I think he does slip into falsetto on the hallelujah at the end of his verse, but yeah, for the rest of his verse Mitch is not using his falsetto. And he can go higher than he does in this song as well.
I love a good Mitch-slap. Here is a fun fact, Mitch is not in falsetto. He is a counter tenor. That is his natural voice. We Pentaholics welcome you. 🙂
Welcome to the Pentatonix journey. They sing many different genres. They do pop, emo, country, Christmas. You will get many suggestions from Pentatonix fans (Pentaholics). The members in order of singing are Scott( baritone- covers bass when bass singer has solo. Avi(original bass- left group I'm 2017. Kirstie (alto soprano). Mitch (tenor/counter tenor) the high pitch is his regular singing voice not a falsetto. You will see the more you watch. Finally is Kevin( beatboxer/tenor) he also plays the cello sometimes while beatboxing.
Pentatonix is the best a capella group out there and they have a discography of over 200 songs...of all sorts of genres. They have both loads of covers and lots of originals. Kevin, the beatboxer does sing...he has a really nice tenor and great falsetto, but due to needing to beatbox most of the time, he rarely gets a spotlight. He does sing as backing vocals when not actively beatboxing, we just don't notice it much because the camera's not on him while he's backing the lead singer(s). That is NOT Mitch's falsetto. His falsetto is MUCH higher. Mitch Grassi is a natural countertenor and has a five octave range plus whistle notes. All the group have massive vocal ranges. Some suggestions for your reactions: When The Party's Over, Daft Punk medley, Love Again (original), New Rules/I Am That Somebody, I Rise (original), 90's Dance Medley, Evolution of Michael Jackson.
This is their most viewed song, but 20 + million subscribers will tell you, " You haven't seen anything yet. " The catalog of amazing music this group has done is the real chef's kiss !! 😏❤️🎙😎🤘
That is one of the best Mitch-slaps I’ve seen in a while! I think the one you thought was familiar is Avi Kaplan. If you’ve seen Home Free do Ring of Fire, Avi was featured in it. Also, Kevin, the beatboxer, does sing and has a beautiful voice, but you’ll need to watch more videos to see that. Final note: Avi is no longer with the group, the current bass singer is Matt Sallee. That is the only change of group members. Mitch and Kirstie just change appearance a lot.
Mitch has a falsetto, but you didn't hear it in this song. His is much, much higher. He is a counter tenor with a 6 to 7 octave range. In fact they all have very broad octave ranges. This is the most talented group you will ever hear. Their story, which is related in comments below, is inspiring.
Jimmie, despite the videos you have seen, he does not have a 6-7 octave range - he cannot sing low notes as low as Avi, who is a basso profundo. The piano keyboard has a slightly less than 7 octave range - Mitch cannot sing that whole range. Low fry does not count. He is incredible but's let's not make him superhuman.@@SlayWithBrandy
Mitch's actual range is E2-Bflat5, not A1-B7 as Axel Fuentes claims - you cannot believe everything you see on YT and singing a low fry note is not, as they say, "musically viable"
Apparently Axl Rose has the widest demonstrated range in rock and Dimash Kudaibergen is right behind him. A guy named Tim Storms (I think) has the widest range ever and can apparently sing subsonic notes, although I can't figure who would care about that except for sound engineers and physicists.
The guy you were talking about, Avi their original bass, did a video with Home Free. He also now does solo stuff. He was, prior to joining the group, a classically trainer operatic bass. It is possible that in one of these capacities you saw him performing.
I subbed for you having been "Mitch slapped" (the counter-tenor wearing that funny hat)...LOL. I will say that you will get more fans as I am too a "Pentaholic" if you post more of Pentatonix on your channel and I guarantee you will become a "Pentaholic"... Great reaction, hope to see you soon. ❤
I love to follow new Pentatonix reactors! It's an amazing rabbit hole 🕳 to journey through! They truly OWN Christmas, so this is an absolutely great time to get into them! Their Christmas Holiday concert tour in the US starts very soon! 💖
Great reaction!! This is just the tip of the iceberg with this group. Ptx has won 3 Grammy's thus far (Daft Punk Medley, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jolene in collaboration with Dolly Parton) and just got a Hollywood Walk of Fame star awarded this year. They have so many covers and originals that you could check out. I have seen them in concert live 2x and they are unbelievable. Notable works (imho) are the ones they one Grammy's for and many of their Christmas selections (so many of these too, but love Carol of the Bells, O Come All ye Faithful, Mary Did you Know, etc.) ; however, Sound of Silence, Mad World, Bohemian Rhapsody, Radioactive with Lindsey Stirling, Imagine, Evolution of Beyonce, Evolution of Michael Jackson (and do many more covers). They also have some absolutely fantastic originals such as Run to You, Love Again, and I Rise (more of these too). I enjoyed your reaction and hope you continue to check them out. They are so talented!
Thanks for the reaction. I hope you do more reacting to Pentatonix. I recommend Evolution of Rihanna, Bohemian Rhapsody, or Daft Punk medley. It isn’t a falsetto, it is his high tenor voice. Their original music “Sing”, “Can’t Sleep Love” or “Anchor”
They do original work as well as covers - other videos you might think of next might be "Daft Punk Medley", "Shallow", "90's Dance Medley", or "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" If you're enjoying the acapella music, you could also check out Voiceplay, Home Free, and Voctave as other groups.
I have been a fan since of theirs since they won "The Sing Off".Their talent and ceativity was evident then when Scott, Kirstie and Mitch were only 19. My favorites are Mary Did You Know?, Amazing Grace, The Prayer, Come Along, The Sound of Silence and The Wizard of Ahhhs (Todrick Hall featuring Pentatonix). There are just too many to list.
Great reaction. Great Mitch Slap as well. This was my first song I heard from them and my favorite was the version from Shrek. When I heard their version, the version from Shrek became my second favorite. There are so many songs to check out. You should check out the live version of this one along with Amazing Grace, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the Evolution videos.
You can't go wrong listening to anything Pentatonix has released; it's all gorgeous. But all pentaholics have our own personal favorites that we like to recommend. These are some of my favorites: • "Imagine" (the official video) • "Sound of Silence" • "Run To You" (an original, written by Avi and Kevin) • "Happy Now" (another original) • "Daft Punk Medley" (their first Grammy winner) • "O Come All Ye Faithful" • "The Prayer" • "Bohemian Rhapsody" • "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" • "The Lucky Ones" (an original, written by Scott) • "Thank You" (an original, written by Scott and his then fiancé, now husband, Mark Manio Hoying, shortly after the end of COVID lockdown, about how much easier it was to get through that time because they were together) • "The Kevin Show/Kevin's Fifth." This is a live feed from a concert they gave in Owensboro, Kentucky, Kevin's home town: czcams.com/video/DbCasvcNx78/video.html Additionally, IF you're familiar with _"The Wizard Of Oz"_ (the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland), I recommend "Todrick Hall - The Wizard of Ahhhs (ft. Pentatonix)": czcams.com/video/QkVeKb2igrg/video.html If you've never seen the movie it won't make sense, so take care of that first.
Welcome to the rabbit hole that will make you a Pentaholic like us! You need to check out their Grammy Award winning song Daft Punk Medley. Also The Wizard of Ahhhs and Bohemian Rhapsody.
If you decide to do more PTX you will be so surprised at how many genres they cover! Even rap! It’s so amazing it’s just their voices! If they include an instrument (very rare) you will see them playing it! They are fabulous! I didn’t know I could ever like acapella until them!
The members of Pentatonix. In this video we have: • First verse: Tall blond guy, Scott Hoying, lyric baritone. In describing a man's vocal range, "lyric" means that the actual range exceeds the nominal range. In Scott's case, he sings everywhere from about the middle of a normal bass range through most of a normal tenor range. Probably five or six octaves. Scott typically takes over the bass harmony line when their bass has a solo. • 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 blown out speakers in live performances - but his range extends to somewhere in the middle of a normal tenor range. • Third verse: The only woman in Pentatonix, Kirstin (also called Kirstie, which rhymes with thirsty) Maldonado. Kirstie sings everywhere from a low alto through coloratura soprano, the highest female range. And she has fantastic whistle notes on top of that. Lately Pentatonix has begun referring to her as an alto soprano. • Fourth verse: Guy wearing a wide-brimmed hat, Mitch Grassi (pronounced Grah'-see, emphasis on the first syllable), natural contratenor. No one is certain whether Mitch can sing higher than Kirstie or Kirstie can sing higher than Mitch; I suspect that it varies from day to day, though everyone agrees that Kirstie has better whistle notes. Mitch is known for his ethereally beautiful (some say "angelic") high vocals. Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men, has said Mitch has "one of the prettiest voices I have ever heard in my life." Mitch switches seamlessly from chest voice to mixed voice to head voice. He has a range of just over six octaves. And we call that stunned look people get the first time they realize that the beautiful high voice is coming from a man, "being Mitch slapped." You've just been Mitch slapped. Don't let it worry you; it's happened to all of us, generally more than once, because Mitch is full of surprises. (BTW, Mitch wasn't singing falsetto in this; I think he was in mixed voice.) • The fifth member of Pentatonix (PTX for short) is Kevin Olusola (pronounced Oh-loosh"-oh-luh', primary emphasis on the second syllable, secondary emphasis on the fourth) beatboxer extraordinaire. There may be a better beatboxer than Kevin, but if so I've never encountered him or her. We don't get to hear Kevin sing as often as we'd like because he's generally too busy being the entire percussion section, but when he does sing he has a lovely tenor voice that occasionally descends to the uppermost reaches of a baritone range. He's also known for the beauty of his falsetto, which may go higher than Mitch can. Kevin has perfect pitch. He began piano lessons at age 4, cello at age 6, and alto saxophone at age 10. When he was a teenager he performed at Carnegie Hall twice, once on the saxophone and once on the cello. He beatboxes while playing the cello, which he refers to as "celloboxing." He has a pre-med degree from Yale and had already been accepted to Yale Medical School when he gave up his dream of becoming a surgeon to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician instead. He speaks five languages fluently: English, French, German, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. He's one of the kindest people in the world, and when he laughs the whole planet seems like a brighter place. In 2017 Avi decided to leave Pentatonix, for personal reasons. He has since gone on to have a very successful solo career, and I strongly recommend subscribing to his CZcams channel, which you can find here: youtube.com/@AviKaplanMusic Avi's replacement joined in either late 2017 or early 2018 (depending on how you figure it); you'll see him in a lot of their videos: • The second black member of Pentatonix is Matt Sallee (pronounced Suh-lee', emphasis on the second syllable), lyric bass. In addition to being the newest member of Pentatonix Matt is also the youngest member, and I'm told that bass voices improve with age. Matt's range seems to be growing on a daily basis right now. He isn't QUITE down to basso profundo yet, though I expect him to reach it within a year or two. But on his high end Matt reaches nearly the top of a normal tenor range; he may be able to sing higher than Scott! To find his current range I recommend listening to a live stream of "Hallelujah" from their recent world tour. You can find one here: czcams.com/video/ASYzLoi810k/video.html Matt's arrangement of the second verse seems to be designed to show off his full range, and it will blow you away.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Pentatonix! They have a vast library of amazing music videos to enjoy. Look forward to more of your reactions to them.
Nice reaction ❤! You will want to check out their Daft Punk (MV) medley. They won a Grammy with it! BTW, you reached 20k because you deserved it… keep up the good work 👍🤘🎶
I highly recommend "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Daft Punk Medley" with this line up, and "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" and "Sound Of Silence" are favorites with Matt singing bass instead of Avi
Welcome to the world of Pentatonix!! They have so many awesome songs in their catalog (well over 200) including originals. Pentaholics will show up because we love seeing reactions as someone new discovers them!! Subscribed for more PTX!!
You are definitely *not* the only person who pulls up "Shrek"; most people about your age (I'm guessing on the age) first heard this song from that movie. Much of the PTX catalogue is covers (as that is how they started) but they have had two full albums of originals, plus a number of originals. An interesting pairing would be their Grammy-winning "Daft Punk" (a mashup of seven Daft Punk songs), followed by their original song "Love Again", which has the same feel and aesthetic, with a lot more effort and money put into makeup and wardrobe.
This cover is wonderful but I think the best ever (and there are so many good ones though!) is KD Lang, and she sang it live at the opening of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The whole stadium was mesmerized.
Where Pentatonix came from: Kirstie, Mitch, and Scott all grew up in Arlington, Texas. All of them were involved with community musical theater as children, and Mitch met both Scott and Kirstie there (separately) when he was nine or ten years old, and became friends with both of them. However, Scott and Kirstie didn't meet each other until they were fourteen and in the same high school class. All three were choir geeks (duh), and they quickly became best friends in high school. There was some kind of singing contest to meet the stars of _Glee,_ and the three of them wanted to enter, so they formed a trio which they named "The Trio." (I know; not very imaginative. They're somewhat better with that now.) They lost the contest, but they kept The Trio together anyway; they performed at school functions and occasionally on local television. And pentaholics (Pentatonix fans) still refer to these three as "the trio," and the trio is the heart of Pentatonix. Kirstie and Scott were a year ahead of Mitch; they graduated in 2010, when Mitch was just finishing eleventh grade, and both went away for their freshman year of college. Scott went to the University of Southern Califonia, and Kirstie went to the University of Oklahoma with a full ride scholarship. Scott is a very outgoing person, so he immediately began looking around for extracurricular activities where he could meet people and make new friends, and he found an award-winning a cappella group named SoCal VoCals, which he joined. While there he met Ben Bram, who at the time was a coach on NBC's a cappella competition show named _"The Sing-Off."_ A cappella groups would audition for the show, and those that passed appeared throughout the season. There was a panel of three judges, all professional musicians, who would give their reactions to each performance. Along the way some groups would be eliminated, narrowing the field, and at the end of the season viewers would be invited to vote on a winner. The winning group would receive $200,000 and a recording contract with Epic, a minor subsidiary of Sony, the show's sponsor. Scott was intrigued. He thought The Trio could be competitive, and if they could get a recording contract they could have a career doing what they most loved, with the people they most loved. So he talked to Kirstie, who thought his idea had promise, and at the end of their first year of college the two of them headed back to Arlington to be there for Mitch's graduation and to talk with Mitch about Scott's idea. Meanwhile, back in Arlington Mitch had been having a very difficult year. His best friends weren't there, and as an out-of-the-closet young gay man with an unusually high voice he was being seriously bullied. And unfortunately, since the bullying was ostensibly for his voice he was quickly developing the notion that there was something wrong with his voice and that no one would want to hear him sing. So when Scott presented his idea Mitch was on board; it was a way to get away from the bullies. He had doubts about his ability to carry his weight in the group, because of the bullying, but he was willing to try and if Scott and Kirstie said they could win, well, maybe they could. So with everyone on board, Scott called Ben Bram to find out how to arrange for an audition, and this is where they met their first setback. _The Sing-Off_ had a size limit on bands; the minimum size allowed was five members. The Trio needed two new members and a new name. They were stumped. Ben suggested that they'd profit from adding a rhythm section: a bass and a beatboxer, and he knew the perfect person to recommend for the bass, a guy named Avi Kaplan. They talked to Avi, and he was very interested, so that took care of the bass, but where to find the beatboxer? Ben didn't have any suggestions. So in desperation they typed "beatboxer" into a CZcams search box and the first hit they got was a black guy playing a classical piece on the cello and beatboxing at the same time. And all of them said, "Wow! He's the one! How can we get in touch with him?" They were in luck. At the time CZcams had something called CZcams messages, which would allow private messages between members (now discontinued), so they sent Kevin a private message: "Hey! We really love your stuff, and we wonder if you'd be interested in flying across the country to join four strangers to audition for an a cappella competition show on television?" And Kevin messaged them back: "Normally I'd be there in a heart beat; I love a cappella and have been in a cappella groups before. But right now I'm studying for my final exams for my pre-med degree from Yale." Oh. That sounded pretty definite; better keep looking. So they kept looking, and they found someone, but he was no Kevin Olusola. Oh well; you work with what you have. And two weeks later Kevin messaged them again: "Good news! I just graduated. If the gig's still open I can fly out." He arrived the day before their audition. Mitch had to skip his graduation ceremony to attend the audition. But even with just a day of rehearsal they still passed the audition; they were in. Oh, yes, the name. Pentatonix is named for the pentatonic scale, which has five (penta) tones just as Pentatonix has five (Penta) singers. In other words, it's a fancier way of saying they're "The Quintet." 😂 Pentatonix appeared throughout season three of _The Sing-Off,_ and eventually won. All those performances are available on CZcams and are well worth watching, preferably in order so you can see how they grew throughout the season. Some of them are as good as anything they've done since (which is saying a lot) and are only available in those old videos. So, they'd won _The Sing-Off,_ complete with recording contract. Time to move to California permanently and begin recording. And a week later Epic reneged on the contract, saying that they didn't know how to market a cappella. But at this point Pentatonix weren't willing to give up; they WANTED that career they'd been working toward. So they pooled their winnings and lived frugally. The four men shared two apartments, to cut down on expenses. They used their iPhones to record themselves anywhere they could find good acoustics, and sometimes in places with acoustics that were just okay. And they posted to CZcams. Their fans from _The Sing-Off_ quickly found them there, and subscribed, and they began to get more views and more subscribers, and to pick up a few patrons. In fact, they were going viral. And Sony noticed, and approached them with an offer: Perhaps Pentatonix would like a recording contract with Madison Gate, another minor subsidiary? Hmmm. Would they like a recording contract? Darn right they'd like a recording contract! And then came "Daft Punk Medley," and Pentatonix won their first Grammy. And again, Sony took notice, and approached Pentatonix: "We've been thinking about it and we believe you might find a better fit with our flagship label, RCA. Are you interested?" They've been with RCA ever since. They go on tours world wide and perform to sold-out venues. They put out at LEAST one album a year, frequently more. One has gone Gold and one has gone Platinum twice. They have three Grammys and recently received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Pentatonix is the type of band, where you hear something different every time you listen to a song. One thing that I heard on the twentieth time hearing this song, was the harmonic produced during the wall of sound at the end. It’s a note produced by the combination of voice in perfect pitch, at 493.88 hz (Bmajor) It’s the frequency of the Big Bang. It was only possible because I listened through some obscenely expensive headphones on a demo. Check out the Sennheiser 800, you won’t believe the difference.
Welcome to Pentatonix. I sincerely hope you take a deep dive into their vast collection. BTW don't be surprised. You may have just gained a large set of fans for yourself. Best wishes.😊
Again, as a Pentaholic, welcome. You ,as now proceed down the rabbit hole. We all have our favorites, but Amazing Grace, Radioactive, and Sound of Silence are mine. Incidently, if you watch Pitch Perfect 2, Pentatonix is the Canadian team at the worlds.
They experiment with string instruments occasionally, but they are probably 95% acapella. The person who didn't sing, Kevin, does beat boxing, body percussion, and plays cello. If you are trying to grow your channel, Pentatonix reactions will do the trick.
Just so you know, the face people make when they hear Mitch (in the hat), is called a Mitch slap (Sort of like a bitch slap, just nicely said) As others have said, that wasn't falsetto, he can actually sing higher than most soprano's. He can actually go higher than Celine Dion, and Idina Menzel (sang Let It Go from Frozen). He has a 6.5 octave range, mostly the higher notes. I'm gonna sub for more PTX, I really think you will like them. Next try The Prayer, If this amazed you, that will blow your mind. You won't regret it. It's a cover of a Celine Dion and Andre Bouchalli song.
Check out their Daft Punk Medley, covers of "The Sound of Silence," and John Lennon's "Imagine," as well as their "Dance of the Sugarplum Faeries" and "Mad World."
Welcome to the PTX rabbit hole! Best a-Capella group out there. And they don’t do covers, they do „upgrades“! 😅Next: „daft punk medley“, or „sound of silence“ or their take on „bohemian rhapsody“!
Thanks for doing this one. If you want to listen to some of their own, I like Coffee In Bed or Sing. Enjoy a nice little subscriber bump from the Pentaholics. 👍
Thank for reacting to this beautiful Pentatonix video. "Hallelujah" is not a Christmas song, not even a religious song. It is about love gone wrong, betrayal, lust, etc. Religious references were used to spotlight betrayal, etc. Pentatonix always put non-Christmas songs on their Christmas albums. It's a song for any time of year.
You might like to react to something seasonal from them. They do a great rendition of Making Christmas from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I think it is their best video. Kevin can sing. He has a beautiful tenor voice. He is usually too busy beatboxing. When they go five part harmony it is special. To Pentaholics it is Christmas everyday especially when they sing a Christmas song. They have five EPs two original CDs and at least seven Christmas albums. They can sing any song, any style any genre. They sometimes sing different styles in the same song. Three Grammys, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, world tours, 12 years and well over 200 songs to listen too. It is a very wide and deep rabbit hole.
Welcome to the PTX family. If you keep this journey going you will see your numbers sky rocket. They do alot of covers but their originals are just as good. Try Sound of silence... Bohemian Rhapsody... Can you feel the love tonight or 90's dance medley next. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
So, I suspect one of the fastest ways to get subscribers, views and comments is to post reactions of anything and everything Pentatonix. Once the Pentaholics discover you’re doing that, you’ll be swarmed with us.😊😊😊
So Mitch is actually a counter tenor, a male position that can, without falsetto, go higher than a female soprano. Its INCREDIBLY rare, and used to be something that unik singers were known for to an extent. Meanwhile Avi (beard and long hair) is a Super Bass, able to sing in subharmonics. Aka below the standard singing scales. Kevin (whom some think is actually an alien recording machine in disguise) is the beatboxer that has fooled more professionals than i can count. Kirsty (if you like her you are a Kirsty Thirsty haha, its okay, we all are haha) has a magnificent range that fits any genre. And Scott (blonde guy who started the song) has a great range, but generally prefers to use his voice to compliment another person in the group rather than grab attention. Later on Avi left the group due to family reasons (on good terms) and you will meet a new member he personally brought in at that time.
The beatboxer, Kevin Olusola, occasionally sings with them. You can hear him on "Mary Did You Know" and "Amazing Grace." Kevin also occasionally plays cello in their vids, and sometimes they bring in Lindsey Stirling as a guest on violin. Their songs are pure acapella, unless you can see an instrument onscreen. You can check out Kevin on his solo YT channel, doing some amazing stuff. Try "Down." The bass is Avi Kaplan. He's since gone solo, so you may have seen his work. He was replaced by Matt Sallee. PTX has two live versions of this song on their channel. An older one with Avi, and a newer one with Matt. If you watch the older one, which was recorded about the same time as this studio version, you can see that they don't depend a whole lot on postpro to create their sound. They're really that good.
Because Mitch is a counter tenor that means he can sing even Higher than a tenor. I I don't think he ever goes into falsetto but I could be completely wrong on that. Shortly before he passed, Leonard Cohen, the gentleman who wrote the song, heard Pentatonix Cover of his song that he had ever heard. Even though it appears on their Christmas album the song has no connection to Christmas. Please go down this rabbit hole you will not be disappointed. The more reactions you do a pentatonics the more the fans Will flock to your channel.
Pentatonix is one of my favorite groups. The only acapella group I follow at all. You asked for suggestions for other songs of theirs to check out. They mainly do cover songs, but they do an excellent job of them. I would check out Bohemian Rhapsody and Sound of Silence. You can't go wrong with either of them. Those two songs should give you a fair sampling of what they are about.
So they mostly do covers or medleys, although there are some exceptions. I would recommend “say something” “bohemian rhapsody” “daft punk” “the prayer” “90s music medley” and “mary did you know” as a good ‘starter’s pack’ from there you can branch into whatever else interests you. There are pretty much no duds to come from them. And keep in mind EVERY sound is their raw, unfiltered voice(ONLY exception is guest musicians or when kevin plays his instrument in some later songs, even the microphone in BR was not powered, thats just Mitch, giving us Mitch Slaps…). They choose locations for the acoustics and can redo any song on the fly. Its amazing. They do a lot of “churchy” songs due to the culture around occapella, but thats okay because they make them beautiful, they also do a lot of pop genre.
You should try out their Bohemian Rhapsody. They spend 5 years perfecting the queen classic. Then go watch Angelina Jordan deconstruct it. The barefoot princess sang it for her audition of the champions edition of America's got talent in 2020 at 13 after winning Norway's got talent @ the ripe old age of 8, she will vhange uour conception of what music is
Welcome to the rabbit hole! For a complete change of pace, check out their cover/mash up of New Rules x Are You That Somebody?. It will also introduce you to their currant bass Matt Salle. For a look at them live and to hear some of their originals, check out the PopSpring 2016 concert. We will happily watch you react to the whole thing and the copyright may not be as obnoxious since it was produced by MTV.
Pentatonix has a 200 plus song catalog over their 12 year history to draw upon. The majority are covers, but they have a lot of original music too. Recommend their original, A Little Space featuring ATEEZ.
Welcome to being a Pentaholic, we welcome you with a hug, be prepared for all sorts of emotional whiplash, musical impossibilities, and artistic perfection
Their Grammy-winning Daft Punk has already been mentioned. For more recent work that makes a contrast to this one, try the very upbeat and lively 90s Dance Medley and their originals Happy Now and Love Me When I Don't. In those, you will see the result of the only personnel change in their 12 years as a group: Matt Sallee on bass as replacement for original member Avi Kaplan (with the beard and beanie here), who left for personal reasons in 2017.
Pentatonix released "Hhallelujah" on a Christmas album; that doesn't make it a Christmas song. They have a habit of putting some songs that aren't really Christmas songs on their Christmas albums. This is fair, since most pentaholics tend to listen to their Christmas music year-round anyway. In fact, "Hallelujah" isn't even a religious song, though it references a couple of stories from the Old Testament (David and Bathsheba, and Samson and Delilah). It's about love gone wrong, and that happens all the time to ordinary people of all religions, or no religion at all.
Hey... a Pentaholic here... you want to watch your subs go up... this is a journey you will be happy you took! As a huge fan of Kevin the Beatboxer... I appreciate those that also do. I rarely comment becausesomeonealways bears me to it... but for Kevin, I do! On their 2022 Christmas Tour... Scott the tall blonde explained to us newbies how they found Kevin for "The Sing-Off". He was what he coined "Cello-Boxing". The Video on CZcams is called Kevin's 5th, and the 17+ minute video will blow your friggin mind! I won't cop to how many times I watched... but I'd love to see your reation!
Hi from Denmark. Got to admit I didn't think of Shrek - I've never seen it. Once I used to be able to sing along with Leonard Cohen but I gave up smoking and can't sing that low any more. Nice Mitch-slap by the way. Hope to see more PTX reactions soon.
I love how intently you watched and listened to the video! New subscriber, here for as many Pentatonix songs you want to feature. You may want to try their Daft Punk medley (for which they won their first of three Grammys) and their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody next to get an idea of their versatility. And then there’s so much more! Can You Feel the Love Tonight from the Lion King and their brand-new original I Rise are also full, stirring songs like Hallelujah; Mad World and Say Something are more introspective; Come Along and Making Christmas are flat-out fun; and Imagine (official video, please) is in a category all its own for the positive message it contains. I hope you continue with PTX. Peace from Ohio …
@@SlayWithBrandy I second Imagine, for whatever it's worth - they make the message within very relevant to today. Plus you'll get to hear Kevin (beat boxer) sing. Plus PLUS you'll get to experience ''The Wall of Sound'. You got a hint of it here toward the end, but their 5 part harmony breakdown at the end of Imagine will blow your socks off! Thanks for the great reaction. Subscribing for more PTX!
Does Brandy know that she has stumbled upon an Amazing Band with a dedicated fan base? Welcome to PTX and the Pentaholics will guide you through this large rabbit hole you have discovered. If you continue to react to PTX, the Pentaholics base will grow your channel. Alan-Freeman gives detailed info about the band. Many will recommend the top 3-5, but Kevin (Beatboxer) has an arrangement that shows off his talent with respect to his parents. "O Come All Ye Faithfull" will change the music experience. Tour has "Kevin's 5th" that makes him shine. Each have their own side projects, Mitch is Messer, Kirstie did "Kinky Boots" on Broadway (her line in "Can't Hold Us" and Kevin has many projects from solo to a podcast with his brother. Kevin plays the Cello. Scott (blobde) had a few singles and now released his first solo album. Welcome and enjoy the ride.
You've gained another subscriber by reacting to (an doing it really well) Pentatonix!!! You gave the perfect "Mitch slap" face (Guy with round hat. That's what we call a reaction to his very unique voice) reaction and that sold me!! I can't wait for more. Thanks!!!!
"The guy in the back" is Kevin Olusola who does sing (he has a beautiful, clear tenor) and is their beat-boxer. He also plays the cello (has done so with Yo-yo Ma) has a pre-med degree from Yale and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Thy are a Acapella group. No instruments. They have won 3 Grammy's out of 4 nominations. I checked and there is no Acapella group has won any Grammy's. They cover songs and they are great. PTX has been on the scene for only 12 years and they won 3 Grammy's, unreal wow! Check out their other covers. " The Prayer " " Amazing Grace " " 90's Medley " " Daft Punk " " The Sound of Silence " And more. They will blow you away. Please check it out. Your listeners will love ya for it.
Kevin is the beat boxer and I never understood why he didn't get a line. There's a fifth one that's missing from the song. If you want to hear him sing listen to "Amazing Grace......My chains are gone". For a better Mitch slap listen to "The Prayer".
Pentaholic here. Just subbed and hoping to hear more PTX. Your “Mitch slap” (happens when reactors hear Mitch’s beautiful countertenor voice and their mouths open wide as do their eyes pop) was probably one of the best I’ve seen. Great reaction! Scott is the baritone (tall blonde guy) Kirstie is a mezzo soprano Avi is the bass…He left in 2017 and is replaced by Matt Sallee Kevin is the cello beatboxer. Yes you will see him beatbox and play the cello Mitch is the countertenor. It is not a falsetto you hear Please react to SOUND OF SILENCE, DAFT PUNK, EVOLUTION OF MICHAEL JACKSON 💕
I love seeing reactors getting "Mitch slapped". You seemed to be mesmerized by the entire performance. PTX is a really good group. Now you need to go see Home Free (my personal favorite).
That Mitch Slap was awesome to see. Watch their Dog Days from back on the Sing Off.. First time you truly see Mitch unload. You likely Saw Avi if you have done Home Frees Ring of Fire... ALso Kevin sings now and then but is the Beat Boxer. Saw them a month ago as an early Birthday Present for mayself.. Did the VIP thing..
actually not a falsetto - Mitch is a counter tenor and has a naturally high singing voice - this is just a taste of what he can do.
I think he does slip into falsetto on the hallelujah at the end of his verse, but yeah, for the rest of his verse Mitch is not using his falsetto. And he can go higher than he does in this song as well.
He’s not a counter tenor. Counter tenors sing only in falsetto (head voice). He’s a high tenor and sing in chest voice and mixed voice.
many disagree with you on this. @@lassebrynildsen7814
@@lassebrynildsen7814 Counter-tenor YES!
Came here to see this, first comment.
I love a good Mitch-slap. Here is a fun fact, Mitch is not in falsetto. He is a counter tenor. That is his natural voice. We Pentaholics welcome you. 🙂
Best acapella group out there. You will not be disappointed in this rabbit hole!
Kevin is the beat boxer. He can sing!!! But he rarely does, because his beats are too important to their arrangements
Welcome to the Pentatonix journey. They sing many different genres. They do pop, emo, country, Christmas. You will get many suggestions from Pentatonix fans (Pentaholics). The members in order of singing are Scott( baritone- covers bass when bass singer has solo. Avi(original bass- left group I'm 2017. Kirstie (alto soprano). Mitch (tenor/counter tenor) the high pitch is his regular singing voice not a falsetto. You will see the more you watch. Finally is Kevin( beatboxer/tenor) he also plays the cello sometimes while beatboxing.
Pentatonix is the best a capella group out there and they have a discography of over 200 songs...of all sorts of genres. They have both loads of covers and lots of originals. Kevin, the beatboxer does sing...he has a really nice tenor and great falsetto, but due to needing to beatbox most of the time, he rarely gets a spotlight. He does sing as backing vocals when not actively beatboxing, we just don't notice it much because the camera's not on him while he's backing the lead singer(s).
That is NOT Mitch's falsetto. His falsetto is MUCH higher. Mitch Grassi is a natural countertenor and has a five octave range plus whistle notes. All the group have massive vocal ranges.
Some suggestions for your reactions:
When The Party's Over, Daft Punk medley, Love Again (original), New Rules/I Am That Somebody, I Rise (original), 90's Dance Medley, Evolution of Michael Jackson.
5:21 This is Mitch. What you experienced here is what we call a "Mitch Slap." There is no avoiding it. 😂
This is their most viewed song, but 20 + million subscribers will tell you, " You haven't seen anything yet. " The catalog of amazing music this group has done is the real chef's kiss !! 😏❤️🎙😎🤘
That is one of the best Mitch-slaps I’ve seen in a while!
I think the one you thought was familiar is Avi Kaplan. If you’ve seen Home Free do Ring of Fire, Avi was featured in it. Also, Kevin, the beatboxer, does sing and has a beautiful voice, but you’ll need to watch more videos to see that.
Final note: Avi is no longer with the group, the current bass singer is Matt Sallee. That is the only change of group members. Mitch and Kirstie just change appearance a lot.
I thought she was talking about Scott because of his tiktoks.
Welcome to Pentatonix.
Wonderful mitch slap! Hallelujah was my intro to Pentatonix as well and my first encounter with Mitch's angelic voice.
It did not disappoint
Mitch has a falsetto, but you didn't hear it in this song. His is much, much higher. He is a counter tenor with a 6 to 7 octave range. In fact they all have very broad octave ranges. This is the most talented group you will ever hear. Their story, which is related in comments below, is inspiring.
I need to read more cause I’d love to learn their story!
Jimmie, despite the videos you have seen, he does not have a 6-7 octave range - he cannot sing low notes as low as Avi, who is a basso profundo. The piano keyboard has a slightly less than 7 octave range - Mitch cannot sing that whole range. Low fry does not count. He is incredible but's let's not make him superhuman.@@SlayWithBrandy
Mitch's actual range is E2-Bflat5, not A1-B7 as Axel Fuentes claims - you cannot believe everything you see on YT and singing a low fry note is not, as they say, "musically viable"
Apparently Axl Rose has the widest demonstrated range in rock and Dimash Kudaibergen is right behind him. A guy named Tim Storms (I think) has the widest range ever and can apparently sing subsonic notes, although I can't figure who would care about that except for sound engineers and physicists.
And I don't know if Mitch has a whistle register - never heard him use one. Kirstin does. Mariah Carey type notes. OK - that's enough from me.
The guy you were talking about, Avi their original bass, did a video with Home Free. He also now does solo stuff. He was, prior to joining the group, a classically trainer operatic bass. It is possible that in one of these capacities you saw him performing.
I love watching people get Mitch slapped for the first time. It never gets old and I've lost count how many times I've seen it.
I subbed for you having been "Mitch slapped" (the counter-tenor wearing that funny hat)...LOL. I will say that you will get more fans as I am too a "Pentaholic" if you post more of Pentatonix on your channel and I guarantee you will become a "Pentaholic"... Great reaction, hope to see you soon. ❤
I love to follow new Pentatonix reactors! It's an amazing rabbit hole 🕳 to journey through! They truly OWN Christmas, so this is an absolutely great time to get into them! Their Christmas Holiday concert tour in the US starts very soon! 💖
Wait until you hear their “sound of silence”
Scott: A beautiful, incredibly nuanced introduction
Brandy: I like her eyeliner
LISTEN I ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS
Great reaction!! This is just the tip of the iceberg with this group. Ptx has won 3 Grammy's thus far (Daft Punk Medley, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jolene in collaboration with Dolly Parton) and just got a Hollywood Walk of Fame star awarded this year. They have so many covers and originals that you could check out. I have seen them in concert live 2x and they are unbelievable. Notable works (imho) are the ones they one Grammy's for and many of their Christmas selections (so many of these too, but love Carol of the Bells, O Come All ye Faithful, Mary Did you Know, etc.) ; however, Sound of Silence, Mad World, Bohemian Rhapsody, Radioactive with Lindsey Stirling, Imagine, Evolution of Beyonce, Evolution of Michael Jackson (and do many more covers). They also have some absolutely fantastic originals such as Run to You, Love Again, and I Rise (more of these too). I enjoyed your reaction and hope you continue to check them out. They are so talented!
Let's not forget "Amazing Grace/My Chains are Gone". ☺
@@markppennington6639 Absolutely....thanks, did not mean to leave this one off!!
Love new PTX reactors & Mitch Slap was awesome. So much from them to choose from. Definitely save some time for Christmas music Reactions!
Can't wait!
Thanks for the reaction. I hope you do more reacting to Pentatonix. I recommend Evolution of Rihanna, Bohemian Rhapsody, or Daft Punk medley. It isn’t a falsetto, it is his high tenor voice. Their original music “Sing”, “Can’t Sleep Love” or “Anchor”
They do original work as well as covers - other videos you might think of next might be "Daft Punk Medley", "Shallow", "90's Dance Medley", or "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" If you're enjoying the acapella music, you could also check out Voiceplay, Home Free, and Voctave as other groups.
I have been a fan since of theirs since they won "The Sing Off".Their talent and ceativity was evident then when Scott, Kirstie and Mitch were only 19. My favorites are Mary Did You Know?, Amazing Grace, The Prayer, Come Along, The Sound of Silence and The Wizard of Ahhhs (Todrick Hall featuring Pentatonix). There are just too many to list.
Great reaction. Great Mitch Slap as well. This was my first song I heard from them and my favorite was the version from Shrek. When I heard their version, the version from Shrek became my second favorite. There are so many songs to check out. You should check out the live version of this one along with Amazing Grace, Bohemian Rhapsody, and the Evolution videos.
The version from Shrek is just iconic at this point!
@@SlayWithBrandy I love Shrek and I've loved that version since I heard it but when I heard PTXs version, I was just blown away.
A few facts about this amazing group this song has over 750 million views and their subscribers are more than 20 million impressive
I love their own song, “Sing” which is amazing
You can't go wrong listening to anything Pentatonix has released; it's all gorgeous. But all pentaholics have our own personal favorites that we like to recommend. These are some of my favorites:
• "Imagine" (the official video)
• "Sound of Silence"
• "Run To You" (an original, written by Avi and Kevin)
• "Happy Now" (another original)
• "Daft Punk Medley" (their first Grammy winner)
• "O Come All Ye Faithful"
• "The Prayer"
• "Bohemian Rhapsody"
• "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
• "The Lucky Ones" (an original, written by Scott)
• "Thank You" (an original, written by Scott and his then fiancé, now husband, Mark Manio Hoying, shortly after the end of COVID lockdown, about how much easier it was to get through that time because they were together)
• "The Kevin Show/Kevin's Fifth." This is a live feed from a concert they gave in Owensboro, Kentucky, Kevin's home town: czcams.com/video/DbCasvcNx78/video.html
Additionally, IF you're familiar with _"The Wizard Of Oz"_ (the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland), I recommend "Todrick Hall - The Wizard of Ahhhs (ft. Pentatonix)": czcams.com/video/QkVeKb2igrg/video.html
If you've never seen the movie it won't make sense, so take care of that first.
"Havana", "When the Party's Over", Evolution of Rihanna, Evolution of Ariana Grande, "90's Dance Medly"
Welcome to the rabbit hole that will make you a Pentaholic like us! You need to check out their Grammy Award winning song Daft Punk Medley. Also The Wizard of Ahhhs and Bohemian Rhapsody.
If you decide to do more PTX you will be so surprised at how many genres they cover! Even rap! It’s so amazing it’s just their voices! If they include an instrument (very rare) you will see them playing it! They are fabulous! I didn’t know I could ever like acapella until them!
The members of Pentatonix. In this video we have:
• First verse: Tall blond guy, Scott Hoying, lyric baritone. In describing a man's vocal range, "lyric" means that the actual range exceeds the nominal range. In Scott's case, he sings everywhere from about the middle of a normal bass range through most of a normal tenor range. Probably five or six octaves. Scott typically takes over the bass harmony line when their bass has a solo.
• 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 blown out speakers in live performances - but his range extends to somewhere in the middle of a normal tenor range.
• Third verse: The only woman in Pentatonix, Kirstin (also called Kirstie, which rhymes with thirsty) Maldonado. Kirstie sings everywhere from a low alto through coloratura soprano, the highest female range. And she has fantastic whistle notes on top of that. Lately Pentatonix has begun referring to her as an alto soprano.
• Fourth verse: Guy wearing a wide-brimmed hat, Mitch Grassi (pronounced Grah'-see, emphasis on the first syllable), natural contratenor. No one is certain whether Mitch can sing higher than Kirstie or Kirstie can sing higher than Mitch; I suspect that it varies from day to day, though everyone agrees that Kirstie has better whistle notes. Mitch is known for his ethereally beautiful (some say "angelic") high vocals. Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men, has said Mitch has "one of the prettiest voices I have ever heard in my life." Mitch switches seamlessly from chest voice to mixed voice to head voice. He has a range of just over six octaves. And we call that stunned look people get the first time they realize that the beautiful high voice is coming from a man, "being Mitch slapped." You've just been Mitch slapped. Don't let it worry you; it's happened to all of us, generally more than once, because Mitch is full of surprises. (BTW, Mitch wasn't singing falsetto in this; I think he was in mixed voice.)
• The fifth member of Pentatonix (PTX for short) is Kevin Olusola (pronounced Oh-loosh"-oh-luh', primary emphasis on the second syllable, secondary emphasis on the fourth) beatboxer extraordinaire. There may be a better beatboxer than Kevin, but if so I've never encountered him or her. We don't get to hear Kevin sing as often as we'd like because he's generally too busy being the entire percussion section, but when he does sing he has a lovely tenor voice that occasionally descends to the uppermost reaches of a baritone range. He's also known for the beauty of his falsetto, which may go higher than Mitch can. Kevin has perfect pitch. He began piano lessons at age 4, cello at age 6, and alto saxophone at age 10. When he was a teenager he performed at Carnegie Hall twice, once on the saxophone and once on the cello. He beatboxes while playing the cello, which he refers to as "celloboxing." He has a pre-med degree from Yale and had already been accepted to Yale Medical School when he gave up his dream of becoming a surgeon to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician instead. He speaks five languages fluently: English, French, German, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. He's one of the kindest people in the world, and when he laughs the whole planet seems like a brighter place.
In 2017 Avi decided to leave Pentatonix, for personal reasons. He has since gone on to have a very successful solo career, and I strongly recommend subscribing to his CZcams channel, which you can find here: youtube.com/@AviKaplanMusic
Avi's replacement joined in either late 2017 or early 2018 (depending on how you figure it); you'll see him in a lot of their videos:
• The second black member of Pentatonix is Matt Sallee (pronounced Suh-lee', emphasis on the second syllable), lyric bass. In addition to being the newest member of Pentatonix Matt is also the youngest member, and I'm told that bass voices improve with age. Matt's range seems to be growing on a daily basis right now. He isn't QUITE down to basso profundo yet, though I expect him to reach it within a year or two. But on his high end Matt reaches nearly the top of a normal tenor range; he may be able to sing higher than Scott! To find his current range I recommend listening to a live stream of "Hallelujah" from their recent world tour. You can find one here: czcams.com/video/ASYzLoi810k/video.html Matt's arrangement of the second verse seems to be designed to show off his full range, and it will blow you away.
You will get to 30k fast if you keep reacting to Pentatonix. The Pentaholics are very loyal fans.
Aww thanks i hope so!
Congratulations brandy on over 20K subscribers its well deserved 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much!!
@@SlayWithBrandy Your welcome my friend ☺️❤️
Welcome to the wonderful world of Pentatonix! They have a vast library of amazing music videos to enjoy. Look forward to more of your reactions to them.
Thanks you!
Yessss love new people discovering pentatonix!!! Thanks!!
It's so good!
😅Try an original by them called Love Again. A complete 180 from this one. Enjoyed.❣️
I'll check it out!
Nice reaction ❤! You will want to check out their Daft Punk (MV) medley. They won a Grammy with it! BTW, you reached 20k because you deserved it… keep up the good work 👍🤘🎶
Added!
Their „Mary did you know“ is really incredible, perhaps even more than this!
WOW what a magical cover version!!!
I highly recommend "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Daft Punk Medley" with this line up, and "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" and "Sound Of Silence" are favorites with Matt singing bass instead of Avi
Welcome to the world of Pentatonix!! They have so many awesome songs in their catalog (well over 200) including originals. Pentaholics will show up because we love seeing reactions as someone new discovers them!! Subscribed for more PTX!!
An origional that you'd love is LOVE AGAIN! They don't do covers....they do UPGRADES!😂
You are definitely *not* the only person who pulls up "Shrek"; most people about your age (I'm guessing on the age) first heard this song from that movie.
Much of the PTX catalogue is covers (as that is how they started) but they have had two full albums of originals, plus a number of originals. An interesting pairing would be their Grammy-winning "Daft Punk" (a mashup of seven Daft Punk songs), followed by their original song "Love Again", which has the same feel and aesthetic, with a lot more effort and money put into makeup and wardrobe.
Ahhhhhhh best Mitch-slap in a while. Pentatonix are amazing enjoy the ride!
Can't wait!
This cover is wonderful but I think the best ever (and there are so many good ones though!) is KD Lang, and she sang it live at the opening of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The whole stadium was mesmerized.
Nice Mitch slap face. I watch these just for that from people who weren’t expecting it.
Where Pentatonix came from:
Kirstie, Mitch, and Scott all grew up in Arlington, Texas. All of them were involved with community musical theater as children, and Mitch met both Scott and Kirstie there (separately) when he was nine or ten years old, and became friends with both of them. However, Scott and Kirstie didn't meet each other until they were fourteen and in the same high school class. All three were choir geeks (duh), and they quickly became best friends in high school.
There was some kind of singing contest to meet the stars of _Glee,_ and the three of them wanted to enter, so they formed a trio which they named "The Trio." (I know; not very imaginative. They're somewhat better with that now.) They lost the contest, but they kept The Trio together anyway; they performed at school functions and occasionally on local television. And pentaholics (Pentatonix fans) still refer to these three as "the trio," and the trio is the heart of Pentatonix.
Kirstie and Scott were a year ahead of Mitch; they graduated in 2010, when Mitch was just finishing eleventh grade, and both went away for their freshman year of college. Scott went to the University of Southern Califonia, and Kirstie went to the University of Oklahoma with a full ride scholarship.
Scott is a very outgoing person, so he immediately began looking around for extracurricular activities where he could meet people and make new friends, and he found an award-winning a cappella group named SoCal VoCals, which he joined. While there he met Ben Bram, who at the time was a coach on NBC's a cappella competition show named _"The Sing-Off."_ A cappella groups would audition for the show, and those that passed appeared throughout the season. There was a panel of three judges, all professional musicians, who would give their reactions to each performance. Along the way some groups would be eliminated, narrowing the field, and at the end of the season viewers would be invited to vote on a winner. The winning group would receive $200,000 and a recording contract with Epic, a minor subsidiary of Sony, the show's sponsor.
Scott was intrigued. He thought The Trio could be competitive, and if they could get a recording contract they could have a career doing what they most loved, with the people they most loved. So he talked to Kirstie, who thought his idea had promise, and at the end of their first year of college the two of them headed back to Arlington to be there for Mitch's graduation and to talk with Mitch about Scott's idea.
Meanwhile, back in Arlington Mitch had been having a very difficult year. His best friends weren't there, and as an out-of-the-closet young gay man with an unusually high voice he was being seriously bullied. And unfortunately, since the bullying was ostensibly for his voice he was quickly developing the notion that there was something wrong with his voice and that no one would want to hear him sing. So when Scott presented his idea Mitch was on board; it was a way to get away from the bullies. He had doubts about his ability to carry his weight in the group, because of the bullying, but he was willing to try and if Scott and Kirstie said they could win, well, maybe they could.
So with everyone on board, Scott called Ben Bram to find out how to arrange for an audition, and this is where they met their first setback. _The Sing-Off_ had a size limit on bands; the minimum size allowed was five members. The Trio needed two new members and a new name. They were stumped.
Ben suggested that they'd profit from adding a rhythm section: a bass and a beatboxer, and he knew the perfect person to recommend for the bass, a guy named Avi Kaplan. They talked to Avi, and he was very interested, so that took care of the bass, but where to find the beatboxer? Ben didn't have any suggestions. So in desperation they typed "beatboxer" into a CZcams search box and the first hit they got was a black guy playing a classical piece on the cello and beatboxing at the same time. And all of them said, "Wow! He's the one! How can we get in touch with him?"
They were in luck. At the time CZcams had something called CZcams messages, which would allow private messages between members (now discontinued), so they sent Kevin a private message: "Hey! We really love your stuff, and we wonder if you'd be interested in flying across the country to join four strangers to audition for an a cappella competition show on television?" And Kevin messaged them back: "Normally I'd be there in a heart beat; I love a cappella and have been in a cappella groups before. But right now I'm studying for my final exams for my pre-med degree from Yale." Oh. That sounded pretty definite; better keep looking. So they kept looking, and they found someone, but he was no Kevin Olusola. Oh well; you work with what you have.
And two weeks later Kevin messaged them again: "Good news! I just graduated. If the gig's still open I can fly out." He arrived the day before their audition. Mitch had to skip his graduation ceremony to attend the audition. But even with just a day of rehearsal they still passed the audition; they were in.
Oh, yes, the name. Pentatonix is named for the pentatonic scale, which has five (penta) tones just as Pentatonix has five (Penta) singers. In other words, it's a fancier way of saying they're "The Quintet." 😂
Pentatonix appeared throughout season three of _The Sing-Off,_ and eventually won. All those performances are available on CZcams and are well worth watching, preferably in order so you can see how they grew throughout the season. Some of them are as good as anything they've done since (which is saying a lot) and are only available in those old videos.
So, they'd won _The Sing-Off,_ complete with recording contract. Time to move to California permanently and begin recording. And a week later Epic reneged on the contract, saying that they didn't know how to market a cappella. But at this point Pentatonix weren't willing to give up; they WANTED that career they'd been working toward. So they pooled their winnings and lived frugally. The four men shared two apartments, to cut down on expenses. They used their iPhones to record themselves anywhere they could find good acoustics, and sometimes in places with acoustics that were just okay. And they posted to CZcams. Their fans from _The Sing-Off_ quickly found them there, and subscribed, and they began to get more views and more subscribers, and to pick up a few patrons. In fact, they were going viral. And Sony noticed, and approached them with an offer: Perhaps Pentatonix would like a recording contract with Madison Gate, another minor subsidiary? Hmmm. Would they like a recording contract? Darn right they'd like a recording contract!
And then came "Daft Punk Medley," and Pentatonix won their first Grammy. And again, Sony took notice, and approached Pentatonix: "We've been thinking about it and we believe you might find a better fit with our flagship label, RCA. Are you interested?" They've been with RCA ever since. They go on tours world wide and perform to sold-out venues. They put out at LEAST one album a year, frequently more. One has gone Gold and one has gone Platinum twice. They have three Grammys and recently received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
Pentatonix is the type of band, where you hear something different every time you listen to a song. One thing that I heard on the twentieth time hearing this song, was the harmonic produced during the wall of sound at the end. It’s a note produced by the combination of voice in perfect pitch, at 493.88 hz (Bmajor) It’s the frequency of the Big Bang. It was only possible because I listened through some obscenely expensive headphones on a demo. Check out the Sennheiser 800, you won’t believe the difference.
You just stumbled upon the FASTEST way to grow your channel! Keep up the Pentatonix reactions and Pentaholics will swamp your channel!
Will do!!
Welcome to Pentatonix. I sincerely hope you take a deep dive into their vast collection. BTW don't be surprised. You may have just gained a large set of fans for yourself. Best wishes.😊
Again, as a Pentaholic, welcome. You ,as now proceed down the rabbit hole. We all have our favorites, but Amazing Grace, Radioactive, and Sound of Silence are mine. Incidently, if you watch Pitch Perfect 2, Pentatonix is the Canadian team at the worlds.
They experiment with string instruments occasionally, but they are probably 95% acapella. The person who didn't sing, Kevin, does beat boxing, body percussion, and plays cello.
If you are trying to grow your channel, Pentatonix reactions will do the trick.
And sings too!
@@LeskeyC001 true.
Just so you know, the face people make when they hear Mitch (in the hat), is called a Mitch slap (Sort of like a bitch slap, just nicely said) As others have said, that wasn't falsetto, he can actually sing higher than most soprano's. He can actually go higher than Celine Dion, and Idina Menzel (sang Let It Go from Frozen). He has a 6.5 octave range, mostly the higher notes. I'm gonna sub for more PTX, I really think you will like them. Next try The Prayer, If this amazed you, that will blow your mind. You won't regret it. It's a cover of a Celine Dion and Andre Bouchalli song.
Check out their Daft Punk Medley, covers of "The Sound of Silence," and John Lennon's "Imagine," as well as their "Dance of the Sugarplum Faeries" and "Mad World."
Came for the Mitch-slap, was not disappointed.
I'm sure others have made similar suggestions, but my Pentatonix favorites are "Mary, Did You Know" and "Amazing Grace."
Welcome to the PTX rabbit hole! Best a-Capella group out there. And they don’t do covers, they do „upgrades“! 😅Next: „daft punk medley“, or „sound of silence“ or their take on „bohemian rhapsody“!
I'll check it out!
Thanks for doing this one. If you want to listen to some of their own, I like Coffee In Bed or Sing. Enjoy a nice little subscriber bump from the Pentaholics. 👍
I'll check it out!
Thank for reacting to this beautiful Pentatonix video. "Hallelujah" is not a Christmas song, not even a religious song. It is about love gone wrong, betrayal, lust, etc. Religious references were used to spotlight betrayal, etc. Pentatonix always put non-Christmas songs on their Christmas albums. It's a song for any time of year.
You might like to react to something seasonal from them. They do a great rendition of Making Christmas from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I think it is their best video.
Kevin can sing. He has a beautiful tenor voice. He is usually too busy beatboxing. When they go five part harmony it is special.
To Pentaholics it is Christmas everyday especially when they sing a Christmas song. They have five EPs two original CDs and at least seven Christmas albums.
They can sing any song, any style any genre. They sometimes sing different styles in the same song.
Three Grammys, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, world tours, 12 years and well over 200 songs to listen too.
It is a very wide and deep rabbit hole.
Welcome to the PTX family. If you keep this journey going you will see your numbers sky rocket. They do alot of covers but their originals are just as good. Try Sound of silence... Bohemian Rhapsody... Can you feel the love tonight or 90's dance medley next. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
A few months late but congrats on 20k subscribers! That must have been such a wonderful feeling 🤗 loved your reaction to this video.
Welcome to the PTX rabbit hole. I am excited for you to discover more from them. Get ready for your subscribers to really explode.
So, I suspect one of the fastest ways to get subscribers, views and comments is to post reactions of anything and everything Pentatonix. Once the Pentaholics discover you’re doing that, you’ll be swarmed with us.😊😊😊
ON IT!
Welcome to PTX! This rabbit hole is deep with original music, covers, and member solo projects. We are here for it!
So Mitch is actually a counter tenor, a male position that can, without falsetto, go higher than a female soprano. Its INCREDIBLY rare, and used to be something that unik singers were known for to an extent. Meanwhile Avi (beard and long hair) is a Super Bass, able to sing in subharmonics. Aka below the standard singing scales. Kevin (whom some think is actually an alien recording machine in disguise) is the beatboxer that has fooled more professionals than i can count. Kirsty (if you like her you are a Kirsty Thirsty haha, its okay, we all are haha) has a magnificent range that fits any genre. And Scott (blonde guy who started the song) has a great range, but generally prefers to use his voice to compliment another person in the group rather than grab attention. Later on Avi left the group due to family reasons (on good terms) and you will meet a new member he personally brought in at that time.
The beatboxer, Kevin Olusola, occasionally sings with them. You can hear him on "Mary Did You Know" and "Amazing Grace." Kevin also occasionally plays cello in their vids, and sometimes they bring in Lindsey Stirling as a guest on violin. Their songs are pure acapella, unless you can see an instrument onscreen.
You can check out Kevin on his solo YT channel, doing some amazing stuff. Try "Down."
The bass is Avi Kaplan. He's since gone solo, so you may have seen his work. He was replaced by Matt Sallee.
PTX has two live versions of this song on their channel. An older one with Avi, and a newer one with Matt. If you watch the older one, which was recorded about the same time as this studio version, you can see that they don't depend a whole lot on postpro to create their sound. They're really that good.
Because Mitch is a counter tenor that means he can sing even Higher than a tenor. I I don't think he ever goes into falsetto but I could be completely wrong on that. Shortly before he passed, Leonard Cohen, the gentleman who wrote the song, heard Pentatonix
Cover of his song that he had ever heard. Even though it appears on their Christmas album the song has no connection to Christmas. Please go down this rabbit hole you will not be disappointed. The more reactions you do a pentatonics the more the fans Will flock to your channel.
Pentatonix doesn't do covers. They do upgrades. They OWN Christmas. Watch any of their Chrismas vids and you will be pleased.
Pentatonix is one of my favorite groups. The only acapella group I follow at all. You asked for suggestions for other songs of theirs to check out. They mainly do cover songs, but they do an excellent job of them. I would check out Bohemian Rhapsody and Sound of Silence. You can't go wrong with either of them. Those two songs should give you a fair sampling of what they are about.
So they mostly do covers or medleys, although there are some exceptions. I would recommend “say something” “bohemian rhapsody” “daft punk” “the prayer” “90s music medley” and “mary did you know” as a good ‘starter’s pack’ from there you can branch into whatever else interests you. There are pretty much no duds to come from them. And keep in mind EVERY sound is their raw, unfiltered voice(ONLY exception is guest musicians or when kevin plays his instrument in some later songs, even the microphone in BR was not powered, thats just Mitch, giving us Mitch Slaps…). They choose locations for the acoustics and can redo any song on the fly. Its amazing. They do a lot of “churchy” songs due to the culture around occapella, but thats okay because they make them beautiful, they also do a lot of pop genre.
The member that you recognized is Avi Kaplin, the original bass. He has 6 yaers as a solo artist and has collaborated with Home Free. Great reaction!
You should try out their Bohemian Rhapsody. They spend 5 years perfecting the queen classic. Then go watch Angelina Jordan deconstruct it. The barefoot princess sang it for her audition of the champions edition of America's got talent in 2020 at 13 after winning Norway's got talent @ the ripe old age of 8, she will vhange uour conception of what music is
Thanks so much for reacting to PTX! It's my first time here and I'm hoping you'll go down the PTX rabbit hole. It's SO MUCH FUN!!
Can't wait!
Kevin the beatboxer has perfect pitch. You can hear him showcase that once you go down the rabbit hole.
Welcome to the rabbit hole! For a complete change of pace, check out their cover/mash up of New Rules x Are You That Somebody?. It will also introduce you to their currant bass Matt Salle. For a look at them live and to hear some of their originals, check out the PopSpring 2016 concert. We will happily watch you react to the whole thing and the copyright may not be as obnoxious since it was produced by MTV.
Pentatonix has a 200 plus song catalog over their 12 year history to draw upon. The majority are covers, but they have a lot of original music too.
Recommend their original, A Little Space featuring ATEEZ.
Welcome to being a Pentaholic, we welcome you with a hug, be prepared for all sorts of emotional whiplash, musical impossibilities, and artistic perfection
Their Grammy-winning Daft Punk has already been mentioned. For more recent work that makes a contrast to this one, try the very upbeat and lively 90s Dance Medley and their originals Happy Now and Love Me When I Don't. In those, you will see the result of the only personnel change in their 12 years as a group: Matt Sallee on bass as replacement for original member Avi Kaplan (with the beard and beanie here), who left for personal reasons in 2017.
Welcome to your Pentatonix journey. I am subsribing to enjoy it with you.
Yes Kevin sings but mostly he's the beat boxer which keeps him plenty busy.
Pentatonix released "Hhallelujah" on a Christmas album; that doesn't make it a Christmas song. They have a habit of putting some songs that aren't really Christmas songs on their Christmas albums. This is fair, since most pentaholics tend to listen to their Christmas music year-round anyway.
In fact, "Hallelujah" isn't even a religious song, though it references a couple of stories from the Old Testament (David and Bathsheba, and Samson and Delilah). It's about love gone wrong, and that happens all the time to ordinary people of all religions, or no religion at all.
I believe their second best video is The Sound of Silence. I loved your Mitch-slap! I subbed for more PTX reactions
Hey... a Pentaholic here... you want to watch your subs go up... this is a journey you will be happy you took!
As a huge fan of Kevin the Beatboxer... I appreciate those that also do.
I rarely comment becausesomeonealways bears me to it... but for Kevin, I do!
On their 2022 Christmas Tour... Scott the tall blonde explained to us newbies how they found Kevin for "The Sing-Off".
He was what he coined "Cello-Boxing".
The Video on CZcams is called Kevin's 5th, and the 17+ minute video will blow your friggin mind!
I won't cop to how many times I watched... but I'd love to see your reation!
Yet another awesome Mitch slap!!!!!
Hi from Denmark. Got to admit I didn't think of Shrek - I've never seen it. Once I used to be able to sing along with Leonard Cohen but I gave up smoking and can't sing that low any more.
Nice Mitch-slap by the way. Hope to see more PTX reactions soon.
I love how intently you watched and listened to the video! New subscriber, here for as many Pentatonix songs you want to feature. You may want to try their Daft Punk medley (for which they won their first of three Grammys) and their cover of Bohemian Rhapsody next to get an idea of their versatility. And then there’s so much more! Can You Feel the Love Tonight from the Lion King and their brand-new original I Rise are also full, stirring songs like Hallelujah; Mad World and Say Something are more introspective; Come Along and Making Christmas are flat-out fun; and Imagine (official video, please) is in a category all its own for the positive message it contains. I hope you continue with PTX. Peace from Ohio …
Thank you and welcome!!
@@SlayWithBrandy I second Imagine, for whatever it's worth - they make the message within very relevant to today. Plus you'll get to hear Kevin (beat boxer) sing. Plus PLUS you'll get to experience ''The Wall of Sound'. You got a hint of it here toward the end, but their 5 part harmony breakdown at the end of Imagine will blow your socks off! Thanks for the great reaction. Subscribing for more PTX!
Best Mitch Slap I've seen in a while!
Does Brandy know that she has stumbled upon an Amazing Band with a dedicated fan base? Welcome to PTX and the Pentaholics will guide you through this large rabbit hole you have discovered.
If you continue to react to PTX, the Pentaholics base will grow your channel.
Alan-Freeman gives detailed info about the band. Many will recommend the top 3-5, but Kevin (Beatboxer) has an arrangement that shows off his talent with respect to his parents. "O Come All Ye Faithfull" will change the music experience.
Tour has "Kevin's 5th" that makes him shine. Each have their own side projects, Mitch is Messer, Kirstie did "Kinky Boots" on Broadway (her line in "Can't Hold Us" and Kevin has many projects from solo to a podcast with his brother. Kevin plays the Cello. Scott (blobde) had a few singles and now released his first solo album.
Welcome and enjoy the ride.
You've gained another subscriber by reacting to (an doing it really well) Pentatonix!!! You gave the perfect "Mitch slap" face (Guy with round hat. That's what we call a reaction to his very unique voice) reaction and that sold me!! I can't wait for more. Thanks!!!!
You’ve seen Scott on Tic Tok
"The guy in the back" is Kevin Olusola who does sing (he has a beautiful, clear tenor) and is their beat-boxer. He also plays the cello (has done so with Yo-yo Ma) has a pre-med degree from Yale and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Subbed for more PTX! You are in for a RIDE!! 😊
Welcome aboard!
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Thanks!! More are coming!
5:35 That is called being Mitch slapped. And welcome to the club on that!
Thy are a Acapella group. No instruments. They have won 3 Grammy's out of 4 nominations. I checked and there is no Acapella group has won any Grammy's. They cover songs and they are great. PTX has been on the scene for only 12 years and they won 3 Grammy's, unreal wow! Check out their other covers. " The Prayer " " Amazing Grace " " 90's Medley " " Daft Punk " " The Sound of Silence " And more. They will blow you away. Please check it out. Your listeners will love ya for it.
Kevin is the beat boxer and I never understood why he didn't get a line. There's a fifth one that's missing from the song. If you want to hear him sing listen to "Amazing Grace......My chains are gone". For a better Mitch slap listen to "The Prayer".
Pentaholic here. Just subbed and hoping to hear more PTX. Your “Mitch slap” (happens when reactors hear Mitch’s beautiful countertenor voice and their mouths open wide as do their eyes pop) was probably one of the best I’ve seen. Great reaction!
Scott is the baritone (tall blonde guy)
Kirstie is a mezzo soprano
Avi is the bass…He left in 2017 and is replaced by Matt Sallee
Kevin is the cello beatboxer. Yes you will see him beatbox and play the cello
Mitch is the countertenor. It is not a falsetto you hear
Please react to SOUND OF SILENCE, DAFT PUNK, EVOLUTION OF MICHAEL JACKSON 💕
She was Mitch slapped 😂
I love seeing reactors getting "Mitch slapped". You seemed to be mesmerized by the entire performance. PTX is a really good group. Now you need to go see Home Free (my personal favorite).
That Mitch Slap was awesome to see. Watch their Dog Days from back on the Sing Off.. First time you truly see Mitch unload. You likely Saw Avi if you have done Home Frees Ring of Fire... ALso Kevin sings now and then but is the Beat Boxer. Saw them a month ago as an early Birthday Present for mayself.. Did the VIP thing..