My favourite thing about Devin Townsend is that people that don't understand music theory listen to his music and think he's a mad genius, and people that do understand music theory listen to his music and think "you mad genius".
Nah, I don't really think that. If Devin is your portal to poly-stylistic music, then I can see why you'd think he's a "mad genius." I just like his music.
One of the things I appreciate most about Dev is his ability to truly not take himself seriously. Even in the sense of realizing something as simple as "I'm speaking way too quickly because I'm nervous, let me slow it down." People always same the same thing when meeting a lot of celebrities: "Oh they're just so normal and so down to earth!" But, I find that not to be true a lot of times. Dave seems REAL and to me that's the sickest thing of all. Okay I'm done being gushy. Move along :)
I agree with both you and @jotunblod, I appreciate his "realness" but anyone in his position would have an ego trip to some degree. From what I understand about him, he's done the "drugs, sex and rock and roll" thing, enjoyed it for what it was and has grown beyond that. I know you never actually "know" a celebrity as they are in their day-to-day lives, but I'd consider myself lucky to be one of the 75 people he looked forward to seeing at NAMM.
I could listen to this guy talk for days. He's my idol. If I had a wish for me to gain any musicians talent, it would be his, hands down. The man is a musical *GAWD*
Empath is so absurdly good. I feel like it builds and builds the whole time, and by the time "Here Comes the Sun" comes around, I feel like I've never heard anything so moving and incredible.
Wow, the revelations at around 20:00 .... Never thought I would hear Devin say this... the control freak he is, his near perfect live shows with clicktrack and backing samples, even his video & light show to be synchronized with the clicktrack.... And now he wants to let that go and do different versions of his songs.... This will be very interesting to see in a few months when he's back on tour!
If you ever get the opportunity (and privilege) to meet Devin, I think you'll agree that this is such a great example of the experience. Devin is an absolutely amazing dude and is one of the most humble people I've ever encountered (period). Such an amazing human being on so many levels!
@@WeWantYouToStay And Ziltoid. But I think only a few songs. Oh and Deconstruction, as far as I know. Planet of the Apes I'm pretty certain is played with a 7 string.
Dude´s a schizoid of the highest order , what were you waiting for ? Lucky he never had to go through the pressures of commercial success like Cobain did - had it been the case you would be lucky he hadn´t done this guitar clinic in Mandarin sporting a bikini and playing a 7 string brazilian berimbau .
Getting deep with the concept of live performances and giving people something unique, not a backing track for each show and I'm loving it. Massive thanks for uploading!
The Kroeger story is awesome. :D The guy who gets insane amount of shit for being disingenuous told Devin he has to keep being true to himself and turn the vocals up. :D
11:40 Haha I love his face when he says how easy it is, I have a feeling there are plenty of metal artists and stuff out there who would never admit that with such joy on their face lol, such a down to earth guy so much to learn from Hevy Devy whether you're listening to his music and the words or just watching an interview with him or w/e, so excited for Empath! Woo!
I still remember when he was like a crazy metal head. He cleaned up so well since he went straight edge and stopped all the drugs and alcohol :) much respect to the guy
Listening to an artist talk about their work, has always been something that gives me a chuckle. There are varying degrees of "taking oneself seriously", (the artists that actually make me belly laugh out loud) . Are the ones that say things that make absolutely No Sense. Devon appears extremely genuine. Thank you for posting this. (I'm an artist, other than sharing that I have destroyed everything I have ever worked on. Have little to show for it. I'll be quiet now.) John 14:6
Devy's tuning saved guitar for me. I wasn't progressing at all learning stuff and trying to write in either standard or dropped tunings. I decided to learn some DTB stuff and couldn't do that either until I found out about this completely alien tuning. It just opened this massive door and loads of stuff clicked into place. I'm still rubbish at shredding but that Ziltoid sounding bit at around 11:30 is easy. Thow on some delay and reverb to make it spacey and you can mess around for hours :)
@@Qwerty-ks8dn Genesis is more of a compilation of all the sounds you can expect from the album. But yes, I fear it may be too ambitious. But I prefer him going in that direction than trying to be more commercialized and mainstream
@@toxendon Normally I would agree with that, certainly true with other top musicians, but in recent years his weakest efforts have been his favourite projects (COC and Ki) whereas projects he considered "pressured into recording" are brilliant (Sky Blue) or good (Transcendence). It's almost as if he prefers the average stuff he makes, while underrating his best. He is very strange that way. He also made a big fuss over Ghost which is not that great, comparatively speaking. I can't predict Empath, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it disappoints somewhat. I am sure it will have some amazing music, but overall it could be yet another hit-and-miss album which he overrated vastly. I am more interested in Moth, to be frank. Empath just seems to be a rehash of his entire career, which would be pointless. Genesis is certainly a rehash, a mosaic of tunes I've heard before from him. Genesis has no emotional depth, it's bombastic in a chewing-gum sort of way. It's nerd prog.
23:01 isn’t “a boat sculpture”. It’s ah-bow-t. Your expectation and your stereotype colours your hearing of the word. Same with “without”. He doesn’t say withoat. Sorry. Learn a lesson Dev had to learn about expectations of others.
ROAD COMEDY GOLD MOTHERFUCKERS NICE JOB! Devin, you are an inspiration to all of us who have struggled through the crucible of the world and haven't quite made it through yet.
amazing man, OPENLY telling us How to Do what he does... LOVE you DEVIN!!! haha as a friend said once in a strapping young lad concert" "TAKE ME TO HEAVEN DEVIN" hahaha
If I ever save enough money to buy that ridiculously expensive stormbreaker, I will be the happiest person on the planet! My favorite musician ever also turns out to be a loving, down to earth person!!! ❤️😌❤️
If you ever get a chance to see his studio work vids where he is planning and going over parts in detail, and then see him perform everything, later, just an incredible artist, and he will make you laugh as well:)
extremely interesting and deep. one of few who really reflects himself and his work in a brutally honest and self ironical way. and i must say this more so after listening to him talking about his encounter with nickelback's chad kroeger whom i of course did despise but now do see him in a different light. townsend is a very interesting artist, indeed.
My favourite thing about Devin Townsend is that people that don't understand music theory listen to his music and think he's a mad genius, and people that do understand music theory listen to his music and think "you mad genius".
People who study theory KNOW he's a mad genius, lol
Hear hear!
How long did you set at the computer contemplating that reply?
@@johnravenwolf2507 couple minutes
Nah, I don't really think that. If Devin is your portal to poly-stylistic music, then I can see why you'd think he's a "mad genius." I just like his music.
One of the things I appreciate most about Dev is his ability to truly not take himself seriously. Even in the sense of realizing something as simple as "I'm speaking way too quickly because I'm nervous, let me slow it down."
People always same the same thing when meeting a lot of celebrities: "Oh they're just so normal and so down to earth!"
But, I find that not to be true a lot of times. Dave seems REAL and to me that's the sickest thing of all.
Okay I'm done being gushy. Move along :)
@@jotunblod k
Dave's not here
I agree with both you and @jotunblod, I appreciate his "realness" but anyone in his position would have an ego trip to some degree. From what I understand about him, he's done the "drugs, sex and rock and roll" thing, enjoyed it for what it was and has grown beyond that. I know you never actually "know" a celebrity as they are in their day-to-day lives, but I'd consider myself lucky to be one of the 75 people he looked forward to seeing at NAMM.
Wow, never realized how down to earth Devin Townsend is, and how much he keeps things real.
yeah seems like really good fucking dude
Devin is one of those rare mad geniuses in music. His brain operates on a different level.
I could listen to this guy talk for days. He's my idol. If I had a wish for me to gain any musicians talent, it would be his, hands down. The man is a musical *GAWD*
Empath is so absurdly good. I feel like it builds and builds the whole time, and by the time "Here Comes the Sun" comes around, I feel like I've never heard anything so moving and incredible.
That Tele sounded gorgeous...
yeah, opened right up with Mountaintop. beautiful.
Ive been wanting to buy a tele for ages
Ben McCrea where does he even pick it up?
Agreed!
Good to see him crack a smile again. Dude has looked beat in recent interviews.
Yeah. Definitely seems like Empath was a lot of hard work, but only a month and some left till it releases.
Such a musical genius - and so incredibly modest!!
Id love to see him working with Buckethead.
Devin Townsend is easily top ten greatest musicians in the last 25 years! It is a shame he is not awarded with his greatness!
Some say that the reverb is still going.
Love seeing Devin being happy and smiling. Such a fun gentleman.
Wow, the revelations at around 20:00 .... Never thought I would hear Devin say this... the control freak he is, his near perfect live shows with clicktrack and backing samples, even his video & light show to be synchronized with the clicktrack.... And now he wants to let that go and do different versions of his songs.... This will be very interesting to see in a few months when he's back on tour!
Been watching your musical talent since 1993. Getting better with age. My idol. Namaste. 🙏🏼
“Give it to the guy who has his strap up real high and let him play the hard stuff”
Lol
I pictured Dave Young (DTP) when he said this.
Alex Hutchings?)
That beginning riff with the tele with the reverb sounds amazing
Super likable genius. Always loved his material and personality.
"Out of my comfort zone" is the reason you will be more successful, every time.
The Devin Townsend Pajama Party Project
I buy it....
What an honest, down to earth fella. Overthinking... perfection seeker... fear based reactions. Totally relate to this guy.
Man I never heard of this guy before today but I love him hahah
Wow! I know Devin is a deep person mentally and emotionally.... but what a mind trip I just experienced watching this. What an inspiration.
His clinic at prognosis Eindhoven was great.
What a great guy he is.
Can't wait to see him again live later this year.
If you ever get the opportunity (and privilege) to meet Devin, I think you'll agree that this is such a great example of the experience. Devin is an absolutely amazing dude and is one of the most humble people I've ever encountered (period). Such an amazing human being on so many levels!
Devin is just humble and human, his surch for better music is reinventhing!
7:33
"I don't play 7 string, at all."
>has been playing 7 strings since the late 90's
That was just for Alien and TNB wasn't it?
@@WeWantYouToStay And Ziltoid. But I think only a few songs. Oh and Deconstruction, as far as I know. Planet of the Apes I'm pretty certain is played with a 7 string.
Few tunes on Syncestra and Epicloud as well..
Dude´s a schizoid of the highest order , what were you waiting for ? Lucky he never had to go through the pressures of commercial success like Cobain did - had it been the case you would be lucky he hadn´t done this guitar clinic in Mandarin sporting a bikini and playing a 7 string brazilian berimbau .
Literally plays a 7 string at 2:12
Awesome clinic on music and musicality from Devin.
25:21 - 25:45
Words of wisdom.
Nice to watch at 5.15am.... Thanks for the upload....
just read that at 5:21 am haha
5. 08
5.03am I week later😀
Whoa! Way better quality than the original GuitarGuitar stream... Many Thanks for uploading this Squire! You are indeed, a Legend! ;-)
You're most welcome dude
My thoughts exactly..
so glad I had this in my ‘watch later’! Thanks a lot for the upload 🤘🏻
That PRS in the background is pppppuuuuurdy!
God I love this guy! So non pretentious and generous to his fans.
When your 30 mins guitar clinic ends up being 30 minutes of life tips. And it's great.
I respect this guy to a whole new level of consciousness after hearing him speak his mind
13:40
"Sounds syrupy"
Since hes canadian i cant tell if that means he loves the sound or REALLY loves the sound
My favorite musician by far
Getting deep with the concept of live performances and giving people something unique, not a backing track for each show and I'm loving it. Massive thanks for uploading!
Devin is so sincerely blunt and honest it’s amazing
Thx for sharing. Great video. Great guy.
Devin Townsend should be mandatory listening.
The Kroeger story is awesome. :D The guy who gets insane amount of shit for being disingenuous told Devin he has to keep being true to himself and turn the vocals up. :D
11:40 Haha I love his face when he says how easy it is, I have a feeling there are plenty of metal artists and stuff out there who would never admit that with such joy on their face lol, such a down to earth guy so much to learn from Hevy Devy whether you're listening to his music and the words or just watching an interview with him or w/e, so excited for Empath! Woo!
I still remember when he was like a crazy metal head. He cleaned up so well since he went straight edge and stopped all the drugs and alcohol :) much respect to the guy
Listening to an artist talk about their work, has always been something that gives me a chuckle.
There are varying degrees of "taking oneself seriously", (the artists that actually make me belly laugh out loud) . Are the ones that say things that make absolutely No Sense.
Devon appears extremely genuine.
Thank you for posting this.
(I'm an artist, other than sharing that I have destroyed everything I have ever worked on. Have little to show for it. I'll be quiet now.)
John 14:6
I must say I'm really impressed 👏
The most amazing musician around.
Devy's tuning saved guitar for me. I wasn't progressing at all learning stuff and trying to write in either standard or dropped tunings.
I decided to learn some DTB stuff and couldn't do that either until I found out about this completely alien tuning.
It just opened this massive door and loads of stuff clicked into place. I'm still rubbish at shredding but that Ziltoid sounding bit at around 11:30 is easy. Thow on some delay and reverb to make it spacey and you can mess around for hours :)
Man i hope Empath delivers... seriously stoked for the release.
Devin always delivers. You might not like things he has done, but he always delivers.
@@Art1stical you may not like them at first. But 2 weeks later all bets are off
Genesis is a weak track but hopefully an exception.
@@Qwerty-ks8dn Genesis is more of a compilation of all the sounds you can expect from the album. But yes, I fear it may be too ambitious. But I prefer him going in that direction than trying to be more commercialized and mainstream
@@toxendon Normally I would agree with that, certainly true with other top musicians, but in recent years his weakest efforts have been his favourite projects (COC and Ki) whereas projects he considered "pressured into recording" are brilliant (Sky Blue) or good (Transcendence). It's almost as if he prefers the average stuff he makes, while underrating his best. He is very strange that way. He also made a big fuss over Ghost which is not that great, comparatively speaking. I can't predict Empath, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it disappoints somewhat. I am sure it will have some amazing music, but overall it could be yet another hit-and-miss album which he overrated vastly. I am more interested in Moth, to be frank. Empath just seems to be a rehash of his entire career, which would be pointless. Genesis is certainly a rehash, a mosaic of tunes I've heard before from him. Genesis has no emotional depth, it's bombastic in a chewing-gum sort of way. It's nerd prog.
21:03 "There's no question aboat it" Canadian accent win.
23:01 isn’t “a boat sculpture”. It’s ah-bow-t. Your expectation and your stereotype colours your hearing of the word. Same with “without”. He doesn’t say withoat. Sorry. Learn a lesson Dev had to learn about expectations of others.
He's frank and that's the best thing about him. Amen.
Thoroughly enjoying this! Thanks for posting! Can't wait for the CD to drop.
I wanted to go to this, but I was incredibly poor at the time and couldn't even afford a ticket so thanks for this, nice to see.
15 minutes in. I don't play guitar, never have, never will. Enthralled because Devy.
ROAD COMEDY GOLD MOTHERFUCKERS NICE JOB! Devin, you are an inspiration to all of us who have struggled through the crucible of the world and haven't quite made it through yet.
Thanks for posting.
amazing man, OPENLY telling us How to Do what he does... LOVE you DEVIN!!! haha as a friend said once in a strapping young lad concert" "TAKE ME TO HEAVEN DEVIN" hahaha
Thanks for posting all 4 vids!
If I ever save enough money to buy that ridiculously expensive stormbreaker, I will be the happiest person on the planet! My favorite musician ever also turns out to be a loving, down to earth person!!! ❤️😌❤️
I love the idea that one my idols is nervous around regular people.
Eternal inspiration
I want to be in every timezones Devy is in. ❤️✌️😀
Thank you Chad!
Thanks for being honest. I'll never understand the Nickleback hate, so strange. Dude's got crazy talent.
If you ever get a chance to see his studio work vids where he is planning and going over parts in detail, and then see him perform everything, later, just an incredible artist, and he will make you laugh as well:)
The guy behind the music is every bit as interesting as the music itself!
Great insights to what makes Devin tick. Thanks
Thank you for posting!
Fascinating thank you.!!!
DEVIN IS AMAZING
Thank you so much for these videos :)
real geniuses are modests and down to Earth cause they don't have to show nothing to noone.
I really like Dave,he's himler,smart and talented.rare these days.
So happy to see him play the 7 string framus!!! I want one so bad!!!
Thanks for the upload bro!!! Love Devin...
Keep it up...
People who want to work and play in our industry are hard too find hope to meet you some day
Sounds like someone in the audience got a little too excited at around 14:18 ? 😆💨
Always amazing honesty
I love how he reminds me of both David Letterman and Jim Carrey depending on the moment.
crazy how he can fit in there, given that he's a giant, and his guitar is about 3x as large as the ones in the store there.
15:50 - real talk and i concur, Sir.
"I've been in the studio in my pyjamas for 6 months"
"ʸᵃᵃᵃʸʸ"
"knuckle dragging heavy metal"
I'm in. And Fuck Yeah thanks for sharing this man
Love Devin!
That second guitar was soooo darrmn cool! I really want one !
at 14:10 how he describes the lights as an extender proves he is the best and knows how to make people laugh
Love this guy
WHAT A COOL AND TALENTED DEVIN IS
Thanks for the upload dude.
Awesomeness
Devin gives really good very high interviews.
Along with STEVEN WILSON and GINGER WILDHEART this man is a FUCKING GENIUS ROLL ON THE BRISTOL GIG
Thanks for the upload!
absolute flawed genius, what an amazing guitarist and human being..and just how big are his hands :D
sweet video awesome
Amazing arpeggios 😱
Can't wait for Empath!
extremely interesting and deep. one of few who really reflects himself and his work in a brutally honest and self ironical way.
and i must say this more so after listening to him talking about his encounter with nickelback's chad kroeger whom i of course did despise but now do see him in a different light.
townsend is a very interesting artist, indeed.
Thx for sharing!
What did you use to film this? Quality is amazing.
OK, so I guess I need to tune this way! YES!!!!!
His playing is so distinct
What his brand of guitar? OD guitars maybe?or charvel? What is that 7 string his holding i cant see the brand on its headstock
Framus, they also make Warwick basses. Everyone that plays them seems to love them. Check out the semi-hollow that DT uses, that's a cool axe as well.