#Geoff castellucci

[epicallyepicepilogue]

[strangedreamings]

I love stumbling across Wikipedia pages that mention Geoff Castellucci. Hello, one of my favorite singers, wasn't expecting to see you but I'm very happy you're here.

The first time was when I was simply looking up "basso profondo" since that's what one reactor called Geoff. Imagine my surprise and delight when I got to the oktavist section and there he was, listed among the deepest of the basses.

Today, I found him mentioned in the recorded versions of the song "Till Then." Geoff has done so many covers, both with VoicePlay and solo, but this is the first time I can remember one of his covers being mentioned in the song's Wikipedia entry.

As a thank you for reading this far, here is Geoff's cover. Headphones with a good bass range are a must with his songs.

[fallingblueroses]

For @willows-adventures-in-words . A continuation of their fic that can be found here .

Trigger warnings: kidnapping, trafficking, mentions of torture.

Eli lay on his side in the back of the moving truck, his hands cuffed behind his back, his ankles tied together, a blindfold over his eyes and a gag tied over his mouth. He wasn't alone; some time ago--it was impossible to tell how much--the truck had stopped and something had been unceremoniously thrown in next to him. When it had moved he'd realized it was a person. He'd heard the deep grunts and felt long hair as the person struggled and realized it was Geoff. He'd managed to get Geoff's attention and now the two of them lay close to each other as the truck moved on to who knew where.

Eli knew Geoff had to be remembering the other times they'd been kidnapped just as Eli himself was. He kept trying to tell himself that they'd gotten out of the other situations and they would get out of this one too, but the unknowns and what-ifs were driving him crazy. Would Layne and Cesar be taken this time, or had they been already? What did their captors want with them this time? Twice the captors had just wanted to use them for their musical talents...then there had been the time the captor had wanted them dead. Eli still had nightmares about that...

Finally the truck stopped and the door slid open. Eli heard a rough male voice. "...won't like that we're breaking the set."

A younger male voice. "Celia said she'd handle it. And I ain't passing up a cut of five hundred grand."

So this time their kidnappers wanted money...Eli had to struggle not to vomit as the rough voice talked again. "All right, then. Which one they want?"

"That one."

Eli stiffened and felt Geoff tense up as boots clomped towards them on the metal floor. A second later Geoff grunted as he was yanked away from Eli.

"No!" Eli tried to scream. "Let him go!" It came out as pitiful gibberish through the gag. He could hear Geoff struggling as the boots walked away, then the rough voice chuckled. "Here. Catch." Geoff cried out. "Aww. You didn't catch him."

"Idiot! You could have hurt his face." Eli's breath came hard as he heard gravel crunch, then the door slid shut again and he was left in silence with only the cold horror that was blooming in his stomach.

He screamed again as the truck started up and began to move again. "NO!" He screamed his denials until his throat and chest hurt. Gone. Geoff was gone, being taken who knew where to suffer who knew what...Break the set...Even if by some miracle he and Layne and Cesar managed to escape or were rescued, Geoff would still be...

Eli broke down into sobs, not caring who heard him cry. Pride was useless now.

***

Layne and Cesar's wrists were still chained to the floor, but they had managed to move enough to take their blindfolds off. Not that that told them much. They were in a room with dirt-streaked blue walls, and the only window had been boarded up with plywood. A bare light bulb hung from the ceiling and kept them from being in darkness. The only other things in the room were two more sets of chains on the floor, the hooks arranged in a square with the hooks for their own chains.

There hadn't been much conversation. They had tried to get out of their bonds for a while, but now there was nothing to do but lean against each other for comfort and wait. Layne had given Cesar some advice: "When they get here, don't argue. Don't fight. They want something from us, but that doesn't mean they won't hurt us."

The look on Layne's face had sent chills to Cesar's very bones. His voice had been shaking when he'd asked "Did...did you get hurt?"

"Nothing too bad. Took a good beating once. A couple of taser shots. The worst was when this one group made us watch..." His voice trailed off and he looked away. "Never mind."

Cesar hadn't asked, even though his mind had screamed Made you watch what?!

After what felt like an eternity, Layne lifted his head. "I think I hear someone coming."

After a couple of seconds Cesar heard the heavy footsteps too. The door swung open, and a large, muscular man whose appearance and clothes shouted "redneck" came in dragging Eli by the back of his shirt. "Hey. They got their blindfolds off."

A smaller, slighter blond man in jeans and a t-shirt came in. "Who cares? Just chain him up."

Cesar watched as one of the floor chains was attatched to the cuffs on Eli's wrists. The two men left, and in the silence Cesar heard Eli crying. "Eli?" He was able to scoot a little closer.

"Eli," Layne said. "Eli, it's us. Can you move over here?"

An icy knife stabbed Cesar's stomach. "What?"

Eli managed to move close enough to where Cesar could tug off his blindfold and gag. Eli's wet, bloodshot eyes met Cesar's. "He's gone."

"He's gone. Geoff's gone. They sold him." Eli choked on a sob. "They were bringing us here...the truck stopped and they pulled him out. Said they were getting half a million for him..." Eli rested his head on the floor. "God damn them...God damn them!" He curled up on the floor and kept crying.

Cesar turned and looked at Layne's pale, horrified face before turning back to Eli to comfort him however he could. Tears stung his own eyes, and he could hear Layne begin to cry as well.

[laughingsquid]

A Moving Low Bass Cover of the Classic Johnny Cash Song 'I Walk the Line'

[acaplaya-musings]

In case you're wondering what I've been up to for the past week and a half, well, I've been doing a lot of work on this!

A while ago in the Voiceplay Patrons Discord server I mentioned how personally I think Geoff would look absolutely amazing in a dress and it'd be the best thing ever, genuinely unironically. But it probably won't ever actually happen, alas, so I decided to make it a thing in art form instead! And then when I went searching for reference images for poses/body outlines, I wound up with 3 that I couldn't choose between, so I was like "screw it, I'll just do three different dresses!" (Oh and points if you can figure out which video was used as reference for each image! Clue: first is a VoicePlay video, and the other two are Geoff solo videos).

Honestly I perhaps went a little overboard on the amount of time and effort I put into this, but hey, I currently have little else to do, as I'm done with classes and assessments full stop, so might as well make art and stuff! (I already have an idea of what art I wanna do next, but I'll make a separate post about that).

(Oh and tagging @asb-nerd-3327 because I mentioned wanting to do this like a couple weeks ago and they said to tag them when I did, so here ya go)

[under-a-shady-ash-tree]

Almost started being normal about Geoff Castellucci again but then I remembered he’s a Real Person That Exists

[haethealhell]

Geoff Carol Of The Bells time let's go

okay starting off with harmonies nice

sir we are 36 seconds in and you pull that.

51 seconds is that a super low sub? i'll check hold on

D1. Jesus Christ.

ding DONG G1 chest ffs

i've been listening to mainly EPIC and TLT musical for a while, so this is going to be FUN

alright an interesting tiny riff at that "till"

btw a moment to appreciate that Grey Streak because that genuinely looks fantastic???

i think that "here" is a D#2?

aehJIFKDB CHRIST GEOFF WAWTH DO JEH MEAN CHROISTMASSSS FUCK TAT STARTLED ME AND IT'S ANOTHER G1 CHEST AYHTI (haeth's sibling here, they literally jumped up and walked away at this point, also hi :) FUCJK HAETH BACK AVNABJD SOT AHT SEWQUIENTEE IS A G1 CHEST TO A D#1 SUB TO WHAT I THINK IS AN F1 CHEST???? DOWN TO A D1

JESUS CHRIST GEOFF

HIGHTER GEOFF YOU PISS ALL THEO WAY OFF IM STUREGGINLES RN

mmoeld is a D2 oaky baykcd to whomewaht noraml notes NEVER FUCKING MIND THEN BACK TO G1

souundd G#1 sub there?

somethings coming

THEAT FUCKING SEQUIENSTE AGAIN anlso i think all subs for that one? maybe?

geoff you bastard

btw i hope you all know that when my sibling took over, i had:

physically recoiled,

curled in on myself,

walked over to the piano to find the note,

found the note,

curled in on myself again,

covered my mouth my hands,

and started screeching and yelling

[writedreamlie]

Good morning, I am so ready to not be normal about this at all ✌️

[scruffylookingpiratecaptain]

Geoff Castellucci Being Beautiful

Doing my part because not enough people are in love with this man

[masterredakai]

Geoff: Let's do a cover of this classic song. César: Perfect, but can we change the tone? Layne: And add percussion with the mouth. Eli: And a legendary bass solo. Geoff: …Is there anything left of the original song? Eli: The title.

[yoursinharmony]

THRILLER - Michael Jackson (acapella) VoicePlay ft. J.None #halloween

This is scary good 🤯🧟 Might be my new favourite thing by VoicePlay, or it's certainly way up there. The arrangement, make-up, production, acting??? There could not be a more perfect cover of this iconic classic. I'm a little in love 😍 Speaking of, Geoff's take on the Vincent Price monologue??? That should not have been as sensual as it was 😅 Man knows how to put a purr into his voice. Run, don't walk to a good pair of headphones or sound system and treat your ears to this spooky brilliance!

[willows-horde]

I ended up with so many screencaps for Be Prepared. There are only two folders (though one is a cheat because it has three different videos) of screencaps that have more. All three are well over a hundred 😅. I'm gonna try my best to find my favorites. Or just some good ones. It's going to be hard since I like so many of them...

(first appearances in the video)

(Pay Attention!)

("Even you can't be caught unawares." What I love about this bit is he turns and looks right into the camera. Little 4th wall break by talking directly to the viewers.)

(boop)

(nice shot with the whole group)

(can't decide which of these two I like better 😂. I'll end up making a gif of this bit later.)

(pretty...)

(Hey, did you hear that?)

(Idiots, I'll be King!)

(Long live the King!)

(You won't get a sniff without me!)

(i have dubbed this one as: Rock Star Geoff)

...

And I've hit my limit. There were so many more I could have done. But I guess these are my top thirty?

[strangedreamings]

How hot is that character: Geoff's Oogie Boogie

Not My Type | Alright | Cute | Adorable | Pretty | Gorgeous | LORD MERCY

Fuck... The video is just under three and a half minutes, but that's enough to make me MELT. Besides the very impressive vocal range, his sense of humor is PERFECT.

[fallingblueroses]

Inspired by a YouTube clip.

Yes, I know it wouldn't work like this.

***

Cesar hummed to himself as he rummaged through a large wooden crate in PattyCake Production's staging area, then straightened out with a megaphone in each hand. "Hey. Look what I found!"

Layne glanced over from the shelves he was looking over. "Oh yeah. Tony ordered those a while back."

"What for?" Cesar put the megaphones down and went back into the box.

"Some girls were wanting to make a cheerleader video."

Geoff frowned a little from where he stood next to Cesar. "Oh yeah. Kath told me about them. She said Tony threw them out for being weirdos."

Layne nodded. "Mm-hmm. That's one way to put it."

Cesar pressed a button and brought a megaphone to his mouth. "Testing. One. Two." His voice echoed through the staging area, and he grinned at Geoff. "Works great." He sang into the megaphone. "'Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream...' Come on guys, join in!"

Eli sighed from where he was working on a light as Cesar handed Layne and Geoff each a megaphone before starting to sing again. The other two men joined in, and it on for a few verses before Eli interrupted them. "Excuse me, but am I the only one planning on working today?"

"Yes," Geoff said.

Eli rolled his eyes as Layne looked at the bullhorn in his hand. "Hey, anyone remember that scene from The Simpsons with Bart and the megaphones?"

"Oh yeah," Cesar said. "I wonder if that would work?"

"No," Eli said. "It wouldn't. It'd blow out the speakers."

"Well obviously it wouldn't work with how many he used," Layne said. A grin came to his face. "But it might work with four."

Cesar's eyes lit up. "Let's try it."

Eli sighed. "Guys..."

Cesar gave Eli an exaggerated pleading look. "Please?" He punctuated the look with a few eyelash bats.

Eli sighed and shook his head. "All right. Fine."

Cesar quickly handed Eli a megaphone as Layne looked around. "Who's going to try it?"

"Let Geoff," Cesar said. He looked over at the bass. "Maybe you could hit the E1?"

"Or the B-zero," Layne mused.

"Yeah!" Cesar nodded as everyone got in position. "What say, Geoff?"

"I think I can hit that," Geoff said. He held up his megaphone to join the line as Eli, Layne, and Cesar braced themselves. "All right. B-zero in three...two...one..."

***

Tony was sitting at his desk with Kathy looking over his shoulder as they went over some editing on Tony's computer. They looked at each other and rolled their eyes when they heard VoicePlay's amplified voices, but didn't pay it much mind.

Eventually Tony felt the hair on the back of his neck prickle, and glanced to the door as he realized. "Uh-oh. They got quiet."

Kathy sighed but nodded. "We'd better check."

Tony got up and Kathy followed him out of the office. They were halfway to the stage area when there was a loud, booming noise and PattyCake seemed to move underneath their feet. Tony fell against the wall and slid down to the floor, and Kathy cried out as she fell to her hands and knees. The noise only lasted for a few seconds before cutting off with squeals and screeches like speakers blowing. When the sound stopped Tony could hear what sounded like several car alarms going off in the parking lot.

He sat up and looked at Kathy. "Are you okay?"

She gingerly touched her ears. "I think so."

The shock began to wear off and anger took it's place. He helped Kathy up and they ran to the stage area, where VoicePlay was still lined up with the megaphones, bracing themselves.

Cesar was the first to open his eyes and raise his head. "That was awesome! Do it again!"

Eli was next. "I think the megaphones are broken." He said "Testing" into the one he held, to no effect.

Geoff tried the megaphone in his hand with the same result. "Maybe I should have gone a little higher..."

Tony exploded. "What are you people DOING to my studio?"

Layne held up a finger. "Our studio."

"Okay then, you can take care of arranging for the structural engineer to make sure this place is still safe! What were you doing, anyway?"

"That thing from The Simpsons," Layne said.

Tony gaped at him. "What?"

Kathy spoke up from behind him. "Well then. Maybe a Simpsons-appropriate punishment is in order."

The four of them looked over at Kathy, and Tony quite enjoyed the sudden nervousness on their faces.

***

Tony stood on guard just inside the door to his office as Kathy handed paper and pens to VoicePlay, who was seated around Tony's desk. Layne spoke to Cyndi on the phone as he took his paper and pen from Kathy. "Go ahead and eat without me. I'll be late. Kathy's got me writing sentences again. Yeah. I'll explain when I get home. Love you too. Bye." He hung up as Eli finished a similar call to Ashley.

Once everything had been handed out, Kathy joined Tony at the door. "Geoff, you're going to write 'I will not sing bass notes into megaphones'. And you other three are going to write 'I will not encourage Geoff to sing bass notes into megaphones'. One hundred times. And no one leaves until they're done."

There was some grumbling, but the men settled down to write. After a few minutes, Cesar looked up. "Hey, Kathy? What can we encourage him to do?"

Geoff and Layne snorted back laughter as Eli kicked Cesar's leg, making an "ow" sound come out of the younger man. Cesar pouted at Eli as the tenor growled. "Shut up and write your sentences."

Cesar mumbled under his breath but turned back to his paper. Kathy and Tony exchanged wry looks, and Tony shook his head as they watched over the others.

[edgar-allan-possum]

The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe | Read by Geoff Castellucci

[acaplaya-musings]

Practically almost as soon as I watched VoicePlay's Be Prepared video on Patreon, I knew I wanted to do a pencil sketch fanart for it. But firstly, I wanted to wait till it went public on YouTube so I had the best chance of obtaining a decent screencap to use as reference, and secondly, I was quite busy with university stuff as well as writing Striking A Chord anyway, so I didn't get around to doing it till now.

Honestly I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out, and I'd like to think that younger me (like even early high school age) would be really amazed at being able to create something like this <3