thanks! Yep, that's my background vocal. The live tracks do sound clean. Tracks direct into the board, "in ear" monitors, with no stage monitors helped. The hall (Union Chapel) was a pleasure to play too, both visually and acoustically.

@CJ_3000

4 жыл бұрын

I love your part! It really adds a lot to the melody.. Nice job! And very clean, it sounds like the album.

@KatEpple-EmeraldWeb

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyswift135 Thanks Gary! I enjoyed recording and performing with Devin. He is a dear friend and amazing human being! He first heard my Space Music when it was originally released as Emerald Web albums in 1980 and 1981 ("Sound Trek" and "Valley of the Birds") Those 2 albums were recently remastered and rereleased. www.katepple.com/emeraldweb-valleyofthebirds

@KatEpple-EmeraldWeb

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyswift135 Thanks Gary! . I am still composing, playing and recording. Thanks for listening through the years! kat

@yomellamo2008

3 жыл бұрын

Perfection!!

It always surprises me how many people fail to think outside the metal box. They often want to pigeon hole artists and, once they have learnt to like what they do in one particular genre, to refuse to give the artist the freedom to explore their different musical talents. Devin is a man who does not conform. He does what he wants and sets incredibly high standards. I love SYL as much as I love things Devin does on the other side of the musical spectrum. No, he has not lost his balls. I'm sure he's saving them for later. In the mean time I sit back, relax and enjoy a unique talent, so rare in the music industry that I cannot name anyone with the same amount of courage. Talking about having balls!

@ThrillhoWiggum

6 жыл бұрын

Joop Klepzeiker Little do people know, Hevy Devy is the epitome of an artist who writes from soul. He doesn't write FOR fans. He writes from his emotions. Let's not forget how great of a musician he actually is, and song writer, and producer. Would GWAR get a dud to produce one of their records? Don't answer that, please.

@dontpaniciceland

4 жыл бұрын

Incredibly well said

@rerditirerthz5568

2 жыл бұрын

@Onikage people outside from Devy fanbase i guess...

@KhalDrogo76

2 жыл бұрын

Like Dev said, who eats the same thing for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, etc? Lunatics thats who

@inaldor

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect... 100% agreed.

2024 and still come back to this gem.

i wish he would play more songs from this album live

@pendleeldnep

4 жыл бұрын

That's EXACTLY what he did!!! This concert WAS the entire album played live.

Devin Townshend is love...Devin Townshend is Life :)

Damn. 2011. Time flies, I remember listening this for the first time and I still hear it like it was my first time! I've been following Devin since Ki and it's being a wild ride.

I love Devin's softer stuff, so beautiful

@dporter2112

9 жыл бұрын

Agree with you!! "Two weeks" from SYL is another great one that stands out

@Pfel93

9 жыл бұрын

Darren Porter Stood out from the album first time I heard it, very Pink Floyd-esque ;D

Devin is blessed with a voice and he will use it...

god i love devin you know? You dont tell devin what genre he plays in he puts it out and you like it or you dont. Hes an artist in its true sense. doesnt care about ratings doesnt care about followings he just cares that he puts out his soul and thats that. to the best front man/songwriter. artists of my generation

This is easily in my top 5 of his entire catalogue. It’s crazy how good his music is regardless of style. One of my biggest regrets is never seeing him live.

I use this album often when I go to bed.

Oh man have i been missing out. Discovered Devin 8 days ago and i just can´t get enough of this masterpiece. Really get´s to me and always keeps me in a good mood. THUMBS UP Devin

Another example of Devin's pure genius

This is the man who worte "Shitstorm"

I'm with Devin. This is my favorite song from all four records. It's just perfect.

Devin is the very pinnacle of experimental music channeled directly from the psyche. The man is a musical genius, but I don't have to tell you all that.

This song makes u feel like your out of your body and your spirit is just floating into the sky

Back here again. Still my favorite of the easy listening DT songs.

Its one of the biggest... A complete, diverse, great and funny musician

I spend my life learning and improving but creating music is not a calling of mine which in some respects does give me freedom to enjoy music in a way some people can't. I'm glad that you feel the way you do:)

it was the most beautiful experience, truly emotional.....lots of hardened metalheads in a gorgeous chapel absolutely spellbound...ive never seen anything like it before in my life..

It's so weird seeing Dave back on keyboards, like he was on Alien by SYL This sounds fantastic though, absolutely love this song to bits, so relaxing, and the chords just flow so well together, cannot wait to see him for a 3rd time this December :D

Absolutely love this song, and the music is fantastic 💖💜💜

Isnt he just a music genius !!!🤩🤯😱

i think the same.. the best song of the four records

I was there!

Glad this came up on my suggestions. Amazing.

I love him so much, this is beautiful

Genius

MERAVIGLIOSA!! Grande Devin!!

Amen brother... now THAT is the sign of a truly talented musician.

Devin is amazing. :)

Gore i love this song SO MUCH

Its just where he was at at the time. Devin has always been true to himself.

One of my Fav too with KI

Not only does knowledge of music open up a whole other aspect to appreciate, it's voluntary. You don't have to do it. Everyone's free to just enjoy it.

what a great performance. I have a few DTP records but I never knew he was this good live.

I'm a musician and I truly enjoy this, I don't bother even starting to criticize this masterpiece. There's a difference between music and Devin Townsend. Music is not a deity.

Супер! Дэвин, спасибо, чувак!!

yep this song and fly are my favorite :)

Perfect.

I was at this show, and the other three that make up By A Thread. I'm not ashamed to say this gig had tears in my eyes at points. Especially Kawaii....

I'm so glad I am not a musician.....I am free to just.........enjoy... lovely wonderful beautiful song......

Love this boxset..Been a huge devin fan for a long time..Seen him live on the addicted he use his laptop for the samples and a back track..Nothing wrong with it it gives his live show a bigger depth and sounds better..

Being a somewhat musician I have to say that while writing music is pretty rough to do, when you get it done and you have something like this you get to show it off to people. The best part of being a musician is seeing comments like yours and enjoying others' admiration and love of what you have made. :)

I would do anything to be able to hear that live

because all the musicians i know just dissect, anylize and then critasize music when they hear it I really wouldn't want to be that way:)

i need this dvd, we all need it. WHY U SOLD OUT!

Ghost album is very nice and mellow, this I'm sure will fit the bill

A beautiful hall

Ki is a wicked dark and mellow album

bravo

He does not confine himself to a box and creates all genres "properly" and "deeply" from extreme metal to ambient music. He is the best musician of our time, underrated and not as well recognized as his abilities. It should have ranked #1 on the Billboard multiple times.

Can't wait to see him at Brixton Academy tonight :D

Listen to that reverb on his acoustic damnnnn

i know what he means. sometimes devin makes me wanna just give up lol. so much creativity.

Who the hell gave that 1 dislike?!?!

@dporter2112

7 жыл бұрын

Someone without a soul

@jasonhardy9512

4 жыл бұрын

Some Negative Nelly looking for a reaction. Best to ignore. This is beautiful.

Musician or not, one enjoys this. Trust me.

sounds pretty much like on the day to me, mixed a touch differently

This is Natural blood pressure lowering medication.

it's wierd how he wrote all thos SYL songs, and also gave out Deconstruction at the same date as Ghost.

It's been done, check out Saviour Machine the Legend Series.

Nah, at least so far, metal seems to be the only genre that's still expanding and experimenting While I enjoy Devin's softer stuff, I really love the way he mixes in these kinds of emotions into a heavier song, like what he does in songs like Supercrush and Hyperdrive

I went from SYL-Shitstorm directly to this, and the contrast blew a mental fuse, i might need medical attention...

this makes me wish i never became a musician. so i could stop being so jealous :P

I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean- I'm a musician and I can enjoy it perfectly too~

well that may be true but I don't know any engineer's or producers so from personal experience I stand by what I said:)

Da ga nema,trebalo bi ga izmisliti!Nema vecega muzicara na ovom svijetu,sto se tice fantazije koje ima u svojoj muzici,nema mu nikoga ravnog!Ludnica!

And ALIEN!!

Their isn't, he just has tracks playing in the background like he always does live :)

Only Devin could write albums that stick so true to the true meaning of music. Only Devin could write such a tame album and not give a flying turd whether or not the critics hate it... Being a Christian, I think that some of his motives behind the different bands/project are a bit questionable from a Christian standpoint, but still - he's an incredible musician. To be honest, I'd love to do a project with a similar sound to Devin, yet with a Christian-based theme.

yeah he has a alot of pre recorded backing tracks playing but having heard his real live vocals i really doubt he overdubbed any of his live vocals

Devin really shot himself in the foot by releasing the first four DTP albums, didn't he? I honestly don't know if he'll ever be able to top them. (Not to say he hasn't put out great material since then, especially with Empath)

Doh! You're right. A misread that. I'm sorry. Doesn't change the rest of what I said, though. I love how you say I need something to hate, yet you're the one who seems angry. Haha.

Can anyone suggest me more soft/acoustic albums by this guy?? Please?? I know about the devin townsend unplugged album already. Thanks! :)

@GamesfromtheGrave

7 жыл бұрын

borngeek Casualties of Cool

@simmycutters3757

5 жыл бұрын

not Devin but if you like this stuff you should check out Hammock :)

lucky bastard

I have been here and seen your post (6 months now) and have always been a bit perplex, 43^? Things that impress or inspire makes we want to learn and improve, not thankfull or glad that will not achieve or try to. I get that you feel it, just not that you feel it and would not want to reproduce it.

I wasn't expecting anyone to care whether or not I'm a Christian, I was merely mentioning what I'd like to do some day.

I was thinking the same thing when I saw this. The back tracks are overpowering. I could see if they were very low in the mix but they're WAY out front.

I know of Saviour Machine, they're great. :) However, I don't think there's ever been a project that has quite been able to mimic Devin's sound accurately, let alone a Christian band that does this. I actually consider Saviour Machine more of a Christian Gothic/symphonic metal band. That reminds me that I need to buy their albums, thanks for the reminder haha

Yes, there is. It's called Live In London. The word "live" matters. When a recording ceases to be "live," then consumers and fans have a right to question that.

Devin didn't have a lot of time to do any real post-production with a lot of overdubs. I think people are confusing the pre-recorded backing tracks with overdubs simply because they are more prominent. They are more prominent because they are direct to the board with no signal loss or noise like you have with microphones. The guitars are also direct, so they are going to be a lot more even. The mix is going to be a bit off simply because you have a blend of mic'ed instruments and direct.

Sure, and I'm sure he'd love to perform with a choir and orchestra and all too instead of samples, but it'd be impossible to have hundreds of people on stage with his current budget. He's explained that before too. So samples will have to do as most of his songs, due to the nature and complexity of his work, simply wouldn't sound good at all being performed by just four dudes (I mean there were like 80 vocal tracks on Infinity alone...)

@Ravelle17

4 жыл бұрын

Kerfuffleinahussle 👏👏👏👏

That tends to be engineer's and producers who do that not musicians.

Take a look at my YT sign-up date. I have been on the internet a lot longer than I have been on YT.

Is this your first day on the internet?

if your gonna criticize his amazing diversity then im going to criticize your spelling cuz apparently you dont see that a great musician like devin is as talented as he is because he writes according to how he feels and if he just played metal then he would be like most musicians which is mainstream...devin writes when he is inspired and if all musicians did that then maybe we would have music still worth listening too

Devin is great live. Not sure why, then, there is so much post-production done on these clips. They might as well be studio tracks now. =(

they're not live though right? it seems like her live vocals may not have been good enough to use so he just over-dubbed with the album version. that being said, you're right they're amazing.

Tbh I think he added too many effects/background samples/vocals/whatever in the production of the DVD. I know he likes things perfect but I'd rather hear the live audio as it was...this almost feels like a studio version with some live vocals. Nevertheless, I reeeaaalllyy want this DVD but it looks like it's all sold out. Craaaaappp.

Yeah, had the same impression watching the DVD. Sounds like world record in overdubs and polishing. Really odd considering how fantastic live performer he is. Well, maybe it's really just overly loud backing tracks.

@Ravelle17

4 жыл бұрын

Łukasz Padzik [ZeeKat] I think it's moreso him treating a live recording like he does his studio albums-gating, compression, reverb. It's a stylistic choice

I'm a huge fan of Dev, but I'd like to see him perform everything 'live' with a choir and orchestra instead of a computer playing samples.

@Ravelle17

4 жыл бұрын

Matthijs van den Hoven If he had the budget for it he would

A lot of this albums have laid back stuff... but then his bipolarism kicks in and it's balls-in-the-meat-grinder chaos.

Sounds like it yeah.. Doesn't really looks like the woman on stage is putting the same emotion in the vocals as there is in the actual melody we hear.

What an utterly unfortunate thumbnail...

Is that women on the left just a prop or something? Is she even actually singing or playing the flute? Looks extremely fake.

@captainpiefox9133

6 жыл бұрын

Bedtimesnack I think she might actually be playing flute, but it's just simple playing that is really well blended. Vocals though, I really can't tell.

@Akkarin1994

5 жыл бұрын

I know that I'm very late but the fact that she looks irritated and touches her earpiece a lot indicates that she had trouble hearing Devin. Her vocals were therefore probably off and that's why they decided to use the studio recordings of her for the DVD.

@MegaMega22

7 ай бұрын

@@Akkarin1994 I thought she sounded too perfect. Here's a raw version, she's still good, but the flute mix was off kzread.info/dash/bejne/lWd4vMuNZMLgmMo.html

dis is not methul.