Ihsahn is one of my favourite people in the scene. Empathetic, creative, fierce and brilliant. I’m proud to know him and grateful he was able to hang with me for this episode :) -Dev Listen to the podcast here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/Podcast This podcast is brought to you by InsideOutMusic. Listen to ‘Don’t Go Too Early’, the new single from…

This months podcast is with Tomas Haake. Meshuggah has always been and remains a fascinating collective, it was nice to have the opportunity to pick his brain a bit about their process - Dev Listen to the podcast here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/Podcast This podcast is brought to you by InsideOutMusic. Listen to 'Charismatic Leaders', the new al…

For this episode, I was fortunate to talk to Jordan Rudess, whom I’ve become friendly with throughout our time together on tour. He’s a fantastic mind who has unique takes on some of the thoughts I’ve been bashing around. I hope you enjoy it :) Devin Listen to the podcast here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/Podcast This podcast is brought to you by…

Episode 6 is with an artist named Blindboy out of Ireland who has created some of my favorite content over the past few years. From his band ‘The Rubberbandits’ to his numerous tv shows, podcast and books, he’s a great hang and unafraid to investigate the same sort of stuff I like to think about. To those wondering about the ads for Inside Out band…

Mike Keneally is the guest for this episode. He’s been a very positive influence in my life and we’ve been working together for a few years now. His insights are both fearless and practical. Devin Listen to the podcast here: https://devin-townsend.lnk.to/Podcast This podcast is brought to you by InsideOutMusic. Listen to & order 'Insanium' by Whom …

For this months interview, I talked with guitarist Joe Satriani. Not only a commercially successful artist, but also a very effective teacher. His methodology seems deceptively simple yet clearly effective. Hes been a solid person and very down to earth throughout all our interactions and I appreciate his process. Please enjoy =) - Dev Listen to th…

Hey all, for the third episode, (and second interview) of The Devin Townsend Podcast, I'm interviewing renowned guitarist Tosin Abasi about his creative process. I'm fascinated by what makes artists tick, and as I continue down the path of interviewing people (there's some great guests lined up) I really enjoy getting insights into the minds of peo…

For the second episode, I am attempting the process of interviewing someone else about their process and seeing how they navigate the same stumbling blocks we all do. Steve Vai was the obvious guest based on our history and my relationship with him. If this works, I may attempt to interview other artists I know about this topic in hopes it can shed…

The DTPodcast is intended as a real time counterpart to the making of one of my projects. In this inaugural episode, (prior to getting into the nuts and bolts of it all) I discuss the concept of Synesthesia (when your brain routes sensory information through multiple unrelated senses, causing you to experience more than one sense simultaneously) th…

The DTPodcast is intended as a real time counterpart to the making of one of my projects. In this inaugural episode, (prior to getting into the nuts and bolts of it all) I discuss the concept of Synesthesia (when your brain routes sensory information through multiple unrelated senses, causing you to experience more than one sense simultaneously) th…

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 i…

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 …

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 …

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 A…

Not sure who still listens to these, if anyone, but heres the next one =) Timestamps: (0:00) – Dev’s creative process / The Puzzle (18:52) – Chaos (36:24) – Halloween Stream / Dev’s upcoming projects (46:09) – The genesis of Ki (50:30) – Moving away from drugs and alcohol (52:27) – Not feeling comfortable expressing anger (57:15) – A new setup for …

Aliens =) Timestamps: (0:00) – How the weather inspires Dev / Routines (11:27) – Being a new parent (21:34) – Dev’s mindset and lifestyle change (29:33) – Writer’s block after The New Black / Accumulating gear (35:41) – The inspiration for Ziltoid / Making a puppet (43:43) – Writing Ziltoid The Omniscient (46:51) – The meaning behind Ziltoid (52:48…

Yay! ...Stuff!! Timestamps: (0:00) – Social media (24:09) – Advertising (31:12) – The genesis of The New Black (35:56) – The artwork (40:51) – The production / Recording (47:10) – Writing The New Black / The performances (52:23) – Lyrical themes / The songs (1:01:48) – Summarising The New Black (1:03:58) – Download 2006 / Dissolving SYL (1:12:01) –…

More of this sort of thing if youre interested... Timestamps: (0:00) – Synchestra as a reaction to Alien (6:53) – Themes of Synchestra (8:39) – Studio techniques (11:53) – Notes from Africa (12:48) – Reactions to Dev’s work (24:54) – The mission of Synchestra (27:46) – Vampira (29:45) – Mental Tan (36:58) – Judgement (42:05) – A Simple Lullaby (45:…

Sorry for the delay =) Timestamps: (0:00) – Looking back at the podcast / Self-help (16:06) – The genesis of Alien (27:42) – Self-sabotage during Alien / Anti-psychotics (35:19) – The warehouse (37:15) – Writing Alien (44:10) – The meaning of Alien (48:51) – Dev’s mindset during Alien (52:21) – Info Dump (1:01:25) – Dev’s relationship with the memb…

Heres more of this, if you fancy... this one is about the two records Accelerated Evolution and SYL. Yay! Timestamps: (0:00) – Uncomfortable truths (15:00) – Writer’s block / Acceptance (30:06) – Starting the Devin Townsend Band (40:12) – Two albums at once (48:02) – What is SYL? (52:09) – Rape song / Accountability (1:00:15) – Promoting SYL and Ac…

Well, heres yet another one of these. I assume if youre listening to it, you want to be…so I should probably stop worrying about the rambling nature of it. If youre listening to it simply because it annoys you, well…thats super weird. Anyways, this is episode 5, loosely based on the 2001 album Terria. Hope youre groovy - Dev Timestamps: (0:00) – De…

So Ive been hearing that you folks have been enjoying this enough that I should continue? Im happy to do so, but its certainly odd. I'll just keep plugging through them and I hope they dont veer into crazy levels of pretentiousness, especially as I let my gaurd down. Maybe thats part of this whole process in the long run though so...have at er. Her…

So this is episode 3, about the album 'Infinity' (which followed City and Ocean Machine). I warn you going into this: I am confusing in the ways i explain this one. Theres so many things I would like to say and honestly, Im barely able to be coherant about it all here. Once it gets going it makes a bit more sense, but it takes a while to warm up...…

This is episode 2, about the second Strapping Young Lad album, CITY. I figured instead of doing Terria next, Id do them in order (though Ive still ignored HAARHT and Punky thus far, but I'll get to them) and City was done simultaneously to Ocean Machine and best keeps the momentum going. It took less time to do this than I thought, so I may wait a …

This is the inaugural episode, and I figure the best way to dip my toes into this format is to use it as an opportunity to discuss all the albums in depth. This one gets into my album 'Ocean Machine' as a decent starting point. Enjoy! =) Timestamps: (0:00) – Intro (1:07) – Quarantine (4:14) – The ‘Noisescapes’ demo / Steve Vai (12:26) – Starting fr…