Talk:Devin Townsend

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[edit] Promo piece

This article has the feel of a promo piece that has gone through a somewhat superifical wikization. Ex) original sentence "Devin Townsend is Jesus reincarnate." article sentence "Many people believe Devin Townsend to be Jesus reincarnate."

Agreed. I would make a edits myself, but I'm a fan so I think my bias could potentially show through. --Burbster 13:01, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, if you have the time please make some edits... The page is already a bit biased, if you make edits and try to be neutral you could probably only improve it. And if you write stuff that is too biased, somebody will change it probably anyway. --Mighty Jay 10:31, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

But... but Devin Townsend is the prophet of a new day! D: ...Kidding. 216.68.209.189 07:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)dethtoll

I think it's really hard to cite valid references, since music press is even more biased than wikipedia users. I don't see anything wrong in citing opinions widely accepted by Devin's fanbase... --201.223.62.171 01:47, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More professional

I think this page could be much better and more authoritative. I also think it could address some of the lore surround Devin (ie. the post-Infinity hospital stay, etc.) and be more informative regarding production techniques. Compared to other wiki-pages, this one sounds less professional. Let's try to take it in that direction.Gurp13|Talk 20:56, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Go ahead, don't be shy! This is what wikipedia is about! MikeCapone 17:01, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Right, then! I've added a few paragraphs. As you can see, I'm trying to give people a feel for what makes Devin Townsend such an amazing artist. I'm not a muscian so I am mostly speaking as an educated fan. Maybe some musicians can refine the language, better explain the processes and even comment on Devin's musical prowess and songwriting. I think some future additions could focus on describing the albums in detail, as objectively as possible, maybe commenting on themes or styles.Gurp13|Talk 23:25, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] DTB albums

Do we really need to keep adding/removing the Devin Townsend Band albums Accelerated Evolution and Synchestra here? The DTB has it's own page, and these 2 albums should remain there. The SYL albums aren't included, so I think these albums should stay in the realm of Dev's "other" band...and keep his individual projects here exclusively. ComaDivine 11:24, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree that there should be some distinction between what Devin has done as a "solo" album and the stuff he did with the DTB. But I don't know if we should remove it from this page (and link to the DTB page), or perhaps the discography can be rearranged to either include SYL stuff, of have a better distinction between DTB stuff and Devin only stuff... I'm not really sure myself what the best option would be... The DTB did evolve from his solo stuff... but then again, the DTB is a rather permanent band, so I'm not really sure myself. --Mighty Jay 17:55, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I think we should remove it as DTB has its own page, but doesn't have a true discogrophy, we should try to divorce the work by the Band from the work by the Man. Atechi 19:07, 25 June 2006 (UTC)