Voice Coach Reacts - Devin Townsend Project 'Deadhead'

[@normalwhitedude]

One of the greatest musicians of our time in my opinion.

[@LakeLeePrism]

Agreed

[@FaithsFallen]

You have an amazing opinion !

[@brokeonmonday1]

Agreed!

[@maryward613]

Great vocalist. I just heard him for the first time last week and he is amazing! I usually don't go for metal bands. Like I've told my kids, I don't like to be yelled at! Devin is very talented with his smooth transitions, I love this band! By the way, I'm 61 years old and enjoy true talent across the board!

[@NCNelz]

Yep got my vote

[@s0mewhereintime682]

You literally spoke over the best and most impressive part......

[@xMRxZEROx]

Yeah. You gotta love that. Sometimes I feel like these vocal coachs really don't give a crap about the abilities of who they listen to. They just do it for the views. Devin desveres more attention here.

[@soldierdrumchannel5710]

Tyler Messer best I’ve seen on KZbin is a guy called Sam Johnson I think. Highly recommend. He will pause and give good info about singers and about what they do well and how to do it yourself.

[@xMRxZEROx]

@@soldierdrumchannel5710 I've seen some of his videos. And I've watched the one he did for Devin. And he is good. One of the better reactors. But I'm also mildly offended he's only watched one of his performances. Most people after hearing Devin end up diving deeper becuase you can't help but be impressed by him.

[@soldierdrumchannel5710]

Tyler Messer haha, that’s true.

[@Brandon-zn8rf]

Fun fact - Devin had just come off a nasty flu and with a tampered voice delivered an epic show here. He’s other worldly! Thanks for doing this one. If you want to have some more fun with Devin you should do Funeral/Bastard/Death of Music from the same show.

[@Brandon-zn8rf]

In the Garage Productions - have you prepared the planet smasher?

[@countbleck35]

the plovdiv performances are real good too and apparently he had a sore throat during it.

[@AttitudeCastle]

Also not forgetting this is an hour into a set which went on for another 45-60 minutes!

[@GarethAlan81]

I saw him at a gig when he and most of the band had flu. You'd never have guessed though, he kicked everyone's arse.

[@L8dyAriel]

Brandon..Devy had Ryan (the drummer) had asked us (specific group of those of us in the know..lol) asking us what we wanted to hear them perform. Seeing some of the comments below.. We begged him to ask him to play the middle to end portion backside of Ocean Machine. The album has never left my playlist.. since it's release. Devy's a talented and beautiful human. Just remember he's one of the funniest and professional and talented producers/guitarist and vocalists living in our lifetime. This man, stands next to Mariah Carey in his ability to shatter glass.

[@VchaosTheoryV]

Devin Townsend's song Kingdom blew me away, and i stumbled across Deadhead the other night. It moved me which is the first Metal band to do so.

[@robertacheson5976]

cory brearley He’s got 20 years worth of incredible albums. Arguably the best musician alive. Enjoy

[@mattmartian1658]

Funeral ..you might wanna get some tissues ready

[@Muthan565]

Kingdowm really hit you in the face. I loved it. Deadhead is fine but nothing extraordinary.

[@quesocfh6080]

i could list a bajillion devin townsend greats but i'll just say EARTH DAY and drop the mic. enjoy

[@fl00d69]

@@Muthan565 You're tripping balls mate - Deadhead is peerless.

[@t00by00zer]

This video is one I've watched at least 50 times and it never fails to send chills up my spine, put goosebumps on my skin, and causes me to say, "holy shit" at the end, every, damn, time.

[@FlipperWolf]

Same bro, same.

[@aaronrivgar]

@@FlipperWolf Some bros, same.

[@308Repins]

@t00by00zer - I totally hear ya. First time I heard this I thought "holy crap, I can't even describe what I'm feeling right now!!!" It's a gut-punch right in the feels. And to think he did this LIVE, not studio. Masterful performance. Like you, I've heard this song dozens of times now and it still hooks me. Every. Single. Time. Don't think there's any particular feeling or emotion to try to describe or attribute to it, just roll with it. Can't wait to see him in June

[@mikemahon4472]

Most chilling song ever I’ve gotta listen at least once a day for medicinal purposes 🤘🏻😝🤘🏻

[@dregnar85]

The Death of Music from the same show would be a good analysis. Its quite moving!

[@snowbearer]

Devin is definitely one of the best at singing both growls and cleans with almost no perceivable fatigue. On that note - The older material of Opeth features their older style where Mikael Åkerfelt, their vocalist, shows mastery of this as well. Their album Ghost Reveries is a great example of this. Check it out if you are so inclined.

[@griselame]

The death of music from the same gig is fantastic too from a vocal standpoint you should check it out

[@a7xcarter]

Absolutely

[@Ta2dlam]

Can't agree more.

[@JMEAUS22]

In all honesty, singing wise, nobody can ever top that for me.

[@JMEAUS22]

In all honesty, singing wise, nobody can ever top that for me.

[@mattmartian1658]

@@JMEAUS22 yes

[@IntenseCity]

Great singer, insane guitarist and a top-notch mixing engineer! Great video, Carl!

[@andyshader]

I had the privilege of being at this concert, it was an amazing experience!

[@J4ymichaels]

He was at the tailend of laryngitis infection when he did this gig..

[@riverbankjohn]

Love the slow, grinding heaviness of the song. Punches in the gut. Along with the vocal, which is gorgeous, well its just cool as fuck

[@R34n1mated]

Devin is one of my all time favorite musicians. Great feature, Carl. Maybe next you could check out some Opeth.

[@jbasti227]

Devin Townsend - Bastard Live at RAH

[@howardhavardramberg7160]

Bastard’s my favourite of him

[@TheTheAndreiasantos]

He's insane! And insanely creative, clever and talented. One of the best nowadays in my opinion!

[@swoopeth]

We went to this show, absolutely amazing. If anyone ever has a chance of going to a Devy concert just go for it, so worth.

[@janicemcquitty4226]

Absolutely fantastic!!

[@seanmace8331]

Glad you're exploring more into DT. Such a unique and awesome artist. If you haven't done it, Jinger - Pisces

[@nameless12345]

You should watch Sam Johnsons reactions. His videos are really informative and makes the reactions alot more interesting. You are a vocal coach but you are giving us info any other person would.

[@KarRuptAssassin]

god i want to see devin live so bad

[@animusmorbus]

Listen to Daniel in Pain of Salvation. His vocal range is awesome.

[@BunglesBreh]

DEVY .... been listening to his music for 20 years. Strapping Young Lad was one of my favorites growing up and he is still making killer music to this day.

[@UnholyBologna]

The commentary is honestly better than most people who have these react videos. You just earned a subscriber my friend!

[@Outer0Heaven]

Hands-down, Devin got one of the best voices out there.

[@Thoughtcorner224]

Devin is a fuckin genius

[@pasit1738]

Devin is definitely one of the best. Done any reactions on Mike Patton?

[@ricolync]

Mike Patton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[@taymansb]

Another super underrated beyond talented vocalist. One of the best.

[@Dogmandfds]

Nice to see a bit of love for Devin on your channel Carl. He's been consistently amazing vocally for 20 odd years in my opinion. Awesome stuff.

[@Juzman]

Glad you did another from this legend. Lost Horizon - Highlander (The One), the singer, Heiman has the most amazing voice. Also Rob Halford - Silent Screams.

[@MrBearUPS]

Devin Townsend is fucking love incarcerate.

[@trigintatres9787]

The Death of music is maybe the most stunning performance, give it a listen

[@muriloninja]

Devin Townsend is unreal, his debut (for me anyway) in '93 with Steve Vai (Sex & Religion) at 19yrs old sold me instantly!

[@Liz-cmc313]

Devin is God in my world. The intro to Deadhead is hauntingly beautiful.

[@RachelGerrard]

OMG I love him

[@trscsaeg]

Is this the only song he has like this in any of his bands where you get that ballad feel but also feel like you're going to another world? I haven't been able to find anymore so far but this guy has done a ton of music

[@monarchistdesade6989]

I find you as a vocal coach you're missing out a big point which is his microphone technique. In this song you clearly see the different gap he uses to get the correct dynamic he wants through his mix. Only great singers do that so naturally. Hope it opens your eyes to a new whole level.

[@ollyhudson9931]

Jinjer - Pisces Live Session

[@xMRxZEROx]

"He's got some chops, shall we say..." Yes. Devin most DEFINITELY has chops. He's one of the most amazing vocalists ever. And he doesn't even LIKE singing.

[@dkorody81]

Devin is definitely one of if not the best.

[@TheMetal750]

Man devin is just brilliant. Seriously a hot contender for top metal vocalist!

[@elliesmyrnis994]

Devin is amazing! You should definitely check out jinjers song pisces, or any opeth songs :)

[@markwildt5728]

Overrated and overplayed...

[@blakebooth1982]

@@markwildt5728 I wouldn't say either of those bands are overrated or overplayed I would actually say the opposite

[@jacobsss5827]

Comparing to other prog bands, they are really overrated

[@blakebooth1982]

@@jacobsss5827 like who? Who is better than opeth or Devin Townsend project or Haken or Tessaract ?

[@blakebooth1982]

@@jacobsss5827 there are plenty of good prog metal bands but as far as it goes Opeth is at the very top of the list there are not many bands that even come to Opeth

[@nosale777]

Just Picked up your book, i paralyzed a vocal cord last year...have a clean bill of health but its time to unlearn bad habits!!

[@rychengirl]

I fell in love with this number. I was curious to know if Devin Townsend was born with the gift of voice or it was mostly learned. My guess is he was born into this naturally. Then cured his gift. Wow! And, it really blew my mind!! Many gifts this vocalist/musician/creative sound curator has!!! I'm totally into the "Project" now and the newest "Empath" thing !! Gooo D.T.P.!

[@RyTrapp0]

Born with one of the greatest rock/metal voices of all time - learned how to be one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time Dude is fucking one of a kind

[@HurtboxTV]

you should do Impellitteri Stand in Line. Graham Bonnett is a fantastic singer.

[@thepickleofdestiny4536]

I liked the video before it even started because I knew you'd love Devi

[@TheGodlessGuitarist]

love the major 9th chords

[@jakenicholson4355]

Check out Devin Townsend Namaste, his distorted to clean really shows in that song.

[@SlowLifeProject]

Dev is amazing... I love to paint listening to DTP :)

[@DB-hd2gj]

Suggestion - Nightwish with Floor Jansen singing Ghost Love Score live at wacken

[@guitarfreak585]

You talked over some of the best moments in the whole performance, completely missed the big part in the first half of the song. Jeez. It's like when I try and show something to my son that he doesn't care about.

[@philanaemic]

I'd suggest checking out Steve Brodsky and his work in Cave In and his current band Mutoid Man. He went from typical metalcore vocal in his early days before eschewing screaming for melodic singing and lately he's been able to bring the two styles back together. He's got a pretty impressive range.

[@babyeater350]

It's because he's one of the greatest humans to touch a guitar or mic

[@rockonileva]

Man! I love this song!! When you talked about great guitar players who are great singers the first person that came to mind was Ritche Kotzen... I really love his singing!

[@rockonileva]

And here it is, a live video suggestion kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpyuc5Z7i5xojac It's the whole concert, there's a bunch of good performances there! Cheers

[@sebarhap]

You must see Kyo from dir en grey doing blossoming of Beelzebub or Dreambox from the Dum Spiro Spero Album. The best performance is at Budokan I think. theres so much going on technically, combined screams and distortions, so cool.

[@DoctorLincoln]

Good thing about the comments section on this video is Indians won’t come commenting ‘don’t judge him’ ‘he’s bigger than you can imagine’. Indian here. 😬

[@christianvasquez8307]

Thumbnail alone is worth the like. Lol. Cheers brother

[@mattmartian1658]

He's awesome.. Nice critic.

[@MrWizwag]

Check out Keith Buckley from Every Time I Die. He is great at switching between his cleans and dirties.

[@anthonybaillus6858]

Bastard from the same gig is awesome too !

[@Rych]

I was there, it was an amazing night

[@HeavyMetalHeadMaster]

I am always astonished when people claiming to be vocal experts don't already know extremely popular amazing vocalists.

[@olivierbarbery9142]

Devin Townsend Well known? Yes... he's on Mtv all the time... I forgot

[@MetalliBucket]

DT isn’t “extremely popular” though. There are so many actually popular singers who have good voices that overshadow him (even though they shouldn’t).

[@olivierbarbery9142]

@backtodafuture1987 Sorry but he is not extremely popular. His music isn't made for radio.

[@HRRRRRDRRRRR]

@@olivierbarbery9142 Yes, very well known. Just because someone isn't up there with regularly played pop doesn't mean they're some underground artist that nobody knows.

[@HRRRRRDRRRRR]

​@@MetalliBucket He is extremely popular in the genres that he plays within, go find a metalhead who doesn't know SYL or a prog fan who doesn't know one of his many DT project/band albums. Why would he be known by people who listen to something like rap, or country, or pop?

[@Dug6666666]

I'd sooner hear the performance with a commentary in the back ground, instead of the other way round.

[@ilyasantonov212]

Why would you watch a vocal coach's opinion only to complain that he talks during it. Just watch the original performance then

[@Prog4Prog]

Daniel G from Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane album would be awesome as kippers!! Ps: don’t bother with the later albums because IMO they choke on chode. Love Heavy Devy! What a powerhouse!

[@portishphonic]

since you're talking about the use of cleans and distortion, maybe give Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth a try. He is one of the best vocalists in metal, plus Opeth is a monumentally amazing band, so you know it will be worth it.

[@stevenschmidt9466]

May I recommend Evan’s Blue - Eclipsed (unplugged)? It’s acoustic and I am yet to find a reaction page who has done a video of it. Kevin’s vocals are stunning. He began a second band called Parabelle as well.

[@darcy2778]

And now for something COMPLETELY different...I would love to hear your reaction to the vocals of Maria Franz \(Heilung) Here is the editted concert featuring her vocals ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYTJcmOfa7msptk ) The entire concert is amazing and worth at least a view or two :)

[@myfaceisonfire6985]

Lovely...

[@nylonpython]

The audience being more relaxed isn't really a negative on the performance though. There are some bands that i'd rather chill out and stand somewhere away from the action so i can take in everything that is happening sonically.

[@PuppetMasterIRL2201]

So good

[@DhammaTroll]

Jinjer - Pisces. You will be amazed if you haven't watched it yet.

[@gutterpunk87rulz]

I was at this gig

[@dragon-eye75]

Subbed. Reaction and Education all in one. Love it!

[@nickwithers2244]

What did *you* think of this performance?!

[@yoniopdenkamp5092]

Check: opeth - the lotus eater

[@taunokekkonen5733]

Mikael definitely has the widest range in terms of from soft to growl. Lotus Eater is a great example.

[@larr3073]

Check out Jorn Lande or Russell Allen

[@marknorris3769]

it's perplexing that , as i maintain a paid subscription to youtube music , if i thumbs-up any music related youtube content , it automatically ends up in my youtube music play list

[@dragonfire1842]

Please turn the music up

[@HollandOates]

Giving you a like ‘cos you seem like such a nice guy, but, since you’re a vocal coach, I really would’ve liked to have heard your detailed analysis of Devin’s vocal technique. You’re chill though so keep at it!

[@PutereaCurului]

React to Jinjer - Pisces live

[@Mike4891w]

What do you think of Spencer from periphery? Dev is an absolute bad ass indeed.

[@madhya]

Mike W my only issue with that is that, while Spencer's range is absolutely incredible, his technique isn't flawless by any means, especially live. would love to hear his input though

[@Mike4891w]

@@madhya fair argument indeed. I've seen periphery 2x and Spencer was great, but I've seen live footage that made me second guess. Hence why I would like professional opinion. Periphery is awesome though imo.

[@TwoandaHater]

Eternal Flame from this concert was really good too (although lots of random talking in it).

[@stevethornton3901]

Up next - Unleash the Archers!! Brittany had range and dynamic

[@jonmcg1993]

And suffering from bronchitis IIRC

[@YOUANDME527]

This is very deftones esq with huge respect

[@barndawg77]

Think this is incredible (it still is)? Listen to him in his 20s and 30s when he could REALLY hit high notes! He's lost some of it, but his longevity doing this style of singing is mind blowing.

[@thenayancat8802]

Sort of, his voice improved a shitload when he stopped smoking though

[@Celatra]

His voice is much better and that was a good F#5. Devin is a much better singer now than what he has ever been.

[@BuzzaB77]

this was 2 hours in btw

[@EnrageD420]

Canadian National Treasure. Rush and DTP/SYL.

[@karimuche]

I wish you can comment Jinjer with "Teacher, teacher"... Impressive!! She gives me always thrills :-O

[@lungfulldrummer8921]

This was at the arse end of a 2hr show to.

[@Adirtybird]

Sound levels are too low for the artist featured, and the mindless chat isnt needed, tidy it up mate.

[@BharatSingh-kn1le]

Hi

[@HomeStudio77]

You should react the band Jinjer...song Pisces

[@sossamarkets4796]

Can you do Bjorn Strid from Soilwork?

[@fasteddie777666]

Devin Townsend's super band....STRAPPING YOUNG LAD.....do the song...AFTERMATH....or...LOVE....or...THE NEW BLACK

[@stephennewman2466]

Can't hear devin t. Singing in the video very well...

[@sunnibird]

Not a terribly insightful "reaction".

[@5BILLIONplus]

sunnibird Yeah, he's pretty useless.

[@cwehden]

Do my best 😥👍

[@5BILLIONplus]

Carl John Franz Don't worry! Keep it up, change bits here and there and it'll all be good.

[@break_it_bill]

"......wow...." -- 07:35 -- was the peak of any reaction in the entire clip.

[@amwayward7556]

Was definitely expecting a lot more, especially from this tune! It's like the greatest singer ever and he's most interested in the "LED"screens!?! Such a deadhead

[@demolitionmj]

wouldn't mind hearing your opinion on something heavier like iron maiden

[@svenwalan8563]

Björk, Ozzy ozzbourne, the Beatles, Michael Jackson.

[@TheDaygobah]

I would like to see you react to Rob Flynn from Machine Head.... Or Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden.

[@sophiakalkin]

So nice...i have a recommendation...watch binte dil song from the movie padmavaat...

[@samsmith5308]

Far too simple of a review to take serious. Try going a bit deeper with your analysis please.