Devin Townsend On Heavy Sounds

[allmetaliswelcome]

what's the intro song?

[schwarg]

@allmetaliswelcome Stand

[iskim86]

larger sense of something... that's bigger?

[ihaveallseeingeyes]

what is the intro song?

[Gilsworth]

Don't know how I got here... Got no interest in guitars or bass, just stayed because this guy is genuinely interesting.

[peyoteugly]

even though i don't listen to or play music like Devin's, i've found this stuff to be super helpful (no matter what your preferred genre). the stuff about pick attack contributing to heaviness is spot fucking on. great pointer.

[MrToodling]

Such a legend, truly knows his stuff!

[snakemaster7]

Only Devin can rock out diarrhea colored clothes and pull it off.

[8ball3456]

"A larger sense of something... that's bigger."

[F4TB0Y69]

@8ball3456 lol i thought that was pretty good too, I think syncapation is the word hes looking for, just have to love DT xD

[8ball3456]

@F4TB0Y69 He's one of the best, and he's not mainstream really, so nobody ruins his awesome reputation, at least where I'm from.

[F4TB0Y69]

@8ball3456 noone is ruining his reputation, especially when Steve Vai says he is a genuis, and I personally think he is incredible

[TheMantaVisual]

He speaks so frivolantly and crucially, the way that I speak when I'm severely drunk... but he's not drunk. How does he do that?

[chrisfrenette91]

i feel like im watching david letterman for some reason...

[cladny]

If the roses smell like music, get to the studio.

[jamesmonast]

What is that amazing riff he's making the funny faces to? And bass guitar forever!!

[F4TB0Y69]

@jamesmonast he tells you at the start, its Disruptor, from Kii (yeah, buy it) lol

[ichorousmedia]

i know howta wang or wank?

[ConnorGilks]

Dunno if that's a one... it's a Canadian one.

[MorbidAngel2011]

this guy is fun to listen to

[PrismaticDemi]

1:25 Lol =p

[noodlesdefyyou]

i dont know if that was a one, but its a one to me. a canadian one.

[bingefeller]

Heavy sounds are the best sounds :)

[xXJackXSmithXx]

3:50 = DJENT!

[mrnobodyouknow]

What am I. 37, 38, YUUHHAAAAH!

I laughed so much at that.

[mathisto21]

There goes my hero!

[Darkwing74]

A large sense of something.. Hahaha. This is a great man.

[childofthedarkrat]

Doc Brown?!



[dcboy98]

hahahahahahaha so awesome

[gojirametallica]

Makes me proud to be canadian, holy shit he is fucking hilarious!

[RamsesCairoC]

How can anybody understand what he says??? Or better yet Who cares????

[blanchard3]

@RamsesCairoC I can understand what he says .I care what he says.I checked out your stuff....sounds good to me.

[somberlight]

@RamsesCairoC i do. there's a reason why he's headlining tours while you're wanking your ghettoass guitar in complete solitude. he get's well known featuring artists to his releases, while you have to resort to crying like a weak little bitch over youtube. come on, you're supposed to be a grown man but judging from your words, i'll have to send you diapers .you seem to need them.

[RamsesCairoC]

@somberlight You are the reason why hate exist, you don't know me and you insult me, you are the reason why they sell guns, my friend you are the reason why there are terrorists, because right now I don't care about Townsend, or music ..................but you know what, GOD bless you, I hope you have a great day.

[somberlight]

@RamsesCairoC doesn't go like that, buddy, but i can live with that. first line i answered to was no better than the random troll insult seen all over youtube, so it kinda deserved no better treatment. but your comeback was class. commendable. i will always argue against massive "fuck you" thrown at my favorite artist, but i have no ill will towards personal preference, only to the way how you chose to present it. i did find your troll-comment equally rude to my answer. g'day to you aswell.

[willa7xmoose]

3:14

[Destructerator]

Christ, he's a genius.

[Zackathor]

i fucking love devin!!!

[NoaOno]

oh god he djents

[arlothellama]

A larger sense of something, that's bigger.

[devthous]

stand

[TheGzeus]

I accidentally figured out that pick angle thing years back. It's awesome, but seems to chew up picks, so I use celluloid. Rub it on your pants and you have a new edge.

[PersepolisOfficial]

It's a Canadian one :)

[karatebankr0bber]

Oh Devy, I think i want to marry you.

[DarthMohammed]

"... larger sense of something... that's bigger." Hell yeah... now THAT'S what the f*ck I'm talking about!

[FolkMetalPiper]

800 is a week?! should have been 8000 at least. Amazing album

[mmaier2112]

I'm drunk, but he's a funny fucker!

[IronGuitarist]

DJENT AS FUCK

[ViperRob42]

I never get tired of listening & hearing Devin Townsend

[therealmistman]

@ViperRob42 You missed out watching him: "Funny faces are good"

[bellingerga]

@ViperRob42 hilarious man, brilliant artist.

[ninfan98]

GUHAHUH

[theallmightyham]

So JH was the first Djenter?

[CDP110]

Just love this guy!

[OldScarsNewHate]

thumbs up to the faces he makes :)

[Death66reaper6]

Until i change my mind, We're in C. Enjoy.

[AlxMiNeR]

@Death66reaper6 hahahahha ty i was going to write it xD \m/

[mathisto21]

@Death66reaper6 hahahaha - love it!!!

[LaMerkIndustries]

Ki is so much better than the newer albums IMO. Its probably the most unique one he has ever made.

[Talenmentius]

From what song was the first few seconds?

[GreenGuitarNerd]

@Talenmentius that riff is all over new album Deconstruction and Ghost but mainly the song "Stand"

[fingerboy18]

Making an emotional solo is extremely hard to do as is playing fast emotionally. Guthrie Govan is a good example of one that can shred until the earth explodes and he's a very passionate player.

[Muppio]

'Ki' is a really cool sounding album. I really recomend it.

[gravyonmypotatoes]

This guy is one of the most real people to ever talk into a camera lol.

Fantastic player to boot.

[Wildchild777]

watching devin chug out a few riffs always reminds me ov home, cuz im watchin this ol holidays right now n im getn REAL homesick :(.... but ill get home on wednesday night n shread it all out as opposed to masturbation lol

[YorVideoSux]

Reminds me of Murderface

"How come they never make metal albums about... takin her easy..."

[MrJayCudmore]

Devin and Buckethead would make an amazing collaboration album... Thats if someone can find where the hell Buckhthead went...

[BLACKanimebrother]

this video spoke to me this Tuesday morning. Now if you guys excuse me, im going to work and coming back home and NOT play games. In fact, I'll pick up my fucking guitar.

[n0cturnalsurfer]

actually, i've read in a couple interviews with James Hetfield, he's said that a lot of his picking technique involves getting the pick as flat to the strings as possible. but no one can pick like Hetfield anyways

[94WildchildBHC]

Saw him the other night with Children of Bodom, he seems cool as fuck

[Axegrinder90]

@94WildchildBHC Alexi aint got SHIT on Devin.

[Kivip44]

Intro: Stand! Love it how he sprinkles parts around before releasing, played a part of Deconstruction a year ago at the Ziltoid show. This man is Word.

[americaninjaX]

You know what? You guys keep doing what you do because until I change my mind, we're in C. Enjoy.

[mophead02]

Soap-dodgin' petunia wearers hahaha

[revenge102992]

I love you dvy

[MyNameIsBucket]

I never knew my emotional hang-ups caused by distorted self-image and a desperate need for attention during childhood affected my picking style so much! Thanks, Devin Townsend!

[JJoeLAbbath]

5:58 - This Part reminds me so of Garth Algar from Wayne's World!!! Awesome musician with awesome humor :-)

[HenryJWilkins]

whats with the black head

[damnbacon88]

Devin Townsend: Canada's apology for Nickelback and Justin Bieber.

[lemonjuix]

@ 1:35 - 1:42 being an electric bassist I laughed at this so hard I literally fell out of my chair

[turbosat4n]

a large sense of something thats bigger......

just listen to any syl song. start with you suck the go on to oh my fucking god.

[ibamct]

I knew he was a kick butt musicain and singer, but who knew he was a master musical comedian, too?

[instereovideos]

"Yeah, that's how to hold a pick...

...so if I have any advice for new, aspiring guitarists, it would be: learn a trade."

hilarious.

[supah1337B]

Heavy? ...Meshuggah

[galatonim]

0:39 - clicking that over again is haunting

[instereovideos]

@galatonim

"Down... you know, and it's like, again, you know, and it's like... Down... you know, and it's like, again, you know, and it's like... Down... you know, and it's like, again, you know, and it's like..."

[Drewb18c1]

Dont know why I haven't watched any videos of him talking before, but god damn he's a cool guy.

Also that trick with the pick is awesome...such a raw, brutal sound

[sesspleftocore]

He reminds me of David Cross. Cool Guy

[alex93metallica]

this man is such a genius

[shadowmark27]

somehow i get the feeling that i dont understand the bass joke. can someone please explain?=)

[faronhemlock]

"hey im great at wanking guitars" lmao!!!!!!!!

[IBZ1965]

Dev: I love ya man. But shut the fuck up and play!

[timmotjo17]

4:38 A lagrer sense of something, that's... bigger.

[MadMax052]

i am one of those 7 people!

[ChimChimandChimaira]

WHO THE FUCK DISLIKED THIS VIDEO??? IM CRACKING SOME SKULLS

[oootinanai]

AHAHAHAHA!

"you guys do what you want but as long as i am here we'll stay in C..."

EPIC :D

[chopshark2]

'its a candian 1'

[Lazzle22]

How... HOW CAN HE BE SO FUCKING COEWL? Chill

[Idey1994]

lol I love the background laughter when he tells the bassist joke at 1:38

[DecoSBoss]

No body can wank harder than Devin Townsend. 

[Arglactable]

Haha... Just got Ki in the mail. Devin is the man.

[FourteenTwentysix]

"introspective kind of shit" :)



[majorblood87]

fuck the maple leaf, devin should be on our flag

[slesperado]

@majorblood87 Haha! I second that, although I don't live in Canada:)

[TheEvilsocky]

@majorblood87 I would move to Canada if that happened.

[SeeDubyaa]

@majorblood87 Shut up you arrogant fuck, your flag is shame and corruption.

[majorblood87]

@SeeDubyaa My flag is two red stripes on a white canvas and a leaf. That's about as non-threatening as flags come.

[SeeDubyaa]

@majorblood87 Why does it have to be threatening? My flag looks like a god damn circus

[arnieweise]

It's the canadian one LOL!

[haropro2]

Hey Dude, I know how to wank! I lol'd so hard haha I fucking love Devin xD

[JakeWearsJeans94]

Oh Devin, you so crazy.

[skillzdatkillz900]

i honestly don't know what he keeps saying? all i heard "hey i know how to wank" which is obviously not right lol

[ThatGuyWithTheHat]

@1:38

If you listen very closely, you can hear the crew laughing at the bassist gag.

[samambrotv]

I respect Devin so much, but I can't help but laugh as he looks like and has the humor of David Letterman.

[thelumptube]

Whats the funny chord he plays at 2:30?

[zekeLindgren]

@thelumptube sounds diminshed to me

[Idey1994]

@thelumptube

I think he says its disruptor off Ki

[Idey1994]

Anyone know the riff from 0:00 to 0:08

[SoldierOrc]

@Idey1994 I think it's stand from forthcoming deconstruction..great riff!

[Idey1994]

@SoldierOrc

If thats true I cannot wait for the album, sounds awesome!

[SoldierOrc]

Well..see the latest video update on deconstruction. It'll blow your mind.

[SoadOwnsUrFace]

This guy is my hero.

I love how he does the whole pause for effect thing and you hear laughter

from the back room.

[dusthaze]

listen-up kiddies!!!!! the wisdom is in the sarcasm and wit, verbal trail-offs and footnotes.

[dusthaze]

listen-up kiddies!!!!! the wisdom is in the sarcasm and wit, verbal trail-offs and footnotes.

[jajajah86]

"..a larger sense of something that's bigger..." i love that :)

[munchy040]

this guy looks exactly like my doctor

[legendofzelda101]

I'm not even close to a decent guitar player, I can sort of shred and wank, but no sweeping whatsoever. Self-taught however

I don't care. I record my own music. This music nowadays which is just shredding and sweeping puts music as an abstract and not even an art anymore.

Devin is seriously my superhero. His music is incredibly SIMPLE, as amazing of a player as he is. Thank God for him.

[slayersdiciple]

@legendofzelda101 Depends what you're reffering to, there's plenty of bands that sweep and their music is much better then most. Wintersun is a good example

[PaganWarDrummer]

His comment about an inflamed sense of self importance is absolutely correct. I don't think I've ever loved this man more than I do now.

[pcrvg0808]

i use my fingers a lot .....NO C,MON DEV use your feet for a while , dude . 

[amonamarth55]

Seen him 5 times now... Canadian must!

[abcdphresh]

@ Mutant1994401 i met and jammed with devin dowsend at longue and mcquade vancouver... most amazing moment of my life

[lahbl]

It's a Canadian 1.

[AstraVex]

3:13 - clicking that over again is haunting

[KongoXIIV]

@AstraVex Hahahaaaaa!

[DMU555]

@AstraVex It's fuckin hilarious

[darksorcerermusic]

@AstraVex HAHAHAHAHAHAHA////i almost pissed my pants doing that

[Machiniman20]

@AstraVex GAAAAH!

[williamindragunawan]

3:58 - chug

4:02 - DJENT

[gibbsies]

its a canadian one

:)

[CCresante]

"Someone's doing something right" Lol

[FakeFlourescentSkies]

3:14

i love how hes so self aware

[Omnipresent1000]

Devin has a real stiff finger style. I think that if he was to loosen up a bit it would work for him! lol

[napalmfred]

"Smell the roses!" Greatest advice ever. I'm serious too.

[triggerhoppe]

Haha "I don't know if that's one. It's a canadian one"

Genious <3

[skaladeritcher666]

3:13 so funny

AAAHAAAAHAAA XDDDD

Devin Townsend = GOD

[xGSxMayhem94]

what's the song at the beginning? :/ sounds bad ass but i don't know the name

[HavenDivineMusic]

4:35 "A larger sense of something thats bigger!" LOL NICE.

[snapascrew]

What amp is this cat using?

[hellothorns]

@snapascrew he is, or was endorsed by mesa boogie and i think i remember seeing him playing a triple rec for his heavy stuff.

[Theotherotherother]

We're in C...Enjoy.

[nadbatak]

he is a weed smoking genious !!!!! :)

one of my greatest and biggest idols

thank you for your great music, and thank god for weed !!!! hahahaha

[Kyrsamakkara]

@nadbatak

Except he hasn't smoked for was it like two years, neither has he used alcohol.

[HitaroX]

this guy is awsome

[skaladeritcher666]

3:13 XDDDDDDD

[jameznealon]

Genius and insanity are one and the same aren't they!? Devin ftw.

[ExhumedRemains]

What song was he playing at the very beginning of the video.

[ShredST]

@ExhumedRemains I think it's a riff from Deconstruction.

[EVILMORPHGOD]

I miss his Strapping Ways.....So much, and I like an idiot discovered Strapping after they were done. I wish he was not so down on his heavy stuff.... I just hope as he simmers he does not want to Neuter his aggressive music style that hopefully remains somewhere...

RELENTLESS..... I'd love to see some of that! A talented man for sure. Almost again....

[MrPrisoner24601]

"Because that would bore you, and the last thing I want to do would be that"

.......

xD

[bleifingerT]

i also learned my picking from watching an old Metallica Concert Video casette :D it really sounds dirty >:) (referring to 3:40)

[GobBass]

Sounds very baritone-esque when he uses the clean bits.

[quaxBK]

@GobBass I think it's because he's in Open B here.

[emilowich]

One of the best musicians ever, and definitely the funniest one.

[RDNmetal]

Why does Dev have a seizure at 3:12?

[ShredST]

@RDNmetal probably caused by the fear of aging.

[ajpieman1]

"i know how to wank, but it just doesn't work"

poor Devin :(

[beneqisrael]

What guitar is that!?

[furiouscake]

a larger sense of SOMETHING that is bigger.

[xCobhcxx]

what i like about Devin, is that he's so Humble and doesnt think hes that good at Solo's, but in all honesty, he wrote the book on shredding

[DaemoniumCC]

@xCobhcxx He did?