Kevin is actually a tenor. He can make bass sounds when he's beatboxing, but that's a special bb technique. When he's not beatboxing he usually fills in the middle of the chords. He was not a singer before he joined the group, but when he and Avi were rooming together when they first moved to LA, Avi gave him some lessons. PTX does songs like this on most of their albums, with no percussion and tight harmonies -- examples are their originals "Run to You" and "Light in the Hallway" and a cover of The Rescues "My Heart With You" on their latest Christmas album "Evergreen"

@lachimiste1

2 жыл бұрын

That low-pitched thing Kevin does is throat percussion, kind of along the same lines as Mongolian Throat Singing.

Avi's voice is just like a warm blanket, isn't it?

@donnawat

2 жыл бұрын

Like buttah!

Your faces at the end were priceless!🤣 Every time Avi starts that "Sleep" interlude, I lose it. Every. Single. Time!

It's all Avi. Kevin is a tenor. Ben Bram, the group's Arranger, discussed in a pretty great interview with Jacob Restituto the style differences between Avi's and Matt's voices. Avi is a basso profundo and his bass is more booming, he blew out speakers. Matt's lows are more chill. The group had to make some changes to better accommodate Matt's style. Both have beautiful voices but very different styles and tones. Great reaction!!!

@wendischambach6181

2 жыл бұрын

I think when Avi sings lead or in a higher register, it's actually Scott who covers the bass. "Hallelujah" was a good example of that.

If you watch their hands closely in “say something”, especially scott, they are supposed to be sitting for an old timey photo and scott is literally white knuckling the back of kirstie’s chair. It’s hilarious once you see it and start looking for it.

@queenofgreen83

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, that must have been especially hard for him! He’s the most expressive of them all with his hands.

@hawkeyescoffee6399

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think it's physically painful for him to keep his hands still when singing. Even the vids of him playing piano for a while back he struggles to keep both hands on the keys, one keeps lifting off. Idk if I'm remembering right but I have a vague recollection that years ago he mentioned maybe on a Superfruit vid that someone had told him it was annoying or something & how it had bothered him. But it's just such a part of his performance; in the Over the River vid he had these big dramatic actions to do as part of it and I think that kinda helped focus his hands into something specific otherwise they run away with themselves as much as his riffs do.

It's like an episode of Supernatural and these guys are actual angels. Their angel blades are tucked away from camera.

The story is that they were on tour in Europe, went into this cathedral, loved the acoustics, and did this in one of the side aisles. I sing a lot of Renaissance music and did a workshop once where we visited several of the cathedrals in southern England and sang music composed and sung there in the Renaissance. We would sing in different parts of each cathedral to see what effect the architecture had on the acoustics -- in the choir, the lady chapel, the crypt, processing around the cloisters like the monks used to, etc. For instance, in the choir of one cathedral, the architecture ate up the treble voices, which is one reason they had more than a dozen trebles singing with only a handful of tenors and basses.

@pjschmid2251

2 жыл бұрын

Do you know which church or cathedral they recorded this in?

You talked about being at a ptx recording session. They just released Pentatonix - Recording of Evergreen. I know it's not as good as being there, but it does give you a look at what they do. Available on KZread, just released half hour ago.

@terriepurkey708

2 жыл бұрын

I just watched that and was going to give them this info but scanned the comments to see if I would be duplicating. Glad you mentioned it, because I found it a fascinating 'behind the recording' look. Here's the link. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2pkta2Em7SyodI.html

@tor_sgith

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to suggest this too. It is so interesting.

@xbubblehead

2 жыл бұрын

The warning is you don't want to see how sausage is made, but in the case of PTX , this video was really fascinating by showing how they try different things out with everyone contributing.

Seasons of love as your next live performance 🔥🔥🔥🔥

As far as I know it is Scott who covers bass when Avi or Matt aren’t singing bass. Went to see them 2 days ago. They were amazing and close to perfect. Just an amazing show!

It is all too easy to caught up in the beauty of the music and forget how it's done

I believe that Avi was the primary arranger. Everyone fills out their part, but Avi built the frame of this work. It shows his classical and chorale training. Oh, and this was a one take audio and video, too.

@lauriep2018

2 жыл бұрын

I believe it’s actually Kevin, Scott and (was) Avi

Kevin is a tenor, you can really hear his gorgeous "uuuhhh" at 8:55 (and on). Just beautiful. I've lost count of the many, many times I've watched this performance. As you said it's magical.

They all sing with their hands given half a chance. One of the other commenters mentioned the video for Say Something, where they all had to be as still as possible because they wanted it to look like a painting. Well, except Kevin who had his hands busy with the cello. But Scott is especially expressive with his hands when he sings, and his whole body really. He moves constantly. So if you watch the video for Say Something you can see him standing behind Kirstin and Kevin, clinging to their chairs for dear life so he won't move more than he absolutely has to. I think it contributed something to that expression of real pain that he had while he was singing because it had to hurt with how hard he was hanging on to those chairs.

If you watch more of them singing live, you'll see that sometimes when they're doing faster songs like Daft Punk, Avi (who plays guitar) will be playing air bass with his notes. Matt drums and you can see evidence of that in some of his hand movements, too.

Kevin is a tenor. Scott sings bass when Avi/Matt sings lead. Avi is classically trained basso profundo... That is opera bass with mega volume. The only low stuff Kevin does is throat bass percussion. OTOH. Mitch & Kirstie have crazy ranges with some lows. So every time you talk about Kevin helping Avi out my eyes cross. LOL

i love this song. avi's voice is so beautiful. they are so amazing.

Kevin is a tenor. It’s Scott who does the bass

Scott is most likely the baritone you're hearing btw ... he does the baseline when the base (Avi or Matt) is singing. You'll be able to see it clearly in their Grinch video, if you haven't done that yet.

poalo nutini iron sky awesome song amazing voice

I know this has been said, Kevin is a tenor, Scott is the baritone that can do bass.

Matt your reaction was priceless...the classic PTX induced deer in the headlights look. Merry Christmas Wyoming!

Typically Kevin would not be filling in the low end the cord would probably stack up Avi/Matt, Scott, Kevin, Mitch and finally Kirstie. Occasionally Kirstie and Mitch swap parts but generally that’s the stack if they’re all five singing. So if you’re hearing a lower baritone part filling out the bottom that’s probably Scott. In fact Scott will take the base line when Avi is taking the lead.

👋😄 Kevin sings tenor if look closely when Mitch has his solo Kevin is in the background doing a high whistle like tone! Kevin can make bass like noises when he beatboxes. Scott is the one who takes over the bass when Avi or Matt have a singing lead. They ALL have great vocal range. Kevin is a tenor and very high falsettos. Scott is baritone covers bass flawlessly and hit insane falsettos!

I enjoyed your reaction to this beautiful Pentatonix performance video. Thank you.

They were all spot on, especially Avi. Love this and agree with other comments about Run to You (an orig by Kevin and Avi), and Say Something. Gold is another like these.

Very late to the party here, so no one might even see this comment. In this live version in a church, it seems to me that they are actually doing the "mixing" themselves by virtue of their dynamics and selfless teamwork. Which is, of course, how it was always done before modern engineering. Beautiful rendition.

@307Reacts

Жыл бұрын

Agreee they are amazing with their live blending

it's not just practice... it's listening to each other- as a trained singer and former pro acapella singer, who has recorded in similar surroundings- the way that they listen to each other and can get the synergy- that's true musicianship. I used to know it by the chills up my spine singing with my group.... when. you are this in sync, with other singers, you feel it in your body, and soul. that's why they are so good!!

I just saw them in concert tonight in Texas. It was Amazing!!!

Pentatonix just played in Minnesota on December 18th for their Evergreen tour.

If you want to hear some of their best live harmonies check out Pentatonix O Come All Ye Faithful Live (Christmas Under The Stars) It is an amazing live performance

Avis hand movements in parts always struck me kind of like a conductor for an orchestra. Holding notes, etc. Esp like you both noticed them watching him for timing.

@sarahgould5435

2 жыл бұрын

If you watch their lives of Daft Punk, they'll be doing this as well, with Scott as the main "conductor." But this is the first time I've seen a reactor catch that.

Kirsten, Mitch & Scott were all choir kids and did the whole musical theatre stuff so that's probably part of that, but Scott's hands are always so expressive when he sings. Some of the older vids where he's playing piano & singing he has to keep forcing his hand back onto the keys because it lifted up time and time again. It's kinda funny to watch and impressive that he was still doing such an amazing job at playing despite it...I couldn't even manage playing the piano with both hands firmly in place lol..maybe that was the problem...hmm. lol

mesmerizing, beautiful, and gives you chills

@sonjarussell7332

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Anessa! Hope you are well. Fully charged battery tonight!

@anessalyn1035

2 жыл бұрын

@@sonjarussell7332 I'm out of the hospital as of today, with a couple new meds. my computer is all charged and ready for great music.

@sonjarussell7332

2 жыл бұрын

@@anessalyn1035 good news! Will probably see you hopping around KZread tonight! Happy holidays! 🎄

@anessalyn1035

2 жыл бұрын

@@sonjarussell7332 thank you Sonja, yes I'm sure you will. I'm already bouncing around. Happy Holidays to you too!

Thank you so much for this! It is a perfect lead into Christmas. A wonderful gift from 307 Reacts to the reaction squad.

I love the details you pick up that other reactors don’t! You are awesome!!

The last section is just divine. Those are NOT easy chords they’re hitting..effortlessly. This is a masterpiece IMHO.

Pentatonix wants to create a mood or feeling they will search for the right spot to do it in

I think it’s interesting how similiar the Trio’s hand movements are,probably much like sone instructor they all had as children, together or individually.

Technically, sound waves all travel at the same speed (through any given medium), regardless of pitch. Some pitches do benefit more from tight acoustical spaces than others, but it's not because of speed; it's because of how well (and how far) they carry, which as best I understand it is probably due to how much energy they have (which is customarily thought of as primarily a function of amplitude, but wavelength *is* also relevant), although it's also true that some surfaces are more likely to absorb, refract, or reflect various wavelengths. (In the context of sound, wavelength is essentially the same phenomenon as pitch; there's a technical distinction between the meanings of the words "wavelength" and "pitch", but any given pitch corresponds to one specific wavelength and vice versa. Wavelength has other implications for other kinds of waves, of course, but we're talking about sound here.)

"When they were super relevant"...they still are very relevant. They just performed at the Target Center in MN for over 11,000 people lol. I think they get comfortable sticking with the same venues in the US thru the years I agree it would nice for fans for them to switch it up occasionally, like hit Indiana instead of Illinois for example so itd be easier for some fans to get to a concert.

If you watch the live private performance of Daft Punk, you'll see Avi performs with his hands all of the time.

Just FYI, PTX just released an outstanding video of their process in making their New album Evergreen. It's so extraordinary to see their process. I think you would get a kick out of it. I do believe it's on their KZread channel right now 🙏🏾❤️

Great reaction!!! I know you guys would love Avi's solo music. All of it is amazing and each song is very different from all of the others. Change on the Rise is powerful, Song for the Seeker is beautiful. He has done a few stellar covers, House of the Rising Sun, Lean on Me and a bluegrass type cover of Outkasts Hey Ya. His latest release is First Place I Go. Just can't say enough about Avi's music. If you really want to hear his low end check out Black Is The Color Of MY True Loves Hair with Peter Hollens!

@lindajanca8069

2 жыл бұрын

Avi is my mental health guru🙏

@charlottevan_8

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with Heather. When you check out Avi's original solo work, you'll find that his lyrics are deeply meaningful and have touched many people.

I love this, and your insights are spot on, too. Definitely check out Run to You for similar straight harmony work that is incredible.

Yup, Wow!!! Just beautiful ❤️ Thank you guys for your reaction, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays Everyone

Lullaby for the ages. This can never be matched by any other out there. Just watch it again and LISTEN to it. Forget about watching all the movements of hands, just LISTEN!

It's Scott filling in the low end. Always. Nothing about this group makes sense! lol

This song is beautiful!! By them.

Someone mentioned Avi's choral training. He was an Opera/Classical major in college (minor in composing and arranging) and performed with 3 choral groups at that college. He was offered a position with the Los Angeles Opera just before he was recruited into Pentatonix, and had also been contemplating a career as a musical director. He often does workshops at colleges and high schools, coaching and directing, such as you'll see in the link I'm posting that he did in 2017 shortly before leaving PTX. He's conducting a PTX piece he was the primary writer of, "Run To You" (co-written with Kevin and arranged with Ben Bram). Watch his movements. I especially like how, when they get to "How shall I win back", he goes up on his toes, leaning forward with his arm to draw the voices out in a small crescendo. kzread.info/dash/bejne/qo2KstuwaLSflqw.html

@charlottevan_8

2 жыл бұрын

You may not be aware of this, but, back in 2014, Avi established the A Cappella Academy along with Ben Bram (longtime PTX producer/arranger) and Rob Dietz (composer/arranger), which is a 10-day intensive annual summer music camp for 13-18 year olds from around the world, where they learn vocals, performance, theory, and specialties like beatboxing and bass singing (which Avi has often coached). At the end of the 10 days, they do a showcase, with individual groups and the full choir. To give you an idea of what these kids achieve in such a short time, here's the 2019 class performing Avi's original song "The Seed".kzread.info/dash/bejne/io5sm6SBnbXMp9Y.html

They are so amazing! They were in the US and they blew my mind!! Next time they come you should try and see them!

“Didn’t plan this until 4 minutes ago” means you didn’t plan this. But that’s OK. 🙂

Great song! 🎶🎵 Awesome reaction 🙏Hangovergang! 🇺🇲 Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄

I don’t know about y’all, but this mother right here is gonna start a petition demanding PTX make a lullaby album. My fussy child goes to sleep 1 minute into this angelic rendition

they just finished a usa tour yesterday for their christmas album. their newest, the prayer, will blow you away.

You guys are awesome! I love watching your vids. You influence me to listen and understand and try to produce other styles of music out of my comfort zone. Thank you!

Would love to see you react to Avi's music, it is if course beautiful!!!!

Great reaction guys. Really enjoy your comments 💕

Absolutely love this!! The fact that they can take these beautiful classic songs and make them unique and even more emotionally impactful is incredible. You need to do "My Heart With You" a lot of the things you bring up with the hands and timing are really evident in that one. Just saw them live..They are incredible!!!

Thanks Interesting and enjoyable reaction (s).

Thanks!

Merry Christmas. There is a thrilling live performance of them singing Hallelujah in front of a live audience. When Avi sings you can see and hear Scott singing the bass. It’s on you tube. They are playing live in Texas tonight

Kevin is a tenor only Avi does bass in this performance

Every time I hear this, I am amazed at how wonderful this sounds. Avi's smooth voice brought me to PTX. I was saddened when he announced that he was leaving but his solo work is amazing. FYI Avi co-founded A Capella Academy which is accepting audition tapes now for next year.

I’m so glad Carley Shea got her 50,000 subs. Thanks for helping her!

You guys are such good musicians, it's so great to hear people who get it. Please, please, please react to Avi's solo work. It's killer.

I will say one thing. I love watching your channel. 2 guys I would love to hang with. Real down to earth people.you guys make my day!!! Keep doing What you guys do.I am a fan!

@307Reacts

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Bryan hopefully one day we could share a meal and beer 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

@bryanpscolka7423

2 жыл бұрын

Omg!!!! Just saying. I could hang with you guy's. Just real people. I watch your channel all the time. You guys make me laugh.

Love your reactions. Perhaps you could look at "Recording of Evergreen". It is a look at the making of the album. It's 17 minutes long, so perhaps in 2 parts?

It's interesting that Avi is Jewish, but puts his heart and soul into all of the "Christian" base hymns that Pentatonix does.

Scott does bass when AVI sings …. So here it’s probably Scott helping AVI. Kevin is a tenor

@kbogue5690

2 жыл бұрын

Avi is the only bass in this song. Scott will sing bass only when Avi is singing lead. Don’t know if that is still true with Matt.

I don't know enough about music to tell (though I think I have a pretty good ear for pitch) but someone in another comment stream was rhapsodizing about the way none of them are actually singing the primary melody - ALL of them are singing a harmony line. I'm listening closely and I see what they mean - and it's friggin' AWESOME. These guys are just mind-blowing.

Kevin isn't doubling bass he is also singing high with the rest . The only bass being produced is Avi . Kevin can only do throat bass seen in there cover of problem

Reminds me of a Gregorian chant

oooooo the Intro turned out good :D I like Penatonix, but I am still in awe of the video you guys did!

@307Reacts

2 жыл бұрын

Right 😂 and thanks it was a blast

Scotttakes the bassnotes if needed

This was actually done very early in their career. Definitely not done at home. And possibly recorded on an iPad. Many of the Evolution videos were done live, one setting, filmed and recorded on an iPad. They were broke and recording videos on Avi's iPad in caves, staircases, hallways, etc. Then they recorded & filmed Daft Punk Medley on the iPad & they won their 1st Grammy Award! Amazing story! There should be a movie made of their story! 💞

@kathyastrom1315

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, the only iPad video they posted was their first one on their YT channel. The Evolution videos with the black backgrounds were all recorded in a studio and had to do multiple takes to get the right live one-take video. (There is at least one “making of” video for I think the Beyoncé medley on YT somewhere.) You can tell the increasing quality of their “couch” videos filmed back in 2012, showing the better tech they were using.

I know it's probably going to be a lot of comments about this and if you address this later on in the video I will erase my comment but Kevin is a tenor 😀

💚💚💯Take a look at Avi' s solo work sometime. The First Place I Go, Change on the Rise, It Knows Me, His cover of Hey Ya......man what a talent he is.

(HF+HF+HF)+(PTX+PTX?)= Pentamusic

You can watch the arranging, practice and recording process for their latest here kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2pkta2Em7SyodI.html

I love to hear Avi voice, his solo stuff is excellent too, he voice is so soothing. Check him out

I think they are planning a US tour after they finish up the European one (which was supposed to finish in 2020).

Very captivating isn’t it. Just when you think you know, you don’t. They are all so talented. Kevin and Avi don’t always get to show it back then

PTX just posted a behind the scenes of recording their Evergreen album.

Great reaction guys, I learned a lot from it. Actually, they played the Denver Pepsi Center a couple of years ago but unfortunately I couldn't make it. Red Rocks might be a little small as they usually do venues with pretty massive capacity. But maybe they will get to Denver again in the not too distant future.

1st lesson to singing is breathing..

Merry Christmas, you guys! I really enjoy your perspective about the work these guys do - my unschooled viw is kind of limited to "whoa, pretty!" so it's great to understand more of how they make this such a unique group. Since you have discussed the production process I saw that this 17 minute video just came out of them working in the studio on their new album that was just released at the end of October and thought you would enjoy it. All the best of the season! kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2pkta2Em7SyodI.html

Nice Reaction! Odd request, but could you react to more Soup videos?

PTX just posted a behind the scenes look at them in the studio putting together their new Christmas album, Evergreen. Highly recommend a look.

There is a video on them making the Evergreen album. It is so amazing. Just a peek at how it came together. Check it out, so much information.

Pentatonix has release a video made during their in-studio recording of their newest Christmas album, “Evergreen”. Here is a link to that video if you’re interested: Pentatonix - The Recording of Evergreen - kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2pkta2Em7SyodI.html Hope you like it.

Could u play Creed Fisher life of a working man. Y’all might like this

So you said you'd like to see them in the studio... ask and you shall receive. Pentatonix just posted today a 20 minute mini-doc on their channel about the recording of their newest album Evergreen. Some interesting stuff there if you'd like to check it out. kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2pkta2Em7SyodI.html

Hi guys a Home Fry here just wanted to know if you´ve seen that Shea What Now reached her goal and she actually hit 52.400 and in her live stream she said how much you helped and that she has been sending her subs over to you

@307Reacts

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah lol chris chats with her quite frequently when it comes to the business side of KZread and helping each other understand and work through hurtles that are thrown our way!

Pentatonix just released video about recording their latest Christmas album "Evergreen", check it out on their YT channel , it's 17 min long

Do you realize often you step in on the on each other quite often? (Based on the multiple videos of yours I jave watched).. Love hearing both perspectives because you both have such valuable comments. It just jumps out as a bit disruptive when that happens. Just wanted to point that out in case you are unaware. The last half of this video had a wonderful commentary flow and the comments were quite insightful and interesting.. Just for reference... Happy Holidays gents!

@307Reacts

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah we are all over each other 😂 I think it comes from that blue collar/shop talk mentality

Just curious about the science aspect...do you think the fact that Avi is facing the stone wall & Mitch & Kirsten are facing towards a more open space helps him not get drowned out?

@307Reacts

2 жыл бұрын

That’s very well could be

I’m sad that I’m hard of hearing in the low range. I feel like I missing so much of Avi’s magic. Avi of course is still phenomenal.

So,a live night when you hit 50K? Just like our friend Carlie at SheaWhatNow

@307Reacts

2 жыл бұрын

Why not 😂

Kevin is a Tenor…he does not double bass he is not a baritone either. You guys need to do some research.!