Geoff Castellucci also has a solo channel, and it would be well worth your time to check it out. Not only does he showcase his 5 octave range throughout the songs he performs (multitracked- every voice you hear will be his), he also has bass singing tutorials, narrative readings and other fun videos. He's such a ridiculous talent, but let me tell you- the more you watch and listen to VoicePlay, you'll start to realize that every one of those guys are just as much a vocal monster as Geoff, only in different ways. Both J. and Eli have stepped in to sing basslines when Geoff solos during live performances, and Eli is also a master of character voices (both sung and spoken). J can also reach absurd heights when he pushes himself. Cesar can also go astonishingly high for a bari-tenor, and he also can sing in overtones. Layne, however, is the real sleeper talent in the group. Vocal percussionists tend to be like sound engineers- they often only stand out if something goes wrong. But Layne's talents only begin with vocal percussion; he used to be the group's baritone, and he also provides about 50% of the vocal arrangements. According to Geoff, Layne is who made him a better arranger by being so picky and honest in his critiques. Layne is also the guy who tends to really push the other fellows to the fringe edges of their abilities. Geoff has frequently said that when a song has him sounding absolutely unreal, it's a Layne arrangement- like this one, with the 15 second sustained B0! So while Geoff may be the VoicePlay gateway drug, I promise, the other guys will hook you just as hard. These guys are all at the top of their game, and IMO, they are a more innovative and creative group than the other two big a cappella groups on the scene currently despite being lesser known.

Geoff's ability to fall in and out of subharmonics is insane. I can hit every note Geoff does on this (including the B0), but, for example, when he does the "Shield and Spears" line in the beginning, dropping to an F#1, I can rarely do the octave drop in the way he does... even though F#1 is still in my chest range. It requires precise larynx placement and Geoff has it down to a science. With Geoff, it is more about his agility than his range, in my opinion. Lots of bass singers can hit every note Geoff does... they just can't do it like Geoff.

Geoff's B0 in this is almost more felt than heard. It's like a purr.

Wow! This was really good. 💪🏾❤️❤️❤️ The bass singer is insane🤯🔥

This is the creme de la creme of Voiceplay, in my opinion! I listen to it every other night for several hours on repeat. It's so good. The original artist, "Miracle of Sound" gave this "ten out of ten ale horns!" Also, is this your first taste of "Rock God Eli?" Strap on your seat belt, he's just getting started! He's great in this, I always mimic his hand gestures at the "Raah!" And Voiceplay, those clever little guys played a bit of a trick on their fans in this. It's a bit of a story, so apologies if this is too long a comment, but I think you'll be amused. During lockdown, and also in a couple examples where their featured guest couldn't get to them, Voiceplay will do videos where they're seperate from their guests, so there'd be the four main members (also sometimes separated) in one shot, while their guest would be either green screened in, or filmed their parts separately, alone. (See VP's "Enemy" with Alexa for an example. Home Free also does a lot of videos like that.) Anyway, when this video came out, J. None had left for the Naval choir not long before. So because he starts off alone in this video, most of us Voiceplaya's thought he was off with the Navy, and starts off doing his part separately, so everyone figured "Oh, he did his part wherever he's stationed, seperate, then Voiceplay edited him in" Then suddenly, he's in the hall with them! So we realized he wasn't seperate at all, we'd been fooled. Voiceplay likes to do little gags on their fans like that. I love these guys.

Im so glad to see you get into more voiceplay, they really are amazing 😊💜💜

So happy to see you react to these guys again! They really are the gift that keeps on giving… I’m obsessed. If you are a gamer, their cover of Dragonbourne Comes from Skyrim is amazing. Hoist the Colours is epic. Oogie Boogie’s Song is a fan favorite. Geoff’s solo channel is also worth checking out since you love his bass voice ❤

Very impressed with how quickly you've learned the guys' names! This one is awesome.

To get his lowest notes, Geoff uses a technique called subharmonics, which (in an oversimplified nutshell) involves applying vocal fry on top of a sung note to produce a subharmonic (like a reverse overtone) which is exactly one octave lower than the sung note. He has a couple of tutorials on his channel that you could look at or even react to that might be helpful. Those notes he sings that are super low but sound kind of buzzy are subharmonics, and its one of the few techniques bass singers tend to use to hit lower notes. My chest range bottoms out at about G2 on an average day but I've used subs to hit a B1 reliably, and Geoff's lowest recorded chest note is an F1 and has hit a B0 in subs at the lowest so who knows what you'd be able to hit with a bit of practice.

You really should check out Geoff's solo channel. He has some incredible work there, where he sings multiple parts (from bass to tenor). He does all the arrangements, vocals, editing, etc.

This is a song that gets me pumped up! It's probably my favorite VoicePlay song over all. They never cease to amaze or surprise. ❤ Also, Geoff just dropped "Wicked Game" on his solo channel and it immediately took the top spot for me as my favorite Geoff song (that isn't a Halloween song anyway, lol).

Great Reaction to an amazing Acapella Group

So much talent in this group. Add in there fact they do most of the work themself. I hope you do more Voiceplay reactions.

Glad you enjoyed VoicePlay's more theatrical video of Valhalla Calling! While it's not the MOST theatrical I've seen them go, with all of the elements they used, it's up there with their best! Eli (nice job on getting all of the names, BTW!) did the backgrounds they used for the video, using a video-game graphics engine combined with a studio that has walls of LEDs to program. To show their love for their craft - on the day they shot the video, the studio didn't have any air conditioning, and with them inside and wearing (fake) furs, it got pretty toasty! Nice catch on Geoff's B0 - I've seen a number of reactors who seem to miss that completely, then are blown away by the end of his solo verse of "shields and spears". One of the things that has always impressed me about Geoff when he goes low is that he's still completely understandable - a lot of basses seem to get "muddy" with their pronunciation down there, but Geoff is very legible wherever he goes. I'll put in a recommendation for one that isn't rock, isn't theatrical - I Can't Make You Love Me, their cover of the Bonnie Raitt hit. You may need to prepare with a hankie or tissues - they do a really good job of bringing out the emotions on this one!

If you haven't seen, they did a cover of My Mother Told Me, and are (for the most part) wearing the same costumes. It's a nice little throw-back.

Hoist the Colours is well worth a look - another brilliant performance.

You should do 16 Tons by Geoff (he sings with himself in that one). :)

I really enjoyed your reactions and appreciation for all of the talent of each Voice Play member (and learning their names so quickly!) I am now a new subscriber to your channel hoping to hear more reactions to solo Geoff, Voice Play, and solo J None.

Love your reactions. Please, please react to "Hall of the Mountain King". Major theatrics, and they take a purely instrumental piece with no vocals and do it as a capella. Also (I'm sure you've been told) put on their captions, and watch to the credits. Geoff's wife has a hearing impairment; they put snarky or humorous comments into their captions, and they often have a little extra at the end.

Voiceplay is always amazing and this was great song for them. BTW, I saw you have changed your dono link. Now I can use it. 👍

Welcome to the Voice Play rabbit hole!

May I suggest The Bass Gang? They're an acapella group and they're awesome as well. I think you can probably guess what their schtick is, they're all countertenors. They put together incredible arrangements from across the world and film on green screen, and you'll love them.

It's my understanding that the "little extra bit" during the credits is often a snippet of a karaoke track of the song that is available at certain levels of their Patreon access.

Geoff is good friends with Tim (bass for Home Free) & they were on the same season of The Sing Off. Geoff credits Tim with helping him perfect those super low subharmonics. Home Free members, Voice Play members and Avi Kaplan (original bass for Pentatonix) have guested in each other's videos. And Kirstie (from Pentatonix) has guested with Voctave, a much larger & amazing a capella choir based at Disney World in Florida. A capella is a close family and they are all absolutely amazing! ❤ Also, Layne (beat boxer for Voice Play) is part owner of PattyCake Productions Studios where VP films most of their videos. His partner there is Tony, who used to be the Voice Play baritone. You can see Tony in their videos of Road Trip (hilarious 😂) and Phantom of the Opera with Rachel Potter. He did a cameo as the cathedral guard in their recent video of Hellfire.

You’ve seen them serious in Nothing Else Matters, you’ve seen them go full theater here….now you need to see who they really are. Find their cover of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” for good glimpse into their personalities. 😊 But if you’re in the mood for more rock, they’ve also done: Radiohead’s Creep Aerosmith’s Dream On Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army.

I love that you are delving into VoicePlay and enjoying it as much as you seem to. And I appreciate how you let the full patreon portion of their video play since they're independent and rely on patreon support. Everything they do is different because they really respect the original in their version but bring in that bit of VoicePlay inventiveness. Their cover of Enemy is another epic vocal-range one and will introduce folks to the featured artist, AleXa.

🎼🎼🧤 .. rhis is one of their best !! .. 🧤🎼🎼

VoicePlay is great!!

Take a look at a mini video from one of Geoff's top contributors, Huldradraco, called Geoff is an Alien. It shows his range, which is A0 to A#5 now, in a nutshell.:) He has made videos on How To Sing Low. They started playing the karaoke track over the patrons list a while ago.

That is the B0 that goes for 14 seconds. He has another 2 B0's in this. Listen for the creaky door - done by Layne. Miracle of Sound wasn't expecting that either. Do look up VoicePlay's Sleeping in the Cold Below that they just did. My second best a capella group is The Bass Gang. There are 2 members from the US (Peter Barber - opera singer and reaction/analysis, as well as Bobby Bass), Tomi P is in the Czech Republican and the fourth member, Marwan Ayman is in Egypt. They did a 4 songs of Disney that the 4 basses sung. Arabian Nights (Marwan as lead, stuck in Egypt because of the visa), Be Prepared (Tomi P), Gaston (Peter), Friend Like Me (Bobby). Their manager had to cover for Marwan in Be Prepared. They are all really good basses with some great extension.

That's the 14 sec B0 - he does 2 more. It is EPIC. Love Layne's squeaky door. Have you done The Lion Sleeps Tonight? How about Geoff's newest solo, Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)? Which makes me think of his solo High and Dry (RadioHead) because of the setting - stark white and deep gray.

I love you channel. There are lot of bassist out there but with Geoff you can what he is sing. His tone.

Voiceplay is phenomenal! This arrangement was Layne's, Nothing Else Matters was Geoff's. Eli has arranged and co-arranged a few of their pieces. He will be doing more going forward. His most recent was Creep, and before that, Eleanor Rigby. In Eleanor Rigby, they had recently lost their high tenor. The arrangement was done. Eli had the choice of rearranging it or bringing in a featured artist. Instead, he sang both the first and second tenor parts. I will always be here for Voiceplay and Geoff.

❤❤❤😊😊😊 More Voiceplay please! I am now a happy subscriber.

Like others, I too recommend Geoffs solo stuff. Look at "I see fire" for a nice display of his entire range, and to "16 Tons" for the deep stuff. Also Voiceplay with their various Halloween themed stuff are great, and often feature him quite prominently.

🔥🔥🔥🔥 B-0 .. rumbles your stomach ! .. just incredible. You might try "Seven Nation Army" .. next. .. then get to Geoff's solo stuff .. " Blackbird" .. by The Beatles is a good start. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

I'm really hoping you'll react to the post apocalypse trilogy which is Warriors, Dream On and Seven Nation Army. You'll be blown away

Yep, within the past couple years they’ve been putting the karaoke version of the song over the patron list (and it’s available to patrons). If you love bass singers you should absolutely be listening to The Bass Gang! A group of four bass singers that formed virtually just a few years ago, they do mostly acapella covers, though not all the time. A good one to start with is their cover of Mad World.

For a twist, go react to J's latest solo original- "Am I Here?" Also - fun fact. The backgrounds in Valhalla Calling were created by Eli in Unreal Engine (also the ones in "My Mother Told Me").

The Patreon scroll usually has a little treat, a remix, a bit of a karaoke track they make for their patrons like this one, a short message or even outtakes or something goofy I appreciate the way you enjoy music of many genres it's one of the things that drew me to VP.

Many are very surprised and impressed when hearing Geoff's lower register. You may like Voice Plays Hellfire from the Hunchback of Notre Dame. As mentioned earlier, Geoff has his own channel and usually showcases his 5-octave range with a couple of sub-harmonic notes. But, the one he just released "Wicked Game" shows his sustained G1 notes too. Another of Geoff's very low bass covers would be Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold. Enjoy!

Voiceplay did Metallica's Nothing Else Matters which led Chicago to invite them to perform with them last November. It's a masterpiece ❤

This is one of my favorites by them

Great reaction to one of my favorites! Glad you've found VoicePlay. Enjoy!!

Apart from having a bit of audio to go with the thanks to their Patreon supporters, the point of the extra bit at the end is (lately that is, they've sadly only started doing it this way comparatively recently) that it's a bit of the track you just heard _without the lead vocal,_ so you can better hear exactly what's going on in the background.

Funfact is, they recordet it in another studio and J.None was 3 hours late, because of problems with his flight from the west coast. That day in Orlando they had around 37 degree Celsius und high humidity, AND the AC of the studio broke down early that day. They were sweating profusely. Another nice song with Cesar is "We´re Good" wit a young Lady guest star. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hLlid8uQt7XbZaM.html This was just before Cesar was accepted into the group. A fun video is "We don´t talk about Bruno" with Ashley Diane, a friend of Cesar. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9x_nc5jrcXLaZ8.html Stay safe in the neighborhood. Elmar from Germany

The patron scroll is just the top tier patron sThey are many more of us on lower tier

Amazing! Enjoying your reactions. Check out Voiceplay "Hall of the Mountain King" It has no words and shows their vocal ability to sing orchestral works. Also, it is funny as hell!

Geoff makes how-to videos!! You should definitely check those out for tips on technique, if you wanted to give his type if bass singing a try!

A little tidbit about the "extra bit" where their Patreon list is, that's actually a sample of the Karaoke version of the song they just performed. So, you can be the star of every song you hear them performing yourself, with them as back up. This song showcased Eli's abilities with Unreal Engine 5, yet again. All of the ship and outdoor scenes were graphics done by Eli, using Unreal 5, as were portions of the inside "barn" set. The lighting was, and usually is in a Voice Play video, Eli as well. Video was Layne, as was first vocal mixing and mastering, because this was "his" project, his arrangement. He had the help of whomever in the group he needed, yes, but the majority of it is on the person whose project it is. I know people have mentioned Geoff's solo work, so I don't need to do that. I would recomend, though, that you check out some of the work put out by Paddy Cake Productions, the studio they shoot most of their videos at, and of which Layne is part owner. They have some really great stuff in their own rite. Their Villans Lair series comes heavily to mind.

FYI geoff has videos on how to sing low on his solo channel

Yeah, Eli is the group’s rock god. When he gets to sing like this it does get your attention. The rap section was added by Voiceplay-it’s not in the original (neither is the dubstep). If you haven’t heard the version with @miracleofsound (the composer) and Peyton Parish, you really should--TOTALLY different. @miracleofsound (Gavin Dunne) commented on this cover and gave it ten of ten alehorns. Great reaction-definitely check out more Voiceplay!!

Cesar goes full Berserker in this!

Geoff has his own channel, check out his cover of 16 Tons. Check out VoicePlay Queen in 5 Minutes, it is awesome.

For lots of bass check out The Bass Gang and Peter Barber

If you love Avi you should checkout Tomi P and Efe Sayin performing their Avi Kaplan Medley and be sure you watch the end where they are talking and joking and they get a guest appearance…no it’s not Avi but I think you will recognize him.

If you like bass singers, check out The Bass Gang. Such talent there too!

4:59 highly recommend checking out J None’s solo song “am I here” to get a glimpse at his range but again he can do it all. We’ve heard his high notes, his lows and his bars plus he’s just generally goofball of a guy and seems like a fun dude to be around. Even if he may be the reason Geoff started greying 😂😂 (joke!)

Geoff does tutorials on his channel for bass singers if you're interested. 😊

Geoff hits a Subharmonic B0 1:05 for about 15 secs

G1 chest on good day is crazy, Geoff has only wholetone lower on a good day, so that is insane

Consider Geoff's videos on how to sing really low!

You should try Oogie boogie too❤

Looking forward to the newest "Sleeping In The Cold Below" to upload in 12 more hours. The icon they are using has everyone with different colored contacts in. It looks awesome. This group just ROCKS! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/etdmntqa0tfQimQ.html

Dude, a G1 makes you possibly a lower singer than Geoff himself - he names A1 as his ‘always there’ normal chest range. You are definitely a bass if that’s your low end. so if you can figure out subharmonics, you should be able to sing along with him on most songs. Sometimes he goes super high because he’s a madman.

Bald guy is Eli Layne is beat boxer Black guy is j none Cesar is the crazy hair one

Any chance we can get you to react to Nightwish? For sure the most versatile singer in the world and possibly even the best. Ghost Love Score at Wacken 2013 would be a great place to start. It's the most reacted to video on KZfaq...for a good reason.

Wasn't B-0. Was actually F-1Sub.

Try...Hoist the Colours, My Mother told me and Hellfire.

Halo

Great reaction!! And, you've already made it onto the Reactor's compilation of Geoff Castellucci's B0 & Low Notes Reaction - Valhalla Calling Acapella ft. J.NONE video that just released. You got almost top billing. Enjoy! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLKWrMd1m7rWZ4U.htmlsi=-3j_oH4RHK3K9c6F

I rec Geoff castelluchi deep bass cover man of constant sorrow, I see fire cover from hobbit

I think you still have them wrong. Just to get it straight. JNone is the guy outside, the one who raps later. Layne is the beatboxer, on the far left. Cesar is next to Layne. He has the tall hairstyle. Eli is shorter and bald. You got Geoff right, as who can miss his bass anyway.