Virgil Donati | Modern Drummer Festival 1997

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    ...à les voir si douces sous sa main, si faciles à escalader, on eût ditqu’il les avait apprivoisées.
    Performance/Music
    Times End | 2:04 (written by Virgil Donati)
    Origin and the End | 7:08 (written by Virgil Donati)
    Drum solo | 11:44
    Clinic
    1. Transition from double strokes to inverted double strokes |34:11
    1a. Transition from double strokes to inverted double strokes at various tempos | 34:37
    2. Transition from inverted double strokes to single strokes | 35:24
    3. Double strokes to 16th-note-triplet double strokes | 36:26
    4. Polyrhythmic double strokes-two-against-five (double-stroke quintuplets with feet in the second bar) | 37:14
    4a. Polyrhythmic double strokes-two-against-five (double-stroke quintuplets with feet in the second bar) a little faster | 37:57
    5. Single-stroke quintuplets | 38:22
    6. Inverted double strokes with 32nd-note fill-ins | 39:26
    6a. Inverted double strokes with 32nd-note fill-ins with hands soloing on top | 40:08
    7. Endurance & speed-building exercise (recommended tempo range: quarter note = 70-200) Virgil starts with qn=150 bpm | 41:47
    7a. Continues with qn=165bpm | 42:08
    7b. Penultimate at 190 bpm | 42:33
    7c. The last @200 bpm | 42:56
    Performance/Music
    Virtue or Reality | 44:00 (written by Virgil Donati and David Hirschfelder)
    Interview | 49:34
    Credits | 52:05

ความคิดเห็น • 104

  • @ShawnCrowder
    @ShawnCrowder ปีที่แล้ว +22

    1990's Virgil is still 100 years ahead of every drummer today. In the early 2000's I had a 30-second .mp4 clip of that final tune, which I watched on repeat. Thanks for sharing the full performance!

  • @Convisis
    @Convisis ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I had this VHS. literally wore the tape out, was my prized possession. There’s a very real argument that this was one of the more important solo drum performances in history. It really changed the landscape and heralded Virgil’s arrival on the international scene. It’s never been the same since.

    • @unclerhombus
      @unclerhombus ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You were so lucky to happen to have this back in the day. I would’ve killed for this tape!

    • @tjroy
      @tjroy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed Virgil upped the ante HARDCORE. Amazing performance i remember it too, as i became a Virgil fan with the release of the first Planet X album. The one titled Planet X, the band was just "Derek Sherinian" , Planet X THE BAND, saw them in Boston '02. AMAZING

    • @rudysteiner4926
      @rudysteiner4926 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I bought this at my local drum store in 98 in little old SA Australia for $70. I also watched it to death and IN AWE every time. I still
      watch any copy I can find lol. So thank for the dl.

    • @bobbydigital8111
      @bobbydigital8111 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You stole my comment haha🤘 this, the Steve Smith video, Gary Chaffee phrasing and motion and the live Horacio modern drummer with Micheal Becker...VHS slow motion, a pen and note pad was taking advantage of technology back then

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@bobbydigital8111th-cam.com/video/Zfg7fkA4Mh8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=oRPCvK9qDcfytAbK

  • @cesarvaldez112975
    @cesarvaldez112975 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Nice, I’ve got this VHS too. Bought it 23 years ago. I must’ve seen it a million times. Yeah, at this point in time, Virgil was barely starting to make waves in America. I had known about him since the mid-90s, But it wasn’t until this performance that I got to see him play. The first time I saw this performance. Needless to say my mind was blown and I’ve been a fan ever since. Thanks for taking the time to upload this. 👍

  • @jonszab431
    @jonszab431 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Glad to see Virgil almost lose a stick once or twice. I thought he wasn't human until that point right there... Unless his programming did that on purpose so we would think that O.o

  • @gldi8hr
    @gldi8hr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    He took traditional grip drumming to a whole new level, plays clean and heavy 🦾🦿

  • @ShrinkRaptor
    @ShrinkRaptor ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The greatest prog drummer of all time. He is heads and shoulders above everyone else when it comes to technique and approach. Realize that this video is 26 years old. Drummers today are playing on super expensive direct drive double pedals and here's Virgil killing it on a basic Premier double pedal. It's all about your commitment to the instrument and the passion behind every stroke.

    • @Stu.6
      @Stu.6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unreal! Don’t see any drummer these days Better than this! Also trad grip insane!!

    • @gldi8hr
      @gldi8hr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      His style is fusion tho

    • @Martin_Bernard
      @Martin_Bernard 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I expected this nonsense GOAT comment

  • @Typenice
    @Typenice ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This was the day I knew anything was possible on the drums . Anything

  • @estebanbarriola1025
    @estebanbarriola1025 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great! Do You have material of him playing with tribal tech?

  • @glenntant1
    @glenntant1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I bought this vid when it came out at Billy Hyde’s Sydney…I played it to death but over the years and a couple of house moves its was lost…I searched and searched to no avail and now here it is…thank you so much for posting this. I believe this is one of the most important and influential drumming performances, period.

  • @Stu.6
    @Stu.6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No better drummer in world

    • @Martin_Bernard
      @Martin_Bernard 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There are a lot of more musical drummers

  • @MickDavies
    @MickDavies 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I met virge at the AUDW and got him and mike mangini to sign a pearl poster for me that i still have framed. Monster player, the more i learn, the more i understand how far ahead he really is. If you dont know about metric modulation, layering, sub divisions, dynamics, polyrhythms, 4 way independence then a whole lot of what he is doing just goes over your head. My drum teacher has helped me really dive deep into this stuff, that is Grant Collins, another aussie and extremely advanced in indepdence

  • @fweddyfwintsone4491
    @fweddyfwintsone4491 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    45:06 - This is one sick fill. Amazing player.

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      th-cam.com/video/IE7kyl5TzSw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0CYBYYB3tA5cAXrR
      There you go brother! Find your way through his style and phrasing.

  • @jazzban
    @jazzban  ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God is Love❤

  • @jasonread5017
    @jasonread5017 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    we in australia saw him play when he was young in cover bands . For me that was more of a buzz than seeing him now . Don't know why ?

    • @subatomic10
      @subatomic10 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep me too .
      Frank Corniola recorded his whole gig in 1994 at the Grainstore nightclub Melbourne .
      I asked him for a copy he gave some bs excuse .
      Virgil was playing Zeppelin, Chilli Peppers , Pearl Jam etc .
      $5 entry

    • @jasonread5017
      @jasonread5017 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@subatomic10 frank is into money mate .$$$$$$ good guy but you have to pay . Mabey he is one of those no it all Wogs

  • @tjroy
    @tjroy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    O shizzzz. Its the ENTIRE VIDEO!!!!!
    R U L E !!!!!!!
    Was gonna say same year as Tony Royster Jrs AMAZING DEBUT.
    Yes im old 😜 kimda. Lol

  • @LV426CX1
    @LV426CX1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was there. What a show that was.

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Whatever you can share with us is more than welcome. What do you remember from that day?

    • @LV426CX1
      @LV426CX1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Man that was a loaded line up. Besides, all the other know drummers hanging out. Met Steve Smith that day, Joe Morello was there, Jim Chapin ( got to talk with all of them)Tony Royster debut there at 12 years old. I remember John Tempesta sitting next to me taking Virgil’s insanity all in. My drum teacher was friends with Horacio from back in Cuba so I got to spend time with him that weekend. Horacio and Pattituccis set was amazing also. But the main thing was the camaraderie and openness of everyone in attendance, all the heavy weights there were willing to take time and talk to everyone and give impromptu lesson on the fly. Fantastic weekend.

  • @eranliber5993
    @eranliber5993 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is that a genista? Incredible sound

  • @lumina475
    @lumina475 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lo vi hace mas de 23 en vhs😂😂 jajaja al fin en youtube ...
    Suban el del negro hernandez con jhon pattitucci ❤❤

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/Zfg7fkA4Mh8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=M7AAQrQnck6UbCVO

  • @tamiraloni4092
    @tamiraloni4092 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Definitely would become a drummer because of this video!!!!

  • @ericessama7163
    @ericessama7163 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That’s sick 😅😅……wonderful Virgil ❤

  • @octaviouribe3264
    @octaviouribe3264 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Teknyka de Atron Aqkuztyka de Atono en Plykka...-

  • @PaulC-Drums
    @PaulC-Drums ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hell yes BRO! Thank you for uploading the entire thing.

  • @andycarter9845
    @andycarter9845 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video, shame the audio was mixed in Dolby Potato.

  • @Lycurgus1982
    @Lycurgus1982 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Virgil doesn't move with you. You move with Virgil. A truly astounding improve and one of the most influential VHS I had in my arsenal of double bass drummers.

  • @nexdrums
    @nexdrums 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Greattttttt

  • @valvac5250
    @valvac5250 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thise is Space!

  • @Absolute_Shambles
    @Absolute_Shambles 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Premier Ginista. Teraverdi Green..

  • @Diakonov29
    @Diakonov29 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    48:00. Those swells and dynamics naice.

  • @paintingholidayitaly
    @paintingholidayitaly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The best drummer playing the best drums....

  • @christopherforman8908
    @christopherforman8908 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was there! I went several years around that time. It was all general admission so we’d be in line 5-6 hours to get in the first few rows.

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The real drum buffs, the so called 5:30 Club at the time, lining up at the wee hours until the doors open😀

  • @jasonread5017
    @jasonread5017 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    He was in his prime here. such a nice guy met him in Melbourne many times We are from Melbourne .He not now Having a great time in the USA . I sill here .

    • @malvessidrums
      @malvessidrums 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dude lives in Italy now! Legend!

    • @PeterDeLuca-rz3dv
      @PeterDeLuca-rz3dv 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is his ancestral homeland after all and he already speaks Italian.

    • @jasonread5017
      @jasonread5017 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      WOGS FOR SOME REASON KNOW HOW TO PRACTICE . ONE COULD PRACTICE ALL DAY WITH NOT MUCH RESULT . NOW ANOTHER PRACTICING WOG IS BASS PLER FFN JOHN PETTUCI UNTUCHABLE LIKE VIRG . DISISPLINED WOGS WITH WORKING CLASS BACK GROUNDS I THINK IS THE SECRET INGREDIENT

  • @euclidesbarbosa2269
    @euclidesbarbosa2269 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Does anyone know the setlist?

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      1. Times End
      2. Origin and the End
      3. Virtue or Reality

    • @euclidesbarbosa2269
      @euclidesbarbosa2269 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jazzban are these Virgil songs?

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@euclidesbarbosa2269 The first two were composed by Virgil. The third was written by Virgil and David Hirschfelder.

    • @euclidesbarbosa2269
      @euclidesbarbosa2269 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jazzban nice man! I didn't know them. Thanks!

  • @drummerHernan
    @drummerHernan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    genial!!

  • @jorgedeltiempo
    @jorgedeltiempo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Joder..es mi bateria

    • @Dave_drumss
      @Dave_drumss 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yo también sigo usando ese modelo de Premier. Es mejor que muchas baterías top de hoy en día

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Miércoles 😂

  • @michaelshannon9169
    @michaelshannon9169 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Always respected musicians trying to push new grounds, never a fan of the guy as he lacked musicality and prioritized complication over the actual music but each to their own (cue "You just dont understand what he's doing" comments ensuing).

    • @jonnykk1
      @jonnykk1 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Such a tired and cliched criticism to throw out 🥱

    • @michaelshannon9169
      @michaelshannon9169 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jonnykk1 Doesnt detract in the slightest of what I say.

    • @ShrinkRaptor
      @ShrinkRaptor ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My favorite ignorant comment is it's "not musical." I shake my head every time because it's MORE musical as it requires more technical ability and a deeper understanding of music to play at this level. People who worship Gadd and Jordan like simpler playing and think that's how everyone should play. Without guys like Virgil pushing the limits, we'd never know where they are.

    • @michaelshannon9169
      @michaelshannon9169 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ShrinkRaptor You just proved my point.

    • @jimhardiman3836
      @jimhardiman3836 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Stable Genius finally God has delivered unto the world an oracle of such grace and depth to finally answer once and for all: "what is music?" Bravissimo!!! 💩💩

  • @82mangini
    @82mangini ปีที่แล้ว

    Thomas Lang is better by Far

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂

    • @82mangini
      @82mangini ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@jazzbanLang can play much more technical and faster mangini is much faster too. Fact

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@82mangini What a childish, ignorant comparison between Donati, Mangini and Lang. You don't understand traps brother, don't you?

    • @82mangini
      @82mangini ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jazzban marco minimann, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta ALL these brummers are better than Virgil. What is The masterpieces created by Virgil Donato. He only play tô show your technique.

    • @jazzban
      @jazzban  ปีที่แล้ว

      Go and see if I'm around the corner.