PTX has said before that they do get cranky from time to time or bicker like family members sometimes do, especially by the end of a tour. But for the most part they truly to get along-you can see it in the way they interact. They are singers, not actors, so their closeness, respect for each other, and professional cohesion is genuine.
I look forward to hearing you react to Over the River and I Saw Three Ships so that you can hear these background parts fitting into the whole. It amazes me how much attention to detail they place on even the distant background sounds. There are videos from some years ago that share some video of them arranging in various stages of the process, including a bit of the changes in arranging that they do for the songs on tour (One is called Pentatonix Recording/Arranging Compilation, but it does spend a considerable amount of time on different mixes for Lucky Charms commercials. Nice sounding commercial jingles, though)
I completely agree. I can't wait for him to react to those two. After I saw this, when it was released I realized I could pick up on things I wasn't before.
👋😃PENTATONIX are human and they have disagreements like you think they would!! They have spoken about this before. More recently Kirstie talked about the dynamics of the group and the love and respect they have for each other. I'm an original fan and I have seen tons of footage, behind the scenes, interviews ect.. They are "Very" kind people they respect each other's input, opinions, and individual talent! Kevin, Matt, Scott have spoken about this as well. They ALL have solo, colab, side projects and they ABSOLUTELY support each other and it's been like this since the Avi days. The main rule though is that PENTATONIX comes first and they are all fine with that!
Ben Bram is their 6th member of the group. He is their back up and arranger most of the time. They've known him since "The Sing Off". He knew of Matt and suggested he audition for the bass part when Avi left. Kirstie's fiancee, Ben Hausdorff, filmed this. He is a director of videos/movies and during this time was their videographer. He also directed their video of their "Sound of Silence".
That was really nice! I've never been in an actual recording studio (to sing, myself...been in a couple, but not as a performing artist). However, living in a tiny town for most of my life, when there were events that needed singers and musicians, all of us who DID those things got together and did just this kind of thing. Sometimes it was just our regular bunch (that grew, as we, the kids of the older performers, grew up together and learned how to rehearse), but other times there were groups who came from other towns to join in on the doings. Even when we had people from four or five other small towns, it was pretty much the same as here. My mom and two or three others, would either change out as directors, or direct together, for the different parts of programs (some would usually be acting, and some would be music, because we did everything together). Mom didn't care for acting very much, but she could direct a music group beautifully. Our school (all grades from the bottom up) music director was the same, but she also helped with the acting parts, and was wonderful at choosing just the right people to act, play an instrument, or sing (or all three, in some cases). My dad was GREAT with the small bits and pieces of equipment that we had--even if it occasionally came down to fixing something in one of the pianos we might be using, or even with one of the church organs. He could fix ANYTHING. He and a couple of the other husbands did lighting, and Daddy was ALSO good at making sure microphones were in the right places and all of that. I used to really, REALLY love the Christmas season, or the Easter season, or what we called The Gold Rush Days celebration, because we had celebrations for everything. Most times, as I was growing up, Valdez only had less than 1000 residents. When you have long, hard winters, and not a whole lot of people to talk to in the first place, celebrations are REALLY necessary! 😀 One of the things that was harder to prepare for, after the 1964 earthquake, holding back tears for a moment, here...was doing the memorial service every March 27 (they still do them). I always played taps. We had that service at the large, commercial dock every year (more than likely they still do), because it was at the dock in the old town, where nearly all 36 of our people were just...gone. Taps was hard to play, in the cold, with tears running down my face, but...there is no way I would have NOT done it, and done it RIGHT. For one thing, some of the missing people from the tsunami, were my boyfriend and his best friend, our beloved high school coach, his two little boys, and the whole family who lived across the creek from us (two miles out of the old town). There were more, and many people injured, but...yeah... Anyway...thank you for reacting to this. Lots of good music memories came popping out...obviously.
The short fellow with glasses and ash-blond hair and beard (the one who improved Kirstin's pronunciation and emphasis on MEN-DED! and who was leading that first run-though on "It's Been a Long Long Time") is their long-time arranger and friend Ben Bram. This was filmed by the other Ben in their lives, photographer/videographer Ben Hausdorf, father of Kirstin's daughter Elliana and now Kirstin's fiancé.
I love watching reactors watch this mini-documentary. Each one catches different things that fascinates them or finds some bit that they're familiar with from their own experiences. Most understand just how well the group works together cohesively and without a "lead" to achieve the sound they want. There's no egos in the room. Everyone has a say and everyone listens to each other. And the end results are incredible.
What makes PTX so good is the fact that since they all have the opportunity to show their talents (and have individual careers away from PTX while still prioritizing the group), they all work together. Each one not only makes suggestions as to how the song should ultimately sound but as to who should sing which part to best showcase the song instead of fighting among themselves for the most performing time and lead. So many groups have been destroyed internally over the years by "me, me, me" in-fighting and jealousy. BTW some members of PTX separately or together have written some of their original music, and also written a few more songs with some assistance.
I still marvel that they did this all in a fortnight. It was also very nice to see the role that Ben plays in this. He's sort of a coach on an athletic team, who doesn't want his team to lose their creativity, but needs to make sure they keep the untimate goal in mind. A terrific and underrated balancing act.
yay, for the Christmas season, you can now look into all of the songs from their evergreen album. (It was Grammy nominated last year) Maybe you will recognize a few sections. 😉
I truly believe we can all agree that after listening to PTX for a while, you listen to all music differently. You hear everything with so much more of an "ear" for the intricacies, the flaws or lack thereof, true artistry, genuine chemistry & support of one another. When you listen, you hear everything in someone's music. PTX quite literally changed my perception of music 12 years ago & I couldnt thank them more. I hear & feel things with such freedom now❤❤❤
LOL. I remember When I first read the green screens at the beginning of the Recording of Evergreen PTX video and came to a dead stop when I thought the words I was reading said "homophobic songs" and then realised it says "homophoNic". I'm glad to see you misread it, too. 😂😂
If you really like behind the scenes, you might try World Tour 2019, episode #0, #1 and #2. These let you see them as people, not just entertainers, and also how they prepare for their tours
Radioactive is totally awesome. Kevin plays the cello while beat boxing . Lindsey Sterling plays the the Violin. Pretty awesome I also love Imagine by John Lennon
You should very much feel validated, you were right on target a couple of times. I love this behind-the-scenes stuff too, particularly the body percussion section. I had no idea how any of that was created. Lovely reaction, as always! Peace …
This was their first album that was nominated for a Grammy. Did not win unfortunately. Thought The Prayer should have been nominated for Song of the Year or Best Arrangement. It is obvious that they work together well and truly love and care for each other. They really work hard at making the best song and are pretty egoless when it comes to making music.
May I suggest you review White Winter Hymnal -- there's an official recording which includes at the end the outtakes from them practicing it but there are also recordings of them doing it live which is absolutely astounding.
Still looking forward to your take on the PTX concert you went to. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I think that the "props" are there for inspiration, kinda like the show Stomp.
PTX has said before that they do get cranky from time to time or bicker like family members sometimes do, especially by the end of a tour. But for the most part they truly to get along-you can see it in the way they interact. They are singers, not actors, so their closeness, respect for each other, and professional cohesion is genuine.
You would absolutely love to see Kevin on his own, covering "Down" by Marion Hill. He's a one man band!!
Kirstie is adorable without makeup and wearing her giant glasses.
I look forward to hearing you react to Over the River and I Saw Three Ships so that you can hear these background parts fitting into the whole. It amazes me how much attention to detail they place on even the distant background sounds. There are videos from some years ago that share some video of them arranging in various stages of the process, including a bit of the changes in arranging that they do for the songs on tour (One is called Pentatonix Recording/Arranging Compilation, but it does spend a considerable amount of time on different mixes for Lucky Charms commercials. Nice sounding commercial jingles, though)
I completely agree. I can't wait for him to react to those two. After I saw this, when it was released I realized I could pick up on things I wasn't before.
I love how much they respect each others opinions.
Evergreen: two weeks to arrange and record, Grammy nominated album.
👋😃PENTATONIX are human and they have disagreements like you think they would!! They have spoken about this before. More recently Kirstie talked about the dynamics of the group and the love and respect they have for each other.
I'm an original fan and I have seen tons of footage, behind the scenes, interviews ect.. They are "Very" kind people they respect each other's input, opinions, and individual talent!
Kevin, Matt, Scott have spoken about this as well.
They ALL have solo, colab, side projects and they ABSOLUTELY support each other and it's been like this since the Avi days. The main rule though is that PENTATONIX comes first and they are all fine with that!
Ben Bram is their 6th member of the group. He is their back up and arranger most of the time. They've known him since "The Sing Off". He knew of Matt and suggested he audition for the bass part when Avi left. Kirstie's fiancee, Ben Hausdorff, filmed this. He is a director of videos/movies and during this time was their videographer. He also directed their video of their "Sound of Silence".
That was really nice! I've never been in an actual recording studio (to sing, myself...been in a couple, but not as a performing artist). However, living in a tiny town for most of my life, when there were events that needed singers and musicians, all of us who DID those things got together and did just this kind of thing. Sometimes it was just our regular bunch (that grew, as we, the kids of the older performers, grew up together and learned how to rehearse), but other times there were groups who came from other towns to join in on the doings. Even when we had people from four or five other small towns, it was pretty much the same as here.
My mom and two or three others, would either change out as directors, or direct together, for the different parts of programs (some would usually be acting, and some would be music, because we did everything together). Mom didn't care for acting very much, but she could direct a music group beautifully. Our school (all grades from the bottom up) music director was the same, but she also helped with the acting parts, and was wonderful at choosing just the right people to act, play an instrument, or sing (or all three, in some cases).
My dad was GREAT with the small bits and pieces of equipment that we had--even if it occasionally came down to fixing something in one of the pianos we might be using, or even with one of the church organs. He could fix ANYTHING. He and a couple of the other husbands did lighting, and Daddy was ALSO good at making sure microphones were in the right places and all of that.
I used to really, REALLY love the Christmas season, or the Easter season, or what we called The Gold Rush Days celebration, because we had celebrations for everything. Most times, as I was growing up, Valdez only had less than 1000 residents. When you have long, hard winters, and not a whole lot of people to talk to in the first place, celebrations are REALLY necessary! 😀
One of the things that was harder to prepare for, after the 1964 earthquake, holding back tears for a moment, here...was doing the memorial service every March 27 (they still do them). I always played taps. We had that service at the large, commercial dock every year (more than likely they still do), because it was at the dock in the old town, where nearly all 36 of our people were just...gone.
Taps was hard to play, in the cold, with tears running down my face, but...there is no way I would have NOT done it, and done it RIGHT. For one thing, some of the missing people from the tsunami, were my boyfriend and his best friend, our beloved high school coach, his two little boys, and the whole family who lived across the creek from us (two miles out of the old town). There were more, and many people injured, but...yeah...
Anyway...thank you for reacting to this. Lots of good music memories came popping out...obviously.
What stands out the most for me is the unfettered love and respect they have for each other's talents.
The short fellow with glasses and ash-blond hair and beard (the one who improved Kirstin's pronunciation and emphasis on MEN-DED! and who was leading that first run-though on "It's Been a Long Long Time") is their long-time arranger and friend Ben Bram. This was filmed by the other Ben in their lives, photographer/videographer Ben Hausdorf, father of Kirstin's daughter Elliana and now Kirstin's fiancé.
I love watching reactors watch this mini-documentary. Each one catches different things that fascinates them or finds some bit that they're familiar with from their own experiences. Most understand just how well the group works together cohesively and without a "lead" to achieve the sound they want. There's no egos in the room. Everyone has a say and everyone listens to each other. And the end results are incredible.
What makes PTX so good is the fact that since they all have the opportunity to show their talents (and have individual careers away from PTX while still prioritizing the group), they all work together. Each one not only makes suggestions as to how the song should ultimately sound but as to who should sing which part to best showcase the song instead of fighting among themselves for the most performing time and lead. So many groups have been destroyed internally over the years by "me, me, me" in-fighting and jealousy. BTW some members of PTX separately or together have written some of their original music, and also written a few more songs with some assistance.
Every time I watch this I am blown away by their attention to detail and standards of perfection. Ben Bram is the 6th member of PTX - he is a genius!
Yeah! When they won their 1st Grammy Award they included Ben on stage as their 6th member during their acceptance speech. 😊
I still marvel that they did this all in a fortnight. It was also very nice to see the role that Ben plays in this. He's sort of a coach on an athletic team, who doesn't want his team to lose their creativity, but needs to make sure they keep the untimate goal in mind. A terrific and underrated balancing act.
Pentatonix released their new album today, wait til you hear Kiss from a Rose
Now you need to go listen to the songs, you pick out all these parts, it is so cool.
yay, for the Christmas season, you can now look into all of the songs from their evergreen album. (It was Grammy nominated last year) Maybe you will recognize a few sections. 😉
I love watching people react to this video!
I truly believe we can all agree that after listening to PTX for a while, you listen to all music differently. You hear everything with so much more of an "ear" for the intricacies, the flaws or lack thereof, true artistry, genuine chemistry & support of one another. When you listen, you hear everything in someone's music. PTX quite literally changed my perception of music 12 years ago & I couldnt thank them more. I hear & feel things with such freedom now❤❤❤
LOL. I remember When I first read the green screens at the beginning of the Recording of Evergreen PTX video and came to a dead stop when I thought the words I was reading said "homophobic songs" and then realised it says "homophoNic". I'm glad to see you misread it, too. 😂😂
If you really like behind the scenes, you might try World Tour 2019, episode #0, #1 and #2. These let you see them as people, not just entertainers, and also how they prepare for their tours
You should see the behind the scenes of The Prayer and Bohemian Rhapsody!
I really enjoyed listening to you reacting to this. I missed a couple things that you brought up. They do work very well together.
They release their new album October 20th (tomorrow for me, hoping I get to hear it at 9pm pst tonight)
I’m so glad you watched this. It gives a lot of insight.
I kept telling you to do this!!! Thanks for doing it!
There’s a lMaking of” for Bohemian Rhapsody and Making Christmas.
Radioactive is totally awesome. Kevin plays the cello while beat boxing . Lindsey Sterling plays the the Violin. Pretty awesome
I also love Imagine by John Lennon
over the river and i saw three ships are very, very much my favourites of this album and some of my over all favourites as well
You should very much feel validated, you were right on target a couple of times. I love this behind-the-scenes stuff too, particularly the body percussion section. I had no idea how any of that was created. Lovely reaction, as always! Peace …
This was their first album that was nominated for a Grammy. Did not win unfortunately. Thought The Prayer should have been nominated for Song of the Year or Best Arrangement.
It is obvious that they work together well and truly love and care for each other. They really work hard at making the best song and are pretty egoless when it comes to making music.
May I suggest you review White Winter Hymnal -- there's an official recording which includes at the end the outtakes from them practicing it but there are also recordings of them doing it live which is absolutely astounding.
It’s hilarious that you paused in the middle of The Prayer again. 😂 9:36
If you wanna hear Avi with some great bass in the sing off series....check out song 5 and 7 (Love Lockdown and Born to be Wild)
I didn’t see anybody mention that Kirstie’s (now) husband Ben recorded this film.
Now go and listen to all the songs on the album and compare it to elements you heard.
I miss Avi but loving his new stuff
Skål! to you, too!
They leave their ego at the door
Recommend their new video, Please Santa Please.
They get tested constantly..even to this day.
HomoPHONIC songs 🤦🏻♀️
Hey, I wasn’t the only one to misread that ;)