Devin Townsend Podcast

People keep talking to me about NFTs...most people seem to hate them and hated that I was even mentioning them =). After I mentioned it on Twitter, Matt hit me up and offered to give me his perspective on them as his band is heavily involved. I watched videos sent to me about the downsides, and here is an example of the other side I suppose. This is just because I'm trying to wrap my head around it. I'm not planning to do NFTs, I just wanted to learn. Take with a grain of salt, and cheers to Matt for being a good sport =)

Heres the second re-do of the two podcasts I was too wrapped up in 'The Puzzle' to really talk about properly. We should be back on track now, so the next one will be 'By A Thread' - Dev

Heres the re-do for the Deconstruction album as I was sidetracked last year with the Puzzle and didn't give this enough effort. I feel its back on track now, so the podcast will continue with Ghost next, then Epicloud, Casulaties... etc etc etc... =)

Been away for a long time dealing with some personal things, so Im starting the podcast up again...but before I get into talking about the albums, here's me just talking a load of crap. Take it with a grain of salt, and thanks for the support. Album Podcasts back soon. - Dev

More o this!

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Social media

(5:33) – Art being intentional

(8:47) – Determining creative direction

(19:57) – Finding a narrative

(25:38) – The sound of The Puzzle

(28:54) – Offering solutions / The Film

(35:47) – We are not our thoughts

(39:33) – Accountability

(41:22) – Finding ways to move forward

(43:36) – Objectively viewing albums

(50:54) – How Dev’s friends and family viewed his mental state in 2020

(54:41) – Being compassionate to yourself / Creative obligation

(58:22) – Being single-minded / Giving back to fans

(1:00:39) – The idea behind Ghost

(1:04:23) – Kat Epple / New-age music

(1:12:15) – Katrina Natale / Personnel

(1:14:37) – Looking back on Ghost

(1:18:17) – How close the four DTP records were to Dev’s intention for them

(1:18:55) – Outro

Boo-yaw!

Timestamps:

(0:00) – The Puzzle / Movie

(35:17) – Snuggles

(40:14) – Working with a producer on the next album

(44:19) – The genesis of Deconstruction

(47:56) – The process of Deconstruction / Dirk Verbeuren

(51:56) – Psychologically preparing for Deconstruction

(53:25) – The narrative of Deconstruction

(1:01:04) – The fart / Cheeseburger

(1:06:48) – The continuing theme

(1:10:09) – Articulating music

Sorry this one took so long, been a weird month =)

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Being balanced

(5:44) – What was Addicted?

(15:43) – The commercial rock sound

(18:09) – Producing Addicted

(21:00) – Writing Addicted

(21:19) – Personnel / Anneke van Giersbergen

(27:57) – Mixing Addicted

(34:11) – Mastering

(35:52) – The end-product

(38:23) – The concept of Addicted

(47:00) – Meditation

(48:35) – Following your intuition / DTP

(50:35) – Reception of Addicted

(52:52) – Separating the styles of DTP

(54:11) – Bloodstock / Andy Farrow

(58:54) – Why Dev is continuing the podcast

(1:00:44) – Dev’s personal situation / Routines and deadlines

Not sure who still listens to these, if anyone, but heres the next one =)

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Dev’s creative process / The Puzzle

(18:52) – Chaos

(36:24) – Halloween Stream / Dev’s upcoming projects

(46:09) – The genesis of Ki

(50:30) – Moving away from drugs and alcohol

(52:27) – Not feeling comfortable expressing anger

(57:15) – A new setup for Ki

(1:02:49) – Personnel

(1:03:20) – Putting Ki together

(1:05:25) – Responsibilities / Peavey

(1:09:05) – The Devin Townsend Project

(1:16:04) – A summary of Ki

(1:18:03) – Linking Ki to the present / Outro

Aliens =)

Timestamps:

(0:00) – How the weather inspires Dev / Routines

(11:27) – Being a new parent

(21:34) – Dev’s mindset and lifestyle change

(29:33) – Writer’s block after The New Black / Accumulating gear

(35:41) – The inspiration for Ziltoid / Making a puppet

(43:43) – Writing Ziltoid The Omniscient

(46:51) – The meaning behind Ziltoid

(52:48) – The concept of Ziltoid

(58:51) – Recording alone

(1:04:24) – Finishing the album / Reception / Linking back to Info Dump

(1:13:43) – Tall Latte

(1:16:08) – A summary of Ziltoid

(1:18:42) – Dev’s next steps

Yay! ...Stuff!!

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Social media

(24:09) – Advertising

(31:12) – The genesis of The New Black

(35:56) – The artwork

(40:51) – The production / Recording

(47:10) – Writing The New Black / The performances

(52:23) – Lyrical themes / The songs

(1:01:48) – Summarising The New Black

(1:03:58) – Download 2006 / Dissolving SYL

(1:12:01) – Looking back on The New Black