember voiceplay
0:49 - I actually noticed that in the oogie boogie cover... The way you hit those higher notes it's conducive of a bariton-bass. But, nonetheless, your vocal range and technique is still crazy.
P. S. In a similar situation as you. Feel comfortable between f2-c4, anything lower or higher I really need to focus to hit.
It took me almost a full year of daily practice to be able to sing that ending of the Oogie Boogie song... with my morning voice.
It will probably take me another year to be able to sing it on command.
Geoff is insane.
Ok. If you're a baritone, I'm a soprano.
When laughing in a song, do you laugh in notes and octaves?
Hi Geoff, I have a question, were you able to sing notes of the first octave when you were in your teens?
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im a 16 year old and i can get around an E1 in the morning, at anytime an Bb1, its really all practice with subharmonics
@@electropicks, I'm 20 y old and my lowest chest voice in the morning is B1. With fry/subharmonic is E1/F1.
I'm 16 and my lowest subharmonic note I've ever done was an A#0 but on average my chest is an A1 to B#1
I am 15 and I can growl till E1 and even G0
Dude's a beast on the mic, no matter what key or octave he's singing
Im in love guys, send help asap
Listening to Geoff's voice on repeat for days💙
Have you heard of the second subharmonic register? I am pretty sure that you could reach some 0 Octave notes with that technique because you already mastered the first subharmonic register.
I love the editing, so funny!
I stumbled across David Larson's subharmonics video about 2 years ago! I'm amazed to see that you learned the technique from him as well, and I aspire to be as practiced and refined as you someday. It's really cool seeing you behind the scenes, Geoff. Would love to make it out to a show once the Ronies go away.
Can I hug you, please? Virtual hugs! Your voice range is grogeous
"I am a baritone singer with a bass range.." the very same person who can hit A1 that loud. Can i cut some of that little hair, Geoff :)
Geoff is right. The term Bass refers to tessitura and resonance. As Geoff said, he losses resonance below D2/C#2, and his most comfortable notes are in the baritone range. Besides, he also said he can't project below C2 without a mic. All of this is to say that he would be musically considered a bass-baritone, or a "baritone singer with a bass range." Hopes that enlightens you a bit!
You is bass-baritone you are not baritone
@@silasarmitage5471 Ofcourse he is more comfortable in a baritone range. Every bass is ofcourse more comfortable in the second-third octave than the first octave. If your lowest chest note was in the same octave as your most comfortable note, you wouldn't have a low voice, you would just have a small range.
@@silasarmitage5471 he projected an A1. He's a bass with a large range.
@Niranjan Rajesh what do you think about Tim Foust?
Better singing is the way. I used to sing four part harmony (barbershop society) and we always sang what sounded clean and in the pitch that fits your voice instead of going for volume. We let the natural sound expansion do the work for us. We also made sure we were singing for our audience not ourselves. If that makes sense. We saved all our vocal gymnastics for rehearsals.
Geoff I think I speak for everyone when I say STOP IT. and by stop it, I mean PLEASE NEVER STOP