i was doing some late night thinking with a friend, some talkin' and it led me to questioning Devins impact on me...I was wondering if you guys have any answers....

I was talking to a dear friend of mine about just finding out that addicted teaser isnt far away...

im getting all excited like a kid at christmas
but i dont know why
its just music
why do i have such an attachment?

i dont get it...
do i question it and risk it going away?
do i embrace i to the extent i become an outcast or some guy that takes music as religion, not that thats bad...

what mental grip does this music have on me?
why does it have such a grip
what is it about dev that ive never had with any other artist

that i can listen to his music night and day and never get bored
get the same enoticonal attachment from songs of ki now that i did on first listen
how can some songs after the 1000th listen stil make me cry
or get angry
or make me happy to be alive

how?...

Is this just love? love for his music, love for him?

ive never met dev...
but it cheers me up and makes me smile to watch him be happy in videos

makes me sad when i read on the forums about his fiananical situation
go as giddy as a child at christmas with the slightest news
get upset to find out his dog happy, inwhich he had for years was dying of cancer
i dont know happy
but i was upset

why?...

devs spoken in interviews about his life or different problems or spoken on twitter or the fourms
some things make me wanna cry, what he is saying such power to his words
also such emotion, as i dont want it to be happening to him in certain cases

but who is this "him " that i dont want bad things to happen to...
a myth?

someone ill never met, but cannot stop idolising
ill never completly talk to only the odd twitter message and forum responce
but yet everyone little encounter leaves me feeling blessed

but....why? how? and who? is this thing...this myth, this being... that is such a part of my life

to extents where ive thought about killing were his music to go away

i just dont get it...
its like a drug i suppose
isit messing with my mind?
his is music using sublimbinals?

read youtube comments from users that like devin
most of them say how they love him
think he is god
travel over to bls videos or kiasar chiefs or whatever
are those gods to their fans?
not apperantly so

So what is it about devs performance
his presence in everyones lifes


think about it... Do you get it? Do you have an answer?

Thanks for taking the time to read it, does anyoe else feel the same ? or am i going insane?

Sorry for any and all spelling and grammatical errors, ill fix them tomorrow when im in a better frame of mind, but ive upset myself a little...thinking...im too deep in thought...

I need some dev now before i go to sleep ease myself up...Night all.

sorry if this is irrelivent or anything but i just...i dont know, i just need to get that off my chest

Great music connects with you in such a way that it moves you, no matter how many times you hear it.

I think Dev might sometimes not get it but we tend to idolize people who "just make music" because ,in the end, its the emotions and intentions that each artist pours into his works which connect with us in ways we cannot comprehend and thus we appreciate them so much for it.

In the end this way of feeling (your post) is the true goal of any piece of music or art. Even when the financial situation comes along with doing it, I must assume that Dev must feel extremely proud as a musician, because not every musician manages to make his music bond with people the way his music does.

Genres aside, theres BAD music and GOOD music , and I would like to believe that music that stirs such an emotional response and forms such a deep bond is on the end of the GOOD side of the spectrum. In the long run we as fans appreciate his job and we must feel obliged to support and encourage Dev and all other worthy musicians to keep their creative output flowing.

And even when Dev might not make a ton of money, as say, commercial and mainstream stuff, great music tends to be timeless and while some groups will fall of the face of the earth, in the end great music gets the recognition it deserves. And in the end one would hope someone will go: "Wow, Devin Townsend was an amazing musician!" 80 years from now. And I think that as an artist that is the ultimate goal and the greatest of feelings.

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Geddy Lee: "Listen, we're musicians, it's not really that noble to pursuit!"

I'm with you fellas. I mean, yeah it's hard to explain, but I guess certain music just clicks with certain people....and boy does Dev's music click with me. The emotions are just so pure, blah blah blah...I feel it.

And even when Dev might not make a ton of money, as say, commercial and mainstream stuff, great music tends to be timeless and while some groups will fall of the face of the earth, in the end great music gets the recognition it deserves. And in the end one would hope someone will go: "Wow, Devin Townsend was an amazing musician!" 80 years from now. And I think that as an artist that is the ultimate goal and the greatest of feelings.

That's what I hope too. Actually, the other day, I was thinking, how many of these bands I like will be still remembered after 50 years or more? There's a possibility that along with all the hundreds of unoriginal shitty groups, many truly great artists could be completely forgotten. Just lost in some internet database... Guess, when I'm 80, I'll be telling everyone "These new shit bands are nothing... Now Devin Townsend! That stuff is real music kids!"

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I agree with 95% of this, i also want to know why, I would go out, and get a Strapping tatto, or listen to Strapping over 2000 times, or feel amazed and pretty much blessed that Dev reads his own forum and comments back to people.
Musicians like Dev that make the fans happy, and bring amazing music into the world, why do we idolize them?

someone ill never met, but cannot stop idolising

the most important part, why do we idolize him, if we have never met him?

I guess its just because his music connects with us for some reason or other. Whether it be his amazing guitar skills, or vocal ability, or making fans happy, or extreme honesty.
Meh its all of the above for me.

I'll be telling everyone "These new shit bands are nothing... Now Devin Townsend! That stuff is real music kids!"

Man i tell that to people now, and ive only just turned 18.

I've often thought about this sort of thing.

Like why, as a 19 year old heterosexual Scotsman, did I scream and act like a 5 year old girl when I saw Alice In Chains for the first time a few months back?

Their music really pushes buttons with me, and I don't understand why. I'm at uni studying music just now, and with each answer I get, there's always more questions left afterwards. AIC never did anything that was too off the wall or bizarre, they just did it well. Devin on the other hand does everything, and does a fine job of it all.

With Devin, it's completely different for me - like instead of making me on the verge of wetting myself in sheer anticipation, I treat Devin in my mind as a guy that I'm very proud to be a fan of. I reckon for me, it's the level of thought that goes into Devin's work that I idolise - he's prolific, dedicated, intelligent and never seems to disappoint, and so I'm always left wanting more.

The ideal musician, and an inspiration to us all.

I doubt that cleared anything up, but hey-ho, more thoughts to question eh?

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I think for me, it's that I finally found music I connected to and really appreciated on the level that a lot of my peers could find in crappy pop music that I never could see.

Sometimes I'm moved emotionally due to the fact that Devin's solo stuff in particular came to me when I was in a pretty deep depression and was the soundtrack to my eventual turn around. Now did he do it himself? Of course not, but the music is in my opinion the sound I had been waiting to hear my entire life and the impact of when I finally felt that connection to something that so many others had felt for years was kind of transcendental.

Sorry if that doesn't make too much sense, it's an odd combination of anticipation, nostalgia and comfort.

At least it's off your chest.

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Yep, I agree with you guys, when im listening to Devin's music, im sorry to admit but at that moment in time all other music is irrelevant and meagre in comparison. Its so damn powerful and emotive and pushes peoples buttons in all the right ways.

Dev must read this and think 'holy fuck, they think im a god or something' but in all honesty and Dev's said this a thousand times, hes just a regular guy with a house, wife, kid and everyday problems that we all have who is fortunate enough to play guitar and sing at such an awesome level as to inspire, make us, the fans so damn happy.

I never get bored of his music, ive been repeating the addicted Teaser with a friend non-stop and we are in awe at how powerful, majestic it is and yet, it is really accesible I think for people who havent heard of Dev.

So yeah, in response to the first post, I am very defensive of Devin's music because I believe he isn't half assed, he puts real effort into his music and it shines through and he seems like a real genuine dude. I agree with you bigtime dude, this music is one of a kind and i feel a connection with this music that i dont feel anywhere else. I find in Devins music what the majority of pop music lovers find in their (imo) generic poppy shite that is so predictable and marketed towards money, not musical fullfillment. Makes me angry but meh, so is the way of the world. And yeah.... Disruptrrrrrrrrrrrr.......