I've seen most of Voiceplay's stuff, but if you want me to take another look at some of their work and give my insights, let me know which! I might not have seen it yet...
Geoff spent years getting this arrangement the way he wanted it. Between his arrangement and the singers he has in Rachel and Emoni as guests were perfect and Cesar did his part beautifully. Layne and Eli (EL-EE) are such solid foundations and Geoff was ..... Geoff.
I feel like Layne isn't getting enough credit for what he did here, probably because it's so easy to lose it in the amazing harmonies, but whatever he did at 6:05 is one of the craziest things I've heard in my life.
I absolutely love the things he does in their "Disney-Aca" (the shift from "Just can't wait to be king" into "Arabian Nights" is so amazing!), in "What's this" (the crazy 'running' sounds he makes - I can't even explain what they are, but I love them!) and in their "Top 10 Disney Villains" - I mean, how the heck does he not pass out during this. Layne is a beatboxing beast!
This is some of the best work Layne has ever done, it's absolutely amazing. Multiple pattern-fill-pattern shifts with massive tempo changes, and fill-drop-fills with 10 second breaks and never loses the beat, AND jumps right into crazy effects right in the middle of a pattern when called for. The amount of absolute trust that this arrangement puts in each of their skills is crazy.
Don’t you just love the way Geoff drops all those bass bombs all through and then goes MOAB on you that last note-and doesn’t hold??? What a tease! But as much as I ALWAYS love his part in their songs, JEEZ, every single one of these guys just killed it. How do they keep getting better? I keep thinking they’ve hit their peak, and they keep climbing! (PS. It IS EL ee, short for Eliezer.). Great reaction!
Just randomly paused at 9:49 and GODDAMN Layne looks so tall🤣🤣 I mean I know he is a tall guy and it probably doesn't help that he is right next to Eli plus a step further forward but holy sh*t🤣 even geoff looks small
Apparently Rachel is reprising her role from the stage perforer stunning video. You mention the lighting here. The other one with amazng lighting is Hoist The Colours which you no doubt know. Another stunner. And yes Eli is promounced elly, short for Eliezer (Jacobson).
that was the correct reaction to their version of defying gravity. but seriously all of these singers genuinely just make all of this look very easy and none of this is easy at all. i cant even sing, but even if i could id still know its fucking difficult.
C#1 is also the lowest note, Elliott Robinson drops in his cover of Shape of You. But not in subharmonics. He does it in full chest. And he is not even the lowest. What makes Geoff actually stand out, is the warmth if his tone and the way he employs his gift.
One you may enjoy - it's live - from their competing on the Sing Off. It's the 9 mil version of Road Trip from 7 years ago. Geoff, Earl, Eli, Layne and Tony who used to be the baritone.
Enjoyed your reaction! Another great medley from VoicePlay. I liked your commentary - I would enjoy you doing more VoicePlay even if you have heard the song before.
PLEASE do more VoicePlay! New subscriber here. For drama and amazing cinematography, you have to do Hoist the Colours! But any will do. Another reactor (Mortius ) recently did a true blind analysis- covered his monitor while letting us view - so he was not distracted by the visuals. And after all the many times he has watched/heard it he discovered new little nuances.
This was the first video of yours ive seen and youve earned a new sub man you had such a good and genuine reaction and i feel you on the frustration of not being able to his some of geoffs otherworldly notes
What you call that is amazingly insaneidiculous. Emoni is actually an old part of the group. She was with them back on their own season of the Sing Off, performed The Bones Are Good with them, and had a part in their song Sing as well.
Actually Emoni was in a group called 10 that came in second place that season. Some chick named Honey was with VoicePlay. Personally I think she caused them to get cut too early. Seems like she only cared about her own ambitions instead of a group project. I wish Emoni had been in Voice Play for the Sing Off. VOICEPLAY probably would have finished higher. Emoni has a beautiful voice.
Geoff is always such a crazy good singer to me, I am a low baritone and while I may be able to hit down to C1 subharmonic without too much issue usually, I could never do a chest Bb1 like you did in this video. A super froggy C2 is the lowest I can go in chest and an F5, rarely a G5 is the highest I can get. C1-F5 is a nice range for a baritone but sometimes it sucks not being able to have that absolute tonal mastery in the lows or highs that a true tenor or bass can get.
Have you seen their Phantom of the Opera cover? Rachael Potter is a BEAST with her upper range. :) The video is one of their older pieces, so you may have to sift quite a ways through their channel to find it, if you haven't seen it yet. (Sorry, I'm not sure which pieces you have or have not seen, so based on your response to Rachael here, I figured I'd just mention it in case you hadn't seen it yet.) Also, for what it's worth - I love the fact that you pay attention to a lot more than just Geoff's bass lines. I'm as big a fan of his bass as anyone else, but I feel as though a lot of reactors get so focused on his bass sledgehammer taking out the floor that they often miss the rest of the awesomeness that is surrounding him, too. :) They are ALL so blasted good! LOL
I've seen most of Voiceplay's stuff, but if you want me to take another look at some of their work and give my insights, let me know which! I might not have seen it yet...
My favorites are Halo, Hoist the Colours and Warriors apart from this one.
One of my favorite that will soon be god for the season is voiceplays “this Christmas” so good
Have you seen their cover of White Christmas its amazing
Honestly, I adore your reaction to this and immediately subbed to see more. Just go through their catalog brother, lord knows it’s all good!
I think Geoff hit a B0 in the Halo theme song with Voiceplay - if you haven't heard it
Geoff spent years getting this arrangement the way he wanted it. Between his arrangement and the singers he has in Rachel and Emoni as guests were perfect and Cesar did his part beautifully. Layne and Eli (EL-EE) are such solid foundations and Geoff was ..... Geoff.
Cesar is really starting to expand his range--I was impressed.
I feel like Layne isn't getting enough credit for what he did here, probably because it's so easy to lose it in the amazing harmonies, but whatever he did at 6:05 is one of the craziest things I've heard in my life.
I absolutely love the things he does in their "Disney-Aca" (the shift from "Just can't wait to be king" into "Arabian Nights" is so amazing!), in "What's this" (the crazy 'running' sounds he makes - I can't even explain what they are, but I love them!) and in their "Top 10 Disney Villains" - I mean, how the heck does he not pass out during this. Layne is a beatboxing beast!
This is some of the best work Layne has ever done, it's absolutely amazing. Multiple pattern-fill-pattern shifts with massive tempo changes, and fill-drop-fills with 10 second breaks and never loses the beat, AND jumps right into crazy effects right in the middle of a pattern when called for. The amount of absolute trust that this arrangement puts in each of their skills is crazy.
I agree 100% ...Layne is amazing.
When arranging this:
Voiceplay: Geoff, exactly how low can you sing?
Geoff: Yes.
You were just taken to a cappella Broadway. It's a masterpiece.
Kind of fun to see is VoicePlay's Promotional Video from back in 2012. Geoff, Layne, Tony Wakims, Earl, and Eli taking front and center.
Don’t you just love the way Geoff drops all those bass bombs all through and then goes MOAB on you that last note-and doesn’t hold??? What a tease! But as much as I ALWAYS love his part in their songs, JEEZ, every single one of these guys just killed it. How do they keep getting better? I keep thinking they’ve hit their peak, and they keep climbing! (PS. It IS EL ee, short for Eliezer.). Great reaction!
Rachel Potter is revising her role as Elphaba. Geoff said in their Behind scenes video he called This Beast was years in the making.
Just randomly paused at 9:49 and GODDAMN Layne looks so tall🤣🤣 I mean I know he is a tall guy and it probably doesn't help that he is right next to Eli plus a step further forward but holy sh*t🤣 even geoff looks small
Apparently Rachel is reprising her role from the stage perforer stunning video. You mention the lighting here. The other one with amazng lighting is Hoist The Colours which you no doubt know. Another stunner. And yes Eli is promounced elly, short for Eliezer (Jacobson).
Geoff hit a B0 in there Voice Play cover of the Halo theme, you have have to watch it!!
that was the correct reaction to their version of defying gravity. but seriously all of these singers genuinely just make all of this look very easy and none of this is easy at all. i cant even sing, but even if i could id still know its fucking difficult.
Layne's a monster on drums and Geoff on bass guitar. Have you seen or done VoicePlay's Phantom of the Opera with Rachel and Tony as the Phantom?
C#1 is also the lowest note, Elliott Robinson drops in his cover of Shape of You. But not in subharmonics. He does it in full chest. And he is not even the lowest. What makes Geoff actually stand out, is the warmth if his tone and the way he employs his gift.
One you may enjoy - it's live - from their competing on the Sing Off. It's the 9 mil version of Road Trip from 7 years ago. Geoff, Earl, Eli, Layne and Tony who used to be the baritone.
I love watching Road Trip!!
what a nice bass voice that you have
Great reaction!! Please do more Voiceplay!! Whatever you haven’t seen- do it. They have no bad ones. 🤩
Thank you for another great reaction to Voice Play. I love Layne's drumming especially towards the end as Rachel Potter was singing. Layne is amazing.
Fantastic arrangement and I love seeing Rachel again.
Enjoyed your reaction! Another great medley from VoicePlay. I liked your commentary - I would enjoy you doing more VoicePlay even if you have heard the song before.
I love Layne so much. He needs to do more singing tho he has an amazing voice
PLEASE do more VoicePlay! New subscriber here. For drama and amazing cinematography, you have to do Hoist the Colours! But any will do. Another reactor (Mortius ) recently did a true blind analysis- covered his monitor while letting us view - so he was not distracted by the visuals. And after all the many times he has watched/heard it he discovered new little nuances.
Have you heard or seen their cover of "Once Upon a Dream"?.....Geoff's 'dragon's breath'......is worth it.
When I listened to it with headphones, when Geoff first shows up, the sound made me jump a mile. It actually scared me.
You’re got phenomenally rich bass voice! I just found your channel and I’m so happy I did!
This was the first video of yours ive seen and youve earned a new sub man you had such a good and genuine reaction and i feel you on the frustration of not being able to his some of geoffs otherworldly notes
What you call that is amazingly insaneidiculous.
Emoni is actually an old part of the group. She was with them back on their own season of the Sing Off, performed The Bones Are Good with them, and had a part in their song Sing as well.
Actually Emoni was in a group called 10 that came in second place that season. Some chick named Honey was with VoicePlay. Personally I think she caused them to get cut too early. Seems like she only cared about her own ambitions instead of a group project. I wish Emoni had been in Voice Play for the Sing Off. VOICEPLAY probably would have finished higher. Emoni has a beautiful voice.
Geoff is always such a crazy good singer to me, I am a low baritone and while I may be able to hit down to C1 subharmonic without too much issue usually, I could never do a chest Bb1 like you did in this video. A super froggy C2 is the lowest I can go in chest and an F5, rarely a G5 is the highest I can get. C1-F5 is a nice range for a baritone but sometimes it sucks not being able to have that absolute tonal mastery in the lows or highs that a true tenor or bass can get.
Have you seen their Phantom of the Opera cover? Rachael Potter is a BEAST with her upper range. :) The video is one of their older pieces, so you may have to sift quite a ways through their channel to find it, if you haven't seen it yet. (Sorry, I'm not sure which pieces you have or have not seen, so based on your response to Rachael here, I figured I'd just mention it in case you hadn't seen it yet.)
Also, for what it's worth - I love the fact that you pay attention to a lot more than just Geoff's bass lines. I'm as big a fan of his bass as anyone else, but I feel as though a lot of reactors get so focused on his bass sledgehammer taking out the floor that they often miss the rest of the awesomeness that is surrounding him, too. :) They are ALL so blasted good! LOL
I had so much fun watching this reaction! I even subscribed because it was so fun! I will be back to watch more.
Your laugh is epic!
So well done. Welcome to VoicePlay. :)
I really enjoy watching your reaction videos! Happy holidays!
Eli usually does the lighting for the videos.
Really enjoyed the reaction, but more so the singing and beat boxing along. Really wide range you have there, quite impressive.
His name is Eliezer so he is called Ell ee.
Haven't heard from you in awhile. All ok? VoicePlay has done several amazing videos as had Geoff. Like to hear your opinion.
Still here, busy days. Will be back soon with something special...
You should listen to the oggie boogie song from voiceplay geoff hit's some very low notes on that one and it's a great song to listen to
Yup my same reaction just done for just 0o0
g#5 on a nice chestier mix
Why not check out Geoff's new cover - Big Bad John!
But......you DID enjoy it..........right?........which is why they do it....Eli(Elizear), so 'Elly'......>^^
My Mother told me
13:30 ... brain.exe has stopped responding. critical_process_died. Please reboot system and try again.
Is that his actual head or is that a filter?
Full CG animated character with ai voice changer, actually a woman. Takes 3 full days to make one video. That's why I take so long to post.
Rachel and Emonie just kill their parts.
eww blue switch not thoc
Incorrect, but you could hear my keyboard well enough to guess that?