Let me preface this by saying I love Dev's music and I'm a huge fan. That said, he plays to heavily orchestrated backing tracks. They include, vocals, guitar lines, synths, and effects too (such as vocal echoes and reverbs), and obviously, a click track. I can understand doing it for a solo performance like the posted vid, but he does the same thing live when he's playing with his full band, which bums me out - I'm referencing the Live By A Thread series as well as Retinal Circus. It's to such an extent, I believe the majority of what we're hearing is being piped in. I understand why he does it - his album production is HUGE and he wants to convey that live. I just wonder if he could achieve the same hugeness but add in the magic of live performancetby playing with top notch musicians that can double up on instruments and sing too, rather than his heavy metal buddies. I'd like to hear Deconstruction live...like really live, you know?
