Misty Mountains has been my favorite for a long time. I find the pacing and the deep bass very soothing . Then he came out with I See Fire with each of the dwarves really getting to show off their own range. This combines the best of both in my opinion. It’s got that slow pacing where you can really appreciate that deep voice, but each of the dwarves get to sing a bit as well. And those harmonies! Delicious! You might check out the mini that he did with VoicePlay for Misty Mountains. It’s short but it’s interesting to hear the whole group, especially with the tenors. He doesn’t do his solo work a cappella. He uses plug-ins and records using his keyboard. He saves a cappella for his work with VoicePlay. I am pretty sure that that opening hum is him with some production on it. It reminds me of the opening of Dragon born / Skyrim.
@janetdw I've seen voiceplays misty mountains short, really cool having the rest of the group doing the harmonies in the back. You may well be right about that opening hum sound, thanks for listening.
Yep, epic! I think "Song of Durin" is my new favorite. This song is from Tolkien's second book ("The Fellowship of the Ring") from the LorR books. I don't believe that it was in any of the movies. This is the song that Gimli sings at Balin's tomb. It's underground in the dwarven ruins. Gimli is joined by ghosts from the past (characters are Thorin, Fili, Kili, Bofur from Geoff's songs from "The Hobbit" movies) to sing this song, which is why they disappear at the end. VoicePlay is releasing their next one this Friday, Sept. 27th. You'll get subs there as Layne arranged it 🙂 It's another Disney villain tune so Geoff is lead.
there is something strange with your setup. the song sunds much brighter than the original YT video or all other reactions ... too less bass, too much highs thanks for sharing and spreading the video
Thanks for your comments. I like you was in awe of his gorgeous high notes. It's almost unbelievable that one person could sound so beautiful at both ends of the bass tenor range. A wonderful arrangement. Geoff isn't interested in singing super low just for the sake of it, it needs to fit the song. I'd love him to sing a complete song in his tenor range.
"They've all got the range of Geoff; of course they do"😂 Yep, I tend to forget it's all one person when listening. The stacked harmonies are exquisite. We go from growl to floating highs. It's incredible.
Geoff's voice is amazing, obviously. But the fact that he did the arrangement, the production, the video and audio editing makes him a sheer genius. His wife Kathy is the production manager for him and Voiceplay, I don't know how they would get anything finished without her.
Geoff uses Native Instruments plugin for the instruments and sounds and a piano keyboard for the notes. His octave range is absolutely amazing. Each of his clones has their own name, personality and range. In the 3 Hobbit videos he is a different dwarf character. Left to right.... Killi (Jeff). Thorin (Jeoph). Gimli (Geoff). Filli (Daryl). Bofur (Goff).
Misty Mountains has been my favorite for a long time. I find the pacing and the deep bass very soothing . Then he came out with I See Fire with each of the dwarves really getting to show off their own range. This combines the best of both in my opinion. It’s got that slow pacing where you can really appreciate that deep voice, but each of the dwarves get to sing a bit as well. And those harmonies! Delicious!
You might check out the mini that he did with VoicePlay for Misty Mountains. It’s short but it’s interesting to hear the whole group, especially with the tenors.
He doesn’t do his solo work a cappella. He uses plug-ins and records using his keyboard. He saves a cappella for his work with VoicePlay.
I am pretty sure that that opening hum is him with some production on it. It reminds me of the opening of Dragon born / Skyrim.
@janetdw I've seen voiceplays misty mountains short, really cool having the rest of the group doing the harmonies in the back. You may well be right about that opening hum sound, thanks for listening.
Yep, epic! I think "Song of Durin" is my new favorite. This song is from Tolkien's second book ("The Fellowship of the Ring") from the LorR books. I don't believe that it was in any of the movies. This is the song that Gimli sings at Balin's tomb. It's underground in the dwarven ruins. Gimli is joined by ghosts from the past (characters are Thorin, Fili, Kili, Bofur from Geoff's songs from "The Hobbit" movies) to sing this song, which is why they disappear at the end.
VoicePlay is releasing their next one this Friday, Sept. 27th. You'll get subs there as Layne arranged it 🙂 It's another Disney villain tune so Geoff is lead.
@vdoyne thanks for the info, really appreciate it 👍.
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It's his subharmonic
there is something strange with your setup. the song sunds much brighter than the original YT video or all other reactions ... too less bass, too much highs
thanks for sharing and spreading the video
@ChristianHermann2 perhaps it's just simply the volume being too high, maybe I'll adjust it down a notch next time. Thanks for letting me know.
Voiceplay is acappella. Geoff's stuff usually isn't.
Thanks for your comments. I like you was in awe of his gorgeous high notes. It's almost unbelievable that one person could sound so beautiful at both ends of the bass tenor range. A wonderful arrangement. Geoff isn't interested in singing super low just for the sake of it, it needs to fit the song. I'd love him to sing a complete song in his tenor range.
"They've all got the range of Geoff; of course they do"😂
Yep, I tend to forget it's all one person when listening. The stacked harmonies are exquisite.
We go from growl to floating highs. It's incredible.
Geoff's voice is amazing, obviously. But the fact that he did the arrangement, the production, the video and audio editing makes him a sheer genius. His wife Kathy is the production manager for him and Voiceplay, I don't know how they would get anything finished without her.
Geoff uses Native Instruments plugin for the instruments and sounds and a piano keyboard for the notes.
His octave range is absolutely amazing.
Each of his clones has their own name, personality and range. In the 3 Hobbit videos he is a different dwarf character.
Left to right....
Killi (Jeff). Thorin (Jeoph). Gimli (Geoff). Filli (Daryl). Bofur (Goff).
Actually Kili would be the beardless one. Far left with braided mustache is Filli
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You're right. My bad. I get them mixed up a lot. I'll have to put that in the Rolodex in my brain for future reference 😂