Devin Townsend - Acoustic NAMM 2010 - 'Ki'

[BeauKemp]

hahaha! I'm going to see if the wife will condone changing one to Ziltoid :-)

[BeauKemp]

Nope, didn't get to name one of the twins Devin - the wife was set on a different name but I almost convinced her ;-)

[jibbie001]

@BeauKemp If it was a boy and a girl you could've done Devin and Anneke, two boys Devin and Ziltoid :D

[dragonzith]

7:58 what model?



[sickonasunday]

holy fuck man.

[headlump]

5:35 wow what a powerful singer :O

[ShortSonata94]

Fucking hell, what a man.

[ZhasX3]

Why does he look like Voldemort when the mic is right in front of his nose

[BustedZen]

@ZhasX3 Because he's bald, white, and it looks like he doesn't have a nose then.

[IcedDragon1]

@ZhasX3 Actually, he reminds me of the Minions form Despicable Me ^^

[TMF58]

Devin Townsend is by far one of the greatest musicians ever. And sadly, he doesn't get much recognition outside of the prog community.

[anaphrodisiac]

@TMF58 And the metal community. I know he's explained repeatedly why he disbanded them, but I miss Strapping.

[ziltoidthegreat]

omg this man is a fucking genius. amazing vocals, amazing guitar work.

[ShadoTheBrainTheif]

Is that a stonebridge? Nom nom

[steal12345]

like this if your a poopynuggeteer

[mrghostnzl]

Devins the man!

[devildawgg67]

Thanks for posting this, very nice.

[adrianvdb]

hahaha i love how people goes "aah!" at 3:49 when he catches up with the scale.

[RyanJVH]

his facial expressions makes his music THAT much better

[00sven00sven00]

he loves his lydian mode doesnt he.

[AstraVex]

I defy anyone not to smile when he starts playing those arpeggios :)

[LessthanJake14]

What acoustic guitar does he use?

[CakeDestroyer]

He's such a goofy bastard I luv it sew much

[SkeksisBestSongEver]

Can´t believe this is the same guy i first learned to know about in SYL, my first SYL record was the selftitled album where he in the sleeve looks totally metal where when i learned to know about his solostuff i found out that he wasn´t your regular metaldude, and what a nice surprice!

[kummitusefekti]

nice catch!

[logicape]

Thank you for this - great vid and decent sound, you rock. Devin is SOOO inspiring!

[MetalHeadMat666]

Great video, and you got some great pictures.

[scottjones61]

those stretches on the arpeggios near the 20th fret on the at the 4:48 mark are impressive. It's pretty hard to make useable the high frets on an acoustic and the face on Devin at that point tells me he is concentrating to make sure they ring properly. Damn hes an animal on guitar.

[Mariofan7]

God this is Classic!

[damphire]

is there anything this guy can't do?

[jek21]

@damphire Mix drums properly.

[guitarplayer222333]

@jek21 how is one supposed to mix drums "properly"?

[jek21]

@guitarplayer222333 Let me rephrase that: "I don't like the way he mixes the drums on his records." That better?

[guitarplayer222333]

@jek21 thats better

[LessthanJake14]

@jek21 That's the integral piece to his "wall of sound" production. Derp.

[jek21]

@LessthanJake14 Doesn't mean I have to like it. Herp.

[LessthanJake14]

@jek21 True dat.

[filowfulwaffle]

I CANT BELEIVE I MISSED THAT AGHHHHH

[almightybunghole23]

"Backs arched on top of a mountain-top" hahaha!

[Jaymz515]

Again!

[LaDelpha]

hahahaha, he just keeps talking, and it is all funny xp

[geoffbarone603]

the end of this song is the most magical thing I've ever heard.

[BobLinuxemail]

Is a deity. Full Stop.

Playing at a music convention, acoustically, and alone with just himself. Damn right.

Nervous? Sure - who wouldn't be. Under the microscope? Of course.

Nevertheless...

[schwarg]

much harder to play on accoustic I guess :D

[imkittner]

full circle. thanks again Devin.

[Andinator]

Hahahaha! "Again?! -SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WWEEEEE FALLLLLLL"

[nivramrelyt]

Only Devin Townsend could pull off those epic faces and hand gestures at the end

[theghostparticle]

bruce willis? is that you?lol

he kinda look like him

but what the hell

he kicks ass big time.

awesome man

luv him:P

[BiorythmicDrifter]

this is a beautiful song...seems like a great guy to hang out with. Kudos!

[mrsamsa]

i love how Devy just seems to be enjoying himself and having a great time. really puts a lot of emotion into the song

[Gozzer02]

Thats one thing I enjoy so mucch with this guy. Hes really everyones friend..treats no one different...unless they are a dick :P

[OphielPan]

what software he use?

[Mirari555666]

he's using pro tools

[tastefulphrasing]

can someone tell me this song? I am new to devins music. I would appreciate it, and which album it is from. Thank you.

[murtazax]

The song is "Ki" off the album "Ki"

[murtazax]

Is this the only video you took of the set? I would love to see more.

[BeauKemp]

I love it! Trying to convince the wife to name one of our unborn twins Devin!

[olives639]

I would have zero problem with that.

[Mozzarizzle]

Play her 'KI' dude (like you haven't already) lol..

[bakedspade]

@BeauKemp So did you manage to convince your wife to call one of your kids Devin?

[Jaymz515]

That outro verse is epic, shame it doesn't repeat a couple more times, especially on the album version. Excellent song all over, highlight of the album to me.

[dontreadthis441]

could've done w/out the samples, but whatever devin is amazing either way

[FormerlyMrBean667]

Holy Fuck.

[Jaymz515]

Pause at 3:53

I lol'd

[Claggy]

He's such an awesome guy!

[metallicamike]

zomg. I have the same macbook as Devy.

[anoblenate]

the future is bright as long as Dev keeps making music. Can't wait for what's to come.

[TigerTaint]

he really looks like bruce willis in this video

[mambojamboman]

He's absoluuutely amazing! Hell of a man!!!

[Yakobpk]

What an Inspiration. Dev oozing charisma

[Meatpox]

Fuck! this dude's a mad scientist from hell.

[mustasparta]

Devin's amazing

theres all the proof you need

[yacanleaveyourHATEon]

he´s not weird...takes like two minutes to figure him out, but that doesn´t make him any less interesting or funny. That´s the cool thing about him. In fact he´s so cute i wanna adopt him.

and yes! cats are the most cool, arrogant and hilarious creatures :)

[dinkthestink123]

hes a weird cat... love him tho

[VampolkaXL]

Can anyone suggest some good ambient music artists? :)

[AMartins92]

Adam Jones :P awesome

[molfie]

Devin poops personality, he's such a cool guy...isn't he?

[DeliriumVeil]

Absolutely amazing!

Even when he lost his place while talking, he caught up amazingly, what a cool guy!

[tomcouturephoto]

This is all I recorded, I was taking photos for the rest. Canon 5D II.

[mikeymike4g63]

What lens?

[tomcouturephoto]

@mikeymike4g63 70-200 IS

[skyshock21]

@tomcouturephoto Looks awesome! Lighting in there is really nice.

[skeletor666]

yeah please please...if you have than pleeaaase upload more....did you make this video with the nikon d90?

[Tones4me1]

Awesome! We saw Devin in San Francisco right after this NAMM appearance and we loved him!!  Can't wait for Ghost to come out.

[csmayer]

Man's a master...!

[GirTheRobotV2]

Did he just indirectly announce the fourth DTP album? At 9:26 he says "...and Ghost is gonna come out and it's gonna be just a bunch of acoustic things"

[bettsaib]

Ghost has been announced for some time now......

[GirTheRobotV2]

Yeah...I found that out eventually lol.

I need to get with the times.

[mofokitten]

@GirTheRobotV2 it´s already been announced, actually. it´s no secret :P

[irakane2]

genius

[kingdiamondking]

can you post the whole 40 minutes???

[AnalDan]

his voice is absolutely incredible, love everything he puts out!!

[guitarplayer222333]

devin was right when he said his picking styly puts him behind the beat.

creates a nice layering effect. sweet.

[bradskinomaths]

I love that Dev can get all new-age-y, break up one of the best bands in history and make an album that's completely different from his other material, and STILL be utterly awesome. ...maybe it's because he was never 'cool' to begin with, he's a huge nerd =D

[DrummerFromFinland]

Man, this video is just too cool. I want to see Devin play his stuff live so bad!

[poopvayne]

Can't wait for Deconstruction but if Ghost is gonna sound anything like the bits he was playing during this video i CAN'T WAIT to hear it!Yet again another reason why Devin Townsend is my favorite musician!

[JamesGod08]

So Ghost is going to be another acoustic album? GREAT! I heard someone said country, another metal, but if it is anything like Ki... it will be totally amazing.

[irakane2]

this guy is a fuckinngggg geniusssss

[houseofdub]

Thank you soo much! Unbelievable.....

[stratman687]

OMFG

[AvianTaxi]

This was awesome, I as 3rd row, last seat before the walkway. Seeing this on 3 hours sleep made it even better! Hilarious dude.

[gitrplaya4u]

damn...no monitors?

[c9chord]

Thanks for sharing! I'm jealous.

[munton5150]

Damn wish I had been there! Amazing to see this stuff from Dev live! A whole different side of him.

[syzrs]

awesome. love the im too busy talking and missed the drop in!

[jburde]

Hahahaha "Again!" Amazing!

[EtherealChamber]

Fuck, incredible to see this beauty live! despite the fuck up.