Voice Teacher Reacts to Devin Townsend - Kingdom 

Omg! That was genius!

Yes, genius

Funiest comment I read in a long time !!

Fucking masterful comment.

You think he's related to Scanlan?

Ola Englund needs more burps

Suddenly Ola. What’s going on in this channel

You should learn, and start a new band.

OLAF ...TW!

Ola is there going to be solar basses?

Hell yeah I've been saying since the beginning he's a mad scientist of metal

RIGHT LOL HEHE

@@bradleyjohnevans well, I'm ashamed to say I've never really listened to his music until yesterday and yes, I'm hooked

Cringe

lol

Devin gives us the cherry on top

Down by law...

and the master of stage banter

I went with friends to see him and wasn’t familiar with his music and I was blown away (also Gojira!)

Q

For real? It's unbelievably cringe music.

So grateful my younger bro introduced me to him through Strapping Young Lad. I'll admit, I haven't listened to much of his post-SYL content, but this is awesome.

Thank you, Canada!

@@override83 If you liked the insanity of SYL, you'll appreciate the album Deconstruction, especially the title track

Devy for prime minister. specially over the one you have now!!!!

Where Devin grew up is like a 20 minute drive from where I live, I had no idea that I was livivng so close to an absolute legend.

LUL

I really hope you understand he was joking....really!

@@hays9008 I guess you're the one that missed the joke here... really! Google sarcasm and irony, learn what they mean and it will make you less likely to look like moron on the internet

Yes, all three chords.

Well he's a vocal teacher. Any teacher knows how hard it is.

@@bvgaboo3572 Yes, but I've heard a lot of them trash screaming as nothing but vocal self-harm.

Agreed. There are a lot of great screaming vocalists out there as well.

TheMcFletcher Like Tekashi lol

He's open minded

Papa Arthritis true. Btw sorry bout ur arthritis bro

GypsyRock haha, I don't have arthritis. It's a play on words. (Papa Emeritus)

true! id really love to see sam react to deadhead or the death of music at royal albert hall too actually...i think that show brings more justice on his voice than this! his technique may be simple in theory but well he is so powerfull!

alberta nero Yes!

"I can do that" - Devin listening to other metal bands.

@Ewgf Mann Thanks Mann. I feel the same about your comment. HaHa HoHo HeeHeeeeeeeee.

Wow...that was fuckin perfect. I love you.

Fantastic.

Haha love the subtle reference to the tuning of the guitar.. most people probably won't catch that one

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!! 😂😂😂😂

He says "she's really good" though.

That's just the "sh" from gosh blending into "he".

Gosh he's good comes nowhere close to explaining him

Preach.

I don't understand how people like a "genre". I mean I enjoy some metal artists but there's also a lot of crap out there. A lot. Which counts for every genre of music

@@StatusQuonald Preference

I think it’s as simple as he knows that singing shouldn’t be uncomfortable, so he naturally finds a good option.

Why the fuck am I just now finding this genius?

jimmymac63 You're in for a ride, my dude. Just know that his albums span many different types of genres and you never know what you should expect. I recommend The first four Devin Townsend Project albums, along with Ocean Machine: Biomech, Terria, Infinity, Ziltoid the Omniscient, and Casualties of Cool. Casualties is the only "Country" album on the planet that I enjoy and it is one of my favorite albums ever.

jimmymac63 find the retinal circus show here on youtube, its amazing! Crazy live show

Iron Wallace Hell yeah I love Casualties of Cool

He owns it now bro

@@oswaldjenkins8557 Luckily, Devin is a benevolent soul keeper

😂😂😂😂

Reading your comment about Devin looking you in the eye, made me let out a little wee.

Haha thats class man xD

chino is so unique, would really want an in-depth analysis on his style.

Loool he'd fucking go insane about dillinger. Especially calculating infinity.

Opeth please!

gojira!! born in winter, explosia or from the sky!!

God yes. Please the Deftones

Kristina1335 Karali yas! I can't stand pop. I am a grunge and metal freak, and I have been working on trying to get Sam to react to a Layne Staley vocal peace, in particular I would love for him to react to "love hate love" live at The Moore (black and white video. Seattle) by Alice In Chains

shade...

GypsyRock I'd love to see him look at some Mad Season. Particularly Long Gone Day. Love Hate Love is goddamn amazing though

GypsyRock I am the kind of person that listens everything I don't have any problem with any kind of music what makes me crazy is that there are so many artists out there so worthy and talented and in somehow everyone talks only about Pop music... and that's not beautiful...

GypsyRock I rly want him to react to Trevor Strnad's transitions between high screams and low growls ( the Black Dahlia Murder )

YES! Totally agree!

Agree. Too many of these is about that person, rather than the object

Same!

Indeedy!

Yesssss

TheLiquidpower it’s ok, I still feel bad regardless

Oh you suggested him too. I thought I was alone haha. Awesome

I too suggested this vid, niiice haha

omg i thought i was the only one as well wowwww

Suggestion squad, reporting in! Yeah this is one he had to cover so I am glad he did :)

Yeah, Devin Townsend really is one of the best to work with in metal. He does so well collaborating and producing. One of my favorite metal albums, Darkest Hour's-Deliver Us, was produced by him and I didn't even know until recently. Now I know why it sounds so good.

Devin has a huge catalog covering everything from "extreme metal" (Strapping Young Lad) to so-called "Space Country" ( Casualties of Cool) and all sorts of progressive rock/metal and even some stuff that could be called "new age" (you know, like Enya and Yanni). As for his guitar playing, he can shred pretty well, but rarely chooses to do so. In fact, there's a video on RU-vid of him shredding like mad while simultaneously talking about how shredding is meaningless unless it's musical and serves the song. He's easily one of the most underappreciated metal musicians of the 21st century, so far.

Devin is pretty much a legend. If you're liking it, I definitely recommend checking out it stuff, he's got music from all sorts of subgenres

Keegan Eide is it safe to say Devin is a genius?

craig Yes.

I also suggested this last video. Good choice!

Deadhead is definitely more guitar driven but it's a sick song.

Getting up to the F... That'll shock Sam haha ;)

Transcending performance.

I’m reading your comment 3 years later…. Elizabeth of the Charismatic Voice recently interviewed Devin - he described what you are saying in a bit more detail…

Such a Devin thing to say

PippoHotamus Mondo Cane would be a good one to react to as well.

Mike Patton *only* has the largest range in all of popular music ;)

Love Mike Patton's voice, I'd like to see Sam's opinion on it too.

PippoHotamus yes!

The Real Thing from Faith No More would be so cool..

Its definitely something he's grown into. If you look at his really early strapping young lad stuff, later venues in tours his voice sounds tired. Its seems liek as he's got older he's got better at preserving his voice.

Yeah he sometimes sounded miserable, like when singing Detox at the Hultsfred show. And in many interviews he spoke about how he's tired of singing every night, hoping his voice holds up etc. He may also have gotten a much better lifestyle now, with no substance anymore.

Based on his interviews, when he was doing Strapping Young Lad he really was pretty miserable, he doesn't do many of the songs from that time anymore simply because he's not in the right (wrong?) mindset for it these days.

I second this!!!

+1 jinjers vocalist is amazing

Yes!!

yes! the live in studio video! please!

yes! jinjer pisces should be next!

I mean it's relatively easy for Devin, but for most mere mortals this would be damn hard to achieve without a lot of training

Easy for Devin maybe.... But I can't name very many singers who can do it like him.

Especially because he doesn't sing here, at all. I mean...come on, can't you tell, it's way off-synch in parts? Pure show. I must be wrong, because Sam would surely be able to tell...wouldn't he? I guess not? Then again, I check another live video of Devin Townsend and there is no doubt in my mind that it is genuine, because he sounds a lot different (not worse, mind you). And because I know that Anneke is live, because I know what she sounds like...

Yeah tesseract!!

I came to the comments suggest tesseract

Well, Daniel is a vocal coach himself, so that should be interesting :)

Anything by tesseract

that performance is just epic

Jeremy Pringsheim love their whole show at Plovdiv!!!

I was there too. Blew my fucking mind to say the least!

...plus he caught a serious flu two days ago, yet he was still able to put that godlike perfomance. He's truly one of a kind.

I agree to a point. The peak for me is final chorus of it in the Royal Albert Hall version. The Plivdiv performance is right on par through the rest of the song, but the way he does it in the RAH version.... I have no words to describe it.

@@davidpoole7098 One of the most incredible performances I've seen - what I would give to have been there live; that shit was probably about like an out-of-body experience by the end of the 2 or 3 hours(LONG ASS SHOW)

Well, he could.

He did, he can (dunno if he can still do it now)

Used to. His growls are gone these days.

I mean, you're all right, but the old videos are all out and about, in case Sam fancies a video about him :p

@@mattmanbrownbro so Sorry for him, he chills bones when does it

Brandon Hagler Yessss! Deadhead would be another awesome one :)

Agreed 💯

Yes thank you. Devy is amazing. Although I'm not a singer, but a guitar player, I really enjoy your videos. You are incredibly perceptive and passionate.

Amie Joy Completely agree. Absolutely ridiculously talented.😃

I think you may have become another fan of Devin. He is a damn amazing musician that knows and feels way more than I can ever figure out. I was nodding along with your comments. He knows what he is doing more than a lot of us know!!! Ha ha... keep doing your work Sam I love your videos!

Talking about King: I'd love to see a reaction to King Diamond.

Years ago when I saw him perform with strapping young lad the first thing he said was "I have a small penis!". Devin lives to perform and always puts on a great show.

Yea Devin is a genius and so underrated

Anything by Animals as Leaders

With little pauses where you start to talk about something but end up just saying yeah this is great and moving on.

Hahaha!

April Fools' Day episode!

@@codeinclined that's what I was thinking too!

Haarfagr i love pain of salvation i saw them open for dream theatre.

I just started listeing to Leprous that man makes me want to cry!

Yes yes. Those are two of my fave singers :) I saw Daniel last summer. SO GOOD. And I saw Leprous earlier this year and will again in 2 months. Einar has a very unique tone.

Silvia IsAVegan Leprous is one of the best bands I know. They have a very distinct sound. Seen them live 3-4 times, and it's been amazing every time. Nice guys too.

Beyond the Radio Yeah, I saw PoS last year. One of the best concerts I've been to. Nice to have Johan back in the band as well, even though Ragnar did a great job. Leprous is playing in their hometown on saturday, but unfortunatly I'm gonna miss it because of another concert :/

This. Good call dude.

This would be a great idea. Seeing as he stated he had to "completely forget how to scream" in order to relearn it properly, a before/after analysis would be awesome.

This! ^

Yassssss!

He'd have to look at live, most likely. I'm only vaguely familiar with Trivium, but normally metal guys get excited on stage and forget everything they ever learned about technique (if they ever learned). It's easy to blow your voice out live, and even more so when the stage volume is too loud instrumentally and your vocals are buried.

Wow, you are in for a treat. Have a listen to Deadhead, Bastard, the Desth of Music,....and, well, anything. Truly amazing musician

You're into metal and haven't heard of Strapping Young Lad? You've GOTTA start there - it's kind of crazy, SYL's 'extreme metal' is really the foundation for all of his solo work that followed. You wouldn't hear SYL and expect that it's the same guy behind the music; but that's Devin, his variety of rock is closer to the variety of Mike Patton(albeit, without all of the non-rock that that fuckin' psycho does as well, LOL) than probably anyone else in metal. Pay attention to his guitar playing too; legitimately one of the BEST guitarists in metal - IT'S NOT FAIR BTW, Steve Vai picked him up right out of high school to be his lead singer - yea, that's fuckin' Devin Townsend's life... Finally, this is the one that really got me into Devin Townsend, and it's still my favorite song by him. It isn't as 'impressive' as a lot of his other stuff, but the actual writing itself, he just nails that slow, chunky, heavy sound that I'm such a sucker for ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PYd44KwBOaA.html It's off of 'Devin Townsend Band's "Accelerated" album - fantastic album, that was my starting point, then I went back to SYL and followed his work in order(it's fascinating to listen to him evolve as a musician over ~25 years)

Yes, this!

Definitely wanna see that

It would be extreeeemely interesting to hear Sam's analysis and opinion about Tatiana because she has openly said she never warms up before shows. By that statement we can all guess she has never had a singing lessons whatsoever. I'm 99% sure she is self taught, which is CRRRRAZY because she is, in my opinion, the best female vocalist in metal today. She is also a smoker and casual drinker. It's like she does almost nothing for her voice yet she is the best there is, and perfectly able to tour like a maniac without harming it night after night. Also, there are many Jinjer reactions but none of them analyses Tatiana's voice from a professional point of view!

@@Michellevca I totally agree I have seen reactions of her music . But never on her voice and range. Its amazing to me how she sings like she does with being self taught

I came to comment this. Her vocal switch is unreal in that song. It's almost unbelievable that she can create those harsh sounds 👌 incredible song

Great idea!!!

I totally agree. Sam can make dozens of videos of Patton singing and always find something new.

Yes! Mike Patton has an awesome range.

Mike and Devin are my two favourite vocalists.

Are you serious about that vocal range???? That's just crazy...I like Mike, but I just never heard him enough to hear his diverse range. I must listen more now...I'm both impressed and depressed cuz holy shit, crazy range, lol...

Love Hate Love Live

Kent rey Marbebe yessss

He really is. Met him three times, and the guy is the coolest guy on the planet. Any chance you are the Jasper that manages their EU side of things and their online stuff?

@@_Odin_ I WISH

Just chills and metal goosebumps 🤘🏻😝🤘🏻

On his last video, I commented that he should react to Cornell's cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U". It's so damn beautiful. But anything by Cornell would be nice to see!

You're welcome Tyler

@@SamJohnsonVoice would you by chance look into yungblud you might enjoy them

I suggest anarchist acoustic version also do you like sanata artica?

Enjoy the ride!! Oh and what a ride it is...!

Hell yeah, Myles' voice is incredible

YES would love to see Sam react to that one!!

YES, PLEASE! That high note at the end... Perfect.

Oh, dude! You've GOT to check out his new material!!! He's on a whole nother level these days!!! Transcendence is his latest album, and he's got another one coming out February 2019 called 'Empath'. :D

He also does mellow stuff too. Check out his album "Ghost". It's beautiful :)

Check out Strapping Young Lad (this is a joke, but if you look them up, you'll understand why lol). But yeah he's done a LOT of music over the years, definitely don't write him off if this particular song isn't your kind of thing.

I suggest checking out Terria or Synchestra if you want to get a taste of some of his mellower stuff. He's an *incredible* artist and vocalist.

oh cmon!! every channel reacts to the same videos!!!! give him something different!!

@@danimek945 yeah but unlike other channels, I'd like to see an informed react with some actual context other than wow she's so good, which is why I'd love to see him react to Tatiana.

@@zamatallica7 you are totally right. This guy really knows what his talking about...

I completely agree! His is not a react channel, he is a vocal coach with actual technical knowledge. Also, from what I've seen, until very recently his analysis have been about pop music, so this could hopefully help explain metal to a wider audience, so that they can see that it's not "just noise" and maybe get more people interested in this amazing genre 😊

He should just on her range alone

I was about to search if he'd commented on that one actually, so please do Mikael next, Sam!

YES

Oh yes !!!

Agreed. I'd go for ghost of perdition though because vocals change more often in that song

@Taylor Knight Opeth is a little bit more interesting becourse of the transition from growl to clean.

Jason McConnell yes!

YES

Upvote

Yes!

Yes!

You have to check out Vai's Sex and Religion. Devin (as a kid) was phenomenal then and that's what hooked me as a fan.

I saw devin with steve vai in Chicago. Devy tossed his bottle of water into the crowd and I caught it. Fun times

He's been a professional vocalist since he sang with Steve Vai a year prior to SYL's first album.

Yeah with you there Jackal - Patton is so good, especially with the Bungle outfit. The self title was my introduction too and I came from the same metal stock. Bungle and NIN's downward spiral were my gateway drugs to more interesting things. Chemical Marriage off Disco Volante so good... Merry go Bye Bye... California, None of them knew they were robots... oh man. So many head fuck songs.

I think it's a given MP is one of the best of the best

oh yes please! i need it too. Just one idea: 9:20 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lFz5f9XV0NE.html

Mike Patton for sure, would be awesome 👌

Yes Please!