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The barking dogs in Colonial Boy cracked me up. They might have been in the album version, but they really shine in Retinal Circus.
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Don't get me wrong, I love the man but I think he needs to get other people to mix his stuff. I might be in the minority here, but I find The Retinal Circus audio to be so damned 'bassy' and low that it just sounds flat, overproduced and a little bit lifeless. Deconstruction and Addicted from By a Thread were horribly mixed also, and the last time I saw him live earlier this year, it was the same issue. Just loud, loud lowness and drowned-out vocals. I know he wants a 'big' sound but sometimes it's to the detriment of clarity. The guitars just don't seem to have any bite. Saying that, he loving nailed the vocals in Detox from the Circus. Man still has it. henpod fucked around with this message at 11:41 on Oct 9, 2013 |
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henpod posted:Don't get me wrong, I love the man but I think he needs to get other people to mix his stuff. I might be in the minority here, but I find The Retinal Circus audio to be so damned 'bassy' and low that it just sounds flat, overproduced and a little bit lifeless. Deconstruction and Addicted from By a Thread were horribly mixed also, and the last time I saw him live earlier this year, it was the same issue. Just loud, loud lowness and drowned-out vocals. I know he wants a 'big' sound but sometimes it's to the detriment of clarity. The guitars just don't seem to have any bite. I didn't mind retinal so much, though I have only listened on Spotify so much. It sounds a hell of a lot better than By a Thread and his Brixton show this year to me.
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Devin Townsend ripped Melbourne apart tonight. We got Truth, Regulator, Christeen, War, Kingdom, Disrupter, Juular, Liberation, Lucky Animals, Storm, Save Our Now, Gaia (What the gently caress?! gently caress yeah!), Vampira, Deep Peace and GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCEEEEEEE. I met him and the rest of the band after the show. They are all absurdly cool people. I got photos with them all and they let this little tragic fanboy talk to them without calling for security. loving awesome.
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Yeah, awesome show last night and still stunned/ecstatic that we got Gaia. Possibly my favourite thing that he's ever done.
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My copy of Retinal Circus arrived last night, gonna break it out this weekend SO PUMPED
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Got mine last night and watched it within an hour of unboxing it. The 'Monkey Box' edition owns bones. E:  http://i.imgur.com/kDPxxoN.jpg
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Oct 20, 2013 03:49
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Devin is amazing. Makes me so proud to be Canadian 
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Oh boy! Devin is having all sorts of issues on the latest Ziltoid radio episode. How many more episodes do you think he'll do before bowing out?
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Rusty Kettle posted:Oh boy! Devin is having all sorts of issues on the latest Ziltoid radio episode. How many more episodes do you think he'll do before bowing out?
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Just got Retinal Circus. Definitely the best produced live show of his yet. It looks great!
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Rusty Kettle posted:Oh boy! Devin is having all sorts of issues on the latest Ziltoid radio episode. How many more episodes do you think he'll do before bowing out?
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Hey, so which, if any, Sirius/XM stations play Devin? I've never heard one.
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GORDON posted:Hey, so which, if any, Sirius/XM stations play Devin? I've never heard one. Liquid Metal does it on occasion. I've heard More! on there a few times, and Deconstruction once.
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spookygonk posted:When's the next Ziltoid podcast out? In two weeks. https://twitter.com/dvntownsend/status/414580345267179520
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Team Rock radio have taken the first 2 episodes of Ziltoid radio down  Are they online anywhere else?
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Ziltoid is doing an alternative Christmas speech at 3pm on team rock tomorrow.
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Yesyes! Casualties of Cool out in May http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/01/02/devin-townsend-update-casualties-cool-album-release-ziltoid-2-recording-session-happening-may-2014/
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nihil morari posted:Yesyes! Casualties of Cool out in May Niiiiice! I can't wait! Ziltoid 2 being recorded is better than christmas. Ziltoid is my favorite album, and I was so worried he wasn't going to expand on it. I forget where I read it, but I recall him saying something like he'd never do another ziltoid album because comedy and heavy metal don't mix. I couldn't disagree more. It's pretty much the best combination. And I'm so glad he changed his mind.
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We haven't talked about Devin being cool in too long! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9-waGQbz3o 
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I was thinking of posting that, those vocals are badass. I might rip the audio and replace the studio version with that on my ipod. I find the guitars and drums just to be too muddy in their recording for all his live albums, so this is a good middleground.
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henpod posted:I was thinking of posting that, those vocals are badass. I might rip the audio and replace the studio version with that on my ipod. It is drat good. Not a fan of the song, but gently caress he lets rip.
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They just released another one. This time Kingdom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nubJjB95VdY  this man can do no wrong.
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So loving awesome. Devy is a total goofball. Love it.
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So looking forward to Casualties. I stalk RVP and he's been dishing info on the demos they are doing and sounds like everything is going great. Seems like they will have something to share pretty soon. Z2 sounds like quite a challenging project. How do you keep it from becoming over the top cheesy, as the original almost became? I figure Ziltoid will be less vocal on the album while appearing more in the lyrics? No clue, but whatever happens, I'm sure the music will be amazing. Glad he's using a real drummer for the album this time around.
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Here's some news from Dev's Facebook! He wants to release Casualties independently, so soon he's gonna launch a three month long crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMusic to cover the costs of album packaging, a promo video... that sorta thing.
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The campaign is up at http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/casualties-of-cool AND almost funded after 1 day... the rewards are awesome. Pledged to get him to name my dog and make a drawing of him and sing my girlfriend a happy birthday song 
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How does pledge music do the downloads? Any idea what quality/format it is or is that set by the musicians?
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Up to 170% already, goddamn.
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henpod posted:Man, Dev really deserves to be richer considering how long he's been at making music. you can thank the interwebs for making that not possible
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I'd love to pledge and get a signed CD, but I want to actually hear what the music sounds like a little bit at least before I throw down £20. Ghost got a lot of love, and its a great album but really wasn't for me. I never really listen to it, and if this is a similar, quiet album I would probably pass on it. Edit - There is actually a song there which I didn't spot. Sounds pretty good I guess. Too bad its still 80 days away.. henpod fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Feb 23, 2014 |
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Devin's been a-tweeting, and frankly he seems pretty overwhelmed by the support. He's pledged to give some of the surplus money to three animal shelters in New York, and is toying with the idea of giving backers the chance to contribute to Z2 gang vox... which would be weird.
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Just ordered the signed double album. Really happy to see he's getting so much support, and with so much time to go still its gonna be awesome to see more flood in.
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Call me a jerk, but I am not really happy with the donations to animal shelters. Maybe it is my personal experience with the inner workings of a number of shelters, but I would rather see the money go to Devin to continue to make awesome music. Cancer research is most likely okay. Children's Hospitals are okay. Maybe disaster relief. Animal shelters are a crap shoot as to whether or not the money is exasperating or helping the problem of 'we got too many drat cats and dogs.' But that's a side track, I am really happy that he is getting the support he is getting and hope that it funds some awesome stuff from him in the future.
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Rusty Kettle posted:Call me a jerk, but I am not really happy with the donations to animal shelters. Maybe it is my personal experience with the inner workings of a number of shelters, but I would rather see the money go to Devin to continue to make awesome music. Cancer research is most likely okay. Children's Hospitals are okay. Maybe disaster relief. Animal shelters are a crap shoot as to whether or not the money is exasperating or helping the problem of 'we got too many drat cats and dogs.' I kind of feel the same. I'm more than happy to support Devin so he can keep doing his thing and feel that his fans are behind him, but I really didn't throw my cash down for animal shelters. Either way I guess he's had a glimpse at how much people are willing to get involved with his projects and the doggies can get their biscuits.
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Next EMG video is up. Devin shreds and jam's on his guitar for ten minutes. Pretty cool. Deconstruction at 7:15  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdhUvQdxHH8
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