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If Danny likes that E1 - and we know he did - then you should watch VoicePlay's Halo Theme together. Geoff finally broke into octave zero, twice in one performance.
Geoff has a 5 octave range. The last note was a subharmonic. He is great with subharmonics. He can project clearly in his low range the best of any other bassist I have heard.
Geoff's range is from B0 to A5, so pretty insane :) the only studio help he has to hit those low notes, is amplifying the volume as notes that low are barely audible and need some extra volume to blend proper in with the volume of the rest of the song. he uses a mix of chest voice, fry notes, growl notes and subharmonics for the low notes. seems like a lot of people took the "he needs studio help for that note" as a "he can't hit that note without studio help" when you clearly specified it was for volume. and yes, Geoff has said many times that he needs his mic turned up very high during his performances, because bass notes that low are by nature very low in volume. we all know he can hit those live, even during live streams, but they aren't loud enough for a performance without really loud volume. the bass notes a little higher up though are quite booming :D
He has said that someone who really knows what they are doing on the sound system during a live performance is essential. I would guess they have a sound guy who knows the songs and can alter the volume etc on the fly. Without that, Geoff would wipe out all the speakers when he goes up high and needs the volume reduced a lot.
This is exactly my experience, I always thought that I was just a standard baritone because I can’t project a loud operatic C2. I can only project down to an Eb2 but I can sing chest down to A1, chest fry to E1, subharmonics to B0, growl to A0, and fry to F0. I am more of a bass baritone but with good sound on my mic live or by upping the volume of the low notes on my software it’s absolutely booming. Geoff is a lower bass than me (with slightly higher upper range too) and he is a much older, more experienced, and overall better singer, but I absolutely look up to what he does and it’s good knowing that even he is human and still needs amplification when singing down there.
@@upsidedownpyramid7617 yeh, only true basses can project in the lower bass range, as that is their natural range, while Geoff's natural range is in the lower baritone. He's a big inspiration for many young basses and bass-baritones, as he also started off as a baritone with just a basic bass range and very little high range. through hard work and dedication (and some genetic luck as well ofc) he has worked his way to the range he has today. he has also shown that being a bass is cool 😁😁
Yeeeeah. Look up some of the live Voiceplay vids here on UA-cam. You'll get to see him do that completely live. LOL. He uses subharmonics when he feels he needs them. If you're really curious, go check Geoff Castellucci's own UA-cam channel. He actually has three video tutorials posted where he explains how he gets down into those ranges. He's also very open about usage of microphones and where his voice can go with and without a microphone. But yes, he has done this live. They've actually performed Oogie Boogie live as well. The man has a five octave range, and considers himself a baritone with a bass range, no matter how many of us consider him a bass with a baritone reach. LOL! That said, though, if you look up his own channel and give his tutorial vids a look/listen, you'll find his natural, casual speaking voice is way down in the basement already. ;) If you want another really good demonstration of Geoff's range, check out Voiceplay's cover "If I Were A Rich Man/Girl." They had Ashley Diane on as a guest, and OMG, between her and Geoff, and Cesar and Eli and Layne just... it's an awesome piece with a completely different feel from this one. Really a cool piece of work they did there. Also Geoff's solo covers of Bare Necessities, House of the Rising Sun, and Monster Mash are wonderful, too. He did a cover of 16 Tons as well, and I never get tired of listening to that man sing. 🤣 Him, Avi Kaplan, and Tim Faust are all AMAZING low singers. All of them bring so much talent and skill to the table. The big guy here in this video doing the really high vocal fry character voice is Earl. He left the group about a year ago-ish. He is an amazing high tenor, too, as is Eli. Eli's voice is so freaking versatile, I love it when they give him the space to just soar with it. Layne is super talented also. He does beat boxing/vocal percussion, he's outstanding on the violin and has such an angelic voice when he actually sings. He and Geoff both do arrangements for VP as well. And I believe Layne does some work with Patty Cake Productions also. A few other VP vids I can think off right off the cuff here.. Billie Eilish, Panic! in 4 Minutes Part 1, Panic in 4 Minutes Part 2, Queen in 5 Minutes, Here Comes Halloween, Kidnap the Sandy Claws, My Mother Told Me, Hoist the Colors, Mission: Jingle Bells... There's a few to get you started. ;) Anyway. :) That's probably way more information than you ever wanted. But yes, Geoff can reach the basement, then take out the floor with a vocal sledgehammer and go lower. LOL. He acknowledges the limits of how far his voice can reach off-mic, but frankly, even off-mic he has a hell of a strong reach for his range. Definitely give his video tuts a listen if you're curious about how he does it. Incidentally, those tuts can be beneficial to women, too. I'm a female with a contralto range, and the basic techniques he goes over have actually helped me as well. We all have to work within the limits of what our own instrument can produce, but the techniques can be applied up or down the ranges just fine. Or maybe I'm just a weird geek who loves learning new techniques and is just weird enough to have to try it anyway. LOL. Anyhow. That's all I'll say. I'm sure I've over-written in the comments section again like I always do. 😂 Enjoy looking into both his own channel and the Voiceplay group channel. They are, along with Home Free and Pentatonix, right at the top of their game. I love all three groups.
Just so you know, Geoff is confirmed to be a 5 octave singer and he can and does hit F1 live. He and Voice Play have also done their high ranges live. which is not to say that they don't do some post production on their soundtracks, (of COURSE they do) but... the range(s) are REAL and unreal and not just for Geoff, Eli and Layne in particular are astounding. you really need to hear Hoist the Colors and If I were a rich man/girl as well as go the distance and carry on wayward son. the truly amazing thing about Geoff and Layne (who usually arrange Voice Play's music) is how innovative they are and how they can (and DO) showcase every member of the performance to the benefit of us all LOL enjoy the ride (and keep your ears and mind open) you and your fellow are in for a treat! (and in keeping with the season some tricks as well)
Now you see why I (and others) asked for this one. Now you'll need to listen to some Home Free. Tim Faust, bass of Home Free and Geoff have a lot of respect for each other. Geoff has even done a few arrangements for Home Free and for a video by Peter Hollens featuring Tim Faust.
@@CStorm26 I don 't. I think he was implying there was autotune or some such involved which there wasn't. They can and do perform live. Almost all singers are amplified to one degree or another.
He can do a D1 chested. I can chest E1 myself, but D1, I have to use subharmonics. I learned this while listening to his tutorial. If you do a slide, you can hear the transition from chest to subharmonic, there is no transition from Geoff until he goes below D1, you can hear that transition in a couple of his songs he's done in his own channel, Blackbird is one of them.
Y’all need to watch some of Geoffs solo stuff, because he doesn’t have “studio help” that’s all his voice. You can hear him knock out those notes live.
He also does a video on how to sing low notes where he shows you how to do subharmonics. That's where I learned to do it and I can now match Geoff down to a D1. I'd love to do that B0 he does in the Halo theme.
@@Tryst46 The amount of control for a B0 subharmonic man. You have to hold a B1 chest, already super difficult, then over-support the shit out of it basically. Insane.
@@danielstephens1185 not really i start to lose volume when i hit arount D1 and below. E1 like we see in this vid isnt hard to get volume especially with Geoffs training and practice
@@Genthar There's a bit of production magic in most of VP's theatrical performances. They can do it live and use techniques like autotune to get the same effects. Only when they do a competition such as the sing offs do they refrain from those special techniques.
@@maeco7 yeah it always sounded a bit impossible without studio work to sound like that. Subharmonics can’t get the same tone as he did singing it in two seperate chest octaves.
At the end there you said you'd love to hear him do it live, well guess what? He has, and its posted on youtube! He is definitely a sight to behold. Geoff is not only my favorite singer in Acapella, but all of music.
That last note (E1) still stands 👏 I don't generally care for live performances but I understand that's just me (my brain likes whatever it memorizes first, a cognitive bias I believe).
Geoff is the first to admit he can go low but he isn’t a loud singer. People who know music say he has a 5 octave range. I take their word for it because I don’t know music. I just know VoicePlay is amazing.
5 octaves is a bit more than Geoff's range, but it's close. His range is a little over four octaves on any given day but he can use techniques to get just shy of 5 octaves.
Geoff also says he's a tenor, so I wouldn't put too much stock in what he says. He's being a little TOO modest methinks. He has got quite a bit of power in those lows, more than most people anyway.
Geoff says in one of his tutorial vids on his solo channel that he's a baritone who has trained to sing bass. Tim Foust of Home Free is a natural bass, and you can hear it in his speaking voice, which is just a little deeper than Geoff's. When Layne arranged Oogie Boogie, it required Geoff's highest and lowest notes he could hit at the time. I've seen concert footage of them doing it live. The upper notes take more effort but he hits them, and that last "Boogie man" is just as low as in the vid. He can go even lower now -- he hits a B0 in their Halo theme.
@@shirleykarr560 I will say it is possible for a lower baritone to learn to sing bass as that’s what I’ve been doing. I don’t think you can get the projection that he gets in his lows without being a natural bass though. He was just a bass who hadn’t developed their low register enough beforehand.
On Geoff’s solo channel he has videos explaining how to sing lower which have techniques and such. You can also find his two solo Halloween efforts “Headless Horseman” and “Monster Mash” (a new release). You will also hear the backup “Geoff’s” as he harmonizes with himself. VoicePlay has some other Halloween offerings, too, like “This is Halloween” and “What’s this”. Thanks for your reaction
Geoff just released a Monster Mash cover you need to check out and my personal favourite Voiceplay song that doesn't get reacted to enough is a cover of We're Good by Dua Lipa, you should look into those
Geoff has made videos on How to sing low, or very low. He shares his techniques for anyone interested. And yes, he does have to get up close but he can do it live now too. He gets very low in The House of the Rising Sun, and he made a live version for his patrons (of which I am one) so we know he can do it live.
I would definitely recommend VoicePlay's cover of Hoist the Colors that has a lot of low note range. Also if you like low notes, Home Free also has a singer Tim Foust with a low range and their covers are awesome too!
Geoff Castelucci of VoicePlay as well as Tim Foust of Home Free both have ranges of 5+ octaves and they got pretty good breath control, volume control and can hold their Nora fire long times without the need of technological support. Mind you, produced songs du have the fun benefit of giving a bit support to occasionally enhance it, but only occasionally. If you haven't checked out Home Free yet I highly recommend you do. They are the country band of acapella, although they don't only do songs from the country genre. Man of Constant Sorrow is a popular place to start for many reactors. In both groups, VoicePlay and Home Free, there are also incredible beatboxers, singers with 4+ ranges and Home Free has two crazy good tenors. VoicePlay recently lost a couple of members and is one "man" down, but correctly use guests to feature. Their cover of Halo was released recently. It features Scott Porter, last seen in the last series of Lucifer, who was a founding member and their original beatboxer. Crazy good!
Not to mention that Tim and Geoff are friends and have worked together to learn to hit the sub harmonics. Some say Tim taught Geoff how to hit the growl notes easier. Tim seems to hit them as regularly as Geoff (including blowing speakers in live performances) and like Geoff, he has a great tenor voice as well.
A low doesn't use a lot of air. I'm not a professional singer by any stretch of the imagination and even I can hold a E1 for around 20 seconds. Geoff's professional training means he can hold it a lot longer if he needs to. In the Moana Medley, he holds two low notes one after the other, the first for around 10 seconds and the second for about 4 seconds with almost no time to take a breath in between them, the follows it by a run without breathing of around 11 seconds on various low notes. He also holds a low note for a while in My Mother Told Me.
The Halo theme VoicePlay just released has Geoff hitting a B0 and sustaining it for several measures. If you want his full octave range in one song try his solo releases of Blackbird and High and Dry.
There’s at least one video of them doing Oogie Boogie live that I’ve seen. It’s called: Voiceplay - Oogie Boogie - Valley Forge Casino, 12/20/2019 and it’s posted by Stacy Tee You could see what you think of his range on this video of him singing live…
You totally need to react to Geoff singing Misty Mountain! It's all him and it gives me absolute chills between the harmonies and how deep he goes. He's incredible and Voice Play as a whole are all amazing.
I’m sure he’s singing right into the mic when he hits those lows in the studio, but he’s definitely NOT getting any help actually hitting the notes. Just for giggles, check out their concert version of Elvira.
That's just Geoff. He really can hit that low. Yes, he does keep the mic close to his mouth like all bass singers hitting those super low notes. But he easily hits those low notes without much need of any help or boosting. He's known for taking out speakers at live concerts due to those low notes.
Boy are you in for a surprise, because that subharmonic isn't even hard for him anymore. He doesn't just sing it with power, he can enunciate lyrics clearly with it. He does a tutorial to show how he does it, it'll blow your mind.
Glad you enjoyed VoicePlay. One of my favorite “bands.” Hope you will check out more of their songs, my favorites are Tennessee Whiskey and Daddy Sang Bass, Queen in five minutes, Boy bands in five minutes, if you like Disney they have several medleys. If you like Billie Eilish, They have three videos that tell a story - Trapped and Panic at the disco one and two. While the voices when recorded separately in the video, Geoff hits those notes live.
Hello That last note Geoff hits is an E1. That's all him! No tech help. Geoff trains his voice in subharmonics. He has a channel on UA-cam: Geoff Castellucci. In one video, Geoff explains how to sing bass without damaging his vocal chords. He explains also about subharmonics too. Other vocal coaches and singers are amazed at Geoff's vocal performance as they react to him and his involvement in Voice Play.
The last note Geoff hit was an E1, the lowest I have heard him hit so for is a Bb0. When you get into his upper range he has almost a 6 octave range a clear vocal magic.
he has a training video when he shows how to get those low notes.. yes that last note was sub-harmonic. They did equalize the volume I believe... but this is older now.. and he's getting better so new songs need less.
Geoff goes from a very high B4 here at the end with the first "I'm the Oogey Boogey Man!" to a very low E1 on the final "Man!" Which, while an impressive range, is not even his full one. Geoff has said in interviews (such as the one he did with Elizabeth Zharoff, _The Charismatic Voice_ channel) and in videos on bass singing on his own channel, that he sometimes uses straight chest, vocal fry, growl and subharmonics to achieve those lower notes. But no electronic audio tricks to reach down that low, other than just volume, because he does admit that many of those notes being mostly air, that they wouldn't be audible very far beyond one's head without amplification. So, just sitting in a room with him or the group, prolly not gonna hear those lower notes too well. Gotta have the microphone.
Geoff is a 5 octave singer and he goes in this song from I think an E1 to a B4 across the song and he does several 2-3 octave jumps in the course of a line, it's incredibly impressive.
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The best part about watching the Oogie Boogie video is doing it with the captions on. They get funny. For Geoff’s last few notes, lol… the captions are funny. I’m not gonna say why. But go check it out if you’re curious 😉
Live Oogie boogie from 2019: ua-cam.com/video/_HwUxb-DDw4/v-deo.html Demo from Geoff's YT channel(skip to 1:24 in video) ua-cam.com/video/sVGFTMb_3ns/v-deo.html
If you want more Halloween based songs then I'd recommend... Calling all the Monsters by China Ann McClain Problem (Monster remix) by Becky G ft Will I Am I'm in Love with Monster by Fifth Harmony Also, If you haven't heard of this UA-cam channel then HIGHLY Recommend it. It's called Pattycake Productions. Please look it up because it's really amazing ;)
Keeping with the Halloweenie theme check out VoicePlay doing This is Halloween and Geoff Castalucci singing The Monster Mash. As to what low notes he can dig down to I have 2 recommendations. Misty Mountains by Peter Hollens feat. Tim Foust and Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold - Low Bass Singer Cover by Geoff Castellucci. Same song, just slightly different styles. Both are amazing. (Tim is from Home Free, another major a cappella group.) VoicePlay and Home Free got together for Zombies vs Hillbillies - Survivor that is really funny and sounds great. For another similar theme done differently check out Home Free's Sea Shanty Medley and VoicePlay's Hoist the Colours feat. Jose Rosario Jr. (who's also featured in their wonderful Viking turn My Mother Told Me).
Don't know how many of y'all are singers but everyone can appreciate a great bass singer But sometimes you come across a particularly gifted bass singer and Geoff Castellucci is one of them. His vocal range is sick. But he is equally fantastic in his upper registers. Geoff's final note in OOGIE BOOGIE''S SONG gave me goosebumps. Now granted, Geoff is most likely amplifying that subharmonic final note but, none the less, hitting that low a note is crazy. So give props where they are due. Geoff has his solo career but also is part of the fantastic group Voice Play. They are my favorite along with Home Free. Enjoy! #GeoffCastellucci #HomeFree
You were talking about microphone placement for that low note. I sang for several years (Granted a tenor),. I could be TOTALLY off here, but I would think that one of those microphones that the military use that is a band with the microphone resting directly on your adam's apple would be needed. Obviously not military grade, professionally made for music, but one that literally straps around your neck and sits ON the adam's apple is my guess of how he could pull it off.
Geoff's bottom note is B0 (second white key at the end of a 88 key piano)( I think he hit that in Moana, but I know he hits it twice in the Halo Theme) and his top note is A5. Geoff also does amazing subharmonics. In his solos (like Blackbird, High and Dry, Ain't No Sunshine, 16 Tons, and his newest is an Elvis Presley cover of Way Down where the last note is a C1 (some say in chest, some in sub) it is interesting to hear him do that range.
The last note, (the subharmonic), i've seen Jonathan Goldman do that in a large conference room, in person, and it was startlingly LOUD, (people jumped). Also fairy sustained; at least as long as it was here. It was like a blast from a didgeridoo. I don't know if he had the microphone close, or if the acoustics of the room amplified it. Then i saw him do it again during a workshop, also in a large room. That time i don't think he even had a microphone, but i still recall it being pretty loud, (he was trying to wake somebody up from a very deep trance. It worked). JG might not be well known to traditional musicians, as his area of interest/expertise is in sound healing. He's well known to the new age community for Tibetan Deep Voice chanting, (which sounds a lot like what Geoff did at the end). I don't know if it's the same technique or not, but it sure sounds like it. He works a lot with subharmonics and overtone chanting, various other effects that are not often used in traditional music, but stuff that would be used in Eastern monastic settings or the New Age community, like singing bowls, tuning forks, didgeridoos, binaural beats, and other stuff that's off the beaten path. Anyway, my point was: I would NOT assume that Geoff didn't sing and sustain that note all on his own, and at that volume. I've seen it done.
6:08 tech help? well not really but also kinda. Profundos can project YOUR head off and everyone behind you, but those who use subharmonics tend to be mic munchers. theres no tweaking, just proximityeffect mostly.
Geoff Castilucci, Tim Foust, Avi Kaplan don't need any tech help they actually sing that low and high. They are my favorite bass singers I listen to. They are just that good. The Guinness book of records holder of the lowest note ever sung is Tim Storms. The lowest note he can sing is so low that the only living thing that can hear him is an Elephant. His range is 8-10 Octaves, believe it or not.
So there are bass vocalists that can project those low subharmonics very loudly, but Geoff has stated personally that he does use the mic and equalizer to help with his low notes on recordings. Look up thou yang, David Khan, and David Larson for those projected, off-mic subharmonics
So I have kinda dived in deep to reacts on this song by voiceplay. I have to say, you are my least enjoyed. Your guy there doesn't know music very well? Dude, go learn and come back later. Then you keep interrupting the video to offer incorrect information. The cartoon voice is not a vocal fry, but rather a flap you can tighten in the back of your throat to different intensities depending on how sharp you want that effect. You can't do that with a fry. Last, your biggest sin, is your dude telling people that Geoff's E1 is fake/dressed up. He sounds like that LIVE, and since then can go even deeper.
If you like Voiceplay or Geoff Castellucci you will also like another A Capella band called HOME FREE. PLEASE check out their cover of HOME FREE - .RING OF FIRE HOME FREE and VOICEPLAY do the same exact thing but in a completely different way
Did you show Danny their LIVE performance of the Oogie Boogie Song? Geoff does the ending exactly the same with the sub harmonic, and then the growl for that subterranean note. ua-cam.com/video/_HwUxb-DDw4/v-deo.html
Here is the same song live ua-cam.com/video/_HwUxb-DDw4/v-deo.html and yes, he indeed keeps his microphone for this very close. For the theatrical video here the sound is pre-recorded - because it does take good equipment to catch all of it properly. Speaking of his falsetto end, you could check it in Toxic Audio "Grace Kelly" performance, also live ua-cam.com/video/sA0Gp6SmfSg/v-deo.html (last minute and especially very end).
In the middle of the song he goes from C1 to G#4 (G# above middle C), and E4 down to E1 at the end. He can go into the 5th octave. All the lowest notes of his range are without any audio tech help, 100% his voice.
You guys do realize that you are watching a Music Video right? That all of this was recorded sound-wise in a studio and not live for the acting performance right? I mean seriously you think it had some tech help, Of course, it had help, so did the beatboxing and any number of other things in the sound recording and sound design! That is just the way things are done for music videos for the most part.
You should also check out Home Free. It is another a capella group. I'd start with Man of Constant Sorrow or End of the Road, but they do all kind of music.
I have now just heard Geoff’s version of Man Of Constant Sorrow,it’s amazing he goes through so many ranges with his great voice. I think you will love it as well.
If you want to hear Geoff sing the end of this "clean" (no accompaniment), check this out (you can go to 1:24): ua-cam.com/video/sVGFTMb_3ns/v-deo.html
Sorry to inform you but Geoff doesn't actually need much volume assistance. If you get a chance to watch his video about how to sing low you'll see that he is somehow able to get that low with some volume. It's actually really incredible.
Please check out some and react to of the songs from The Home Free Vocal Band. I promise you won't regret it except you may become addicted to them and become a Home Fry.
Geoff actually explains that exact note in this song in this tutorial (not something you'd react to, so feel free to watch it): ua-cam.com/video/sVGFTMb_3ns/v-deo.html&ab_channel=GeoffCastellucci
You can see him do it with no production, just sitting by the mic podcast style... Skip to 1:23 to get your answers 😁 ua-cam.com/video/sVGFTMb_3ns/v-deo.html
I watched an intreview that Geoff did where he talks about not being a projection singer meaning he is a very soft quiet singer. Here is the link to the interview. ua-cam.com/video/ypToJeKoEbI/v-deo.html
Maybe his lowest notes are on the mic, I’ve never seen him live, but there are basses that don’t need a mic like operatic basso profundos/oktavists, so it’s not impossible.
Geoff has said hes not a very loud singer and doesn't sing off mic. That last note he did is a subharmonic which is a fun technique for singing lower, but for whatever reason it doesn't sound great on mic. You have to edit out the air to give it that beefy sound and not like blowing into the mic
He has done a G1 just sitting and talking to people he has hit a G1, and his new song way down by Elvis Presley he hit a C1 and he hit a b0 twice in other songs
Geoff's voice is amazing! Not to mention how he handles and takes care of it. And with his range, you know it took a lot of time for him to be able to sing such a range anyway. And I love even when he sings subharmonics up to his higher notes, they all are still very clean. I also love the amount of control he has over his voice and how he uses it.
If you do if you Google some of the tours they did do some thing like this live I don’t member if it was this song but I do remember that he does hit some su subharmonics live and very low notes live it’s just kind of hard to find
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Have you reacted from any songs from the TV show Smash
If Danny likes that E1 - and we know he did - then you should watch VoicePlay's Halo Theme together. Geoff finally broke into octave zero, twice in one performance.
I've watched some of voiceplays live performances and it does sound like Geoff can get that volume with those bottom notes.
Actually 7 .. only few can ..
this is alll geoff no help needed
Geoff has a 5 octave range. The last note was a subharmonic. He is great with subharmonics. He can project clearly in his low range the best of any other bassist I have heard.
Subharmonic E1 I think.
@@SgtSplatter782 indeed it was an E1, not his lowest anymore either now, in their HALO cover he hits a B0 twice
@@SgtSplatter782 Yes it is
Vocal Coaches verify that is an E1 note
I would be interested to know if he can hit a Bb5 or B5, with proper warm-up.
He says that A5 is his highest note at any given day.
He can hit that last note with no assist on volume. He did it on his tiktok.
Geoff's range is from B0 to A5, so pretty insane :) the only studio help he has to hit those low notes, is amplifying the volume as notes that low are barely audible and need some extra volume to blend proper in with the volume of the rest of the song. he uses a mix of chest voice, fry notes, growl notes and subharmonics for the low notes.
seems like a lot of people took the "he needs studio help for that note" as a "he can't hit that note without studio help" when you clearly specified it was for volume. and yes, Geoff has said many times that he needs his mic turned up very high during his performances, because bass notes that low are by nature very low in volume. we all know he can hit those live, even during live streams, but they aren't loud enough for a performance without really loud volume. the bass notes a little higher up though are quite booming :D
He has said that someone who really knows what they are doing on the sound system during a live performance is essential. I would guess they have a sound guy who knows the songs and can alter the volume etc on the fly. Without that, Geoff would wipe out all the speakers when he goes up high and needs the volume reduced a lot.
This is exactly my experience, I always thought that I was just a standard baritone because I can’t project a loud operatic C2. I can only project down to an Eb2 but I can sing chest down to A1, chest fry to E1, subharmonics to B0, growl to A0, and fry to F0. I am more of a bass baritone but with good sound on my mic live or by upping the volume of the low notes on my software it’s absolutely booming. Geoff is a lower bass than me (with slightly higher upper range too) and he is a much older, more experienced, and overall better singer, but I absolutely look up to what he does and it’s good knowing that even he is human and still needs amplification when singing down there.
@@upsidedownpyramid7617 yeh, only true basses can project in the lower bass range, as that is their natural range, while Geoff's natural range is in the lower baritone. He's a big inspiration for many young basses and bass-baritones, as he also started off as a baritone with just a basic bass range and very little high range. through hard work and dedication (and some genetic luck as well ofc) he has worked his way to the range he has today. he has also shown that being a bass is cool 😁😁
Yeeeeah. Look up some of the live Voiceplay vids here on UA-cam. You'll get to see him do that completely live. LOL.
He uses subharmonics when he feels he needs them. If you're really curious, go check Geoff Castellucci's own UA-cam channel. He actually has three video tutorials posted where he explains how he gets down into those ranges. He's also very open about usage of microphones and where his voice can go with and without a microphone.
But yes, he has done this live. They've actually performed Oogie Boogie live as well. The man has a five octave range, and considers himself a baritone with a bass range, no matter how many of us consider him a bass with a baritone reach. LOL!
That said, though, if you look up his own channel and give his tutorial vids a look/listen, you'll find his natural, casual speaking voice is way down in the basement already. ;)
If you want another really good demonstration of Geoff's range, check out Voiceplay's cover "If I Were A Rich Man/Girl." They had Ashley Diane on as a guest, and OMG, between her and Geoff, and Cesar and Eli and Layne just... it's an awesome piece with a completely different feel from this one. Really a cool piece of work they did there.
Also Geoff's solo covers of Bare Necessities, House of the Rising Sun, and Monster Mash are wonderful, too. He did a cover of 16 Tons as well, and I never get tired of listening to that man sing. 🤣
Him, Avi Kaplan, and Tim Faust are all AMAZING low singers. All of them bring so much talent and skill to the table.
The big guy here in this video doing the really high vocal fry character voice is Earl. He left the group about a year ago-ish. He is an amazing high tenor, too, as is Eli. Eli's voice is so freaking versatile, I love it when they give him the space to just soar with it.
Layne is super talented also. He does beat boxing/vocal percussion, he's outstanding on the violin and has such an angelic voice when he actually sings. He and Geoff both do arrangements for VP as well. And I believe Layne does some work with Patty Cake Productions also.
A few other VP vids I can think off right off the cuff here.. Billie Eilish, Panic! in 4 Minutes Part 1, Panic in 4 Minutes Part 2, Queen in 5 Minutes, Here Comes Halloween, Kidnap the Sandy Claws, My Mother Told Me, Hoist the Colors, Mission: Jingle Bells...
There's a few to get you started. ;)
Anyway. :) That's probably way more information than you ever wanted. But yes, Geoff can reach the basement, then take out the floor with a vocal sledgehammer and go lower. LOL. He acknowledges the limits of how far his voice can reach off-mic, but frankly, even off-mic he has a hell of a strong reach for his range.
Definitely give his video tuts a listen if you're curious about how he does it. Incidentally, those tuts can be beneficial to women, too. I'm a female with a contralto range, and the basic techniques he goes over have actually helped me as well. We all have to work within the limits of what our own instrument can produce, but the techniques can be applied up or down the ranges just fine.
Or maybe I'm just a weird geek who loves learning new techniques and is just weird enough to have to try it anyway. LOL.
Anyhow. That's all I'll say. I'm sure I've over-written in the comments section again like I always do. 😂
Enjoy looking into both his own channel and the Voiceplay group channel. They are, along with Home Free and Pentatonix, right at the top of their game. I love all three groups.
Just so you know, Geoff is confirmed to be a 5 octave singer and he can and does hit F1 live. He and Voice Play have also done their high ranges live. which is not to say that they don't do some post production on their soundtracks, (of COURSE they do) but... the range(s) are REAL and unreal and not just for Geoff, Eli and Layne in particular are astounding.
you really need to hear Hoist the Colors and If I were a rich man/girl as well as go the distance and carry on wayward son.
the truly amazing thing about Geoff and Layne (who usually arrange Voice Play's music) is how innovative they are and how they can (and DO) showcase every member of the performance to the benefit of us all LOL
enjoy the ride (and keep your ears and mind open) you and your fellow are in for a treat! (and in keeping with the season some tricks as well)
Now you see why I (and others) asked for this one. Now you'll need to listen to some Home Free. Tim Faust, bass of Home Free and Geoff have a lot of respect for each other. Geoff has even done a few arrangements for Home Free and for a video by Peter Hollens featuring Tim Faust.
You should react to “Home Free”. They are a acapella county group.
He actually has a video where he does those notes just as loud
Geoff can definitely get power and volume in his sub harmonic range.
Yes, Geoff has a lot of power, even in the very low range. I can almost match him for the low notes, but I can't get anywhere near his power.
No tech help, he can hit down to a B0 with his subharmonics and down to a F1 in full chest voice. Other than amplifying the volume, that's it.
I think that’s what he meant :)
@@CStorm26 I don 't. I think he was implying there was autotune or some such involved which there wasn't. They can and do perform live. Almost all singers are amplified to one degree or another.
@@CStorm26 no he said he had tech help.
He can do a D1 chested. I can chest E1 myself, but D1, I have to use subharmonics. I learned this while listening to his tutorial. If you do a slide, you can hear the transition from chest to subharmonic, there is no transition from Geoff until he goes below D1, you can hear that transition in a couple of his songs he's done in his own channel, Blackbird is one of them.
Y’all need to watch some of Geoffs solo stuff, because he doesn’t have “studio help” that’s all his voice. You can hear him knock out those notes live.
He also does a video on how to sing low notes where he shows you how to do subharmonics. That's where I learned to do it and I can now match Geoff down to a D1. I'd love to do that B0 he does in the Halo theme.
@@Tryst46 The amount of control for a B0 subharmonic man. You have to hold a B1 chest, already super difficult, then over-support the shit out of it basically. Insane.
He does turn the volume up on those subharmonics though... its impossible to get that low a note to sound that loud
@@qcrew2938 that note and the end one for Headless Horseman are more felt than heard, seems like. E1 and F1, respectively, apparently.
@@danielstephens1185 not really i start to lose volume when i hit arount D1 and below. E1 like we see in this vid isnt hard to get volume especially with Geoffs training and practice
Immediatrly after Layne says "to add a little spice", Geoff does a deep bass run.
One of the cool rifts I've ever heard a bass does 😌
He was asked about that and he actually said that was Layne doing a little production magic for that little run.
It's still a very cool run, it's just layered - he sang it in one octave, then a lower one and they were layered on top of each other.
@@Genthar There's a bit of production magic in most of VP's theatrical performances. They can do it live and use techniques like autotune to get the same effects. Only when they do a competition such as the sing offs do they refrain from those special techniques.
@@maeco7 yeah it always sounded a bit impossible without studio work to sound like that. Subharmonics can’t get the same tone as he did singing it in two seperate chest octaves.
At the end there you said you'd love to hear him do it live, well guess what? He has, and its posted on youtube! He is definitely a sight to behold. Geoff is not only my favorite singer in Acapella, but all of music.
That last note (E1) still stands 👏
I don't generally care for live performances but I understand that's just me (my brain likes whatever it memorizes first, a cognitive bias I believe).
He's my favorite too!😊
Few reactors notice how low the base riffs of Layne are in his beatboxing
Geoff is the first to admit he can go low but he isn’t a loud singer. People who know music say he has a 5 octave range. I take their word for it because I don’t know music. I just know VoicePlay is amazing.
5 octaves is a bit more than Geoff's range, but it's close. His range is a little over four octaves on any given day but he can use techniques to get just shy of 5 octaves.
Geoff also says he's a tenor, so I wouldn't put too much stock in what he says. He's being a little TOO modest methinks. He has got quite a bit of power in those lows, more than most people anyway.
@@Tryst46 Geoff says he’s a baritone, not a tenor.
Geoff says in one of his tutorial vids on his solo channel that he's a baritone who has trained to sing bass. Tim Foust of Home Free is a natural bass, and you can hear it in his speaking voice, which is just a little deeper than Geoff's. When Layne arranged Oogie Boogie, it required Geoff's highest and lowest notes he could hit at the time. I've seen concert footage of them doing it live. The upper notes take more effort but he hits them, and that last "Boogie man" is just as low as in the vid. He can go even lower now -- he hits a B0 in their Halo theme.
@@shirleykarr560 I will say it is possible for a lower baritone to learn to sing bass as that’s what I’ve been doing. I don’t think you can get the projection that he gets in his lows without being a natural bass though. He was just a bass who hadn’t developed their low register enough beforehand.
On Geoff’s solo channel he has videos explaining how to sing lower which have techniques and such. You can also find his two solo Halloween efforts “Headless Horseman” and “Monster Mash” (a new release). You will also hear the backup “Geoff’s” as he harmonizes with himself. VoicePlay has some other Halloween offerings, too, like “This is Halloween” and “What’s this”. Thanks for your reaction
Geoff has videos on his own channel (Geoff Castellucci) on how he sings super low. You should react to "how to sing really low, a short tutorial"
you should listen to their queen in 5 minutes and also check out Geoff’s cover of blackbird to hear his range
Sandy Claws is Geoff's brother-in-law. He's has hit that E1 it live.
Geoff just released a Monster Mash cover you need to check out and my personal favourite Voiceplay song that doesn't get reacted to enough is a cover of We're Good by Dua Lipa, you should look into those
I can’t wait til you do the Moana medley by voice play!!!
I absolutely love that medley!!!!!!
Geoff has made videos on How to sing low, or very low. He shares his techniques for anyone interested. And yes, he does have to get up close but he can do it live now too. He gets very low in The House of the Rising Sun, and he made a live version for his patrons (of which I am one) so we know he can do it live.
There's a live version it's pretty raw but still sounds spot on and he definitely projects that last sub just fine
I would definitely recommend VoicePlay's cover of Hoist the Colors that has a lot of low note range.
Also if you like low notes, Home Free also has a singer Tim Foust with a low range and their covers are awesome too!
Geoff Castelucci of VoicePlay as well as Tim Foust of Home Free both have ranges of 5+ octaves and they got pretty good breath control, volume control and can hold their Nora fire long times without the need of technological support. Mind you, produced songs du have the fun benefit of giving a bit support to occasionally enhance it, but only occasionally.
If you haven't checked out Home Free yet I highly recommend you do. They are the country band of acapella, although they don't only do songs from the country genre. Man of Constant Sorrow is a popular place to start for many reactors.
In both groups, VoicePlay and Home Free, there are also incredible beatboxers, singers with 4+ ranges and Home Free has two crazy good tenors. VoicePlay recently lost a couple of members and is one "man" down, but correctly use guests to feature. Their cover of Halo was released recently. It features Scott Porter, last seen in the last series of Lucifer, who was a founding member and their original beatboxer. Crazy good!
Not to mention that Tim and Geoff are friends and have worked together to learn to hit the sub harmonics. Some say Tim taught Geoff how to hit the growl notes easier. Tim seems to hit them as regularly as Geoff (including blowing speakers in live performances) and like Geoff, he has a great tenor voice as well.
A low doesn't use a lot of air. I'm not a professional singer by any stretch of the imagination and even I can hold a E1 for around 20 seconds. Geoff's professional training means he can hold it a lot longer if he needs to. In the Moana Medley, he holds two low notes one after the other, the first for around 10 seconds and the second for about 4 seconds with almost no time to take a breath in between them, the follows it by a run without breathing of around 11 seconds on various low notes. He also holds a low note for a while in My Mother Told Me.
The Halo theme VoicePlay just released has Geoff hitting a B0 and sustaining it for several measures. If you want his full octave range in one song try his solo releases of Blackbird and High and Dry.
Just watch one of his tutorial videos on low singing. He has power that low. Just takes some practice
There’s at least one video of them doing Oogie Boogie live that I’ve seen. It’s called:
Voiceplay - Oogie Boogie - Valley Forge Casino, 12/20/2019
and it’s posted by Stacy Tee
You could see what you think of his range on this video of him singing live…
You totally need to react to Geoff singing Misty Mountain! It's all him and it gives me absolute chills between the harmonies and how deep he goes. He's incredible and Voice Play as a whole are all amazing.
I’m sure he’s singing right into the mic when he hits those lows in the studio, but he’s definitely NOT getting any help actually hitting the notes. Just for giggles, check out their concert version of Elvira.
That's just Geoff. He really can hit that low. Yes, he does keep the mic close to his mouth like all bass singers hitting those super low notes. But he easily hits those low notes without much need of any help or boosting. He's known for taking out speakers at live concerts due to those low notes.
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Boy are you in for a surprise, because that subharmonic isn't even hard for him anymore. He doesn't just sing it with power, he can enunciate lyrics clearly with it. He does a tutorial to show how he does it, it'll blow your mind.
At 5:50 that was actually his voice. No help from tech or anything. Geoff has a 5 octave range. And that last part was "subharmonic."
Glad you enjoyed VoicePlay. One of my favorite “bands.” Hope you will check out more of their songs, my favorites are Tennessee Whiskey and Daddy Sang Bass, Queen in five minutes, Boy bands in five minutes, if you like Disney they have several medleys. If you like Billie Eilish, They have three videos that tell a story - Trapped and Panic at the disco one and two. While the voices when recorded separately in the video, Geoff hits those notes live.
Voiceplay - Oogie Boogie - Valley Forge Casino, 12/20/2019 this is live
Gonna be honest, it really pissed me off when you said Geoff had “tech help” he has done that live and has gone even deeper in his more recent videos.
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That last note Geoff hits is an E1. That's all him! No tech help. Geoff trains his voice in subharmonics. He has a channel on UA-cam: Geoff Castellucci.
In one video, Geoff explains how to sing bass without damaging his vocal chords. He explains also about subharmonics too. Other vocal coaches and singers are amazed at Geoff's vocal performance as they react to him and his involvement in Voice Play.
omg i love your butterflies!!
*hugs*
so happy you guys chose this one!!! ♥
At 5:40, if you mean Layne (at the right of the frame), he's the beatboxer.
2:16 - She just did a subharmonic 😂
Geoff has a 5 octave range. The low note at the end is an E1, the lowest E on an 88 key piano.
from what l have heard the santa guy is geoffs brother in law
The last note Geoff hit was an E1, the lowest I have heard him hit so for is a Bb0. When you get into his upper range he has almost a 6 octave range a clear vocal magic.
he has a training video when he shows how to get those low notes.. yes that last note was sub-harmonic. They did equalize the volume I believe... but this is older now.. and he's getting better so new songs need less.
Geoff goes from a very high B4 here at the end with the first "I'm the Oogey Boogey Man!" to a very low E1 on the final "Man!" Which, while an impressive range, is not even his full one. Geoff has said in interviews (such as the one he did with Elizabeth Zharoff, _The Charismatic Voice_ channel) and in videos on bass singing on his own channel, that he sometimes uses straight chest, vocal fry, growl and subharmonics to achieve those lower notes. But no electronic audio tricks to reach down that low, other than just volume, because he does admit that many of those notes being mostly air, that they wouldn't be audible very far beyond one's head without amplification. So, just sitting in a room with him or the group, prolly not gonna hear those lower notes too well. Gotta have the microphone.
Geoff is a 5 octave singer and he goes in this song from I think an E1 to a B4 across the song and he does several 2-3 octave jumps in the course of a line, it's incredibly impressive.
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The best part about watching the Oogie Boogie video is doing it with the captions on. They get funny. For Geoff’s last few notes, lol… the captions are funny. I’m not gonna say why. But go check it out if you’re curious 😉
I love seeing his reaction... I love how the fist syncopated background set you see him enjoying the fun uniqueness of it.
Live Oogie boogie from 2019:
ua-cam.com/video/_HwUxb-DDw4/v-deo.html
Demo from Geoff's YT channel(skip to 1:24 in video)
ua-cam.com/video/sVGFTMb_3ns/v-deo.html
If you want more Halloween based songs then I'd recommend...
Calling all the Monsters by China Ann McClain
Problem (Monster remix) by Becky G ft Will I Am
I'm in Love with Monster by Fifth Harmony
Also, If you haven't heard of this UA-cam channel then HIGHLY Recommend it. It's called Pattycake Productions. Please look it up because it's really amazing ;)
Keeping with the Halloweenie theme check out VoicePlay doing This is Halloween and Geoff Castalucci singing The Monster Mash. As to what low notes he can dig down to I have 2 recommendations. Misty Mountains by Peter Hollens feat. Tim Foust and Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold - Low Bass Singer Cover by Geoff Castellucci. Same song, just slightly different styles. Both are amazing. (Tim is from Home Free, another major a cappella group.) VoicePlay and Home Free got together for Zombies vs Hillbillies - Survivor that is really funny and sounds great. For another similar theme done differently check out Home Free's Sea Shanty Medley and VoicePlay's Hoist the Colours feat. Jose Rosario Jr. (who's also featured in their wonderful Viking turn My Mother Told Me).
Geoff does that note really well live yall
Don't know how many of y'all are singers but everyone can appreciate a great bass singer But sometimes you come across a particularly gifted bass singer and Geoff Castellucci is one of them. His vocal range is sick. But he is equally fantastic in his upper registers. Geoff's final note in OOGIE BOOGIE''S SONG gave me goosebumps. Now granted, Geoff is most likely amplifying that subharmonic final note but, none the less, hitting that low a note is crazy. So give props where they are due. Geoff has his solo career but also is part of the fantastic group Voice Play. They are my favorite along with Home Free. Enjoy!
#GeoffCastellucci #HomeFree
You were talking about microphone placement for that low note. I sang for several years (Granted a tenor),. I could be TOTALLY off here, but I would think that one of those microphones that the military use that is a band with the microphone resting directly on your adam's apple would be needed. Obviously not military grade, professionally made for music, but one that literally straps around your neck and sits ON the adam's apple is my guess of how he could pull it off.
Geoff's bottom note is B0 (second white key at the end of a 88 key piano)( I think he hit that in Moana, but I know he hits it twice in the Halo Theme) and his top note is A5. Geoff also does amazing subharmonics. In his solos (like Blackbird, High and Dry, Ain't No Sunshine, 16 Tons, and his newest is an Elvis Presley cover of Way Down where the last note is a C1 (some say in chest, some in sub) it is interesting to hear him do that range.
The last note, (the subharmonic), i've seen Jonathan Goldman do that in a large conference room, in person, and it was startlingly LOUD, (people jumped). Also fairy sustained; at least as long as it was here. It was like a blast from a didgeridoo. I don't know if he had the microphone close, or if the acoustics of the room amplified it. Then i saw him do it again during a workshop, also in a large room. That time i don't think he even had a microphone, but i still recall it being pretty loud, (he was trying to wake somebody up from a very deep trance. It worked).
JG might not be well known to traditional musicians, as his area of interest/expertise is in sound healing. He's well known to the new age community for Tibetan Deep Voice chanting, (which sounds a lot like what Geoff did at the end). I don't know if it's the same technique or not, but it sure sounds like it. He works a lot with subharmonics and overtone chanting, various other effects that are not often used in traditional music, but stuff that would be used in Eastern monastic settings or the New Age community, like singing bowls, tuning forks, didgeridoos, binaural beats, and other stuff that's off the beaten path.
Anyway, my point was: I would NOT assume that Geoff didn't sing and sustain that note all on his own, and at that volume. I've seen it done.
6:08 tech help? well not really but also kinda. Profundos can project YOUR head off and everyone behind you, but those who use subharmonics tend to be mic munchers.
theres no tweaking, just proximityeffect mostly.
Geoff Castilucci, Tim Foust, Avi Kaplan don't need any tech help they actually sing that low and high. They are my favorite bass singers I listen to. They are just that good. The Guinness book of records holder of the lowest note ever sung is Tim Storms. The lowest note he can sing is so low that the only living thing that can hear him is an Elephant. His range is 8-10 Octaves, believe it or not.
So there are bass vocalists that can project those low subharmonics very loudly, but Geoff has stated personally that he does use the mic and equalizer to help with his low notes on recordings. Look up thou yang, David Khan, and David Larson for those projected, off-mic subharmonics
So I have kinda dived in deep to reacts on this song by voiceplay. I have to say, you are my least enjoyed. Your guy there doesn't know music very well? Dude, go learn and come back later. Then you keep interrupting the video to offer incorrect information. The cartoon voice is not a vocal fry, but rather a flap you can tighten in the back of your throat to different intensities depending on how sharp you want that effect. You can't do that with a fry.
Last, your biggest sin, is your dude telling people that Geoff's E1 is fake/dressed up. He sounds like that LIVE, and since then can go even deeper.
If you like Voiceplay or Geoff Castellucci you will also like another A Capella band called HOME FREE. PLEASE check out their cover of HOME FREE - .RING OF FIRE
HOME FREE and VOICEPLAY do the same exact thing but in a completely different way
Did you show Danny their LIVE performance of the Oogie Boogie Song? Geoff does the ending exactly the same with the sub harmonic, and then the growl for that subterranean note.
ua-cam.com/video/_HwUxb-DDw4/v-deo.html
Here is the same song live ua-cam.com/video/_HwUxb-DDw4/v-deo.html and yes, he indeed keeps his microphone for this very close. For the theatrical video here the sound is pre-recorded - because it does take good equipment to catch all of it properly.
Speaking of his falsetto end, you could check it in Toxic Audio "Grace Kelly" performance, also live ua-cam.com/video/sA0Gp6SmfSg/v-deo.html (last minute and especially very end).
Check out Geoff's cover of Ain't No Sunshine (When She's Gone). The arrangement really brought out the song's emotion, so I really enjoyed that one.
Did you show Danny their LIVE performance of the Oogie Boogie Song? Geoff does the ending exactly the same. No help. You can find it on youtube.
Oh ye of little faith.... Lol Geoff just does it.... Try his cover of blackbird....
My name is David, I have just seen your comments on Geoff Castellucci’s,Night Mare Before Christmas. I loved it.
In the middle of the song he goes from C1 to G#4 (G# above middle C), and E4 down to E1 at the end. He can go into the 5th octave. All the lowest notes of his range are without any audio tech help, 100% his voice.
You guys do realize that you are watching a Music Video right? That all of this was recorded sound-wise in a studio and not live for the acting performance right? I mean seriously you think it had some tech help, Of course, it had help, so did the beatboxing and any number of other things in the sound recording and sound design! That is just the way things are done for music videos for the most part.
You should also check out Home Free. It is another a capella group. I'd start with Man of Constant Sorrow or End of the Road, but they do all kind of music.
I have now just heard Geoff’s version of Man Of Constant Sorrow,it’s amazing he goes through so many ranges with his great voice. I think you will love it as well.
Sorry dude... Geoff needs no help. Check out 'Sixteen Tons' or 'Bear Necessities'.
Geoff is really good in their Little Mermaid Medley!
Geoff has a solid range of 5+ octaves. Maybe 6 octaves on a good day.
He actually CAN do that. Try his 16-Tons, or Headless Horseman. He also has a video teaching how to do the subharmonic notes.
It's been a few minutes, but Danny could listen to Geoff talk about his voice here, ua-cam.com/video/VyCDxVehjxI/v-deo.html
If you want to hear Geoff sing the end of this "clean" (no accompaniment), check this out (you can go to 1:24): ua-cam.com/video/sVGFTMb_3ns/v-deo.html
Sorry to inform you but Geoff doesn't actually need much volume assistance. If you get a chance to watch his video about how to sing low you'll see that he is somehow able to get that low with some volume. It's actually really incredible.
You guys have got to react to Geoff's "Sixteen tons". It's only him singing, and he pretty much goes through his entire range. It's stunning.
FAR OVER THE MISTY MOUNTAINS COLD | Low Bass Singer Cover
Please check out some and react to of the songs from The Home Free Vocal Band. I promise you won't regret it except you may become addicted to them and become a Home Fry.
Geoff actually explains that exact note in this song in this tutorial (not something you'd react to, so feel free to watch it): ua-cam.com/video/sVGFTMb_3ns/v-deo.html&ab_channel=GeoffCastellucci
Try Geoff's solo cover of House of the Rising Sun. think you'll be pleased.
Geoff can sing half a freakin piano, and my singing voice could have been used in medieval Europe…
To elicit confessions.
You can see him do it with no production, just sitting by the mic podcast style... Skip to 1:23 to get your answers 😁
ua-cam.com/video/sVGFTMb_3ns/v-deo.html
You should definitely react to Home Free/Oak Ridge Boys Elvira!
I watched an intreview that Geoff did where he talks about not being a projection singer meaning he is a very soft quiet singer. Here is the link to the interview. ua-cam.com/video/ypToJeKoEbI/v-deo.html
Did you react to sixteen tons from Geoff Castellucci? It's from my point his best song.
Maybe his lowest notes are on the mic, I’ve never seen him live, but there are basses that don’t need a mic like operatic basso profundos/oktavists, so it’s not impossible.
There's no tech help. That's his voice. Watch more of his stuff before you make snap assumptions.
Geoff has said hes not a very loud singer and doesn't sing off mic. That last note he did is a subharmonic which is a fun technique for singing lower, but for whatever reason it doesn't sound great on mic. You have to edit out the air to give it that beefy sound and not like blowing into the mic
He has done a G1 just sitting and talking to people he has hit a G1, and his new song way down by Elvis Presley he hit a C1 and he hit a b0 twice in other songs
He can - and has - absolutely hit that note without help.
And you don't need to take our word for it - there's video from live shows!!
Geoff's voice is amazing! Not to mention how he handles and takes care of it. And with his range, you know it took a lot of time for him to be able to sing such a range anyway. And I love even when he sings subharmonics up to his higher notes, they all are still very clean. I also love the amount of control he has over his voice and how he uses it.
If you do if you Google some of the tours they did do some thing like this live I don’t member if it was this song but I do remember that he does hit some su subharmonics live and very low notes live it’s just kind of hard to find
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The short guy Danny couldn’t place is Layne, the beatboxer
The lowest note I've ever heard him sing is a B0 and I think the highest note I've ever heard him sing is around E5 I think