Singing Teacher Reactions - Devin Townsend 'Kingdom'

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[@HornedBee]

Devin is a gift to the humanity

[@ulfingvar1]

He is THE gift to us all

[@rkwjunior2298]

Gift to humanity? He's a singer.

[@HornedBee]

@@rkwjunior2298 you are probably very fun at parties

[@TreyDieterich]

lmao 7:57 "Zero fear" Devin has admitted numerous times that his singing technique is to get in front of the microphone and panic. It just happens to work out for him lol

[@dkorody81]

He's a very powerful live vocalist in a normal concert setting. He's just very very good.

[@Fvader]

"I think the instruments are built into the sound system you can see behind him". WHAT?!?!?!

[@dirtpile]

Watch Royal Albert Hall live versions of Deadhead and Death Of Music for more of his greatness!

[@drumotastic]

B Well You should definitely check out Death Of Music for singing!

[@matzejo8143]

Death Of Music from RAH is a killer!

[@Ticich]

"bastard" also,,,

[@lexievv]

Finally found someone else actually saying Death of Music instead of Deadhead, both amazing, but for his vocals i really prefer DoM

[@Chris.m.e]

Also check out his more hardcore metal band "Strapping young lad - Love?" It has some sick vocals as well. You can't go wrong with HevyDevy

[@seanmace8331]

Devin Townsend is one of the greatest artists in our time, you'd do well to explore the rest of his stuff. He doesn't disappoint.

[@Juzman]

Devin is the maestro of metal. Amazing voice!

[@Wasteland_FX]

I recommend a reaction to Leprous - Slave (live at rockefeller hall), i'd like to know what you think of einar solberg's vocal performance :)

[@maxwellcimmerian3707]

Love Leprous. AMAZING live band.

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

Saw him live in Berlin a couple years ago; it was incredible. Professional is the right word, sir.

[@wolvetica]

._. You do realise he had a band called strapping young lad. Right? He has had a LOT of practice going between clean and distorted

[@muriloninja]

Devin Townsend is a freak of nature!

[@wickedfuctup]

You can analyze the pitch of the scream, how he gets the distortion in a clean effortless scream in perfect pitch all you want... unless you ask him directly how he does it, the analyzing means nothing... bottom line is he's God... he's incredible because he's been doing it for years through drugs and alcohol use and never lost it.

[@fruitlessworship]

devin townsend is truly amazing, but his ability to create these sounds live with ease is not much more than years of experience and constant practice, from a very good baseline - the technique of fry screaming he employs is not a difficult one, he has an amazing ear though, and has been able to work that technique into a very powerful tonality dev is truly one of if not my favourite artists out there, so dont think im pulling him down in any way, but the artists on pedestals thing is really not productive thinking

[@arcadedomination8006]

Wow, a reaction which actually comments something of substance. I like it!

[@nurie5325]

he is very good.

[@selli69]

You are the first singing teacher who actually demonstrate by yourself what Davie does. Most impressive is, that you did it in the correct volume, where distortion is no harm for the voice. Well done mate!

[@deadsightsx]

So he does play with a full band live in concert, this was just for emgtv showing off their gear

[@mistylibre]

Love devin 💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@wlde9949]

You fail to mention the power behind his voice. POWER what most lack.

[@Themartinezjoeshow]

Jinjer pisces live session please tatiana has a amazing voice and range would be great to here your thoughts.

[@SavageSpiders]

I can't believe this is not in his list of videos yet. Everyone has reacted to it... but this guy. In fact, that could be why. Idk.

[@jordantredray2325]

Great video! Great bias construction of the video. All those metal heads out there who wana be "Good"...absorb Carls' dissection and feed the greatness.....

[@JudgementRyu]

The rest of the band stuffs is pre-recorded. The sound he goes for with his music in general is called "wall of sound".

[@troruaz]

This is a one of those clinic promo performances for the guitar pickup manufacturer EMG but it's a much a vocal display as a guitar thing.

[@20bcosmo]

Townsend is the Master

[@Ghurdill]

Devin Townsend is one of the most under rated singer when it comes to top singers and vocal capacities. Its coming from the fact that outside of its genra, he isn't known at all.

[@timothysnave]

Yeah, EMG TV is generally focused on the guitars, as EMG is a guitar pickup manufacturer. Typically they'll just have the lead guitar player do a play-through with backing tracks. With the bands where the lead guitar player is also the singer, they'll have them sing as well.

[@TwoandaHater]

You should check out Daniel Gildenlow from Pain of Salvation.

[@TwoandaHater]

I would've said Akerfeldt in Opeth, but he would need to listen to 2 songs to see that amazing range, lol, like the Grand Conjuration and Will O the Whisp.

[@fjoesnisse]

yess

[@linusfotograf]

Trust me, this guy sings very loud!

[@magdalenaabonitalla8640]

Cool

[@Smaragdowa]

Devin Townsend performs 'Juular' on EMGtv

[@White2098]

quite a bit of processing on the vocals? Ummm he sounds like that without a mic to, just put him in a hallway if you want the echo in real life...

[@lred1383]

There's still a lot of compression and reverb. The fact that you can get a similar sound without effects doesn't mean he doesn't use them here

[@215dagby]

He’s been a musician forever. Dude was in Strapping Young Lad. Their song “Love?” is amazing. He also produced one of Lamb of God’s albums back in the day. It turned out kind of not that great but it wasn’t his fault. Dude’s Canadian and American customs seized his laptop and shit when he travels to Virginia to record. They dismantled his computer and that totally ruined the recording. He’s way more versatile that a one-man gig.

[@arcynical8053]

I second an Anthony Green vocals reaction!

[@riffgroove]

Two things... 1.) Not really a "one-man band." Dev has had pretty much the same musicians in his touring band for years now. 2.) Devin has never had a single vocal lesson in his life.

[@da-p6814]

dev has has had vocal lessons, he sang in a choir as a teenager. there's interviews where he mentions his choir teacher telling him how to use his diaphragm

[@riffgroove]

@@da-p6814 Sorry, I never really considered that formal vocal instruction. Most people have sang in a choir when they were teen-agers. Hell, I did. I never considered that formal vocal instruction.

[@bencarter1666]

Dev does and can do the one man band. This is what this performance is. Yes, he tours with his bands.

[@dfhellraiser4td]

Agreed, I learned things as a kid in choir that still irk me to this day. Doesn't mean I've had formal training.

[@riffgroove]

@@dfhellraiser4td Lol... Yup. Have you *heard* most choirs made up of teen-agers?

[@Juzman]

Please have a look at Lost Horizon - Highlander (The One). Or another of their songs Lost in the depths of me. The lead singer Daniel Heiman had the most amazing range, especially high.

[@mykindamakeup]

Love that you reacted to Devin, thanks! I agree there is something cocky about his performance. Fun fact, he talks a lot about being self conscious and uncertain in interviews and on stage. But he can totally rely on his capabilities as a professional musician. I think that's what makes him such a great entertainer.

[@entertainmenttonight5049]

Please have a look at Jinjer - Pisces (live session). The singer has quite a nice range and control of her vocals.

[@ElegyForTheMasses]

Funny you should mention Jimmy Gnecco in this video. He and Devin Townsend are among my favorite vocalists of all time.

[@caustixsoda8125]

Seen him live, blows me away. Fan since he was a teen! Seriously, his vocal are his dude. This is not heavy processing. Believe it or not. This is the Freddie Mercury of prog metal. Incredible and the most humble guy you'll ever meet. A real cool guy. Seriously man, virtually unprocessed vox. He's obsessed with vox.

[@DavidWilliams-ed2rn]

Can you try Fear Factory's singer Burton C Bell? He pioneered the clean and harsh vocals before anyone else. But struggles at times would be an interesting person to see your opinion on.

[@Thorword]

Burton is definitely a pioneer -- and Fear Factory was definitely as influential on Devin Townsend as any one band could be -- but man, the thought of a vocal coach eviscerating him doesn't really appeal to me. His approach works wonders in studio, but at no point during their career has his clean vocals been performed in a technically correct way. They've resorted to just playing the studio vocals live on the last concert videos I saw of them.

[@ryndanriley5348]

I would love to hear someone like you breakdown Anthony Green's vocals in Circa Survive. Things he does right, things he does wrong, some of his weird falsetto squeeze things... Especially stuff from blue sky noise on. He's a very raw and untrained singer and a little bit of an anomaly as far as technique and a lot of other things. Just check it out, please.

[@TowerMike]

I have a love hate relationship with his voice lol.

[@ryndanriley5348]

@@TowerMike Haha. I can relate.

[@ryndanriley5348]

Some great examples would be child of the desert because he usually nails it live, get out because it has a lot of his really squeezed vocals, and sharp practice because he seems to really struggle with that song live.

[@zensei999]

Brilliant recommendation. I would want to hear some of On Letting Go. The Difference Between Medicine, Semi Constructive Criticism, Close Your Eyes To See, and Your Friends Are Gone.

[@somestuffandwhatnot]

Expert analysis here hahaha

[@andymaes3563]

singer of solution .45

[@barfyman-eg1so]

Thanks for catching that he was being sarcastic about the guitar solo. Hardly anyone catches that.

[@joeydehaeck419]

how did his voice continue after closing his mouth around 4:30 ish ?

[@MartinMillerGuitar]

Joey De Haeck Tons of delay and reverb, might be embedded in the track.

[@NolanVoid]

Might check out Cabaret of Dreams by Seven Spires (their vocalist Adrienne Cowan is phenomenal imho.)

[@ZackyZombify]

This whole video screams, “DUHHHHHH”

[@doubtingthomas736]

Knob in a green hat.... Turned it off when he said "yo"

[@henriktoivonen4733]

Liked it, subbed. But with a straight face are you telling me that you’ve not heard of Devin prior to your reaction video? If not, all good. Just really really surprised I guess :)

[@howardhavardramberg7160]

Devin is a god

[@oliviagil799]

I don't really like that type of music but his voice was good and I actually enjoyed it 👍🏻

[@lolliklauer]

Devin makes different kinds of music. If you are interested you could check out his albums "Ghost" and "Casualties of Cool". They are very good but without the metal elements. Maybe you´ll like them.

[@oliviagil799]

@@lolliklauer ok, thnx for the info 💜

[@thorthunderlungs5171]

Dev is a god. Find the Like A Thread live version of this song. It's the last number of the show. He is amazing. So is his co singer. She's for real too.

[@oliviagil799]

@@thorthunderlungs5171 I will, thank you 💜

[@Lulustucru2393]

@@oliviagil799 Ghost is really his softer album ! Check it out ! :)

[@yahirave]

Why put pause?

[@woundedmonk1884]

If you haven't checked it out in a live stream you have to check out Pisces by Jinjer. Phenomenal vocalist.

[@SicklessFM]

React to Irreversible Mechanism - "Abolution"

[@chriskoutsoumpas6772]

Would be possible a reaction to Lisa Gerrard's "sacrifice" live version,she's a vocal Godess...

[@TypeNameHere6]

Hello there Emperor Karl Franz didn't know u coached singing as well as leading your army against the forces of chaos

[@Dave-yc8bw]

The live version of this is even better

[@jayheevlogs]

react to tesseract dan tompkins singing live from his studio

[@JayMaverick]

What's with all these vocal coaches reacting to things on my youtube feed suddenly

[@TheGodlessGuitarist]

I'd be surprised if there was much compression on his voice. There is too much dynamic present in the output I think..

[@enque1340]

I don't mean to be that guy, but send him a video of your best performance..LIVE, so that he can deconstruct you, based purely on his reflection, of your ability...

[@SteveJaye84]

Well said Edit: unlike me me who just had to edit a two word reply.

[@amandapaiva8739]

React to Beast in Black Die by the blade and Blind and Frozen,the vocalist voice is amazing.

[@mailbox390]

background of your show i don like. But what will you say about devin's Earth Day?

[@rodneypayne4827]

Devin....what can I say? If you want professionalism, confident performance, humility and personality, you can't get better. In the Metal community he is a GOD who is worshiped by fans and respected by fellow artists. METAL! 🔥🤘

[@shounenk]

please react to Spica - Break Away

[@petethedrummer]

Hat indoors

[@TheRealHaloLover]

Devy is a God his real name is Ziltoid

[@mmbaines]

Is this channel just a straight up copy of Sam Johnson's? Asking honestly.

[@Darkman24]

havent looked at any other videos b/c this one is a copy lol

[@Darkey23]

The first reaction video on this channel that I could find is 6 months old. Sam Johnson isn't even active that long.

[@TeddyBearBonfire]

Sam Johnson's channel is good, but if anything Sam's channel is the copy. Carl has been doing this longer. But either way it doesn't even matter. There's room for more than one of any type of video-otherwise there's only one point of view out there, which is never a good thing.

[@ecaepevolhturt]

133K vs 3k, I wonder. If something already exists then copies are redundancy unless this guy has something that the other guy doesn't. I prefer Sam's channel although both of these guys do not seem like they have huge voices so I take their opinions with a pinch of salt. If Ken Tamplin, as crazy as he is, did a video on Devin I'd watch it because Ken can sing any note as long as it's a powerful one.

[@TheRealHaloLover]

All reaction channels are a copy of another

[@leerv.]

The funny thing is Devy can actually shred some crazy arpeggios and such, but he has a love-hate relatioship with solo wankery. He'll throw a quick one in once every 10 songs because the fans complain enough when he doesn't. He's definitely about composition over bombast.

[@JordanWallac3]

Kingdom is kind of a fun song but it's really not a song with a whole lot of depth. It seems to be a reaction bait video though Deadhead at Royal Albert Hall, Supercrush!, the stuff of Ocean Machine etc. are much better musically, in my opinion.

[@r3cy]

yeah, the context for EMTV videos is that they're showcasing hardware, it's not really about the songwriting etc.

[@MrAcidKnight]

Absolutely!

[@leonardsullivan]

Its all down to opinion. If you are talk musical composition this is by far one of my favs. from him. From a composition stand point this song is incredible, most people just don't realize it right away because he's doing these extremely difficult things so flawlessly. I'm not talking about vocals, I mean the instrument composition. He's using modulation in a way that I honestly dream of doing. Switching keys, modulating major and minor flawlessly. Switching tempo, odd meter stuff. Its incredible and it all sounds smooth as butter, that's what a composer really goes for.

[@kylek7748]

You're not wrong, it really just depends on what you're in the mood for. Kingdom is one of my favorites because of the sound and how I feel when I listen to it. I know it's a simple love song but turning kingdom up on full blast and fucking jamming is nice

[@snarphunter]

Devin: singing like a god. Honest Vocal Coach: Ok, here's my best guess...

[@DaveDexterMusic]

are you guys just cloning each other now

[@ollyhudson9931]

Please react to Jinjer - Pisces Live Session You’ll love her variety in vocals too.

[@abstrusegirl5874]

React to crystal snow or blood & sweat and tears by bts pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@nina-pn4tp]

REACTS to EXO baekhyun Chen - Really i didn't know ✋🏻

[@Wise-Man-Say]

React before Sam Johnson does.. seems he’s reading your comments before you lol

[@dakotakidd4212]

john oliver

[@jamesa.1345]

Do some dirty loops!!

[@fl00d69]

Probably the most tepid reaction I've seen of Devin so far.

[@adriancole9681]

Deadhead live.

[@oliviagil799]

Please react to 'Blood Sweat & Tears' by BTS if u haven't already. There are live versions if u prefer it as well 😊. LOVE YOURSELF Y'ALL 💜💜💜

[@abstrusegirl5874]

Yes

[@Liz-cmc313]

Devy is absolutely brilliant in his music and his vocal range. Funny thing is he didn't want to be a singer.

[@Darkman24]

Sam Johnson did this same interview with a lot of the same points...hmmm

[@TheZowen88]

Yeah...nearly identical.

[@daoofpotato7238]

No, Sam Johnson knew a lot more and was better

[@wulf1572]

Go to a gig.

[@brandonpease3725]

Please do a reaction to Shinedown. Their singer, Brent Smith, sounds amazing.

[@johnwayne9906]

Brandon Pease Please don’t

[@user-ct6yt7px5d]

Лол Нихуя не понятно, но очень интересно ©

[@Ub3rSk1llz]

are you sure you're a vocal coach?

[@niclastname]

Jeez you sure seem to coincidentally put out reactions to the same songs as that popular vocal teacher that does singing reactions, like right after he does... It makes it look like you're blatantly copying him... lol

[@hays9008]

Don't watch it before.

[@Cendoria]

More metal reactions mate. Just stumbled upon this video, checked the catalogue of other ones but nothing interested me

[@remualltone1790]

So you release a reaction to Kingdom 2 days after a competing channel does the same? Thumb down.

[@edbrotherton36]

What's wrong with that? Besides there aren't to many not doing a reaction to this song. It's almost a go to now-a-days

[@remualltone1790]

The video they're reacting to is getting close to 5 years old. Sam Johnson gets a lot of views (>160k now) for his reaction video and "just by coincidence" this guy happens to make a reaction video of the same exact video from the same point of view (vocal teacher). Cheap move that should not have been done, that's all I'm saying. At least wait a month or something to make the unoriginality a little less obvious.

[@teresas8173]

Not everyone listens to whomever it is your referring to as doing this analysis first so it IS a first for me. Thumbs down to you.

[@edbrotherton36]

@@remualltone1790 - I actually was one who recommended this song to Sam Johnson. There were others as well so he made a video reacting to it. I just discovered Devins music less than three months ago, so even though it might be five years old is new to me. And I don't see anything wrong with reacting to what is trending, there is nothing wrong with that. I actually like the fact that he chose to do it so close to when Sam did it. It gives me a chance to compare the two reactions and personally I like Sam's better. (No offense Carl). It gives me something to compare apples to apples.

[@remualltone1790]

Thumbs down to me?!! How DARE you insult me like that?! :-P

[@justamanchimp]

Didn't rate the singer that much but the quality of these reactions have step up 1000x in the last week or so. The format is much better and you're giving space to let us hear the artist without talking over the top. Great to hear you've listened to the comments! 10/10

[@eightyeightfiveoh]

Great biscuits and gravy you're a vocal coach? Legit laughed at you singing "stay with me", and whatever screeching you're next trying to imply is any likeness to what's coming out of Devin's voice is hilariously poor representation. Cringe.

[@SufferDYT]

You come off as though you don't know what you're talking about. Pass.

[@Sang-Drax]

Elaborate? Maybe I missed something but I don't think he said anything wrong.

[@brokeonmonday1]

This singing instructor is way off.lol

[@nicolasbertin8552]

You're copying Sam Johnson.

[@Darkey23]

The first reaction video on this channel that I could find is 6 months old. Sam Johnson isn't even active that long. Do your research before you open your mouth.

[@nicolasbertin8552]

@@Darkey23 I don't care who started reacting to clips first, he's doing Devin 2 days after Sam it's pathetic.

[@TeddyBearBonfire]

Did you ever wonder why? It's because the audiences of the two channels overlap-this happens with many reaction channels. Since they overlap, the same people request the same video from different channels, and all of a sudden several different reaction channels are releasing the same video with days of each other. This isn't copying, and there's nothing pathetic about it other than the silly presumptions about it coming from people like yourself. Think a little and live a smarter life.

[@nicolasbertin8552]

I know the reason but still he must know Sam Johnson did it a couple of days ago and simply shouldn't have done it, it looks ridiculous especially since he says basically the exact same things as Sam...

[@morganquigg4389]

TeddyBearBonfire lol audiences may overlap but I’ve counted up to 11 unique requests on this video to react to a singer and I’ve barely skimmed the comments. That’s also only on one video. This guy may have been doing it longer but Sam Johnson already has 300k more subscribers than him in that short time. If you think it’s just sheer coincidence that two days after Sam uploads a react vid of Townsend this guys uploads the same react vid, and a few days after Sam uploads a react vid of disturbed’s sound of silence this guy uploads the same vid, then you’re a fucking idiot. He’s trying to get his channel more exposure by uploading reaction vids to the same songs another KZbinr has reacted to that is more popular than him. He could’ve chosen any other of his hundreds of suggestions to do a reaction vid of.