Greetings from New York City. I just listened to some of your music particularly Lightworker and Moonpeople. I've been struggling with a pretty bad bout of depression, feeling pretty hopeless about life right now. Your music really lifted my spirits Thank You.
I'm late to the Devin Townsend party. We share the same birthday (his being a few years later than mine), but somehow I had never heard of him before 2 weeks ago. At first, I couldn't figure out what I was hearing, or whether I loved it or hated it. It didn't take *too* long before I recognized his voice and his work for being fucking groundbreaking, and then I hated myself for not having run into it before now. Better late than never, I suppose, but Devin has a fan for life here.
In 2006 I had been in a studio in CO and after much second guessing on my drum parts, the producer said, “every decision by a musician is a deep rabbit hole. Trick is to look down it, don’t fall down it.” Was good advice.
This channel has something special to creators. He shares law and great experiences, relatable things, and it's really encouraging to know some kind of problems you face in creative process is ubiquitous.
I like that idea he was talking about at the 3:00 marker about the planned artwork influencing sound choices towards the overall concept. Also the part about retracking demos and how it can sometimes lose a little "something" during the reconstruction / reproduction stage is very relatable. Keep up the great work Mr Devin!
I’ve been watching your updates but in particular for the past 2 weeks I’ve only been able to sleep if I watch them. It scares me that I’m becoming dependent on it but I do like the consistency of a routine sleep. It’s always been hard to sleep and stay asleep. Your thoughts/ideas are relatable and over- power the ruminating. It is just the right amount of processing to send my brain into a safe mode. Thanks for all that you share.
Refreshing to hear even professional artists deal with the same problems we all do! Thank you for sharing. Also…just listened to the new track with Ou the band…very good stuff! 🤘
I have found the same thing. Listen back to stuff I have ‘perfected’ only to realise the magic happened on the first take, warts and all. Good thing is few people listen to my stuff so I can please myself. Different kettle of fish at your level I should think. Good luck with it, I am sure it will be epic. Looking forward to hearing it.
Life's dance of progression! It's better than the reverse, and provides more options to focus than when it's full steam ahead, so it's a win in my book!
The title of this reminds me of type o song called angry inch...i miss peter Steele sooo much id end myself to bring him back....btw devin you look like my childhood hero Wayne Gretzky.
Oh man I absolutely can relate. The vibe of an accurate track can totally ‘de-fang’ the one that captured the first one used for the concept/vision. I think there’s an emotional connection we make to certain recordings that we have to mindfully hold-onto…or do the opposite-with. At the end of the day, those cliff notes have to become your doctrine that is always available to reference. And when you get it right, you physically feel it upon listen. When you don’t…it’s limbo.
Man, same thing happened with the track i'm working on. In my head and how it started it had this energy. A type of rawness that just disappeared as soon as I sat down and recorded it. Yet doing it raw, to coin a phrase. It sounded kinda weak and sloppy. It's ended up being a blend of the two where I have the raw track but that's supported by a more precise track on the bassier end that makes sure it hits where I want it to sound big. No idea if it's the right thing to do but it started to sound right. Keep on truckin brother.
I am building the initial (small) inventory of a guitar brand I'm launching in the summer, and this really helped to listen to. The creative birthing process is sometimes extremely frustrating. For anyone wondering, building four high-end handmade guitars at one time is a lot for one person😅
I'm in the same boat right now making my Album, I had to make the Art work and feed off that to get up the hill and get back on track. Sometimes taking a break is the best thing to do because music is not to be rushed but we all have that in the back of the mind get it done before we lose that Motivation. I always make the Blue Print of each song then get back to it. Keep it going, Cheers
It’s funny: I purposely try to leave “artifacts” in my playing that most would re-record …. But I’ve been finding that these little inconsistencies in my playing and performance are the things that make me smile and stand out as a cool nuance months after the process. Especially with synth, as that can already start to feel very rigid at the best of times Character And I love it Love ya Dev 💜
I wonder if AI will soon get us to where we can conform demo tracks to more perfected ones, similar to certain editing tools, just using generative AI. Maybe plugins can be developed.
Take a break sometimes mang! Like you said, it’ll be there again, just jam with it. The music has the mojo, and it will fall back in place again. Just take care Devy, we love you good sir. Just don’t burn yourself out. Walk and smell the trees once in a while 😂(that is what they say right?) cheers .
Was just listening to Ghost, you are honestly one of my favourite artists of all time!! please take it easy on yourself, we fans are always here to support you!!! 🫶🥰
Music needs a bit of error factor in it. My opinion but I think it's valid. Just listen to any rock that was recorded live off the floor before recordings were pieced together, rhythmically quantized, pitch corrected and auto tuned to death. Rough around the edges just suits me fine!
@@chrishorst1318 About the fact you preferring to live without Russia. It doesn't work that way. And I want to remind you that Russia, like other countries, are just countries. And the people living in them are human beings. And we love this artist as much as you do
All I want to do is record the one good song I wrote. Can't even lay a good drum track. I guess I'll keep trying. I've been watching you since you were poopynuggeteer. Love ya Dev.
Perhaps the rough sound DT is looking for is simply the live sound? Remember watching a docu on Springsteen, where he wasn't satisfied with the sound of the drums (he kept saying he could hear "stick"); it seemed pretty obvious that the raw sound would be playing it live.
It is true that modern recordings are so precise: drums are locked to the grid, vocals are fine tuned, etc... Having said that, I've watched videos where people have taken old recordings and edited them the way it would have been edited nowadays and it just doesn't sound right. What do you think about that "perfect VS human" (or whatever you wanna call it) balance?
