#VoicePlay ft. J.None

[zoeflake]

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica (acapella) VoicePlay Ft J.NONE

❥Geoff Castellucci

[gemstarb]

In The Air Tonight - VoicePlay ft J.None (acapella) Phil Collins Cover

[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!

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Friends On The Other Side - VoicePlay Acapella ft. J.None

[jules-has-notes]

collaboration spotlight — Twenty One Pilots mashup by Kurt Hugo Schneider & VoicePlay

VoicePlay fans sometimes joke that the sounds these guys can make are so incredible as to be inhuman. This production took that assertion one step further. Kurt had them record their vocal parts as they normally would, then he sampled and remixed those voices to create something very cool. The result is more electronic than their usual sound, but there's no denying that it's an innovative twist.

This is a video I rarely watch just once, since it can be a lot of fun to pay close attention to what each guy is doing individually and how they all fit together.

Details:

title: Twenty One Pilots mashup (ft. VoicePlay)

original songs / performers: all songs by Twenty One Pilots — "Heathens", "Ride", & "Stressed Out"

written by: all songs by Tyler Joseph

arranged by: Kurt Hugo Schneider

release date: 2 November 2016

My favorite bits:

setting the scene and premise while layering in each vocal part

Layne occasionally glancing toward the others to see if they're going to try to escape the situation

Eli's smooth delivery of the "Stressed Out" intro

Geoff doing some lowkey animation moves in time with his ♫ "wub-wub-wub" ♫ bass line

those crunchy stacatto harmonies on ♫ "I know. it's hard. sometimes." ♫

the ramp up in tension created by the frequency increase on Earl's ♫ "ri-e-i-e-i-e-ide, ri-e-ide, ri-e-ide, ride ride ride ride" ♫

Layne's breathy high-hat line (and whatever cool thing Kurt did to enhance it)

Geoff being able to actually hit the deep tones for ⇓ "Watch it!" ⇓, but still having the fun post-processing distortion to match the original sound

baby's first featured subharmonic drop!

Eli's big old belts and riffs in the final "Heathens" section

Earl bounding into the stratosphere for that last ♫ ⇗ "any sudden moves" ⇗ ♫

each of the guys "shutting down" as their parts end

Trivia:

This video racked up a million views in just three weeks!

The audio track is exclusively available through VoicePlay's Patreon.

Like so many of VoicePlay's prosthetic makeup effects, the coaxial plugs that turn the guys into input / output devices were created by Andy Wright at Makeup & Creative Arts in Orlando.

I'm not sure if they intended for there to be narrative significance to the placement of the plugs, but having Layne and Geoff's near their vocal chords, Eli's in his noggin near the parts of the brain that handle analytical tasks like reading and math, and Earl's near the Superman tattoo on his muscular arm all seem potentially symbolic.

A fan was inspired to draw fanart of the guys a couple months later, which they very much enjoyed.

VoicePlay had released their own full version of "Ride" earlier in the year as an installment in their PartWork series.

Layne and Tony had created a much sillier music video for "Heathens", featuring the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus, as their Halloween offering from PattyCake Productions the month before.

The guys (including J.None) collaborated with Kurt again almost a year later for a rendition of "Waving Through A Window" from Dear Evan Hansen that was released in January 2018.

[violetablood]

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

[mythigal1966]

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

[nerdhappenings]

What's This? - Voiceplay ft. J.None

[thehappysorceress]

In The Air Tonight - VoicePlay ft J.None (acapella) Phil Collins Cover

IT'S SO GOOD!!

[ambular-d]

VoicePlay Ft. J.None - Lose Control

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[oldfangirl81]

HELLFIRE - VoicePlay (acapella) ft J.None

[jamesphillimoresumbrella]

So VoicePlay is doing Hellfire from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and I am incapable of being normal about it.

This song. The themes of a villain who's convinced he's righteous and is more despicable because of that conviction, and the desire to possess versus love. And the juxtaposition of a man declaring that he is not at fault over the penitential prayer being chanted is just...it does me in. It always has.

And they did it so well. The full version's not out yet (but is on Patreon), but know that in the unlikely event that anyone needs me, you will need to peel me off the floor because that's what I am. Floored. Absolutely.

[marlenawatches]

Valhalla Calling - Miracle of Sound (acapella) VoicePlay ft J.NONE

I LOVE THESE GUYS HOLY SHIT

[yoursinharmony]

HELLFIRE - VoicePlay (acapella) ft J.None

Hellfire has never been this epic or chilling 🔥🥶

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Friends On The Other Side - VoicePlay Acapella ft. J.None

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