Chords for Voice Teacher Reacts to GEOFF CASTELLUCCI - Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers Cover)

Welcome back to The Vocalist.
Today we are listening to Jeff Castellucci and his cover of Ain't No Sunshine.
I have not heard any of his solo stuff before, only what he's done with voice play, so here we go.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ Ain't [B] no sunshine when [A] she's gone.
_ It's not warm when she's away.
_ [G] _ [A] _
Ain't no sunshine when [E] she's gone.
And this house just [D] ain't no home any time she [A] goes away.
_ Oh my [N] goodness.
I don't know why I was surprised when he first started singing.
I know he's a bass, but also like, so good.
I just want to hear this all again.
I know he's going to repeat these notes, but like, it just like resonates with your whole body and it just like gives me goosebumps.
It's so exciting.
So we're just going back to the very beginning.
Love the choice of doing your own harmonies.
I think it's just so brilliant when artists do that. _
Yeah, here we go.
[F#m] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ Ain't [B] no sunshine when [A] she's gone. _
_ It's not warm when she's away.
There ain't [D] no sunshine when [A] she's gone.
I'm going to back it up a little bit.
I love his use of a fry.
Just it's so, it's so tiny.
It's so tiny, but just to like, it just creates this gorgeous boomy sound.
It's not warm.
Let me go back a little bit.
Right here.
It's not warm when [A] she's away.
And he [F] did like a little flip there.
Ooh, okay.
I'm going to try to resist the [B] pause.
Here we go.
When [A] she's gone.
_ [A] _ It's not warm when she's away.
Ain't _ _ no sunshine when she's [E] gone.
And this [G] house just ain't [D] no home.
Anytime she [A] goes away.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
Anytime she goes away.
_ [G] _ [Am] Ain't [Em] no sunshine [Am] when she's gone.
I know, I know, [G] I know, I know, I [Am] know, I _ know, I know, yeah.
_ _ [G] _ [Am] I [A] wonder this time when she's gone.
Oh my [G] goodness. _ _
[N] I've not heard this part of his voice before. Um, okay.
One thing I do want to mention, I'm like so taken aback right now.
One thing I do want to mention is, I know this is pre-recorded and this is a music video,
but usually when singers are doing the video production aspect, they're still like live singing.
And I love how little he opens up his mouth because as a bass, generally you're already
singing with like beautiful wide open pharyngeal space.
And he really is taking advantage of the acoustical space in his mouth and not kind of closing
it off by hyper extending his jaw.
And I just, it's creating such a beautiful, [G] warm, luscious sound.
I'm going to go back and hit that transition again.
[Am] I know and I know. _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] I wonder this [Am] time where she's gone.
_ I wonder if she's gonna _ stay.
_ [A] [Am] Ain't no sunshine [Bm] when she's gone.
_ I was not prepared for this cover.
[A] _
[C#] His voice, wow.
_ It's still very round.
It's still very full, still very open.
But I love how he's taking advantage of like forward resonance here.
[Am]
She's gone.
No, I know, yeah.
_ [Em] _ _ [Am]
I wonder this time where she's gone.
It's so smooth.
I wonder if [G#] she's gone.
Ooh, and then here, I wonder.
When he goes up, you can hear that slight covered sound as he goes higher into his mix.
It's such a cool color.
_ [G]
I wonder [Am] _ if she's gonna stay. _
[A] _ Ain't no sunshine when she's [Em] gone.
She's always gone too [Dm] long.
Any time she goes [A] away.
[E] _
[Am] I love that transition.
Oh my goodness.
_ I know, [G] I know, I know.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[C] No sunshine when she's [Am] gone.
_ [Em] _
Okay, in terms of arrangements, I love what he's doing here.
Because obviously it could get real [N] dull singing.
I know, I know, I know.
So the fact that not only is he changing like timbre and color.
But he's really taking advantage of his entire range.
And just adding so much [G] variety here. _
Man, I'm going back.
There are just some beautiful places.
Oh!
I know, I [Am] know, I know, I know.
_ _ [Em] _ That!
Oh, I love [N] that.
That beautiful nasal resonance.
And then [Am] it just sounds like, ah, so cool.
Like rock star sound.
I love that.
Oh, I know, I know.
Oh, [Em] yeah.
_ [C] But ain't no sunshine when she's [Am] gone.
Beautiful.
Oh. _
All the darkness every day.
[G] That was [Am] smooth.
Oh, no sunshine [Em] when she's gone.
And this house just [D] ain't no home.
[C] Anytime.
_ _ [G] _ [C] _
Anytime.
_ [Am] No.
_ [G] _ _ [Am]
Anytime.
She _ goes on.
[Em] _ [Am] Oh, baby, no sunshine. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Mmm.
[G] _ Mmm.
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ Mmm.
[D#] I love bass voices.
And this was such a cool cover.
I love everything from the arrangement, the way he was able to showcase his range.
I've mentioned it before, but I just think he is such a smart singer.
And I really appreciate his technical know-how.
And he just makes it look easy.
He makes it look so effortless.
The cool thing about being a lower voice and spending a lot of time at the lower end of your range
is you sort of create this habit of singing with a very relaxed, open throat, free of tension.
And so it just makes your high notes that much more incredible
because you're not straining and you're not squeezing and you're not tightening.
And so I _ just want to hear more.
_ That is it for today.
So thank you for watching with me.
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