First time I had to deal with this, there are some additional pauses in this video, I bet you can guess why 😉 However I hope you all enjoy it and have a wonderful day!😄
Sony/SME is working hard with the copyrights. So not only Pentatonix, but all of the artists under them. As some has written, overlay and frequent pauses might do the trick. But UA-cam copyrights work randomly. Some reactors could post uninterrupted full video, and so others were completely blocked from posting. So it depends on your luck.
You’ve now been Mitch-slapped, as us Pentaholics call it. Mitch has an unbelievable range. I think he has a generational voice. I would suggest Bohemian Rhapsody, Sound of Silence, Imagine or The Prayer next.
Mitch and Kirstie can hand off in songs and you may or may not notice it. They don’t compete. They know who’s voice is best for each part. As when they do The Prayer, you might think Kirstie, but the angelic lightness of Mitch with a later call and response where Kirstie belts (her thing, huge voice) is well chosen. Enjoy the handoffs from the rest as well. Everyone shines somewhere.
Yea I didn't mean compete in a bad way, just that they both can sing with such a high voice, they are amazing! Can't wait to hear more from the rest as well!😄
I'm so glad to see you back to check out more Pentatonix...and with their most popular song! You just got your first mitch slap...that look of amazement on your face when you hear Mitch's soaring notes. If you want more suggestions, try: Sound of Silence, Daft Punk medley, Run To You, Mad World, Imagine, The Prayer.
@@AzphelReacts Daft Punk is their first (of 3) Grammy wins and so different to the two you have already done. People often think that there is no way they could replicate this live, so prove to yourself that they can - do a double reaction. Firstly the official video, then the "Private Performance" where they stand at the front of the room with no mic's and just sing!
I'm so glad you are continuing with Pentatonix. It's kinda cool that you started with a song that highlighted Kirstie last time. That is not the first reaction for most reactors, so it takes some time for them to understand the level talent, and the extent of the her contribution to PTX. Nobody belts like Kirstie, her range is huge, and she is a master of her craft. Most reactors start with this one, actually, and right after Kirstie's incredible performance, BAM, they get hit with the surprise of Mitch's angelic and unexpected vocals, and they are so surprised they almost forget all about her, lol. I don't blame them. my jaw still hits the floor constantly when it comes to Mitch, but I am so impressed with all 6 of their voices, each of them is a headliner in their own right, with an arsenal of vocal arrows in their quivers, (I say 6 because I am including both Avi, the original bass, seen here, and Matt, the current bass you saw in Shallow). Great reaction!
Great job getting into the PTX rabbit hole. You talked about Kirsty and her range. Please check out Amazing Grace. Kirsty has a part in it that really shows off her range, it's crazy.
Mitch is a counter tenor. This means he sings even higher than I tenor. It is the rarest of voice types that exist. He's able to sing so high be cause of The structure of his vocal folds. Shortly before he passed Leonard Cohen heard pentatonics cover of his song. He said it was the best cover of his song he had ever heard
Lovely reaction. If you would like to hear them live then Miles Reuben has videos on his channel from a Livestream of their concert from last year at the Hollywood Bowl. Really good quality audio and video, so you really get to hear their live voices well. And they have 3 gigs coming up in Austria in the European leg of their current world tour (in May in Vienna, Linz and Graz).
I saw a clip from an interview that was kind of funny. They were asked who could sing the highest note. Everyone said Mitch, but Kirstie was sitting behind him shaking her head no.
@@pol_eo This. Kevin stacks his high falsetto on top of Mitch's final note on The Prayer. It's soft and subtle, but definitely adds to the ethereal ending.
Okay, time to introduce you to Pentatonix. • First verse, tall blond baritone. Scott Hoying is a lyric baritone. When describing a man's vocal range, "lyric" means that his actual range exceeds his nominal range. In Scott's case, what this means is that he sings well into the tenor range on the high end and well into the bass range on the low end. In official videos, like this one, the audio is actually recorded in the studio, and they lip synch during the video. But the way that they lip synch is to actually sing the song while they're recording the video. This keeps them in proper time to the audio, and it makes the video more real - all of their movements, hands, mouths, tongues, everything, is real. However, because the audio is recorded in the studio they can cheat a little when it's time for the bass to solo. The bass will record a second track that has the bass harmony line that goes with his verse of the song, and they can layer that in. But Pentatonix never lip synchs in live performances, and that means that it would be too hard to use that bass harmony track during a live performance, so Scott takes over the bass harmony line whenever the bass has a solo in a live performance. • Second verse, bearded guy wearing a stocking cap: Avi (pronounced Ah'-vee, emphasis on the first syllable) Kaplan, lyric bass. Avi is an operatically trained basso profundo - his lowest notes have been known to blow out speakers during live performances - but Avi's range actually extends clear through the baritone range and into the low end of the tenor range. Avi is also the only member of Pentatonix who has resigned, late in 2017, for personal reasons. He has gone on to have an extremely successful solo career, and has a new band named "Avriel and the Sequoias." If you do a UA-cam search on "Avi Kaplan" you'll find his channel. I recommend subscribing. • Avi's replacement, whom you saw in the previous video you watched, is Matt Sallee (pronounced Suh-lee', emphasis on the second syllable). Matt is another lyric bass. If you just go on the songs they've already released with Matt singing bass you'd be justified in concluding that Matt's range is a good deal less than Avi's. But Matt is the youngest member of Pentatonix and it appears that his full range is still developing. When I heard him at a live concert in November of 2022 I would swear that his lowest note was as low as anything I ever heard from Avi - true basso profundo, blowing-out-speakers low - while his highest note was in the middle of the tenor range, *higher* than Avi's high note. Matt is a spectacular bass, and I expect him to become more so over the next year or two. His voice reminds me of a warm blanket and a purring cat; and of good chocolate. • Third verse, the only woman in Pentatonix, Kirstin (AKA Kirstie - rhymes with thirsty) Maldonado. Mezzo soprano. Except in the real world Kirstin sings anywhere from a low alto through the highest of the coloratura soprano range, with some gorgeous whistle notes on top of that. • Fourth verse, guy in the wide-brimmed hat with the gorgeous high voice: Mitch Grassi (pronounced Grah'-see, emphasis on the first syllable). Mitch is a counter tenor with a range of just over six octaves, but he's most comfortable in his higher registers. Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men, described Mitch's voice as "one of the prettiest voices I have ever heard in my life." Both Scott and Kirstin say that during live performances they keep finding themselves going silent when they're supposed to be singing, because they just want to hear Mitch's voice better. Most people just describe Mitch's voice as "angelic." But when Mitch was in high school he was bullied over how his voice is, so he has trouble believing people really want to hear him sing, and tends to doubt his own musical intuition and judgment. During the pandemic lockdown his imposter syndrome finally got bad enough that Mitch decided to get help for it, and he's seemed to be much happier since, to the great relief of his many fans. • This brings us to the fifth member of Pentatonix, Kevin Olusola (pronounced Oh-loosh"-oh-luh', primary emphasis on the second syllable, secondary emphasis on the fourth), beatboxer extraordinaire. In addition to being one of the best beatboxers on the planet, Kevin is a genius. He's classically trained on piano, saxophone, and cello. He's performed at Carnegie Hall twice, once on saxophone and once on cello. He has invented a technique of beatboxing *while* playing the cello, which he calls "celloboxing." He's a graduate of Yale's pre-med program, and he speaks five languages, including Mandarin. And did I mention that he has a lovely tenor voice and is known for the great beauty of his falsetto register?
@@FarmerG65 Watching a live recording will tell you nothing about this recording. Scott ONLY does that in live performances. In official videos the bass records a second track with his own harmony line for his solo and they layer that in. They decided that it improved the sound quality just enough to justify the minor cheat. Yes, it's marvelous that Scott is able to do that. Yes, it's wonderful to watch him doing that in the live recordings. But live recordings prove nothing about official releases.
Margaret, I agree with everything you say, except that Avriel and the Sequoias were only in existence while Avi was still with PTX. Since he left he has been creating music under his own name.
@@shirleymoffat3338 Really? I'd heard that he started them before he announced he was leaving but I hadn't heard that they no longer exist. Thanks for the information.
In most of the songs that Pentatonix performs, Mitch's (round hat) and Kirstie's ranges overlap to an amazing degree. They don't really compete; PTX is very good at using whoever's voice is best suited to the moment to sing a part. For some more Kirstie-oriented moments, try Say Something, My Favorite Things, Rather Be (shows off her low range), or Be My Eyes. For more Mitch-oriented moments, try Bohemian Rhapsody, Daft Punk, or The Prayer - it's a Mitch powerhouse, and also has a call-and-echo between Mitch and Kirstie where you can really get an idea of how their voices are both similar and different.
Yea I didn't mean compete in a bad way, just that they both can sing with such a high voice, they are amazing! Can't wait to hear more from the rest as well!😄
I recommend Rather Be, Amazing Grace, and Prayers for this World for more amazing Kirstie-moment songs. For a few of the MANY Mitch-slap songs: Love Again (original), Gold, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Come Along and Bohemian Rhapsody. 😁
More PENTATONIX? AHA SINGAPORE, SING, CHEERLEADER, CANT STOP US, THRIFT SHOP, IMAGINE, WIZARD OF AAHS, RECORDING OF EVERGREEN, MARY DID YOU KNOW? DAFT PUNK, KEVIN'S FIFTH, COFFEE IN BED, HAPPY NOW, JOLENE
You may need to listen to the Queen's original version of Bohemian Rhapsody firrst, but then listen to the Pentatonix a cappella cover of Bohemian Rhapsody. You’ll be amazed at how good it is.
Congratulations on figuring out how to bypass the block so quickly. For US reactors, it seems to be the video image that triggers it, and they can avoid it by heavily altering the video image (usually by decreasing the display size, increasing the transparency and overlaying a graphic or text). But the rules may be different for non-US reactors. Anyway, you may get some complaints but the Pentatonix fans are used to it.
Hahaha Voiceplay is very high up on my list, Pentatonix - Homefree - Voiceplay get requested a lot in this type of genre However I like the variety that I'm doing on my channel, I do rock, pop, rap, metal and so much more And every genre is full of talented and amazing bands/artists What I'm trying to say is it's hard to fit in more and more bands as we go along so what I will do is after the next song of HomeFree (which is coming very soon) I will replace the next Homefree song for a voiceplay reaction and maybe we will go back and forth between the three mentioned before😄
First time I had to deal with this,
there are some additional pauses in this video, I bet you can guess why 😉
However I hope you all enjoy it and have a wonderful day!😄
Just mask out the video image (fade it or an overlay), this is what SME seems to be looking for to block
@@jlelliotton This one was quite some trouble, had to edit it a couple times but yea I will have to learn how to handle it better 😅
You handled the copyright situation perfectly, we all understand.
Sony/SME is working hard with the copyrights. So not only Pentatonix, but all of the artists under them.
As some has written, overlay and frequent pauses might do the trick.
But UA-cam copyrights work randomly. Some reactors could post uninterrupted full video, and so others were completely blocked from posting. So it depends on your luck.
Try Sound of Silence! It's phenomenal!
You’ve now been Mitch-slapped, as us Pentaholics call it. Mitch has an unbelievable range. I think he has a generational voice. I would suggest Bohemian Rhapsody, Sound of Silence, Imagine or The Prayer next.
Or Pentatonix originals! Try happy now, coffee in bed, or the Popspring 2016 performance.
Mitch and Kirstie can hand off in songs and you may or may not notice it. They don’t compete. They know who’s voice is best for each part. As when they do The Prayer, you might think Kirstie, but the angelic lightness of Mitch with a later call and response where Kirstie belts (her thing, huge voice) is well chosen. Enjoy the handoffs from the rest as well. Everyone shines somewhere.
Yea I didn't mean compete in a bad way, just that they both can sing with such a high voice, they are amazing!
Can't wait to hear more from the rest as well!😄
When you are ready to hear her (Kirstin Maldonado) show off a little bit, watch PENTATONIX SEASONS OF LOVE on the Capital Concerts Channel.
I'm so glad to see you back to check out more Pentatonix...and with their most popular song! You just got your first mitch slap...that look of amazement on your face when you hear Mitch's soaring notes.
If you want more suggestions, try: Sound of Silence, Daft Punk medley, Run To You, Mad World, Imagine, The Prayer.
Yea, I heard from a lot of you that he has a high voice but I did NOT expect this 😂
I put them on my list, Thank you!😄
@@AzphelReacts Daft Punk is their first (of 3) Grammy wins and so different to the two you have already done.
People often think that there is no way they could replicate this live, so prove to yourself that they can - do a double reaction. Firstly the official video, then the "Private Performance" where they stand at the front of the room with no mic's and just sing!
Thank you for reacting to this beautiful Pentatonix video. They are amazing.
I agree, they absolutely are!😄
Wonderful reaction, always feel free to go back and re-listen to certain sections that draw you in. Pentaholics will love your for it.
I'm so glad you are continuing with Pentatonix. It's kinda cool that you started with a song that highlighted Kirstie last time. That is not the first reaction for most reactors, so it takes some time for them to understand the level talent, and the extent of the her contribution to PTX. Nobody belts like Kirstie, her range is huge, and she is a master of her craft. Most reactors start with this one, actually, and right after Kirstie's incredible performance, BAM, they get hit with the surprise of Mitch's angelic and unexpected vocals, and they are so surprised they almost forget all about her, lol. I don't blame them. my jaw still hits the floor constantly when it comes to Mitch, but I am so impressed with all 6 of their voices, each of them is a headliner in their own right, with an arsenal of vocal arrows in their quivers, (I say 6 because I am including both Avi, the original bass, seen here, and Matt, the current bass you saw in Shallow). Great reaction!
I agree!
You all "warned" me about his voice and yet it surprised me so much! 😄
Mitch is a counter-tenor. He has an incredible range. If you want more of Kirstie, try Say Something, Be My Eyes, Love Me, When I Don't.
Don't forget Water from the Popspring Performance. That song is so beautiful.
"It's very impactful." To me you just hit the reaction bullseye. Nice job. Take care all.
Great job getting into the PTX rabbit hole. You talked about Kirsty and her range. Please check out Amazing Grace. Kirsty has a part in it that really shows off her range, it's crazy.
Of course, The Prayer!! How could I forget it? It was the song that made me an instant Pentaholic!
Mitch is a counter tenor. This means he sings even higher than I tenor. It is the rarest of voice types that exist. He's able to sing so high be cause of The structure of his vocal folds. Shortly before he passed Leonard Cohen heard pentatonics cover of his song. He said it was the best cover of his song he had ever heard
... I'm afraid that's another myth. There's no evidence that Cohen ever heard this version, much less commented on it.
For another outstanding performance from Kirstie, please react to Amazing Grace. Also in that one you will hear Kevin, the beatboxer, sing!
Another song that Kirstin has a major part is “Rather Be”. Thanks for continuing to react to PTX.
two other songs that feature them are "be my eyes' and 'on my way home', both originals too.
Lovely reaction.
If you would like to hear them live then Miles Reuben has videos on his channel from a Livestream of their concert from last year at the Hollywood Bowl. Really good quality audio and video, so you really get to hear their live voices well.
And they have 3 gigs coming up in Austria in the European leg of their current world tour (in May in Vienna, Linz and Graz).
I saw a clip from an interview that was kind of funny. They were asked who could sing the highest note. Everyone said Mitch, but Kirstie was sitting behind him shaking her head no.
interesting 😄 i usually see them saying it's kevin
@@pol_eo This. Kevin stacks his high falsetto on top of Mitch's final note on The Prayer. It's soft and subtle, but definitely adds to the ethereal ending.
Okay, time to introduce you to Pentatonix.
• First verse, tall blond baritone. Scott Hoying is a lyric baritone. When describing a man's vocal range, "lyric" means that his actual range exceeds his nominal range. In Scott's case, what this means is that he sings well into the tenor range on the high end and well into the bass range on the low end. In official videos, like this one, the audio is actually recorded in the studio, and they lip synch during the video. But the way that they lip synch is to actually sing the song while they're recording the video. This keeps them in proper time to the audio, and it makes the video more real - all of their movements, hands, mouths, tongues, everything, is real. However, because the audio is recorded in the studio they can cheat a little when it's time for the bass to solo. The bass will record a second track that has the bass harmony line that goes with his verse of the song, and they can layer that in. But Pentatonix never lip synchs in live performances, and that means that it would be too hard to use that bass harmony track during a live performance, so Scott takes over the bass harmony line whenever the bass has a solo in a live performance.
• Second verse, bearded guy wearing a stocking cap: Avi (pronounced Ah'-vee, emphasis on the first syllable) Kaplan, lyric bass. Avi is an operatically trained basso profundo - his lowest notes have been known to blow out speakers during live performances - but Avi's range actually extends clear through the baritone range and into the low end of the tenor range. Avi is also the only member of Pentatonix who has resigned, late in 2017, for personal reasons. He has gone on to have an extremely successful solo career, and has a new band named "Avriel and the Sequoias." If you do a UA-cam search on "Avi Kaplan" you'll find his channel. I recommend subscribing.
• Avi's replacement, whom you saw in the previous video you watched, is Matt Sallee (pronounced Suh-lee', emphasis on the second syllable). Matt is another lyric bass. If you just go on the songs they've already released with Matt singing bass you'd be justified in concluding that Matt's range is a good deal less than Avi's. But Matt is the youngest member of Pentatonix and it appears that his full range is still developing. When I heard him at a live concert in November of 2022 I would swear that his lowest note was as low as anything I ever heard from Avi - true basso profundo, blowing-out-speakers low - while his highest note was in the middle of the tenor range, *higher* than Avi's high note. Matt is a spectacular bass, and I expect him to become more so over the next year or two. His voice reminds me of a warm blanket and a purring cat; and of good chocolate.
• Third verse, the only woman in Pentatonix, Kirstin (AKA Kirstie - rhymes with thirsty) Maldonado. Mezzo soprano. Except in the real world Kirstin sings anywhere from a low alto through the highest of the coloratura soprano range, with some gorgeous whistle notes on top of that.
• Fourth verse, guy in the wide-brimmed hat with the gorgeous high voice: Mitch Grassi (pronounced Grah'-see, emphasis on the first syllable). Mitch is a counter tenor with a range of just over six octaves, but he's most comfortable in his higher registers. Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men, described Mitch's voice as "one of the prettiest voices I have ever heard in my life." Both Scott and Kirstin say that during live performances they keep finding themselves going silent when they're supposed to be singing, because they just want to hear Mitch's voice better. Most people just describe Mitch's voice as "angelic." But when Mitch was in high school he was bullied over how his voice is, so he has trouble believing people really want to hear him sing, and tends to doubt his own musical intuition and judgment. During the pandemic lockdown his imposter syndrome finally got bad enough that Mitch decided to get help for it, and he's seemed to be much happier since, to the great relief of his many fans.
• This brings us to the fifth member of Pentatonix, Kevin Olusola (pronounced Oh-loosh"-oh-luh', primary emphasis on the second syllable, secondary emphasis on the fourth), beatboxer extraordinaire. In addition to being one of the best beatboxers on the planet, Kevin is a genius. He's classically trained on piano, saxophone, and cello. He's performed at Carnegie Hall twice, once on saxophone and once on cello. He has invented a technique of beatboxing *while* playing the cello, which he calls "celloboxing." He's a graduate of Yale's pre-med program, and he speaks five languages, including Mandarin. And did I mention that he has a lovely tenor voice and is known for the great beauty of his falsetto register?
Scott is covering the bass line here when Avi solos. Watch a live version to confirm.
@@FarmerG65 Watching a live recording will tell you nothing about this recording. Scott ONLY does that in live performances. In official videos the bass records a second track with his own harmony line for his solo and they layer that in. They decided that it improved the sound quality just enough to justify the minor cheat.
Yes, it's marvelous that Scott is able to do that. Yes, it's wonderful to watch him doing that in the live recordings. But live recordings prove nothing about official releases.
Margaret, I agree with everything you say, except that Avriel and the Sequoias were only in existence while Avi was still with PTX. Since he left he has been creating music under his own name.
@@shirleymoffat3338 Really? I'd heard that he started them before he announced he was leaving but I hadn't heard that they no longer exist. Thanks for the information.
In most of the songs that Pentatonix performs, Mitch's (round hat) and Kirstie's ranges overlap to an amazing degree. They don't really compete; PTX is very good at using whoever's voice is best suited to the moment to sing a part. For some more Kirstie-oriented moments, try Say Something, My Favorite Things, Rather Be (shows off her low range), or Be My Eyes. For more Mitch-oriented moments, try Bohemian Rhapsody, Daft Punk, or The Prayer - it's a Mitch powerhouse, and also has a call-and-echo between Mitch and Kirstie where you can really get an idea of how their voices are both similar and different.
Yea I didn't mean compete in a bad way, just that they both can sing with such a high voice, they are amazing!
Can't wait to hear more from the rest as well!😄
Recommend their version of Amazing Grace.
I recommend Rather Be, Amazing Grace, and Prayers for this World for more amazing Kirstie-moment songs. For a few of the MANY Mitch-slap songs: Love Again (original), Gold, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Come Along and Bohemian Rhapsody. 😁
More PENTATONIX? AHA SINGAPORE, SING, CHEERLEADER, CANT STOP US, THRIFT SHOP, IMAGINE, WIZARD OF AAHS, RECORDING OF EVERGREEN, MARY DID YOU KNOW? DAFT PUNK, KEVIN'S FIFTH, COFFEE IN BED, HAPPY NOW, JOLENE
You may need to listen to the Queen's original version of Bohemian Rhapsody firrst, but then listen to the Pentatonix a cappella cover of Bohemian Rhapsody. You’ll be amazed at how good it is.
It's on my list! Thank you! 😄
Congratulations on figuring out how to bypass the block so quickly. For US reactors, it seems to be the video image that triggers it, and they can avoid it by heavily altering the video image (usually by decreasing the display size, increasing the transparency and overlaying a graphic or text). But the rules may be different for non-US reactors. Anyway, you may get some complaints but the Pentatonix fans are used to it.
Great video
Please react to voiceplay too it s an another a capella group
I recommend you voiceplay Metallica Nothings else matters please please
Hahaha Voiceplay is very high up on my list,
Pentatonix - Homefree - Voiceplay get requested a lot in this type of genre
However I like the variety that I'm doing on my channel, I do rock, pop, rap, metal and so much more
And every genre is full of talented and amazing bands/artists
What I'm trying to say is it's hard to fit in more and more bands as we go along
so what I will do is after the next song of HomeFree (which is coming very soon)
I will replace the next Homefree song for a voiceplay reaction and maybe we will go back and forth between the three mentioned before😄
I'm not sure how the algorithm works, but you may want to load up the hashtags and such.
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