Devin Townsend Podcast Devin Townsend

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