Thanks Kaye! Watch this space for Little Drummer Boy before Christmas 👀 (It's on my Christmas agenda, at least)

Your friend made a beautiful contribution to the world. 🙂

Yes! I love to see how they work together on EVERY tiny detail on 'Over the River' reading each others' minds. No ego clashes.

Evergreen is a masterpiece

Thank you, I appreciate it!

If you are here for an education, this is the place! @@SirHairless

I couldn’t agree more. But even being taught by someone so good I don’t believe I’d ever hear what he hears. I’m mesmerised!

Thanks so much for this comment and for the support! (And I plan on reacting to some of their vids as a trio too - would be interesting to see the standard). I do plan on getting round to all the Sing Off performances eventually 👍

Oh, yes, I feel the same!

Thanks! Funnily enough, this is kind of how I think of the music - kind of like a language 🎶

Me too!!!

Wonderful analysis. Am still blown away as to how you can hear all the various parts of the song. Thx for sharing it.❤

This one always gives me goosebumps. I listen all year round too.

Ditto all of this!

Thank you!! Carol Of The Bells (so far) is my favourite PTX arrangement - it was on repeat for several days after I first heard and reacted to it

Thank you, really appreciate it

Exactly how I feel! Well said.

I'm planning to react to this before Christmas! Exciting

I'm excited to get round to that soon!

Thank you so much!

Exactly this. Perfectly said

Thanks, as always, for your support! It's those little details that set certain arrangements/performers apart from others - and with these PTX arrangements, I can listen to them 10 times in a row and still be hearing new things on the 11th listen!

I actually have a technical question about one newer PTX video that you have not yet reacted to, it's a mashup between Pure Imagination x Christmas Time is Here. The originals seem to be in very different time signatures, and I wonder what your technical take is on how they mashed these two songs together. Link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npdjiNWZm7iudYk.htmlsi=gkXuxkWQYCGOL0_r

Thank you! I'm afraid I can't comment on their mashup just yet as I don't want to hear it before reacting to it, and I won't have time this year to react to i :( It has been recommended to me a lot though, so we will do it at some point!

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Yes...exactly this. Thanks for expressing how I see his analysis too.

Thank you! It's always tricky trying to explain things in the manner you've described, so I'm happy to hear that it's coming across that way 🙏 Perfect pitch is a weird one as it's useful in different ways, and people define it differently. That said - no, I don't have perfect pitch, I wasn't born with it sadly😅You might call it relative pitch?

@@SirHairless thanks for responding! IMO perfect pitch has become such a novelty party trick. Too much hype around it. To me, relative pitch in a musician’s day to day can be every bit as useful! Keep up the amazing work! Your reactions are the highlight of my YT experience!!

Haha! Both of your choices are fairly new discoveries for me 🎶

@@SirHairless they just happened to be artists that brought newness to me... making me feel excited about music again

Cheers! I really appreciate it ☺

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Thank you!

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Thanks! Both of those are recent and I'm not onto the Matt era just yet, so they won't get a slot in this year's Christmas reaction schedule for me unfortunately. But we'll get there eventually 🦾 Thanks for tuning in!

Appreciate you!

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Thank you for the recommendation of Can't Help Falling In Love - I do love that song so can't wait to get round to it! As for the grinch, I won't have time to get round to that this year 😪But that's the beautiful thing about the future - it is always there for more musical discoveries 🥳 I'm glad you're enjoying!

This is on my upcoming reactions!

😀 Thanks

Thank you so much! My list is ever-growing and my Christmas schedule fully booked for this year already, but I'll definitely get to the Home Free version too 🎵

Or the Voctave version which features one of the song's authors as a soloist!!!

😄 It's great, isn't it

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Thank you Kristi! Means a lot 😀And thanks for the appreciation of staying in the Avi era for now too, we'll get round to the Matt era eventually!

Thank you so much

Thanks for this comment - very cool!

Thanks!

Thank you so much for your continued support, Joanne

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​@@SirHairless I'm looking forward to your enjoyment of Down. 🤯

Helloo! Thanks, as always, for your support 🙏 Both of your votes I won't get round to this year 😭As much as I want to - but I'm not in the Matt era yet. Will I regret this decision to stick with the Avi era for now? Who knows....hopefully not 😅 But don't worry, I'll get round to the Matt era in the not-too-far future 🎶 As for the Christmas schedule, it's quickly coming towards its end. If my current plans don't change though, I will get 3-4 more PTX reactions in before Christmas 😃

@@SirHairless Nope, you’ll have no regrets, I can pretty much guarantee. ☺️ I do love the way you are making your way through their catalog in more of a chronological order, the way we did as long-time fans. I look forward to whatever comes next! Thank you for the reply. 💕

Thanks!

Thank you! And welcome :)

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woohoo!

Also… In the beginning of this groups singing venture Kevin didn’t think that he could sing. Avi convinced him and helped him realize that he has an awesome voice!! ❤

Hey! Thank you 😀 I can't for this year :( already have my Christmas reactions, and I'm not yet in the Matt era :( But we'll get there in the future 🎶

Thanks! Credit where credit's due, you're right - and it's a high belt too which makes it more eye-opening 👏 It's not actually tooooo long by choral standards though, it's about 10 seconds. I think anything above 15 seconds becomes a bit more attention-grabbing

Thanks, as always! I wasn't in the musical education sphere, but maybe I am now through Sir Hairless?? 😅

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Thank you so much

Appreciate it 😀

Haha I couldn't help it!

Thank you!! Yes - both on my list, O Holy Night might come next year (unless I do it off-season), and Kiss From A Rose has been on my list for a while now 👍

@@SirHairless Oh Holy Night is going to be bigger than big.

I'm looking forward to it!!@@debrawalkermeyer9109

Helloo, thanks for the comment 👍Haha whilst I won't give away any personal info, there have been time(s) in my life where I have worked in the music field - whether that be in the past or present. I agree with the power of the lyrics - whilst aware of Mary Did You Know, I'd never really paid it much attention, so I'm thankful that I've been exposed to it once more through PTX. I've gone back and listened to the original many times since

Thanks for letting me know! I'll need to try to remember this for when I get round to their new version once I'm in the Matt era. A comparison, perhaps, could be useful indeed...

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed 👌

Thanks, this is my plan! I'm getting many requests for performances with Matt in and it's getting harder and harder to stick to it😅

@@SirHairless I honestly would generally not watch a reactor who only watches the old stuff. You somehow has manged to grab my attention enough for me to stick it out. (People can be very annoying about being Avi purists so reactors who only listen to that are usually not very good at listening and appreciering music for what it is and gets stuck on comparing things, which is a pet peeve of mine. You have proved that you're not gonna be one of those so I'm ok with you choosing to view them from a growth and change perspective.)

Thank you, I appreciate it @@hernameispekka_Rebecca. And I don't intend to watch every single performance with Avi before moving onto the Matt era - the initial plan was just to become well-acquainted with PTX's work and, as you said, try to roughly get an idea of their growth. I imagine the Matt era will come fairly soon to me with the requests coming in!

Haha thanks, as always!!

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Thank you! I've been recommended them a fair few times now so they're on my radar - we'll get there eventually! Thanks for watching :D

@@SirHairless Ok, looking forward to it!! I’m sure you have a long list but it’s the perfect time of year for that song 😁❤️

Sorry, you mentioned Kevin and it threw me.

Haha yeah I just point out that Kevin is singing too@@billiemchone6683

Thank you :D

Thank you! I've not done any of Voiceplay of Voctave just yet, but plan on doing so in 2024 🎵

Hey Terri, thank you - I appreciate it! So to answer your question: I've not listened to any of their work from the Matt era, so I can't speak for any of their work with him included. But what I can say is that one single member can change a group, for sure - whether that's for better or for worse. As for them having sung together for over 10 years, 100% they will improve with experience, and should continue to do so until their voices begin to weaken (as well as other physical attributes which affect vocal performance, such as core strength). I also have 0 doubt that they work extremely hard on their voices, and are constantly looking for ways to improve 👍 I believe that achieving such high performance levels in acapella is more difficult than in other musical fields (e.g. band) as having the right dynamic with the rest of the group is insanely important and it's much more difficult to replace members. Also there's much more room for error with tuning etc. Certain voices' timbres will just not work with others - even if both people are the best soloists in the world, their voices might just not work with each other. This will become an essay and it's tricky to put into words my thoughts 😅but I think it's only reasonable that PTX get better with time due to experience, experience in singing with each other, and hard work

Thank you, glad to hear it! I'm not in the Matt era yet and my Christmas schedule is booked up for this year :( The will power to not listen to their new O Holy Night!! But I'm sure it'll come in the future 🎶 Thanks for watching!

Or Pure Imagination/Christmas Time mix, which just came out a couple weeks ago by Pentatonix.

Thanks 😀