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 =)

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