VoicePlay, The Air Tonight: Singer's Honest Reaction!

[@candilunsford2878]

This is why I say "the next one" is my favorite VoicePlay song. They just keep upping the bar. We knew Layne was going to nail the drum solo but his arrangement is sheer brilliance. I love how he lets everyone take a spotlight. Kudos to their hidden member Ed Boyer for his genius at mixing too.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Yes! Ed Boyer is a God at mixing A cappella music!

[@marshayoung9387]

@@JeffreyHackReacts let's not forget that either Layne or Geoff, whoever does the arrangement does the initial mixing & sends it off to Ed for the final mixing. You also interrupted Layne's drum solo & failed to mention how awesome he was, as always.

[@maloxi1472]

1:49 He's hitting a D1 (in his subharmonic register)

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Crazy!!!

[@bjspeck4337]

It is now my number one VoicePlay song, inching out Nothing Else Matters by a hair. I love (and can't believe) how outstanding their work is becoming. I can't wait to hear their next one. Same goes for Geoff's soloes...How lucky can we get. By the way, the 1972 Pontiac starring here belongs to Layne's dad who bought it new.

[@DTA-Music]

Actually, that was their featured guest and former member J.None in the car and wearing the red jacket. Cesar is the one with the varsity jacket. Also, just for the record, the title of the song is _In_ The Air Tonight. And yes, it's an incredible performance! But you cut right into the middle of the single most iconic part of it (Layne's drum break, which he pulled off to perfection) twice and didn't even seem to notice 😭

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Yeah, someone else also mentioned that I didn't catch onto it. But a reaction is a reaction, you know? 🤷‍♂️

[@marshayoung9387]

@@JeffreyHackReacts that's true but you kept going back to the others & left Layne out 😔

[@judithboulden3456]

​@@JeffreyHackReacts we might be a little protective of our fav guys. I ❤ your reactions. Thank you for taking your time and effort on VP and Geoff.

[@jenniferwalker5980]

Loved your reaction, I was dancing right along with you.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Haha, good! How can you not dance to it??

[@beckiramsey9561]

This was a great cover by VoicePlay!❤ Awesome reaction!

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Thanks Becki! 😁

[@marshayoung9387]

@@JeffreyHackReacts thank you for another great reaction to Voice Play. Please do a reaction video of Voice Plays cover " Peaches " ( Bowser, Mario, Luigi & Toad). Geoff really unleashes his inner Rock God in this one. Look out Eli, Geoff is coming for you lol. At the end one of Layne's daughters makes a cameo appearance as Peaches. It was originally done by Jack Black. Voice Plays did this live in the mall where Patty-cake studios is. It is short & another short one by Voice Play is their cover of " Your Man ". Because they are short you could do them both in one sitting if you would, please. All their shorts are done live in the same mall as Patty-cake studios.

[@ronsbrat525]

Great reaction Jeffrey. The fog in Cesar's clap was actually baby powder that cesar had in his hands when he clapped to make it look like fog. They do live event requests. They just did one several months ago at a private function in Naples Florida. 5 miles south of where they are in Orlando. With Ashley Diane in tow. I used to live in Naples several years so when they showed a picture of themselves outside I knew exactly where they were. The ritzy part of the city.

[@randrcramer]

Naples, FL is actually over 200 miles south of Orlando.

[@ronsbrat525]

@@randrcramer I know I guess I accidentally hit the wrong button. I lived in the Ft Myers area of Florida for 50 years. Been to pretty much all over FL in my lifetime (64 years). In 2016 I moved from Naples to Clearwater for awhile before moving back to Ft Myers with the little guy in my profile picture. Yep. Buddy's a skunk. Best pet I ever had.

[@ronsbrat525]

@@randrcramer Now that I think about it and reread my comment..... I meant to say 5 hours.... Not miles.

[@randrcramer]

@@ronsbrat525 that makes a lot more sense!😁

[@ronsbrat525]

@@randrcramer Yep. Orlando is 4 hours from Ft Myers. Naples is 1 hour south of FM. Naples is directly across the state from Miami. Ft Myers is across the state from West Palm Beach.

[@shirleykarr560]

I associate this song with the TV show Miami Vice as it was used in the sound track a lot. J.None is channeling Tubbs. Instead of another guy in pastels and three-day scruff for Crockett, they used neon pastels in the album art. Geoff said he's dressed like a character from an after school special. They apparently don't know anyone with a Ferrari so they borrowed the 1972 LeMans from Layne's dad, who's owned it since it was new. Layne's arrangement gave everyone a chance to shine.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

😁👍

[@WraithW69]

funny that the most iconic part of the song went unnoticed by you, the drum piece by Layne directly after you paused several times for Geoff lol, good reaction otherwise

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Just like any reaction, there's a lot to take in and there's so many brilliant parts to any VoicePlay song. Glad you enjoyed the reaction.

[@AudioVile]

I'm already subscribed because I like your reaction style. TO be brutal, this wasn't one of your better reactions. If you're going to "name drop," you should know who is who. Another suggestion is to pause when you want to comment more than a brief word. You did it later in the reaction. It's a good idea to back up a few seconds after pausing and commenting (my opinion). On the UP side, you clearly know about the engineering and postproduction 'biz.' I almost always learn something from your reactions!

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

I appreciate your honest criticism of this video. No video is going to be absolutely perfect, and I understand that I may make mistakes here and there. But recording these reactions is like "theatre", once you're in the moment, you can't redo that moment. The reason I sometimes talk over the song is because I'm reacting to copyright material and putting my voice over the music video makes it stand out as a commentary too. I'm glad that I've educated you and a lot of others on the post-production process of music. Thank you for your comment.

[@lesaahrenstein6360]

Great reaction. In Eli's solo part at the beginning he sounds like Phil Collins to me. Another reactor made the same observation. Speaking of weddings Scott Hoying is getting married soon.

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Well yay for Scott! That's awesome 😊

[@Juilene1965]

Phil Collins wasn't featured...just J. None LOL...but they did so damn brilliant! It's a Phil Collins song, but he didn't participate in this recording. I hope he sees it though!

[@carinarodebak9419]

A divorce song at a wedding? Not very likely. But I hear that are some who celebrate divorces with cake and proscuttio, so maybe then?😮 A perfect song from VP anyway.

[@karinwolf9639]

That's exactly what I thought...😂

[@ronsbrat525]

Me too.

[@DavideBaroni]

Hmmm... To play it at a WEDDING? A song about the anger and grievance of a DIVORCE? Are you sure? 🤔 Sincerely, I wouldn't. Unless at least one of the marrying people were long time enemy of mine 😁😅. Except for that, and the drum fill cut in the middle twice, good job. 🙂 See you next time!

[@karenponchak5304]

"Nice video effects there with the smoke and fog"??? Umm... lol. Real. No effects. Cesar had it (dirt/dust)in his hands when he clapped.

[@huldradraco]

he's actually right. special effects are physical effects, while visual effects are post production 🙂

[@JeffreyHackReacts]

Haha yes, SFX (special effects) are used on location of the production and VFX (visual effects) are used in post production.

[@traceyandrob13]

Just looking to see if done when Cesar and Deejay both ft with VoicePlay but you haven't it was BTS Song Butter. love see do Man in The Mirror too. I love to see a few more the ACA Top 10 like 80's cartoon, Sitcoms, Disney Hero's/ Villain's/ Sidekick's just to name a few more.

[@Watjalukinat]

Stopped twice during drums

[@skyrider4981]

Covering Phil Collins

[@christinestromberg4057]

Um no, no Phil Collins here. :) It's a Phil Collins original. Hence the 80s look and feel. To stop in the middle of Layne's iconic drum solo is sacrilege!

[@randrcramer]

Someone was really showing his age (or lack there of)!

[@Le7emeChat]

"It would be great at a wedding" The lyrics are about reconising the other as a deceiver-manipulator being reconize as such, and most likely to be expose ("I can feel it in the air tonight"). I mean great song, but wedding? Really?

[@melodiemalone2317]

Talk too much about Geoff and not the other individually !!!! 😠😠😠

[@cliffmorain7215]

Phil Collins's voice is not in this cover.