I am in complete & utter gratitude for your contributions to this world of doubt & shame. People in general are a complete wonder of what they may perceive from the bareing of one person's soul & journey in discovering one's true self in this life. You have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT. The human experience is more than any one person can imagine. I am completely HUMBLED with your transparency & personal insight to revealing yourself ... Please, don't be embarrassed or confused in your delivery of your message ... It is truly your own & I personally THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME & HONESTY WITH THIS PROCESS !!! It is a true honor to hear your words & thoughts on these matters of one's true self through reflection. I Truly think that you are gifted in a higher understanding of this Human Condition. Please continue in your vision of life, love & spirit. You are HEARD & HONORED in more ways than You could possibly imagine. With PEACE, LOVE & UNMEASUREABLE BLESSINGS ... Always my personal Best to You & Your's. THANK YOU DEVIN FOR BEING THE AUTHENTIC PERSON YOU ARE !!! TAB
I’m sure I speak for most people listening to this, we from our hearts truly appreciate you opening up to us in the way that you have. Means so much to us all.
He literally just told us that no one's opinion but his own matters to him. You wanna hear some songs you attached yourself to? Too bad, cuz it doesn't align with his...Imagine paying for a Spielberg boxset, and not getting Jurassic Park or Jaws simply because he didn't feel they are any good, or worse his cousin has a fear of sharks..... It's the most self absorbed bullshit to say to people who enjoy the music, support and PAY for everything that he does, but you only get what I feel you should. I won't go any further into the rest of the podcast..I've literally been sitting here grinding my teeth, trying to express my frustration. Seriously...if he wants to just play in Devy world for Devy, then he can do it alone, and leave my money and attention out of it.
@@woocifer and if you're talking about how he didn't go into each song in this podcast, your analogy holds no weight because you didn't pay anything. I'd personally rather hear his overall thoughts on the periods than "oh, I had an argument with my wife so i made storm in this tuning with this guitar. then we made up and i wrote slow me down using this plugin"
Dev, honestly the people who like you for all of who you are, are the best fans you can have. Don't ever worry that what you create won't be well received. To be perfectly honest, I don't LOVE all of your music, but what I do love, I love A LOT!! I liked your personality I before I listened to your music. And I'm very impressed at your ability and willingness to just DO new things despite what the response might be. And there's no shame in it being "your trip." What else do we know to write about than ourselves? It's the most honest thing you can write about.
Agreed. I've never been able to get into Deconstruction, the Ziltoid albums, and honestly not Empath either. But Epicloud, Sky Blue, Ocean Machine, Ki, Addicted, AE, some of my favorite albums ever.
The best fans are the ones that are honest about whether a musician delivers good music or not. Of course, the criticism should be diplomatically packaged. People who enjoy EVERYTHING a band does aren't fans, they are fanboiz. Music fans and members of cult worship, not the same necessarily,
@@scottmgagnon I've never heard of sky blue... I'll need to check it out. I love all the albums you listed and I agree with you on the ones you couldn't get into
I think I've said this before but I really wish more artists did stuff like this. I'm always fascinated about the creative journey when an album is created. Amazing as always.
Going to Starbucks with Devin would be a nightmare - "What do you want, man?" "I mean, the paths available to me, to us, can we really ever truly communicate to others the inherent meaning behind our...." "This guy....".
@X Y Can't deny that to be sure, I probably do have it lower. But I just found this funny, even though I really like and respect Dev as a musician and person (as far as I can tell from this podcasts). Probably even he himself would consider this funny, because... you know, life should not be taken too seriously. There is of course a room for being serious. As well as some space to laugh from us being serious. Stay safe and care for yourself during this hard time dude :)
These are shaping up to be some of the most impactful and longest set of slo-burn-ambient-rap-with-not-always-rhyming-but-definitely-touching-and-personal-lyrics ever assembled using bits (and pieces, so many pieces). Thank you! Thank you.
I'm so happy you're doing these, been highly anticipating them as they come. Love the brutal honesty, in-depth analysis, transparency, and philosophy behind it all. :)
Once you’re done with the albums, I think everyone would love to hear you interview some friends or people you admire, Dev. Oh, and maybe some episodes about your perspective on the world and life in more depth. You’re just a really interesting cat and you’re very eloquent, brotha. Keep ‘em coming!
Devin, I know you’ve heard this a thousand times before, but I can’t help but thank you for all of the music you’ve shared with us through the years and welcoming us into your personal life with these podcasts. These make for truly incredible listening. I guess if you get anything from this message, let it be this..... *I FUCKING LOVE YOU, DEV.*
I’m so excited you’re back with another podcast, Devy! Listening to these is very cathartic for me. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me throughout the years with your music and humor. I really appreciate everything you and your colleagues have done for music.
I completely understand the stream-of-conciousness style employed on this one and the reasons to employ it, however I have to say I do miss the song-by-song approach of the earlier episodes as it provided a wonderful sort of “travelogue” viewport into each album’s era and where your brain was at during that time. I do hope you continue this series. I find it fascinating to hear your perspective on the art I have experienced for over 20 years now, and for which I have only had my own interpretation.
Song-by-song is definitely the best way, rather than go into so much detail about some goofy woman who actually thinks Devin would do a make-fun-of-rape song. That woman is either thick or just trying to be PC for the sake of it.
@@Qwerty-ks8dn That was actually one of the interesting bits here, it says a lot about how people perceived this music when it came out and it makes me understand Devin's need to clarify his intentions a lot.
Then you are just seeing the woods for the trees. He pretty much talked about what the albums were about. Explained where was his mind at that point. If it was disappointing... well, not everything has an amazing backstory and taking into account this phase of his with the medications and all, doesn't surprise me everything seemed dull and most likely not worthy of his memories nowadays.
I was hitting refresh like a madman waiting for the next one of these! After listening to it once, it was a lot to take in, that I need to listen to it again to really begin to process it. I can hear the fatigue this is putting on you to go through these, and for that, I can't thank you enough for going into what went behind and into making these records. Hang in there Dev! Hopefully these crazy times will pass and we can get back to some sort of normalcy, instead of so much uncertainty. I look forward to the next one!
Our lives I'm told are construction and demolition going on all at the same time. Devin transmits this personally and it becomes inexplicable at times. But, nonetheless he does it magically and crystal clear on a soul ~feeling way. This is a beautiful day. I'm saddened and excited all at once to live in the now, sober, and present. Tears are streaming as I laugh at God's plan for me. I cannot simply deny the powerful movements that are life now, as it is, quick, fleeting, and planned. Thank you Devin. Your beautiful !
Hey Dev i hope you know that wherever your creative journey chooses to take you or whatever you decide to make next. The absolute worst reaction you will get from your real fans is giving it a few listens and deciding that it is amazing work but that it just isnt for them and they will look forward to your next album. Everyone knows that you make so many wildly different incredible things spanning so many different genres of music. After 20 or so records no one will hear the next one and think “this guy isn’t for me” you have so much talent in so many areas and your fans know that. Each new Devy album feels like an awesome lucky dip, will it be heavy, will it be mellow, will it be epic, will it be something entirely different like Casualties of Cool. All of which are amazing!! Some people may prefer one of those styles over others but after so many different records no one will think oh mellow Devy doesnt exist because ghost and ki were so long ago. Feel free to do whatever you like we will always love and respect you.
YESSSSSS! I just finished Terria, & was hoping for more. As someone who has had their own intense mental health struggles over the years, having been instilled with a similar "You're the one, you're the best" rhetoric at a young age, followed my own path of apathy & self-destruction when said illusions crumbled around me, & had a subsequent quest for repentance & absolution that I still find myself on, it's been a wonderful experience hearing you speak so candidly & openly about your own struggles with these pitfalls. Thank you for your openness and candor. You stated your intent behind these podcasts, & your music, was to help others. It does, more than you could know.
Dev always puts me in my feels.. like edge of tears.. great person.. AMAZING Musician. I hope you can finish these podcasts.. I hope you can get to deconstruction in at some point but I totally understand if you dont finish them in the days to come.. Its all very heavy.Indeed.
There podcasts have been the highlight of the pandemic for me. I was lucky enough to get to mix SYL on the Canadian tour with the smalls in the late 90s Seeing that band play night after night for awhile was by far far one of the highlights of my touring career over the last 25 years. Absolutley loving these podcasts, I am SUPER grateful to have these to listen to right now! Thanks so much Devin!!!!
I don't know if you will read this Devin, but I just want to tell you. Hearing the rawness and absolute openness of this from you is amazing. I can't speak for others, but I know a lot of these feelings. I played in a band that we had some mediocre success nothing to write home about but did some touring, had some articles written about in a few different national magazines and books as well, got some radio time, it was good. Then that band ended up splitting up, I've worked with a lot of great musicians, Samus is actually someone I know because he worked with my buddy Ken on the first full length Album from Abigail Williams who I've know Ken for years and the other musicians that were apart of that project. But you get to a point like you are talking about with DTB where you feel you have been looking for people who could do the most technical the most this and that, vs just who do you feel you can write the best music, the songs, the best jams with. There's a difference. After my old band split I started a project and worked with some very talented musicians and even had Fredrick Nordstrom mix and master the record. It came out great, but I always felt there was a lacking in what I was writing. I've been taking some time off from writing these last few years, and what you talked about with motivation for writing really hit home. There was a time where I sold all my gear and I focused on other things in life. I recently picked up a new keyboard and am also having my violin restored and started getting some new vocal recording stuff so I can start composing again. I think we have to go through so many changes in life to find what actually brings us back to why we loved something in the first place. I'm only about 40minutes into this podcast right now but I had to get this out there before I lost the train of thought. Anyways, again thank you for continuing to produce these and I still want to see you on the youtube show HOT ONES facing the wings of death! LOL
AE was my first taste of Devy. I had just moved out of my parents house. And away from home. I found a great little record shop and the shop owner recommended it along with some other stuff. My fall into the rabbit hole started there and it was defining. All of Devys stuff has helped me get through alot of stuff. Picked me up when I needed it. I will always be greatful for his music. Oh and that little record shop too!
Right? I knew SYL but heard "Storm" on college radio... 13 years ago? Saw him on a tour with Dark Tranquillity and Opeth which is crazy to think about, lol. Life.
One's "life journey" is an interesting thing. We get so "caught up" in the moments we live while experiencing them that hardly we are able to see the "full picture" of "where we are" and "what is happening" before we take distance from said moments. Only from a distance we are able to have a good perspective of the "motions" that structured those experiences, and those are vast. No wonder this artist has all these feelings while trying to find the "proper ground" for his next move... it is a lot of bagage. Being self-inquisitive, AND sensitive makes it all much harder... and SO very interesting to us. Personaly I love this "artistic biographies" where we can peek inside another person's mind and see what makes them move, and even how human they are. If his thoughts are honest enough like they seem to be, maybe there are at least a thing or two for everyone to learn from. Fascinating.
I haven't watched this one yet, I still have to go through the Terria one... but I have a sense that something really important is going on with these podcasts, and whatever it is, I'm glad to be witnessing it... Devin's words are so genuine and relatable, I can't imagine a more comfortable space than this right now. It's like, it's a real human being, talking about real human emotions, speaking of something which I can comprehend and empathize with. It's beautiful. Thank you for doing these, Dev.
It is my personal favorite of Devins. Storm is legitimately one of my favorite songs ever, I believe it's the bridge of the song where he absolutely releases his beast of a voice and it's unbelievably beautiful
hey Dev, I think it's OK for musicians (and poets and whatnot) to talk about their own experiences. it's a great way to connect with people who had similar experiences. it's healing for a person to recognize the same feelings in a song's lyrics, the realization that one's not alone with those kind of thoughts. so it's really not a selfish thing at all in the larger picture.
Devin your music has been the absolute fuel for trying to work from home these days, hard to focus at home but putting some headphones on and blaring your music just grants me a sense of focus and joy that really nothing else can achieve at the moment. Hope to see you for the 5th time if you return to Ireland again sometime after this is all over, stay awesome man! 🤘
Thank you Devin for continuing the podcast. Your knowledge, your courage to go through your past experience is very influential and helps me reflect on myself as a artist and human being. You are my music guru! I hope you will continue the podcast. Be ause if it's so beneficial to me to hear you speak of your experiences in all these su jects it must be for others, if not the same way, in others ways as well. Thank you Devin. Your encouragement through this podcast has helped me.with the material I am working on at the moment especially through these hard times. We need people like you now more than ever. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 for everything
So happy to hear you again! It takes some serious stones to approach and talk about ones past the way you are. But that’s why you’re the king! Stay hevy
Very interesting and insigthful, I'm just catching up on these podcasts, started listening about a week and a half ago or so (idk why, I think I thought they were something else and I didnt pay attention), thanks very much for sharing, Devin
I was fortunate to see and meet Dev for the second time during the early DTB days...benefit show...Richards on Richards. You guys were supposed to play for 30 minutes, you gave us 50 minutes and the amazing "Away/Solo\Deep Peace" live version....You rocked that SG and that Fender Strat and Evenlight opened. These records totally felt like a life transition for ya man. Alien and Sync felt like you were starting to really hit your stride in your 30's.
Last Minute was the first song I ever heard by Dev/SYL. I was an instant fan, and have been along for the ride ever since. Saw SYL live in 2005 and that was a bucket list item marked off.
Thank you!!! You are inspiring my creativity by allowing myself to jam, riffs and work on process. Listening to these has also been a piece of helping me realize that we all process things based around how present we are and timing. Life coaches can suck it!!! Hope you keep these going through Alien at least, really love hearing you process, and the process of, these albums all the good, bad, ugly, and beauty!!!
I know that most of what Dev is saying here pertains to the context of his creative process specifically but so much about the self analysis and obsessive thoughts resonates with some things I've been dealing with in my personal life lately. Very insightful and helps me put some things in perspective
This podcast always makes my day because you speak the truth most aren't willing to even admit to themselves. You absolutely have the right to say NO to people.
It’s funny hearing him talk about these two albums because these two albums are the ones when I really got into his stuff. I knew of him from Vai and came across City probably around 2000 and was digging it but when both AE and SYL came out I became huge fan and went and bought every album I missed previously and have purchased everything since. I think these albums along with Synchestra and Alien are my favorites. Everything he does though is amazing but these albums were pinnacle to me becoming a fan for life🤘🏻
Thanks Devin for thinking out loud. It's of great value vocalise what you feel within. In my opinion, by doing this, it the only way to move forward in life. Stay cool, be safe, be you. 😊🙏☀️
Thank you so much for sharing these podcasts. I have no opinion to offer on this medium but will say that there are elements which I feel already run concurrently with me moving forward in my own life - namaste Devin.
Haven’t heard it yet but..... Yay! The other podcasts so far, have been so devoid of bs that I can’t do anything but approach this with a joy that’s baggage free. The subjects and revelations are immaterial - it’s the honesty that is comforting to me. I’m going to stop this now, and experience it tomorrow while doing my job... outdoors and solitary, this will make good company.
It’s always bothered me that you clearly were not a big fan of AE but I didn’t know why. Now I finally understand. You are the artist so, ultimately, your truth is the reality but, in my world, AE is one of the finest collection of songs ever put onto plastic. Easily in my top 10, probably top 5, so I’m just grateful for you putting it out, in spite of your feelings for it👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Just thank you. Super interesting in so many ways. And I'm not even a fan just someone who has a lot of respect for your musicianship. And I love ocean machine. If you can, continue with this podcasts.
I hope this resonates with you as much as it did me. This is called Depression and Cabin fever. You are afraid of commitment and the finality of it all. The music is how you get your serotonin but too much of a good thing gets boring and tolerance in the form of monotony start to arise. So you have to look for another outlet. Change up the drugs so to speak. take up cooking, immediate results, little effort, make something french and delicate with iron and blowtorches, try fun new foods and flavors to change your serotonin supply. Look forward to making dinner. You sound like a Taoist. We exist, we can affect each other, but we do not want to impose on other people because we understand the miracle of it all and think so low of ourselves that we do not want to mess it all up. This is where finalizing a project and making plans comes into play. This is the root of self depreciation. You are amazing, We are all amazing. Life is amazing. All this hindsight talk makes me reflect and I fell that thoughts of "How did I", or "How could I?" come up and the result is basically, we start flawed and are imposed laws (some good some bad, some social, some family, not just legal definition) but do not fully form the idea of consequence until after 20 years of age, and in the first 20 years of life we build some pretty thick walls on the foundations given to us by the laws. Though we mean well and get it wrong every time, but it will all be OK because nobody is perfect, everyone/everything changes, nothing complete is ever complete and the ideas are allowed to change. Teaching ourselves that everything is OK and is a talent we have to build. This is difficult because the Ego says "We don't want to change", and since the Ego is really tied to Serotonin because praise always feels good, we tend to reinforce the Ego and unfortunately require a large dose of "look at the world and figure it out" to break the autopilot of serotonin bumping. Also TH-cam and other social networks allow people to boast, brag, and express themselves but due to internal conflict a lot of them try to hype and boost the "feel" of it all, which imposes doubt on others who cannot do as well or see success in ways they have failed before but do not take inspiration from it. Take care of your baggage, Its a Self feeding beast. "Look at the world and figure it out" is the only thing we are tasked with from birth. Want food? figure it out or die. Want warmth? etc etc etc. We luckily get cared for, we eventually figure it out, and then we figure out the pathway for learning. Once we use the tools to learn things, we have to learn a lot (school, politics, look over here society) and get distracted or overloaded in that direction but forget to learn about our real requirements. Metropolis lifestyle is a whole other topic. Once we get used to teaching ourselves, we start to look at the fact we notice that we notice that we noticed that we are changing ourselves and have the ability to become whatever we want because we now have the tools and the life to make it happen. Some people will then have a mid-life crisis or become a Yogi. Simply because they were not happy with themselves and try to change. Some will do that forever, Some will keep changing. Some are happy with themselves and way of life and just decide to become better or worse people based on their views of society. What you become is really based on how forgiving you are towards yourself and accept good things, solve bad things. You got through the beginning, you have experience here, figure it out, but if you fail, forgive yourself, learn from it, stop running from it. We are entertained by you. You appear to be honest and forward with your music and productions. You create a great sounding board for us to bounce our memories off of and see if they spin the same way. Trial and error is a major learning method we use in curious people. (and if you say you're not curious because of what happened to the cat then you have a law wall) but trial and error in ways of life is expensive, scary, and hard to attain for most and the next form of learning we have is comparison of others results, but due to the internal Ego of others who want to display themselves as "better than" or "not broken" might impart a false spin and feed the beast a little. Either you are a better con-man than the rest or you don't run a con. We also understand (at some level) that anyone who makes entertainment will have views that are different than others. That is the exciting and important part of it all. If you get butt-hurt over someones music then you need to look inward and figure it out, but remember, nobody is perfect, we can all change. You only get one shot at life. Nobody gets a perfect score. Nobody gets out alive. Nothing is forever. Enjoy. P.S. If you change and never play again, It would suck for the world, but just like your B-day plans, If you need to change, you need to change. The world will have to figure it out. This isn't slavery, you are only human. You do YOU, and remember YOU can always come back to music.
Hey man, I love these and don't mind if you need more time before putting them up for your comfort or wellbeing. You rock, we love you, and as you said nobody has their life together, so we understand.
Wow! If two of your less cared albums are some of my life's favorites, Please release any other "half-assed" (in your opinion) music, because they can be real hidden gems. I bet you have gigabytes of unreleased great music somewhere
Devin. You are the best. I admire you because youre not afraid to tell what happened in this period of your life. It takes a strong person to say these things in public. If you want to quit this, we understand. But the lessons we learn from these podcasts are things we need, because selfexploring that stuff doesnt look healthy... cheers buddy! Keep your chin up and your guitar high! Yay
AE was the first Devin album I ever listened to and everytime I listen to "Storm" I become an inner content with myself that no other song can. When I met Devin when he did his guitar clinic in Melbourne Australia I asked him to sign AE and he smiled and said he hadnt listed to this album in years! Im so glad he has been rehashing it this quarintine :)
Do you do it for validation, do you do it altruistically to help others.. Maybe you just do it because you enjoy doing it. Playing guitar , singing , creating.. it´s fun , isn´t it? It´s a drag as well, sure but watching you play I can see you clearly resonate with what you´re doing yourself. Isn´t that enough? I for one always resonate with the music itself. I love your song deadhead but I fell in love with it not because of the lyrics, not because of the grand concept of the record, not because of the meaning you gave it in your mind but simply because the air you move with your band reaches my eardrums and then converts into an impulse that reaches my brain and touches my subconscious in a way that makes me want to cry. In a good way. And that´s before I´ve listened to the lyrics, before I´ve given it any meaning whatsoever. And I think you can feel it when you play it. So again.. Isn´t that enough?
This is an interesting one for me, and it's been interesting to read other people's opinions in the comments. SYL is the only SYL record I've not listened to (Alien was my first). I was put off by not getting into Relentless and by a song being titled "Rape Song", something Dev discusses in this podcast (and I'm glad he does). Accelerated Evolution is an album I'd bought around 2011 when I was exploring his back catalogue after getting into DTP and was filling in gaps, and it didn't gel with me. I think the forgettable artwork didn't help it stand out from Synchestra and Terria, which I'd picked up around the same time. A friend telling me AE was something along the lines of his favourite Devin album did make me reconsider it and I do find it an easy album to stick on, especially in the background to doing something else. Now it is one of the first of his albums I'll reach for in that situation.
Disappointing to hear that Dev doesn't really like AE, it is just such an amazing album! I like that he acknowledges that he does not want that to affect anyone close to the album, but just from a musical and composition aspect, wow, what a record. So complete, so huge sonically, so atmospheric. Easily in my top three Devy albums! Love these podcasts for sure, helping a huge DT fan like me get through these times!
I wouldn't take it too seriously. Artists are notoriously too self-critical. AE is a genius album by any standard. But we know how humble Devin is, to the point when you just want to slap him and scream at him: Dev, shut the fuck up already!!!
Damn Devin you hitting close to home on the collateral damage part. I just went through a situation like that, this is just reassurance on the decisions I made. Thank you
It's Back! It's Back! Oh Joy Oh Joy!! Also "Relentless" was the first Strapping Young Lad song that brought me to the World of Devin Townsend! S.Y.L 4 LIFE!!!
Thanks for filling my one-hour-each-way-drive-to-and-from-work periods with these podcasts recently. Even at your most rambling, it is all educational stuff for people who have followed your music , and (I think) maybe even for those who haven't. It's good stuff, but 'good' is a relative adjective, which seems to be one of the themes of this 'pod...cast'. They are something you could just.... keep doing.... when you feel like it. If you got inspired, talking with others would be the next level. You and Ginger on a podcast? You and Vai? So much potential.
Can't wait to hear about Alien. No matter what Dev says, nothing will change my own attitude to these albums. They're all fucking fantastic and Dev is too humble to admit it.
I love how devin put the heart and the brain to the talk. Listening how deeply (or Not) he involve in each record and how, musically speaking, writte (or not jaja) each song. Teach-nique and feeling. Waiting for the new black album! ...I Don't think he talk about empath but love to hear also
When i was a kid, about 7/8 years old and i started to notice the suffering in the world, and it seemed easier to adopt a form of solipsism (the belief that other people exist in my mind only) than it was to accept that they, real people, were really suffering.
"Bring on the young" is still one of the most brutal and dynamic vocal performances ever. It's downright frightening. It doesn't sound flippant or disinterested to me. It sounds more like you may have bloodied your throat by the end. No one sings with that kind of ferocity. Also the note at the end of the "HATE...HATE..." gang vocal section seems so high it must have squeezed through the edges of your eye sockets. Just thought I'd point that out.
I was 17 y.o. when I bought these two albums together, and that was how it started. And I liked them both, AE probably was a bit more engaging, and also a first example for me how music can be tight and heavy, but at the same time so bright and kinda uplifting. I had no idea about all these things in your head, just enjoying, opening a new world for myself. But... what did I want to say? It seems to be like three diferent things: what the creator thinks at the time of making, what the music really comes out to be, and what people finally hear... Interesting, how these things are connected.
I am in complete & utter gratitude for your contributions to this world of doubt & shame. People in general are a complete wonder of what they may perceive from the bareing of one person's soul & journey in discovering one's true self in this life. You have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED ABOUT. The human experience is more than any one person can imagine. I am completely HUMBLED with your transparency & personal insight to revealing yourself ... Please, don't be embarrassed or confused in your delivery of your message ... It is truly your own & I personally THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME & HONESTY WITH THIS PROCESS !!! It is a true honor to hear your words & thoughts on these matters of one's true self through reflection. I Truly think that you are gifted in a higher understanding of this Human Condition. Please continue in your vision of life, love & spirit. You are HEARD & HONORED in more ways than You could possibly imagine.
With PEACE, LOVE & UNMEASUREABLE BLESSINGS ... Always my personal Best to You & Your's.
THANK YOU DEVIN FOR BEING THE AUTHENTIC PERSON YOU ARE !!! TAB
I’m sure I speak for most people listening to this, we from our hearts truly appreciate you opening up to us in the way that you have. Means so much to us all.
Totally agreed!
He literally just told us that no one's opinion but his own matters to him. You wanna hear some songs you attached yourself to? Too bad, cuz it doesn't align with his...Imagine paying for a Spielberg boxset, and not getting Jurassic Park or Jaws simply because he didn't feel they are any good, or worse his cousin has a fear of sharks..... It's the most self absorbed bullshit to say to people who enjoy the music, support and PAY for everything that he does, but you only get what I feel you should. I won't go any further into the rest of the podcast..I've literally been sitting here grinding my teeth, trying to express my frustration. Seriously...if he wants to just play in Devy world for Devy, then he can do it alone, and leave my money and attention out of it.
@@woocifer how boring the world would be if all musicians only made music that would appease their fans instead of following their own creative path
@@woocifer and if you're talking about how he didn't go into each song in this podcast, your analogy holds no weight because you didn't pay anything. I'd personally rather hear his overall thoughts on the periods than "oh, I had an argument with my wife so i made storm in this tuning with this guitar. then we made up and i wrote slow me down using this plugin"
@@woocifer you always can listen to britney spears or some product made just for the listener
Dev, honestly the people who like you for all of who you are, are the best fans you can have. Don't ever worry that what you create won't be well received. To be perfectly honest, I don't LOVE all of your music, but what I do love, I love A LOT!! I liked your personality I before I listened to your music. And I'm very impressed at your ability and willingness to just DO new things despite what the response might be. And there's no shame in it being "your trip." What else do we know to write about than ourselves? It's the most honest thing you can write about.
Great summary that. I'm the same. Don't love it all but REALLY LOVE what I do. Well said :)
Agreed. I've never been able to get into Deconstruction, the Ziltoid albums, and honestly not Empath either. But Epicloud, Sky Blue, Ocean Machine, Ki, Addicted, AE, some of my favorite albums ever.
The best fans are the ones that are honest about whether a musician delivers good music or not. Of course, the criticism should be diplomatically packaged. People who enjoy EVERYTHING a band does aren't fans, they are fanboiz. Music fans and members of cult worship, not the same necessarily,
@@scottmgagnon I've never heard of sky blue... I'll need to check it out. I love all the albums you listed and I agree with you on the ones you couldn't get into
Alex Murphy that‘s the ‚not-ziltoid‘ cd of ziltoid 2, the one that starts with rejoice and fallout
I think I've said this before but I really wish more artists did stuff like this. I'm always fascinated about the creative journey when an album is created. Amazing as always.
Going to Starbucks with Devin would be a nightmare - "What do you want, man?" "I mean, the paths available to me, to us, can we really ever truly communicate to others the inherent meaning behind our...." "This guy....".
And then, the Tall Latte ptsd comes up.
Dude, that's so good, lmao
@X Y Can't deny that to be sure, I probably do have it lower. But I just found this funny, even though I really like and respect Dev as a musician and person (as far as I can tell from this podcasts). Probably even he himself would consider this funny, because... you know, life should not be taken too seriously. There is of course a room for being serious. As well as some space to laugh from us being serious.
Stay safe and care for yourself during this hard time dude :)
@X Y And what is your IQ compered to Devin's?
You forgot to use the word "ultimately" three times🤣
These are shaping up to be some of the most impactful and longest set of slo-burn-ambient-rap-with-not-always-rhyming-but-definitely-touching-and-personal-lyrics ever assembled using bits (and pieces, so many pieces).
Thank you! Thank you.
When I listen to these, I kinda feel like I'm Devin's psychotherapist.
I'm so happy you're doing these, been highly anticipating them as they come. Love the brutal honesty, in-depth analysis, transparency, and philosophy behind it all. :)
Depth Charge Analysis?
@@Qwerty-ks8dn Random Analysis 😏
Once you’re done with the albums, I think everyone would love to hear you interview some friends or people you admire, Dev. Oh, and maybe some episodes about your perspective on the world and life in more depth.
You’re just a really interesting cat and you’re very eloquent, brotha. Keep ‘em coming!
TheHistoricalMan imagine if he managed to get Vai on
You called it!
Devin,
I know you’ve heard this a thousand times before, but I can’t help but thank you for all of the music you’ve shared with us through the years and welcoming us into your personal life with these podcasts. These make for truly incredible listening. I guess if you get anything from this message, let it be this.....
*I FUCKING LOVE YOU, DEV.*
I’m so excited you’re back with another podcast, Devy! Listening to these is very cathartic for me. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me throughout the years with your music and humor. I really appreciate everything you and your colleagues have done for music.
I completely understand the stream-of-conciousness style employed on this one and the reasons to employ it, however I have to say I do miss the song-by-song approach of the earlier episodes as it provided a wonderful sort of “travelogue” viewport into each album’s era and where your brain was at during that time. I do hope you continue this series. I find it fascinating to hear your perspective on the art I have experienced for over 20 years now, and for which I have only had my own interpretation.
Same... Barely talked about the actual albums or songs :/
Song-by-song is definitely the best way, rather than go into so much detail about some goofy woman who actually thinks Devin would do a make-fun-of-rape song. That woman is either thick or just trying to be PC for the sake of it.
Yea. After performing Deadhead almost every single gig since then, you'd imagine there was more behind that song than just "I thought it's cool".
@@Qwerty-ks8dn That was actually one of the interesting bits here, it says a lot about how people perceived this music when it came out and it makes me understand Devin's need to clarify his intentions a lot.
Then you are just seeing the woods for the trees. He pretty much talked about what the albums were about. Explained where was his mind at that point. If it was disappointing... well, not everything has an amazing backstory and taking into account this phase of his with the medications and all, doesn't surprise me everything seemed dull and most likely not worthy of his memories nowadays.
What I love about this is it makes me think about the time in my life I was listening to these albums too. Keep em up!
Thank you Hevy devy.
I appreciate you for who you are, and what you do.
Thanks so much for opening up to your fans.
I was hitting refresh like a madman waiting for the next one of these! After listening to it once, it was a lot to take in, that I need to listen to it again to really begin to process it. I can hear the fatigue this is putting on you to go through these, and for that, I can't thank you enough for going into what went behind and into making these records. Hang in there Dev! Hopefully these crazy times will pass and we can get back to some sort of normalcy, instead of so much uncertainty. I look forward to the next one!
Our lives I'm told are construction and demolition going on all at the same time. Devin transmits this personally and it becomes inexplicable at times. But, nonetheless he does it magically and crystal clear on a soul ~feeling way. This is a beautiful day. I'm saddened and excited all at once to live in the now, sober, and present. Tears are streaming as I laugh at God's plan for me. I cannot simply deny the powerful movements that are life now, as it is, quick, fleeting, and planned. Thank you Devin. Your beautiful !
Hey Dev i hope you know that wherever your creative journey chooses to take you or whatever you decide to make next. The absolute worst reaction you will get from your real fans is giving it a few listens and deciding that it is amazing work but that it just isnt for them and they will look forward to your next album. Everyone knows that you make so many wildly different incredible things spanning so many different genres of music. After 20 or so records no one will hear the next one and think “this guy isn’t for me” you have so much talent in so many areas and your fans know that. Each new Devy album feels like an awesome lucky dip, will it be heavy, will it be mellow, will it be epic, will it be something entirely different like Casualties of Cool. All of which are amazing!! Some people may prefer one of those styles over others but after so many different records no one will think oh mellow Devy doesnt exist because ghost and ki were so long ago. Feel free to do whatever you like we will always love and respect you.
YESSSSSS! I just finished Terria, & was hoping for more.
As someone who has had their own intense mental health struggles over the years, having been instilled with a similar "You're the one, you're the best" rhetoric at a young age, followed my own path of apathy & self-destruction when said illusions crumbled around me, & had a subsequent quest for repentance & absolution that I still find myself on, it's been a wonderful experience hearing you speak so candidly & openly about your own struggles with these pitfalls.
Thank you for your openness and candor. You stated your intent behind these podcasts, & your music, was to help others. It does, more than you could know.
Dev always puts me in my feels.. like edge of tears.. great person.. AMAZING Musician. I hope you can finish these podcasts.. I hope you can get to deconstruction in at some point but I totally understand if you dont finish them in the days to come.. Its all very heavy.Indeed.
There podcasts have been the highlight of the pandemic for me. I was lucky enough to get to mix SYL on the Canadian tour with the smalls in the late 90s Seeing that band play night after night for awhile was by far far one of the highlights of my touring career over the last 25 years. Absolutley loving these podcasts, I am SUPER grateful to have these to listen to right now! Thanks so much Devin!!!!
I don't know if you will read this Devin, but I just want to tell you. Hearing the rawness and absolute openness of this from you is amazing. I can't speak for others, but I know a lot of these feelings. I played in a band that we had some mediocre success nothing to write home about but did some touring, had some articles written about in a few different national magazines and books as well, got some radio time, it was good. Then that band ended up splitting up, I've worked with a lot of great musicians, Samus is actually someone I know because he worked with my buddy Ken on the first full length Album from Abigail Williams who I've know Ken for years and the other musicians that were apart of that project. But you get to a point like you are talking about with DTB where you feel you have been looking for people who could do the most technical the most this and that, vs just who do you feel you can write the best music, the songs, the best jams with. There's a difference. After my old band split I started a project and worked with some very talented musicians and even had Fredrick Nordstrom mix and master the record. It came out great, but I always felt there was a lacking in what I was writing. I've been taking some time off from writing these last few years, and what you talked about with motivation for writing really hit home. There was a time where I sold all my gear and I focused on other things in life. I recently picked up a new keyboard and am also having my violin restored and started getting some new vocal recording stuff so I can start composing again. I think we have to go through so many changes in life to find what actually brings us back to why we loved something in the first place. I'm only about 40minutes into this podcast right now but I had to get this out there before I lost the train of thought. Anyways, again thank you for continuing to produce these and I still want to see you on the youtube show HOT ONES facing the wings of death! LOL
AE was my first taste of Devy. I had just moved out of my parents house. And away from home. I found a great little record shop and the shop owner recommended it along with some other stuff. My fall into the rabbit hole started there and it was defining.
All of Devys stuff has helped me get through alot of stuff. Picked me up when I needed it. I will always be greatful for his music. Oh and that little record shop too!
Right? I knew SYL but heard "Storm" on college radio... 13 years ago? Saw him on a tour with Dark Tranquillity and Opeth which is crazy to think about, lol. Life.
Love this series Devin. Your music, podcasts and streams have been a treasure
One's "life journey" is an interesting thing. We get so "caught up" in the moments we live while experiencing them that hardly we are able to see the "full picture" of "where we are" and "what is happening" before we take distance from said moments. Only from a distance we are able to have a good perspective of the "motions" that structured those experiences, and those are vast. No wonder this artist has all these feelings while trying to find the "proper ground" for his next move... it is a lot of bagage. Being self-inquisitive, AND sensitive makes it all much harder... and SO very interesting to us. Personaly I love this "artistic biographies" where we can peek inside another person's mind and see what makes them move, and even how human they are. If his thoughts are honest enough like they seem to be, maybe there are at least a thing or two for everyone to learn from. Fascinating.
I haven't watched this one yet, I still have to go through the Terria one... but I have a sense that something really important is going on with these podcasts, and whatever it is, I'm glad to be witnessing it... Devin's words are so genuine and relatable, I can't imagine a more comfortable space than this right now. It's like, it's a real human being, talking about real human emotions, speaking of something which I can comprehend and empathize with. It's beautiful.
Thank you for doing these, Dev.
Accelerated Evolution is one of my favorite albums of yours.
It is my personal favorite of Devins. Storm is legitimately one of my favorite songs ever, I believe it's the bridge of the song where he absolutely releases his beast of a voice and it's unbelievably beautiful
Thank you Devin for continuing these. I hope they help you as much as they do me
hey Dev, I think it's OK for musicians (and poets and whatnot) to talk about their own experiences. it's a great way to connect with people who had similar experiences. it's healing for a person to recognize the same feelings in a song's lyrics, the realization that one's not alone with those kind of thoughts. so it's really not a selfish thing at all in the larger picture.
Devin your music has been the absolute fuel for trying to work from home these days, hard to focus at home but putting some headphones on and blaring your music just grants me a sense of focus and joy that really nothing else can achieve at the moment. Hope to see you for the 5th time if you return to Ireland again sometime after this is all over, stay awesome man! 🤘
Thank you Devin for continuing the podcast. Your knowledge, your courage to go through your past experience is very influential and helps me reflect on myself as a artist and human being. You are my music guru! I hope you will continue the podcast. Be ause if it's so beneficial to me to hear you speak of your experiences in all these su jects it must be for others, if not the same way, in others ways as well. Thank you Devin. Your encouragement through this podcast has helped me.with the material I am working on at the moment especially through these hard times. We need people like you now more than ever. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 for everything
Happy belated birthday Dev- you’re getting better with age. We love you. 🎉🐙🐋🎈
Love the honesty of your podcasts Dev! Keep them up.
Love the end. In the words of Vintersorg, "so sharpen your mind tools. Cause the thinking of thinking, evolves your thinking".
So happy to hear you again! It takes some serious stones to approach and talk about ones past the way you are. But that’s why you’re the king! Stay hevy
Very interesting and insigthful, I'm just catching up on these podcasts, started listening about a week and a half ago or so (idk why, I think I thought they were something else and I didnt pay attention), thanks very much for sharing, Devin
I was fortunate to see and meet Dev for the second time during the early DTB days...benefit show...Richards on Richards. You guys were supposed to play for 30 minutes, you gave us 50 minutes and the amazing "Away/Solo\Deep Peace" live version....You rocked that SG and that Fender Strat and Evenlight opened.
These records totally felt like a life transition for ya man. Alien and Sync felt like you were starting to really hit your stride in your 30's.
Away/Solo/Deep Peace was amazing
Great podcast I hope he continues to do more
Last Minute was the first song I ever heard by Dev/SYL. I was an instant fan, and have been along for the ride ever since. Saw SYL live in 2005 and that was a bucket list item marked off.
Thank you!!! You are inspiring my creativity by allowing myself to jam, riffs and work on process. Listening to these has also been a piece of helping me realize that we all process things based around how present we are and timing. Life coaches can suck it!!! Hope you keep these going through Alien at least, really love hearing you process, and the process of, these albums all the good, bad, ugly, and beauty!!!
Dev, thank you so much for doing these. Massively appreciated.
Notification gang, been waiting for this!
Reporting for duty!
Indeed!
I’m on it
I know that most of what Dev is saying here pertains to the context of his creative process specifically but so much about the self analysis and obsessive thoughts resonates with some things I've been dealing with in my personal life lately. Very insightful and helps me put some things in perspective
This podcast always makes my day because you speak the truth most aren't willing to even admit to themselves. You absolutely have the right to say NO to people.
Thank you very much for releasing these podcasts, Devin. I absolutely love them.
WE LOVE YOU FOREVER DEVIN!! YOU'RE A LEGEND!!! THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WISDOM TIME AND LIFE BRINGS!!!
It’s funny hearing him talk about these two albums because these two albums are the ones when I really got into his stuff. I knew of him from Vai and came across City probably around 2000 and was digging it but when both AE and SYL came out I became huge fan and went and bought every album I missed previously and have purchased everything since. I think these albums along with Synchestra and Alien are my favorites. Everything he does though is amazing but these albums were pinnacle to me becoming a fan for life🤘🏻
I don't think SYL gets enough love. It's my favorite Strapping album besides City. "Bring On the Young" is an absolute powerhouse.
eagerly awaiting the next of these
Thanks Devin for thinking out loud. It's of great value vocalise what you feel within. In my opinion, by doing this, it the only way to move forward in life. Stay cool, be safe, be you. 😊🙏☀️
Thank you so much for sharing these podcasts. I have no opinion to offer on this medium but will say that there are elements which I feel already run concurrently with me moving forward in my own life - namaste Devin.
thank you based dev, I've missed these so much! and literally perfect timing as I just got to work and have 4 hours of menial tasks to do :)
Haven’t heard it yet but..... Yay! The other podcasts so far, have been so devoid of bs that I can’t do anything but approach this with a joy that’s baggage free. The subjects and revelations are immaterial - it’s the honesty that is comforting to me. I’m going to stop this now, and experience it tomorrow while doing my job... outdoors and solitary, this will make good company.
It’s always bothered me that you clearly were not a big fan of AE but I didn’t know why. Now I finally understand. You are the artist so, ultimately, your truth is the reality but, in my world, AE is one of the finest collection of songs ever put onto plastic. Easily in my top 10, probably top 5, so I’m just grateful for you putting it out, in spite of your feelings for it👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Just thank you. Super interesting in so many ways. And I'm not even a fan just someone who has a lot of respect for your musicianship. And I love ocean machine. If you can, continue with this podcasts.
Great stuff, so glad you are continuing despite all you are going through. Thank you!
I hope this resonates with you as much as it did me. This is called Depression and Cabin fever. You are afraid of commitment and the finality of it all. The music is how you get your serotonin but too much of a good thing gets boring and tolerance in the form of monotony start to arise. So you have to look for another outlet. Change up the drugs so to speak. take up cooking, immediate results, little effort, make something french and delicate with iron and blowtorches, try fun new foods and flavors to change your serotonin supply. Look forward to making dinner.
You sound like a Taoist. We exist, we can affect each other, but we do not want to impose on other people because we understand the miracle of it all and think so low of ourselves that we do not want to mess it all up. This is where finalizing a project and making plans comes into play. This is the root of self depreciation. You are amazing, We are all amazing. Life is amazing.
All this hindsight talk makes me reflect and I fell that thoughts of "How did I", or "How could I?" come up and the result is basically, we start flawed and are imposed laws (some good some bad, some social, some family, not just legal definition) but do not fully form the idea of consequence until after 20 years of age, and in the first 20 years of life we build some pretty thick walls on the foundations given to us by the laws. Though we mean well and get it wrong every time, but it will all be OK because nobody is perfect, everyone/everything changes, nothing complete is ever complete and the ideas are allowed to change.
Teaching ourselves that everything is OK and is a talent we have to build. This is difficult because the Ego says "We don't want to change", and since the Ego is really tied to Serotonin because praise always feels good, we tend to reinforce the Ego and unfortunately require a large dose of "look at the world and figure it out" to break the autopilot of serotonin bumping. Also TH-cam and other social networks allow people to boast, brag, and express themselves but due to internal conflict a lot of them try to hype and boost the "feel" of it all, which imposes doubt on others who cannot do as well or see success in ways they have failed before but do not take inspiration from it. Take care of your baggage, Its a Self feeding beast.
"Look at the world and figure it out" is the only thing we are tasked with from birth. Want food? figure it out or die. Want warmth? etc etc etc. We luckily get cared for, we eventually figure it out, and then we figure out the pathway for learning. Once we use the tools to learn things, we have to learn a lot (school, politics, look over here society) and get distracted or overloaded in that direction but forget to learn about our real requirements. Metropolis lifestyle is a whole other topic. Once we get used to teaching ourselves, we start to look at the fact we notice that we notice that we noticed that we are changing ourselves and have the ability to become whatever we want because we now have the tools and the life to make it happen.
Some people will then have a mid-life crisis or become a Yogi. Simply because they were not happy with themselves and try to change. Some will do that forever, Some will keep changing. Some are happy with themselves and way of life and just decide to become better or worse people based on their views of society. What you become is really based on how forgiving you are towards yourself and accept good things, solve bad things. You got through the beginning, you have experience here, figure it out, but if you fail, forgive yourself, learn from it, stop running from it.
We are entertained by you. You appear to be honest and forward with your music and productions. You create a great sounding board for us to bounce our memories off of and see if they spin the same way. Trial and error is a major learning method we use in curious people. (and if you say you're not curious because of what happened to the cat then you have a law wall) but trial and error in ways of life is expensive, scary, and hard to attain for most and the next form of learning we have is comparison of others results, but due to the internal Ego of others who want to display themselves as "better than" or "not broken" might impart a false spin and feed the beast a little.
Either you are a better con-man than the rest or you don't run a con. We also understand (at some level) that anyone who makes entertainment will have views that are different than others. That is the exciting and important part of it all. If you get butt-hurt over someones music then you need to look inward and figure it out, but remember, nobody is perfect, we can all change.
You only get one shot at life.
Nobody gets a perfect score.
Nobody gets out alive.
Nothing is forever.
Enjoy.
P.S. If you change and never play again, It would suck for the world, but just like your B-day plans, If you need to change, you need to change. The world will have to figure it out. This isn't slavery, you are only human. You do YOU, and remember YOU can always come back to music.
DEVIN TOWNSEND PODCAST!
Thank you for each and every word, I needed this right now!
Hey man, I love these and don't mind if you need more time before putting them up for your comfort or wellbeing. You rock, we love you, and as you said nobody has their life together, so we understand.
Wow! If two of your less cared albums are some of my life's favorites, Please release any other "half-assed" (in your opinion) music, because they can be real hidden gems. I bet you have gigabytes of unreleased great music somewhere
Devin. You are the best. I admire you because youre not afraid to tell what happened in this period of your life. It takes a strong person to say these things in public. If you want to quit this, we understand. But the lessons we learn from these podcasts are things we need, because selfexploring that stuff doesnt look healthy... cheers buddy! Keep your chin up and your guitar high! Yay
AE was the first Devin album I ever listened to and everytime I listen to "Storm" I become an inner content with myself that no other song can.
When I met Devin when he did his guitar clinic in Melbourne Australia I asked him to sign AE and he smiled and said he hadnt listed to this album in years! Im so glad he has been rehashing it this quarintine :)
Hi Devin i love earing your PodCast because when i ear i also learn a litle bit about Myself through your Problems. Thank you , it means a lot.
I really like this podcast. I have been following your music for 14 years
*PLEASE CONTINUE THESE, DEV!*
*My hype is immeasurable*
*And My Day is Beautifully ruined*
@@bakalaudia5620 fetid
I can only say Thank You, Devin and I hope you Will continue to do these honest, poweful and wonderful podcasts 🙏
This book might help you on the road Devin: Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, David R. Hawkins ✌ Love the content as usual!
Ironic suggestion?
@@ehcmier have you read it?
Do you do it for validation, do you do it altruistically to help others.. Maybe you just do it because you enjoy doing it. Playing guitar , singing , creating.. it´s fun , isn´t it? It´s a drag as well, sure but watching you play I can see you clearly resonate with what you´re doing yourself. Isn´t that enough?
I for one always resonate with the music itself. I love your song deadhead but I fell in love with it not because of the lyrics, not because of the grand concept of the record, not because of the meaning you gave it in your mind but simply because the air you move with your band reaches my eardrums and then converts into an impulse that reaches my brain and touches my subconscious in a way that makes me want to cry. In a good way. And that´s before I´ve listened to the lyrics, before I´ve given it any meaning whatsoever. And I think you can feel it when you play it. So again.. Isn´t that enough?
Being looking forward to this on! Thanks Dev. Storm!!!
This is an interesting one for me, and it's been interesting to read other people's opinions in the comments. SYL is the only SYL record I've not listened to (Alien was my first). I was put off by not getting into Relentless and by a song being titled "Rape Song", something Dev discusses in this podcast (and I'm glad he does). Accelerated Evolution is an album I'd bought around 2011 when I was exploring his back catalogue after getting into DTP and was filling in gaps, and it didn't gel with me. I think the forgettable artwork didn't help it stand out from Synchestra and Terria, which I'd picked up around the same time. A friend telling me AE was something along the lines of his favourite Devin album did make me reconsider it and I do find it an easy album to stick on, especially in the background to doing something else. Now it is one of the first of his albums I'll reach for in that situation.
Can't wait until we get to Alien
Yeah,cause after SYL this album feels like it was done by absolutely another person,with all of his rage,anger,energy etc.
I got the feeling that's gonna be a very difficult one.
I want to hear him talk about Devlab.
These have been fantastic, thank you.
Good time to open youtube I see :D Looking forward to continuing to listen to these.
Missed you Devin! Much love, thank you so much for these
"This is Devin Townsend, saying... Stuff. Dev Out."
PERFECT description of this podcast (there's that word again)
AE is one of my favorite albums of all time. Its so good
Brilliant insight again Devin... these podcasts are fantastic
Yesss the podcast is BACK! Thank you Devin.
Disappointing to hear that Dev doesn't really like AE, it is just such an amazing album! I like that he acknowledges that he does not want that to affect anyone close to the album, but just from a musical and composition aspect, wow, what a record. So complete, so huge sonically, so atmospheric. Easily in my top three Devy albums! Love these podcasts for sure, helping a huge DT fan like me get through these times!
I was really shocked when he said he doesn't like AE. Easily one of my favourite Devin albums
I wouldn't take it too seriously. Artists are notoriously too self-critical. AE is a genius album by any standard. But we know how humble Devin is, to the point when you just want to slap him and scream at him: Dev, shut the fuck up already!!!
Damn Devin you hitting close to home on the collateral damage part. I just went through a situation like that, this is just reassurance on the decisions I made. Thank you
What is that stunning music in the background? Your own? Please release it as a download, it is sooo wonderful..
It's Back! It's Back! Oh Joy Oh Joy!!
Also "Relentless" was the first Strapping Young Lad song that brought me to the World of Devin Townsend! S.Y.L 4 LIFE!!!
Thanks for filling my one-hour-each-way-drive-to-and-from-work periods with these podcasts recently. Even at your most rambling, it is all educational stuff for people who have followed your music , and (I think) maybe even for those who haven't. It's good stuff, but 'good' is a relative adjective, which seems to be one of the themes of this 'pod...cast'. They are something you could just.... keep doing.... when you feel like it. If you got inspired, talking with others would be the next level. You and Ginger on a podcast? You and Vai? So much potential.
Either way the world needed those Strapping albums at those times.
These podcasts are absolutely amazingly great! 😄
Yo please keep doing these they are amazing to listen to 👌
I was 17 year old reggae listener when I first heard Accelerated evolution for the first time. It hit me in a way no other record had before.
From reggae to Townsend, that seems interesting.
Yay! is correct. My immediate reaction seeing the notification for this!
SYL was my introduction to devin. Gotten everything else he's done since. 🤘😀
Can't wait to hear about Alien. No matter what Dev says, nothing will change my own attitude to these albums. They're all fucking fantastic and Dev is too humble to admit it.
Most important being alive sharing my (em)path, thanx for all your “stuff”
Hey Dev this one isn't up on Apple Podcasts yet - only just found it on here!
It's not on Spotify either, last I checked.
I love how devin put the heart and the brain to the talk. Listening how deeply (or Not) he involve in each record and how, musically speaking, writte (or not jaja) each song. Teach-nique and feeling. Waiting for the new black album! ...I Don't think he talk about empath but love to hear also
He's talked about Empath in about 1000 interviews.
When i was a kid, about 7/8 years old and i started to notice the suffering in the world, and it seemed easier to adopt a form of solipsism (the belief that other people exist in my mind only) than it was to accept that they, real people, were really suffering.
It's like you're telling me my own story. Psychotherapy with Dev! Thanks man.
"Bring on the young" is still one of the most brutal and dynamic vocal performances ever. It's downright frightening. It doesn't sound flippant or disinterested to me. It sounds more like you may have bloodied your throat by the end. No one sings with that kind of ferocity. Also the note at the end of the "HATE...HATE..." gang vocal section seems so high it must have squeezed through the edges of your eye sockets. Just thought I'd point that out.
Leonard Blush Yah, just listened to that one the other day. Mind always blown! 🤯
I was 17 y.o. when I bought these two albums together, and that was how it started. And I liked them both, AE probably was a bit more engaging, and also a first example for me how music can be tight and heavy, but at the same time so bright and kinda uplifting. I had no idea about all these things in your head, just enjoying, opening a new world for myself. But... what did I want to say? It seems to be like three diferent things: what the creator thinks at the time of making, what the music really comes out to be, and what people finally hear... Interesting, how these things are connected.
YES thankyou for continuing these!
Heil Devin, such an inspiration. With this chapter, opens up a lot of thoughts for me. Thank you man