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 =)

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

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

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

Sorry for the delay =) Timestamps: (0:00) – Looking back at the podcast / Self-help (16:06) – The genesis of Alien (27:42) – Self-sabotage during Alien / Anti-psychotics (35:19) – The warehouse (37:15) – Writing Alien (44:10) – The meaning of Alien (48:51) – Dev’s mindset during Alien (52:21) – Info Dump (1:01:25) – Dev’s relationship with the members of Strapping Young Lad (1:04:28) – Lyrics (1:06:16) – Sensitivity (1:14:18) – Negativity / Vulnerability / Attention (1:26:22) – Self-defence (1:31:17) – Finding the next step / Lockdown

Well, heres yet another one of these. I assume if youre listening to it, you want to be…so I should probably stop worrying about the rambling nature of it. If youre listening to it simply because it annoys you, well…thats super weird. Anyways, this is episode 5, loosely based on the 2001 album Terria. Hope youre groovy - Dev Timestamps: (0:00) – Dev’s mixed feelings about the podcast / Accountability (26:06) – Validation (42:43) – The genesis of Terria / Bipolar (57:28) – The aesthetic of Terria / Mountain (1:06:10) – Olives (1:07:27) – Earth Day (1:09:43) – Deep Peace (1:28:36) – Canada (1:30:51) – Down and Under (1:31:35) – The Fluke (1:32:14) – Nobody’s Here (1:41:05) – Tiny Tears (1:43:11) – Stagnant / Humble

So this is episode 3, about the album 'Infinity' (which followed City and Ocean Machine). I warn you going into this: I am confusing in the ways i explain this one. Theres so many things I would like to say and honestly, Im barely able to be coherant about it all here. Once it gets going it makes a bit more sense, but it takes a while to warm up... and really, fair play. This was a hard thing to record and discuss, and in reviewing it, I still didnt find myself able to even scratch the surface. Regardless, Infinity was exactly where I was at the time, so I have no 'regrets', but you know...yikes. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this as in any case, I tried to at least be honest...(maybe a bit hard on myself, but honest nonetheless). Take care- Dev Timestamps: (0:00) – Dev’s difficult relationship with Infinity (10:40) – Psychedelics (17:32) – The genesis of Infinity (25:18) – The concept / Writing Truth (43:42) – Recording Infinity / Cause and effect (1:10:25) – The spider dream / The lesson of Infinity (1:13:22) – Dev’s obsession with Infinity (1:17:28) – Artistic accountability / The psychiatric institution (1:21:14) – The album cover (1:24:27) – Truth (1:26:38) – Christeen (1:27:41) – Bad Devil (1:29:11) – War (1:30:55) – Soul Driven Cadillac (1:32:04) – Ants (1:33:12) – Colonial Boy (1:34:46) – Dynamics (1:35:48) – Unity (1:41:41) – Moving on from Infinity

This is the inaugural episode, and I figure the best way to dip my toes into this format is to use it as an opportunity to discuss all the albums in depth. This one gets into my album  'Ocean Machine' as a decent starting point. Enjoy! =) Timestamps: (0:00) – Intro (1:07) – Quarantine (4:14) – The ‘Noisescapes’ demo / Steve Vai (12:26) – Starting from scratch / Label shopping (19:56) – Landing a deal / Daniel Bergstrand (25:18) – The Ocean Machine band / Rob Halford (30:33) – Recording Ocean Machine (33:20) – The Spanish studio (39:34) – Assembling Ocean Machine (42:21) – Releasing Ocean Machine (47:16) – The aftermath (48:13) – Looking back at Ocean Machine / Personnel (53:40) – Seventh Wave (56:19) – Life (1:00:31) – Night (1:03:06) – Hide Nowhere (1:10:08) – Sister (1:11:19) – 3 A.M. (1:14:22) – Voices in the Fan (1:22:31) – Greetings (1:23:03) – Regulator (1:28:31) – Funeral (1:30:38) – Bastard (1:36:27) – The Death of Music (1:39:20) – Thing Beyond Things (1:41:16) – Defining Ocean Machine / Closing thoughts