Hello. New subscriber. I really enjoy your reaction style. I feel like I'm in a good music appreciation class and love it when I can learn what it takes to hone talent into skill. I did go back and saw your first video on Home Free and you mentioned some of the songs you had already heard. I know you've already listened to "Elvira" from Home Free with the Oak Ridge Boys as guests. For what it's worth, I would love for you to do a video on this song anyway. I would love to learn how voices change with age and how professionals adapt to those changes. I also think it might be worth comparing the two groups in their stage in their profession. The Oaks have been around a very long time. They have a backing band when they are in concert. But, they can, and do, sing acapella when they do radio and tv interviews and such. Anyway, it would definitely be a video I would be very interested in. Thank you very much.
Yes it's interesting. Basses tend to get deeper over maturation, while tenors start to shrink (my opinion). It's also interesting to note, that although Home Free tends to identify with Country genre, the group's arrangement (R&B, Pop & jazz) along with tight harmonies I feel tend to be more associated with 'Take 6' & 'Boys to Men'. They can use styling in their voice to sound 'country' or blend without vibrator. I think it's evident when they do the video, the Oak Ridge Boys stop when Home Free does some key/tempo changes as they never incorporated that into their songs.
dont know if you guys gives a damn but if you are bored like me atm then you can watch pretty much all the latest series on Instaflixxer. Have been watching with my girlfriend these days :)
This is why fries want you to know the guys before reacting to Mayday , we love the look people get when Tim opens , then Chance comes in and you are WTF
Josh what a terrific analysis, thank you for that. When it comes to technique, Home Free is way up there. They are an excellent band that even guys like you with your expertise can recognize. JOSH I WILL CAPITALIZE THIS HOPING YOU'LL SEE IT....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REACT TO THEIR COVER OF HOW GREAT THOU ART, HELPLESSLY HOPING & AULD LANG SYNE. They are their greatest pieces, yet the vocal coach reactors never, EVER, *EVER* react to those three songs. If you thought Mayday was mindblowing, listen to those. They are the best vocal harmonies I've ever heard. PLEASE do this !!
Chance was the bass for his previous vocal group. He can also sing tenor, but usually handles the baritone singing except when he's doing instrument sounds. Check out his twangy guitar sound on Can't Stop the Feeling.
Tim is right. Adam is Home Free's secret weapon for a lot of the same reasons that John Paul Jones was Led Zeppelin's: he can provide whatever sound or texture is needed to make a good song truly remarkable.
@@chrisd7047 and yet, JPJ is the most overlooked member of Led Zeppelin. Which is sad. Not to say the rest don’t deserve the attention they get- the do! Plant is an amazing vocalist, Page is obviously a guitar god, and Bonzo was one of the best rock drummers of all time, really bringing in the jazz and (early) funk into rock. But JPJ is just a really talented bass player. Solid. When Bonham would play with Page, JPJ provided the base. I have feelings on this topic, excuse me.
A lot of people appear to assume that it was Adam Rupp who did the mouth harp in Man of Constant Sorrow, but it was actually Adam Chance. Adam Rupp sure did a good job replicating the sound of a harmonica though.
Thank you for another great reaction - they really did have fun messing us up on this one. Chance is a very good bass singer, as evidenced with his previous group, Street Corner Symphony, and he's had more chance to play with these lows more recently, in Down to the Honkytonk and the version they just released of Folsom Prison Blues. But one of the wonderful things about Home Free is how all of them have the ability to be flexible, to sing lead or harmony, to cover such a wide range. It just makes for such interesting music, because you never know what you're going to get next.
Okay, another new subscriber. I also like your style. You obviously know what you're doing, what you're listening to, how to react. It's not playing for the audience, you speak your own mind. Awesome. I like the laid back style. It's real. More importantly, it's you. Keep it up.
Excellent reaction. I love the way you break it down and explain things, I am so glad to hear someone give Adam credit for his part in the group! Please check out (even if you don't do a video) Street Corner Symphony's cover of Uptown Funk, Chance was with them before HomeFree and has a blast in this song.
A little late to this reaction video, nicely done :). I read somewhere that Tim said he didn't use his head voice until the 28 second mark of the song. The dude is just bananas with talent.
Chance was the bass singer in Street Corner Symphony (his previous group): Really nice to have the ability to have 2 basses in the group. Chance adds move warmth and bottom to the sound when he sings baritone. IMHO 😉 Thanks for the great reaction and analysis 👍
Chris leaving & adding Chance was the best thing that ever happened to Home Free. They won the Sing-Off but their sound now, is soooooo much better now
Greetings ! Thought I’d drop you a note...HOME FREE released a new video yesterday. “AMERICAN PIE” .... by Don McLean ...who sang & wrote it, he’s 75 years old, but, you never know it.....he’s Still got it !!! And, joins HF in the video !!! It’s pretty amazing !!! Hope you give it a go 🙃‼️. Oh, it’s the 50th anniversary of it !!!
Loved your reaction. Yes, Home Free is so versatile aren’t they?! I would suggest I Can’t Outrun You to hear terrific harmonies and it shows Chance’s abilities. Also, How Great Thou Art, Auld Lang Syne, Seven Bridges Road and Helplessly Hoping shows just how good they are. I would like to suggest Tim’s collaborations with singer Peter Hollens in various songs, Greensleeves, Sounds of Silence, Fire and Rain and Misty Mountains. Tim actually shakes the camera in Misty Mountains (from the movie The Hobbit). I think you would really like Peter Hollens. He also collaborates with Jackie Evancho on Hallelujah that is just beautiful. Thanks for reacting to one of my favorite groups.
If I recall, somewhere Tim said (to Chance I think) it wasn't falsetto until 28 seconds in. They did an awesome job with this song and it's one of my favorites also. Thanks! ^_^
Yes, people were arguing that it wasn't Tim, or that he was using falsetto the whole time, and Tim himself said that only the highest note in the first verse was falsetto.
I have read somewhere, Twitter I think, Tim answered a fan in personal it wasnt falsetto until the mar0k of 0:28 That fan w on cloud 9 the whole day. 😁 Tim answered me last week on Patreon, I'm high on that still. 😄🥰
If he says so, fine. But I don't find it that pleasing to listen to. If you compare his high range to that of Austin or Rob, you can clearly hear that for them the notes come easily and are strong. Tim's, with all the respect I truly have for him, feel squeezed and pushed. Nevertheless it is fun to see him change parts.
@@whynot5698 Tim was originally a tenor. His voice dropped later to bass and he practiced just on that. Tim said it took years for him to gain his upper range back.
Home Free “Do You Hear What I Hear” is an beautiful, insane vocal earthquake arranged by Adam Rupp. “All About that Bass” has awesome yodeling and is so fun! I always find it interesting that most reactions to Home Free seem to talk mostly about the harmonies, and I’m focused on Adam’s crazy range from his crazy beatbox notes to his high tenor vocals.
Thank you for giving praise to each performers abilities. Tim is by far my favorite singer with an incredible range, Adam is the best beatboxer I have ever seen, Robs voice is like silk and Austin is so smooth. Chance was a wonderful choice for this group with his vocal range and beatbox abilities.
Great reaction. Moonshine is one of their latest where you get to see a bit more of Adam doing his thing. He's been using this quarantine to add new tricks to his arsenal. It is a fun song.
Yes! This is a favorite for many Home Fries to recommend to reactors who are not privy to their talents! I enjoyed your reaction and analysis of this video! If you want to hear Tim sing a little higher, check out a new collaboration with his wife, Jenika, Peter Hollens, and his wife, Evelyn, singing The Beach Boys Cover “God Only Knows”. Their voices blend beautifully! Tim has had several other collaborations with Peter, as well as Home Free. Peter is super talented, too!
What chance is doing is actually a sub harmonic which basically means you sing an octave higher and use your false cords to make it sound lower. I know it sounds weird but it’s really cool
It's even more amazing, when you realise the audio and video was done under quarantine conditions, done indepently, and 'put together' to form an amazing cover of an iconic Johnny Cash song.
You need to listen to “Greensleeves “. Tim & Peter Hollens. Tim intertwines tenor & Bass with ease in this Old English folk song! Written in the time of Henry VII!! H F loves to surprise their fans with something New!!! All 5 do beatboxing routine during Live performance “Nine To Five”!!! Nice reaction!
I fell in love with them watching 'The Sing Off'. The founders of the group brothers, Chris & Adam Rupp, had gone through members until got the right connection. Don't get me wrong, again, life gives people choices & decisions, for whatever reasons they left. It reminds me of how the Oak Ridge Boys started. Home Free came, they were mature & easygoing. The group prior to the 'The Sing Off' traveled extensively, which gave them them time to hone their tight harmonizing skills as an a capella group. On any given day an athletic team can win/lose. We can predict who will win, but until the actually game is played no one knows 100% otherwise why play the game? In the Sing Off, it came down to choices. Voice Play had interesting members who also had great range & flexibility especially the bass Geoff Castellucci.
When Pantonix hit, I was pleasantly surprised. They became the darlings of the internet. They took off like jet propulsion. Timing of the filming of the show, it seemed it took forever to find anything on Home Free. Meanwhile, they were busy bees, but unfortunately life catches up & I didn't have the time when they exploded on the internet/concert tours. When Chris chose to leave it was a major change. Chris isn't a bad singer. I'd call him a interlocking singer, he keeps the ensemble middle. A baritone can lead towards the upper range or, go down into the bass. Adam was more upper, while Chance naturally has a lower center (one can hear it in his speaking voice) as well as wider range too. Numerous songs one can hear the ensemble's "flexible/versatile" range with Chance's input. This song allows Tim to go up & duo with Rob while Austin does the solo. Chance gets to shine in 'Folsom Prison Blues' taking over for Tim when he solos, same situation in 'Thinking Out Loud/Let's Get It On'. In 'Man of Constant Sorrow' he's doing that, plus sound effects many aren't picking up on. The country genre has never been fixed with 'a' certain sound. Listening to Patsy Cline, K.D. Lang & others there can be a smoothness to their quality. Here, quartets before them are legendary & known for harmonies. They are more flexible like Take Six & Boys To Men. Adam is deceptively brilliant as the beat boxer.
I'm pretty sure Tim was in chest mode for most of the time he does have 5 octave range. Chance covers for Tim in several more covers. I think Chance has a great rich sound when he sings solo. Check out I can't Outrun You which he produced.
I was absolutely captivated when you were talking about Tim's head voice. That was so interesting! It's really great to get the chance to understand that better. Thank you!
I watched an interview Tim Foust did recently, about being a bass singer, and he said one of the things he did in order to broaden his bass range was to practice singing in his higher range; it was advice he was given by another bass singer, and he wasn't sure how or why it worked, but it did. I suppose reaching for high notes stretches and exercises the vocal cords in a way that's also beneficial for singing low notes.
On this one -- Bass was 100% Chance; Tim with the tenor, baritone, and tenor harmonies (with Rob). Chance has phenomenal range also, let's not forget (Can't Stop the Feeling is only one!) ... his harmonies in tenor also can be of the upper range. Believe it or not ... Adam (Rupp) is said to be somewhere between Rob and Austin as a tenor ... but honestly --- I believe he's pulled off baritone and baritone harmony blend with Tim on bass. Am still, after 5yrs - astonished and amazed by these guys......... just WOW!!! I seen them LIVE... well, because I had to!!! I had to see with my own ears!!!! :)
Love your reaction and all the info you give. When you get a chance, watch Home Free's Country Fried Medley.. it was taped before Chance was a group member and it includes Chris Rupp, Adam the beatboxers brother.. Adams "drums" are exceptional in this song, I think. Any song is great, of course, but I am fond of Auld Lang Syne, Do You Hear What I Hear and any of their new quarantined songs.. esp Meet In The Middle... Thanks so much! New Sub here... Philly Fry.
Chance used to be the bass in his former group , with that said Tim has been teaching Chance how to develop some lower notes for the bass lines when Tim is on lead vocals...they change in and out of positions pretty frequently
IN "Man of constant sorrow" did you see tht Chance was doing the jaw harp so even he can do some beatboxing maybe not the drums, but I thought it was pretty neat..
Demonstrates Wonderfully how singers in the same “Vocal Classification” can invoke VERY different Senses, Feelings, Emotions, et-all. Lemme explain *Talkin ‘bout Tenors* ..Austin is like you might’ve gotten a bit too comfy, but do NOT wanna Nod-Off, so you took a Shot of Crème de menthe, and stepped out into a Snowy, Starlit Night!😳🤩. ...Rob, on the other hand, is almost a direct opposite. His is the voice of: ...it’s been a Long, Tiresome Day. ...the kids are asleep. ...the wife tells you “I’m heading off to bed, don’t stay up too long...😉😘😉😉 ...you sit. Alone In a room, the only illumination the lights on the Christmas Tree. ...you swallow the last few precious drops of Single Malt 🥃 in your glass; and, with an over-exaggerated, breathy “well, I s’pose it’s that time” stand up from your easy chair. ...whilst making your way off to bed, you bid ‘Goodnight’ to the dog slumbering at your feet. ....climbing the stairs, all you hear is Rob’s Angelic Tones, like a Velvet Canoe gliding across a Lake of Golden Honey.🥰 ...at the end of the hallway you pause ....but only for a heartbeat. ...reaching for the doorknob, you mouth a Silent Prayer .....”Please be awake”😍🙏🏼🤞🏻😇 And, grinning like a Cheshire Cat, you enter the bedroom....😈 Or Sumthin Like That. *WTH do I know ...I can’t sing to save my life!🤷🏻♂️ But I know that, while the Music might move me “Ugly”🤪 At least it Still Moves Me!🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻
Tim started as a tenor and was there for quite awhile. Once he dropped to a bass and managed to maintain his tenor range. He’s said that working to maintain and even expand his tenor range has allowed him to extend lower range as well.
what I like most about TIm's opening is that it's almost all still sung in his normal voice (ok, fair enough, far from normal the amazing range he has)... only at 0:28 of the music video he has to switch to a higher voice (he said so himself on his facebook after releasing the song on YT)...
I was leaving my boyfriend of 13 years when I first heard this. I had to pull my car over and cry. Cam has a gorgeous voice; however, HF's cover touches me so much more.
I get your dilemma. You want to see their new works but also want to give genuine first time reaction. I was able to watch the premiere of Folsom Prison Blues and it was really fun and exciting, waiting for it and watching it along side other Home Fries. Rob and Tim dropping by, are also a fun bonus. btw, since you mentioned that you're a fan since the Sing Off and already watched most of their songs... why not do a react/analysis of the songs that you've seen? Like a play by play, best of the best kind of thing video? Example, in the Ring of Fire Sing off perf and the one with Avi Kaplan... you can point out how they incorporated Avi on their arrangement
Finally a reaction video from someone who knows his stuff! You autta do one for Tom Hollens featuring Home Free... Amazing Grace! My new most impressive song from them! (I'm Not a musical person! Lol)
Tim in his teens was a Tenner with a similar vocal range but at about 16 puberty hit hard i think he said and he temporarily lost his tenner and went full bass. he trained forever he said to get his tenner and expand his bass. so yeah 5 Octave Bass with a tenner range as well...plus i think he has a video where he actually blew some speakers on stage with an E1 or G1 i think. i forget. been a min
Chance sang bass in another group before he joined Home Free and he slid into the baritone spot in Home Free, but he can also do a good bass and in many songs, you will hear him laying down a drone of bass in the background, also he switches off with Tim when Tim sings a lead and will do the bass. Chance also has a wonderful lead voice also.
New subscriber. A great reaction - how can you not? It's Home Free! Chance killed the bass the whole way through this song!! Please add Country Roads, Quarantine and their newest (out yesterday), Folsom Prison Blues - so, so good! You will never be disappointed with their amazing vocal harmonies and dynamics - they can do it all.
How does Home Free and Pentatonix manage to keep that many amazing vocalist in the group? It seems some really big bands would recruit them, or they would go solo. Many fairly big name bands do not have a lead singer as good as any of them.
Great reaction! Interesting comments. The guys call Adam the heart and soul of their group, the heat beat of the group. Without him they would just be a great talented quartet with some of their own sounds, of course, thrown in. But together, incredible!!! And live, oh man, then you get the full idea of what he can do! Take care.
Chance is actually a bass, he was bass in Steeet Corner Symphony, Sing Off S 1 or 2, but when Chris Rupp left to go solo it worked for him to take a "baritone " spot. In reality it exploded the groups range, giving Tim the chance to really step up and sing more leads with solid coverage on the bass.
He has a very easy transition from chest to head to falsetto. It is very hard to tell where he is exactly. I think he flips to falsetto only on his highest couple of notes. I am basing this on timbre more than anything. The falsetto just has that different quality to it. I think the female voice's "whistle" is analogous to the falsetto, but I don't have anything to back that up, just supposition.
I enjoyed your analysis. If you see Pentatonix's Hallelijah, Scott does bass while Avi sings his higher solo. Also check out Scott's low opener of Sound of Silence. And the new bass, Matt is in there too,
I've seen both of those many times and love them! I was a big Pentatonix fan BEFORE I started my channel. There are several that I haven't seen yet that are on my list and their new ones of course. Thanks for watching.
Michael Mollard if you grew up many years ago, I was born in 56 all the older people called it a juice harp, because you spit slit while using it. It is a jaw harp but my great grandfather and the older men called it juice harp.
@@karencradic3727 born about 10 years after you, always knew it as jaw hard. Interesting, learn something every day.. 😏 Either way, incredible vocal work...
oh there is a live concert out there. Home Free ~ Morrison IL ~ August 18, 2015 from 22 mins, "All about that bass" and "I'm your man" they are hilarious and you get to see what Tim REALLY can do. Headphones defo required. ua-cam.com/video/mPj6816FCjI/v-deo.html thats the link, it has time stamps in the description.
I learned that falsetto is false. My coach, Mark Baxter, who also has clients like Steven Tyler and the boys from Van Halen changed my life as a full time singer by showing me that voice is voice. One voice. Oddly enough, the only other person to make a huge difference in my vocal health was Jonathan Cain of Journey. I've never met him, but while watching the documentary "Don't Stop Believing" about Arnel Pineda, there's a scene where Jonathan is with Arnel before a show and saying something like "out the back of your head." It instantly clicked with me what he was saying and I started singing while releasing the pressure in a way that he was using his hands to suggest. Changed my whole game. That's what you're hearing here with Tim. It's not his head voice because he doesn't have one. He has one voice. I highly suggest you buy Mark Baxter's book. You won't regret it.
I was thinking the same, the reaction is very interesting and all, but the quality of the mic sounds really bad and it is extremely distracting >.< (subscribed anyway ;)
Uh the original video by Cam was referencing Amelia Earhart the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Review the video. WWII women were needed to fill factories & do other male oriented jobs for the war effort. Prior to this, women were to marry & stay-at-home raising kids. Amelia was active breaking records & breaking the stigma. Earhart was married and like the video, I don't think he was pleased at this dangerous project. Aviation was still unknown of the risks of propeller (winds, turbulence along with wear & tear). Mayday as known is a term for sudden danger. Unsure if Earhart was able to do that. During an attempt at becoming the first female to complete a flight of the 'globe' in 1937, Earhart and her navigator disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean. The last time seen was in New Guinea on July 2, 1937, 1.5 years later declared dead (no body ever found). 80 something years later there's still speculation what happened as there never was any wreckage found. Unsure if somehow got off direction crashed elsewhere, or, kidnapped/harmed by sexists groups didn't want her to succeed. The song written by Cam describes a situation where the person feels trapped & calling out for help (Mayday). When I first saw Home Free's version. It stuck in my head as it was a role reversal. Some of their arrangements usually are for 2 tenors (with 3rd Adam Rupp). This time the 3rd tenor was Tim he wasn't switching off singing bass, only tenor. Chance was the sole bass line in this song. To me it shows the depth of how there's both a baritone & bass parts can support the bottom & middle ranges with Tim & Chance.
Hello. New subscriber. I really enjoy your reaction style. I feel like I'm in a good music appreciation class and love it when I can learn what it takes to hone talent into skill. I did go back and saw your first video on Home Free and you mentioned some of the songs you had already heard. I know you've already listened to "Elvira" from Home Free with the Oak Ridge Boys as guests. For what it's worth, I would love for you to do a video on this song anyway. I would love to learn how voices change with age and how professionals adapt to those changes. I also think it might be worth comparing the two groups in their stage in their profession. The Oaks have been around a very long time. They have a backing band when they are in concert. But, they can, and do, sing acapella when they do radio and tv interviews and such. Anyway, it would definitely be a video I would be very interested in. Thank you very much.
Found a decent quality video from way back when The Oaks were at their peak. Maybe useful for comparison. ua-cam.com/video/8SUdMygb9u4/v-deo.html
Yes it's interesting. Basses tend to get deeper over maturation, while tenors start to shrink (my opinion).
It's also interesting to note, that although Home Free tends to identify with Country genre, the group's arrangement (R&B, Pop & jazz) along with tight harmonies I feel tend to be more associated with 'Take 6' & 'Boys to Men'. They can use styling in their voice to sound 'country' or blend without vibrator.
I think it's evident when they do the video, the Oak Ridge Boys stop when Home Free does some key/tempo changes as they never incorporated that into their songs.
dont know if you guys gives a damn but if you are bored like me atm then you can watch pretty much all the latest series on Instaflixxer. Have been watching with my girlfriend these days :)
@Blaze Jamie yea, been using InstaFlixxer for since december myself =)
I love when Tim and Chance switch parts here.
Tim working his 5+ octaves of range here. I actually like his higher register a lot, too.
I’m convinced Tim is a freak of nature with his phenomenal range. All of the guys are incredible ❤️❤️
Adam is referred to as the Freak of Nature and for good reason, even by Tim. Thanks
according to Tim he never hit a bass note in this was all chance
It was a B1 Chance hit. That's not terribly low, but definitely below his normal, baritone range.
@@johndeeregreen4592 that's just one note. He sang the entire bass background line.
Once you hear it. You can't stop hearing it in your head, it is a very catchy song
I don't know how many times I've gotten this song stuck in my head.
This is why fries want you to know the guys before reacting to Mayday , we love the look people get when Tim opens , then Chance comes in and you are WTF
Josh what a terrific analysis, thank you for that. When it comes to technique, Home Free is way up there. They are an excellent band that even guys like you with your expertise can recognize. JOSH I WILL CAPITALIZE THIS HOPING YOU'LL SEE IT....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REACT TO THEIR COVER OF HOW GREAT THOU ART, HELPLESSLY HOPING & AULD LANG SYNE. They are their greatest pieces, yet the vocal coach reactors never, EVER, *EVER* react to those three songs. If you thought Mayday was mindblowing, listen to those. They are the best vocal harmonies I've ever heard. PLEASE do this !!
Yes! 3 of my favorites from them!! 😀
@@LeandraSilvio yes ma'am !!! I would love to hear a professional person's reaction to their best works
@@miamidolphinsfan totally agree... these 3 are masterpieces and can't wait for a professional to hear it!
Yes, yes yes yes yes... please 🙏
@@pamelaneal6537 don't worry about it, he never came back to react to another Home Free video
Chance was the bass for his previous vocal group. He can also sing tenor, but usually handles the baritone singing except when he's doing instrument sounds. Check out his twangy guitar sound on Can't Stop the Feeling.
Tim has said that Adam R is Home Free's secret weapon.
Tim is right. Adam is Home Free's secret weapon for a lot of the same reasons that John Paul Jones was Led Zeppelin's: he can provide whatever sound or texture is needed to make a good song truly remarkable.
@@chrisd7047 and yet, JPJ is the most overlooked member of Led Zeppelin. Which is sad. Not to say the rest don’t deserve the attention they get- the do! Plant is an amazing vocalist, Page is obviously a guitar god, and Bonzo was one of the best rock drummers of all time, really bringing in the jazz and (early) funk into rock. But JPJ is just a really talented bass player. Solid. When Bonham would play with Page, JPJ provided the base.
I have feelings on this topic, excuse me.
@@katherinemorelle7115 Not at all. I am/was a bass player. I get it.
The case could be made for every single member if the band!
Its the clear enunciation thats so impressive. Id never heard this song before, but every word was audilbe. Genius.
A lot of people appear to assume that it was Adam Rupp who did the mouth harp in Man of Constant Sorrow, but it was actually Adam Chance. Adam Rupp sure did a good job replicating the sound of a harmonica though.
Thank you for another great reaction - they really did have fun messing us up on this one. Chance is a very good bass singer, as evidenced with his previous group, Street Corner Symphony, and he's had more chance to play with these lows more recently, in Down to the Honkytonk and the version they just released of Folsom Prison Blues. But one of the wonderful things about Home Free is how all of them have the ability to be flexible, to sing lead or harmony, to cover such a wide range. It just makes for such interesting music, because you never know what you're going to get next.
Have you listened to Home Free's rendition of "Blue Ain't Your Color"? It will make you smile. A twist on a good ol boy country song.
That one of my favorites.
Okay, another new subscriber. I also like your style. You obviously know what you're doing, what you're listening to, how to react. It's not playing for the audience, you speak your own mind. Awesome.
I like the laid back style. It's real. More importantly, it's you. Keep it up.
Excellent reaction. I love the way you break it down and explain things, I am so glad to hear someone give Adam credit for his part in the group! Please check out (even if you don't do a video) Street Corner Symphony's cover of Uptown Funk, Chance was with them before HomeFree and has a blast in this song.
A little late to this reaction video, nicely done :). I read somewhere that Tim said he didn't use his head voice until the 28 second mark of the song. The dude is just bananas with talent.
Chance was the bass singer in Street Corner Symphony (his previous group): Really nice to have the ability to have 2 basses in the group. Chance adds move warmth and bottom to the sound when he sings baritone. IMHO 😉 Thanks for the great reaction and analysis 👍
Chris leaving & adding Chance was the best thing that ever happened to Home Free. They won the Sing-Off but their sound now, is soooooo much better now
Check out Madness by Street Corner Symphony
Kevin Clements I have said this since Chance joined the group.
Man of constant sorrow and ring of fire
Hi John. I've seen them both but would be happy to do a non-first time reaction / analysis if all of you want that.
Could you please analyze post modern juke box seven nation army featuring haley reinhardt she will blow your away like diana ankudanova
Greetings !
Thought I’d drop you a note...HOME FREE released a new video yesterday. “AMERICAN PIE” .... by Don McLean ...who sang & wrote it, he’s 75 years old, but, you never know it.....he’s Still got it !!! And, joins HF in the video !!! It’s pretty amazing !!! Hope you give it a go 🙃‼️. Oh, it’s the 50th anniversary of it !!!
Loved your reaction. Yes, Home Free is so versatile aren’t they?! I would suggest I Can’t Outrun You to hear terrific harmonies and it shows Chance’s abilities. Also, How Great Thou Art, Auld Lang Syne, Seven Bridges Road and Helplessly Hoping shows just how good they are. I would like to suggest Tim’s collaborations with singer Peter Hollens in various songs, Greensleeves, Sounds of Silence, Fire and Rain and Misty Mountains. Tim actually shakes the camera in Misty Mountains (from the movie The Hobbit). I think you would really like Peter Hollens. He also collaborates with Jackie Evancho on Hallelujah that is just beautiful. Thanks for reacting to one of my favorite groups.
Oh, you need to see Rob doing BOYZ II Men “ End of the Road “ ...he’s AWESOME !!!
Thinking Out Loud is really good too!
Great reaction. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge since I'm not a singer. I find it fascinating. Thanks so much. Love this one by Home Free!
If I recall, somewhere Tim said (to Chance I think) it wasn't falsetto until 28 seconds in. They did an awesome job with this song and it's one of my favorites also. Thanks! ^_^
Yes, people were arguing that it wasn't Tim, or that he was using falsetto the whole time, and Tim himself said that only the highest note in the first verse was falsetto.
I have read somewhere, Twitter I think, Tim answered a fan in personal it wasnt falsetto until the mar0k of 0:28
That fan w on cloud 9 the whole day. 😁
Tim answered me last week on Patreon, I'm high on that still. 😄🥰
If he says so, fine. But I don't find it that pleasing to listen to. If you compare his high range to that of Austin or Rob, you can clearly hear that for them the notes come easily and are strong. Tim's, with all the respect I truly have for him, feel squeezed and pushed. Nevertheless it is fun to see him change parts.
@@whynot5698 Tim was originally a tenor. His voice dropped later to bass and he practiced just on that. Tim said it took years for him to gain his upper range back.
Home Free “Do You Hear What I Hear” is an beautiful, insane vocal earthquake arranged by Adam Rupp. “All About that Bass” has awesome yodeling and is so fun! I always find it interesting that most reactions to Home Free seem to talk mostly about the harmonies, and I’m focused on Adam’s crazy range from his crazy beatbox notes to his high tenor vocals.
Thank you for giving praise to each performers abilities. Tim is by far my favorite singer with an incredible range, Adam is the best beatboxer I have ever seen, Robs voice is like silk and Austin is so smooth. Chance was a wonderful choice for this group with his vocal range and beatbox abilities.
Great reaction. Moonshine is one of their latest where you get to see a bit more of Adam doing his thing. He's been using this quarantine to add new tricks to his arsenal. It is a fun song.
Yes! This is a favorite for many Home Fries to recommend to reactors who are not privy to their talents! I enjoyed your reaction and analysis of this video! If you want to hear Tim sing a little higher, check out a new collaboration with his wife, Jenika, Peter Hollens, and his wife, Evelyn, singing The Beach Boys Cover “God Only Knows”. Their voices blend beautifully! Tim has had several other collaborations with Peter, as well as Home Free. Peter is super talented, too!
What chance is doing is actually a sub harmonic which basically means you sing an octave higher and use your false cords to make it sound lower. I know it sounds weird but it’s really cool
Folsom prison blues - new song by Home Free.. Chance go low, but Tim just hit E1😯
it's another winner from Home Free !! I love it....their quarantine work has been unbelievable
It's even more amazing, when you realise the audio and video was done under quarantine conditions, done indepently, and 'put together' to form an amazing cover of an iconic Johnny Cash song.
I thought it was tim? But cool either way
Yes. And Adam Chance gets a chance to show off HIS bass chops.
You need to listen to “Greensleeves “. Tim & Peter Hollens. Tim intertwines tenor & Bass with ease in this Old English folk song! Written in the time of Henry VII!! H F loves to surprise their fans with something New!!! All 5 do beatboxing routine during Live performance “Nine To Five”!!! Nice reaction!
The bass notes always give me goosebumps! Have you seen Geoff Castellucci's newest yet? He did a cover of Blackbird and it's awesome!
I fell in love with them watching 'The Sing Off'. The founders of the group brothers, Chris & Adam Rupp, had gone through members until got the right connection. Don't get me wrong, again, life gives people choices & decisions, for whatever reasons they left. It reminds me of how the Oak Ridge Boys started. Home Free came, they were mature & easygoing. The group prior to the 'The Sing Off' traveled extensively, which gave them them time to hone their tight harmonizing skills as an a capella group. On any given day an athletic team can win/lose. We can predict who will win, but until the actually game is played no one knows 100% otherwise why play the game? In the Sing Off, it came down to choices. Voice Play had interesting members who also had great range & flexibility especially the bass Geoff Castellucci.
When Pantonix hit, I was pleasantly surprised. They became the darlings of the internet. They took off like jet propulsion. Timing of the filming of the show, it seemed it took forever to find anything on Home Free. Meanwhile, they were busy bees, but unfortunately life catches up & I didn't have the time when they exploded on the internet/concert tours.
When Chris chose to leave it was a major change. Chris isn't a bad singer. I'd call him a interlocking singer, he keeps the ensemble middle. A baritone can lead towards the upper range or, go down into the bass. Adam was more upper, while Chance naturally has a lower center (one can hear it in his speaking voice) as well as wider range too.
Numerous songs one can hear the ensemble's "flexible/versatile" range with Chance's input. This song allows Tim to go up & duo with Rob while Austin does the solo. Chance gets to shine in 'Folsom Prison Blues' taking over for Tim when he solos, same situation in 'Thinking Out Loud/Let's Get It On'. In 'Man of Constant Sorrow' he's doing that, plus sound effects many aren't picking up on.
The country genre has never been fixed with 'a' certain sound. Listening to Patsy Cline, K.D. Lang & others there can be a smoothness to their quality. Here, quartets before them are legendary & known for harmonies. They are more flexible like Take Six & Boys To Men. Adam is deceptively brilliant as the beat boxer.
Dude you got it together, someone that knows what they are talking about. You are one of the best!!
In their cover of Stop, Drop and Roll by Dan and Shay, Tim sings tenor with Austin and Rob. It's one of my favs. And the video with it is awesome.
Great reaction... Just had a big chuckle...listened to Tim hit the Lowest E on the piano in their brand new version of Folsom Prison Blues
He goes even higher in Your Man. You can really hear his range in that song.
10 octaves! That’s crazy
I'm pretty sure Tim was in chest mode for most of the time he does have 5 octave range. Chance covers for Tim in several more covers. I think Chance has a great rich sound when he sings solo. Check out I can't Outrun You which he produced.
A very good song, with deep, rich harmonies.
I was absolutely captivated when you were talking about Tim's head voice. That was so interesting! It's really great to get the chance to understand that better. Thank you!
Don't be sorry, we are watching for your reaction! Thanks for this, your reaction to these guys is amazing.
I watched an interview Tim Foust did recently, about being a bass singer, and he said one of the things he did in order to broaden his bass range was to practice singing in his higher range; it was advice he was given by another bass singer, and he wasn't sure how or why it worked, but it did. I suppose reaching for high notes stretches and exercises the vocal cords in a way that's also beneficial for singing low notes.
In an interview of Tim, I remember him saying that he originally trained as a tenor and later discovered that he had a good bass voice.
There was an interview with Tim about this song and he said he never got into his head voice during this song. Cheers
I love your reactions 😊
On this one -- Bass was 100% Chance; Tim with the tenor, baritone, and tenor harmonies (with Rob). Chance has phenomenal range also, let's not forget (Can't Stop the Feeling is only one!) ... his harmonies in tenor also can be of the upper range. Believe it or not ... Adam (Rupp) is said to be somewhere between Rob and Austin as a tenor ... but honestly --- I believe he's pulled off baritone and baritone harmony blend with Tim on bass. Am still, after 5yrs - astonished and amazed by these guys......... just WOW!!! I seen them LIVE... well, because I had to!!! I had to see with my own ears!!!! :)
Great reaction! If you haven’t heard their cover of Sea Shanty Medley I think you’ll really love that one.
Love your reaction and all the info you give. When you get a chance, watch Home Free's Country Fried Medley.. it was taped before Chance was a group member and it includes Chris Rupp, Adam the beatboxers brother.. Adams "drums" are exceptional in this song, I think. Any song is great, of course, but I am fond of Auld Lang Syne, Do You Hear What I Hear and any of their new quarantined songs.. esp Meet In The Middle... Thanks so much! New Sub here... Philly Fry.
It's also an excellent and exciting rhythm. This is one of my favorite songs by Home Free. it grows on you.
Would love to see you react to Tim’s vocal range!
home free ring of fire, how great thou art, all about the bass, oh holy night
Chance used to be the bass in his former group , with that said Tim has been teaching Chance how to develop some lower notes for the bass lines when Tim is on lead vocals...they change in and out of positions pretty frequently
The best❤
just a question, Why does it mater if he is singing head voice, chest voice or falseto? Hi is Hi right?
chance was the bass in another group before he joined home free
Peter Hollens and Tim just released another song and Tim sings even higher in that one! Check out God Only Knows
IN "Man of constant sorrow" did you see tht Chance was doing the jaw harp so even he can do some beatboxing maybe not the drums, but I thought it was pretty neat..
Demonstrates Wonderfully how singers in the same “Vocal Classification” can invoke VERY different Senses, Feelings, Emotions, et-all. Lemme explain
*Talkin ‘bout Tenors*
..Austin is like you might’ve gotten a bit too comfy, but do NOT wanna Nod-Off, so you took a Shot of Crème de menthe, and stepped out into a Snowy, Starlit Night!😳🤩.
...Rob, on the other hand, is almost a direct opposite. His is the voice of:
...it’s been a Long, Tiresome Day.
...the kids are asleep.
...the wife tells you “I’m heading off to bed, don’t stay up too long...😉😘😉😉
...you sit. Alone In a room, the only illumination the lights on the Christmas Tree.
...you swallow the last few precious drops of Single Malt 🥃 in your glass; and, with an over-exaggerated, breathy “well, I s’pose it’s that time” stand up from your easy chair.
...whilst making your way off to bed, you bid ‘Goodnight’ to the dog slumbering at your feet.
....climbing the stairs, all you hear is Rob’s Angelic Tones, like a Velvet Canoe gliding across a Lake of Golden Honey.🥰
...at the end of the hallway you pause ....but only for a heartbeat.
...reaching for the doorknob, you mouth a Silent Prayer .....”Please be awake”😍🙏🏼🤞🏻😇
And, grinning like a Cheshire Cat, you enter the bedroom....😈
Or Sumthin Like That.
*WTH do I know ...I can’t sing to save my life!🤷🏻♂️
But I know that, while the Music might move me “Ugly”🤪 At least it Still Moves Me!🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻
Tim started as a tenor and was there for quite awhile. Once he dropped to a bass and managed to maintain his tenor range. He’s said that working to maintain and even expand his tenor range has allowed him to extend lower range as well.
what I like most about TIm's opening is that it's almost all still sung in his normal voice (ok, fair enough, far from normal the amazing range he has)... only at 0:28 of the music video he has to switch to a higher voice (he said so himself on his facebook after releasing the song on YT)...
I was leaving my boyfriend of 13 years when I first heard this. I had to pull my car over and cry. Cam has a gorgeous voice; however, HF's cover touches me so much more.
Chance came from the group Street Corner Symphony where he was the bass. He was on Sing Off with that group season 2 or 3.
I get your dilemma. You want to see their new works but also want to give genuine first time reaction.
I was able to watch the premiere of Folsom Prison Blues and it was really fun and exciting, waiting for it and watching it along side other Home Fries. Rob and Tim dropping by, are also a fun bonus.
btw, since you mentioned that you're a fan since the Sing Off and already watched most of their songs... why not do a react/analysis of the songs that you've seen? Like a play by play, best of the best kind of thing video?
Example, in the Ring of Fire Sing off perf and the one with Avi Kaplan... you can point out how they incorporated Avi on their arrangement
Chris Rupp recently did a review of "Ring Of Fire" and talked about making the video! Very interesting! ... Guy
@@guypithecusthe1st453 i already watched that and the one with all that bass.
loved watching Chris Rupp's reaction since he has insider info
If you want to hear Tim go high, you should listen to their cover of "All that bass".
Finally a reaction video from someone who knows his stuff!
You autta do one for Tom Hollens featuring Home Free... Amazing Grace!
My new most impressive song from them! (I'm Not a musical person! Lol)
I suggest you watch Adam Rupp drum solo live in concert where he's wearing the red flannel shirt. It will blow you away
Tim and his wife paired with Peter Hollens and his wife to do a cover of the Beach Boys song "God Only Knows" on Peter's channel.
Tim in his teens was a Tenner with a similar vocal range but at about 16 puberty hit hard i think he said and he temporarily lost his tenner and went full bass. he trained forever he said to get his tenner and expand his bass. so yeah 5 Octave Bass with a tenner range as well...plus i think he has a video where he actually blew some speakers on stage with an E1 or G1 i think. i forget. been a min
In "Madness" by Street Corner Symphony Chance is singing bass, I'd love to see your reaction to it
End of the Road is my favorite at this moment.
Chance sang bass in another group before he joined Home Free and he slid into the baritone spot in Home Free, but he can also do a good bass and in many songs, you will hear him laying down a drone of bass in the background, also he switches off with Tim when Tim sings a lead and will do the bass. Chance also has a wonderful lead voice also.
New subscriber. A great reaction - how can you not? It's Home Free! Chance killed the bass the whole way through this song!! Please add Country Roads, Quarantine and their newest (out yesterday), Folsom Prison Blues - so, so good! You will never be disappointed with their amazing vocal harmonies and dynamics - they can do it all.
All four singers can go below C2 and above C5, which means HF has four basses and four tenors.
Please man of constant sorrow
How does Home Free and Pentatonix manage to keep that many amazing vocalist in the group? It seems some really big bands would recruit them, or they would go solo. Many fairly big name bands do not have a lead singer as good as any of them.
I think Tim has a five octave range. Watch Misty Mountain with Peter Hollins and Tim Foust if you want to hear some bass.
Yes! I saw one reactor fall out of his chair on that low note!
Great reaction! Interesting comments. The guys call Adam the heart and soul of their group, the heat beat of the group. Without him they would just be a great talented quartet with some of their own sounds, of course, thrown in. But together, incredible!!! And live, oh man, then you get the full idea of what he can do! Take care.
New here and already sub and liked. I am very pleased by your reaction. I want more!
Chance is actually a bass, he was bass in Steeet Corner Symphony, Sing Off S 1 or 2, but when Chris Rupp left to go solo it worked for him to take a "baritone " spot. In reality it exploded the groups range, giving Tim the chance to really step up and sing more leads with solid coverage on the bass.
Chance is legit!
You should do a reaction video to "when a man loves a woman" featuring Austin.
Try Bring Him Home for Austin's classical training
Also... check out End of the Road... Rob Kills it!!! Alot to discuss there!
He has a very easy transition from chest to head to falsetto. It is very hard to tell where he is exactly. I think he flips to falsetto only on his highest couple of notes. I am basing this on timbre more than anything. The falsetto just has that different quality to it. I think the female voice's "whistle" is analogous to the falsetto, but I don't have anything to back that up, just supposition.
In this one Adam and Chase are doing the beat boxing.
I enjoyed your analysis. If you see Pentatonix's Hallelijah, Scott does bass while Avi sings his higher solo. Also check out Scott's low opener of Sound of Silence. And the new bass, Matt is in there too,
I've seen both of those many times and love them! I was a big Pentatonix fan BEFORE I started my channel. There are several that I haven't seen yet that are on my list and their new ones of course. Thanks for watching.
In man of constant sorrow, Chance does the juice harp sound. Check out their covers of, Woman, Amen/Female, Blue Ain't Your Color and Some Girls Do
'jaw harp'? 😉
Michael Mollard if you grew up many years ago, I was born in 56 all the older people called it a juice harp, because you spit slit while using it. It is a jaw harp but my great grandfather and the older men called it juice harp.
@@karencradic3727 born about 10 years after you, always knew it as jaw hard. Interesting, learn something every day.. 😏
Either way, incredible vocal work...
I would love to hear your thoughts on "Do You Hear What I Hear" It is when Chris Rupp was still with the group,
fun fact tim started as a tenor 😂
oh there is a live concert out there. Home Free ~ Morrison IL ~ August 18, 2015 from 22 mins, "All about that bass" and "I'm your man" they are hilarious and you get to see what Tim REALLY can do. Headphones defo required. ua-cam.com/video/mPj6816FCjI/v-deo.html thats the link, it has time stamps in the description.
I learned that falsetto is false. My coach, Mark Baxter, who also has clients like Steven Tyler and the boys from Van Halen changed my life as a full time singer by showing me that voice is voice. One voice. Oddly enough, the only other person to make a huge difference in my vocal health was Jonathan Cain of Journey. I've never met him, but while watching the documentary "Don't Stop Believing" about Arnel Pineda, there's a scene where Jonathan is with Arnel before a show and saying something like "out the back of your head." It instantly clicked with me what he was saying and I started singing while releasing the pressure in a way that he was using his hands to suggest. Changed my whole game. That's what you're hearing here with Tim. It's not his head voice because he doesn't have one. He has one voice. I highly suggest you buy Mark Baxter's book. You won't regret it.
Tim has five octaves if you haven't noticed, and range if crazy. He once hit an A0 but it blew the sound system.
Tim has actually been teaching chance to get deeper
Just a technical note: Your microphone is slightly over-modulating. Did you change any recording settings perhaps?
The gain on the microphone is set a little too high.
I was thinking the same, the reaction is very interesting and all, but the quality of the mic sounds really bad and it is extremely distracting >.< (subscribed anyway ;)
I would definitely check out Elvira ft. the Oak Ridge Boys. It's super fun.
They mentioned somewhere that Tim tried coaching Austin to sing low notes and Austin hurt himself trying to hit the low ones.
Find a song in which Adam Rupp is actually SINGING. He's quite good in that role, too. :-)
Uh the original video by Cam was referencing Amelia Earhart the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Review the video. WWII women were needed to fill factories & do other male oriented jobs for the war effort. Prior to this, women were to marry & stay-at-home raising kids. Amelia was active breaking records & breaking the stigma. Earhart was married and like the video, I don't think he was pleased at this dangerous project. Aviation was still unknown of the risks of propeller (winds, turbulence along with wear & tear). Mayday as known is a term for sudden danger. Unsure if Earhart was able to do that.
During an attempt at becoming the first female to complete a flight of the 'globe' in 1937, Earhart and her navigator disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean. The last time seen was in New Guinea on July 2, 1937, 1.5 years later declared dead (no body ever found). 80 something years later there's still speculation what happened as there never was any wreckage found. Unsure if somehow got off direction crashed elsewhere, or, kidnapped/harmed by sexists groups didn't want her to succeed.
The song written by Cam describes a situation where the person feels trapped & calling out for help (Mayday).
When I first saw Home Free's version. It stuck in my head as it was a role reversal. Some of their arrangements usually are for 2 tenors (with 3rd Adam Rupp). This time the 3rd tenor was Tim he wasn't switching off singing bass, only tenor. Chance was the sole bass line in this song. To me it shows the depth of how there's both a baritone & bass parts can support the bottom & middle ranges with Tim & Chance.