Thanks for posting this video. I´m a jazz drummer and the style of Virgil is very far from my musical interests. But I follow him and a lot of jazz drummers use to say me: - Javi, why are you so interested in this metal/fusion drummer? The answer is very easy: 1) He is the most advanced drummer of the planet 2) His traditional grip left hand is PERFECT 3) 70% of his playing it´s boring to me but suddently he surprises me with a brilliant idea that can be considered genial. 4) His intention and groove is brutal 5) His independence and coordination 6) In his playing he never or almost never falls in "one", so his comping or fills has a lift "swing" funk feel that make them very sophisiticated and tasty. 7) His mastering on odd meters 8) I don´t mention double bass drumming because I don´t like it, but he is a maester on it, and for metal fusion and rock drumers is a very common tool. The older he gets, the better taste he has and the better he plays In this song the beginning is brilliant and the fills are so tasty. And the sound and intention is brutal and there are some very difficult nuances but he makes them sound easy, this is absolutely incredible !!! On the other hand the main reason of Virgil superb technique is the absolute master of the "free stroke". He plays (almost all the time, with some exceptions of course) ) with ZERO effort. The stick jumps up with a brutal acceleration due to the reaction force of the surface (3er axiom of Newton). This has also a natural consequence: Incredibly sound quality. The secret of technique is the use of rebound and let the stick do all the work. I have learned a lot analyzing and studing Virgil. He is a genius. I don´t like very much the music he plays but I have to admit that he is the most advanced drummer very far ahead of the rest of drummers. In general when he plays more "Easy" with less notes and more space I like it Every time I listen or watch him I discover little nuances, little subtleties that had gone unnoticed before, and this happens to me with very few drummers. With Virgil this happens every time. So there is no doubt of his brilliant condition. He plays the piano like a pro He studied snare drum with Philly Joe Jones and Rob Carson (Rudimental Snare Drum Champion) His music knowledgement is superb. He is a great worker, always studing and practicing. He is a true artist. Virgil is getting older and I have thought the fucking way to study with him before he dies , to take some lessons in Los Angeles to meet him to take some lessons or bring him to Barcelona to do a masterclass because all of this knowledgement can´t be loose. I´m looking foward to do some lessons with him. Fuck you all the jazz drummers who despise people like Virgil just because they don't play his style, frustrated, arrogant and ignorant, closed-minded musicians that don't appreciate Virgil's genius. Fuck you, motherfuckers 🤣🤣
@Drummer J.L.H. just as a side note, when I say "technical" drummer, I'm eluding to the fact that his skillset is beyond what anyone is doing technically. We both think the same thing though, I'm just pointing out the degree of technical mastery. He is without question the best drummer in existence now.
2:53 REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOUR DAD OR MENTOR WAS TEACHING YOU SOMETHING THEY STRUGGLED AT BUT REALIZE YOU ARE WATCHING AND LOOK DOWN AT YOU AND GIVE YOU THAT REASSURING SMILE LIKE “YOU GOT THIS”! VIRGIL- I SEE EVERY OUNCE OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION YOU PUT INTO YOUR INSTRUMENT ON DISPLAY EVERY TIME YOU PLAY! A TRUE MASTER MUSICIAN!
I loved that Virgil gets me crazy how he plays pocket at the same time playing such odd signatures and stickings He’s a nut case as I like to call guys like him and Lang 😂
Love this, it's a lot more musically accessible than some of Virgils other music, and I'm a drummer who has a good grasp of odd times signatures, polyrhythms and metric modulation.
Virgil is just so focued on making everything complicated and difficult to get, I just like it when he grooves. Check out Joel Hoekstras "undefined" and "the moon is falling" albums with Virgil from the 2000s. Virgil's best playing IMO, he had one day per album to learn and track all the songs each time so he plays "simple". The result is some of the most enjoyable playing I've ever heard from him lol. Link below
Wow, what a track. Stupendous playing, especially around 3 mins truely exceptional. That closing fill right at the end, woah. Strewth cobber. I think this is the best thing I've seen him do, so powerful. Only played it about 15 times so far
Totally addictive vid. Been watching it once an evening over the past week. Donati is such a master of his art that he can do pretty much anything with rhythm with extraordinary intensity - and yet make it look so easy! Perhaps one of the characteristics of genius. 😎
When you deep dive in to odd time signatures and metric modulation far enough it actually does get frustrating playing 4/4. It's not hard, it just becomes absurdly boring.
Virgil plays music the top artist do not play and sell...I am sure for the past 30 years with all his odd time playing his phone was not ringing off the hook...Drummers like Dennis Chambers were getting the calls...So in turn he has showman chops but not musical chops for top artist and recordings.
It looks like he still has a lot of capacity left to make it even more interesting, i am curious where the limitations of Virgil are, he just keeps getting better.
Blimey, how good is that? A hard hitting, traditional grip drummer (like Stewart Copeland of the Police and Carl Palmer of ELP) and some unbelievable fills and drum displacements. I had a VHS video of him years ago and it broke so, this up to date uTube video with great sound is a very impressive catch up. Virgil was quite awesome then and is getting even more happening now. A big wow from me and well done from a UK drummer.
I find his drumming out of this world. So technical, mind boggling at times and intricate, but he has a very very deep groove and dynamics. He maintains that, and with a killer sound. Although someone like me plays totally different (I don’t have these skills haha) his drumming is quite the inspiration for me in recent years in other styles of music.
Let's remember something, first of all the favorite drummer of Virgil Donati is Ian Pace of purple, with whom he knows very well, besides Virgil is a student of Philly Joe Jones, a world-famous big band drummer, one of the greats in the history of jazz music.
virgil wouldntve been the right fit anyway, I still genuinely feel marco minnemann wouldve brought the most interesting dynamic to the table, thomas lang aswell would've been just as good a choice as mangini
Hell yeah!!! This world is a better place for having this song in it!!! Probably would have never happened if he did the DT gig......we all gained from it.....
Luckily they picked Mancini because now we have Icefish, The Aristocrats 4 albums, and Lang does a lot of awesome stuff. I think DT would’ve demanded too much of their time.
@@randobianco Actually, the only drummer i believe was the great Chick Webb. I was watching an interview and heard him mention his name twice......favorably. Chick had chops but, i wonder if some of the reason was Chick was a band leader and that was Buddy's goal. I don't believe there is much if any video of him just audio. Probably, because of the time and he passed at such a young age..... shame.
To me one of the greatest Drummer of Our time.
Greatest! Any other! Maybe Jarzombek is near.
The greatest!
Fully agreed and absolutely an awesome drummer. Alongside Gavin Harrison, the timing and syncope machine
Such a phenomenal drummer, and that song is really good.
Thanks for posting this video.
I´m a jazz drummer and the style of Virgil is very far from my musical interests. But I follow him and a lot of jazz drummers use to say me: - Javi, why are you so interested in this metal/fusion drummer? The answer is very easy:
1) He is the most advanced drummer of the planet
2) His traditional grip left hand is PERFECT
3) 70% of his playing it´s boring to me but suddently he surprises me with a brilliant idea that can be considered genial.
4) His intention and groove is brutal
5) His independence and coordination
6) In his playing he never or almost never falls in "one", so his comping or fills has a lift "swing" funk feel that make them very sophisiticated and tasty.
7) His mastering on odd meters
8) I don´t mention double bass drumming because I don´t like it, but he is a maester on it, and for metal fusion and rock drumers is a very common tool.
The older he gets, the better taste he has and the better he plays
In this song the beginning is brilliant and the fills are so tasty. And the sound and intention is brutal and there are some very difficult nuances but he makes them sound easy, this is absolutely incredible !!!
On the other hand the main reason of Virgil superb technique is the absolute master of the "free stroke". He plays (almost all the time, with some exceptions of course) ) with ZERO effort. The stick jumps up with a brutal acceleration due to the reaction force of the surface (3er axiom of Newton). This has also a natural consequence: Incredibly sound quality. The secret of technique is the use of rebound and let the stick do all the work. I have learned a lot analyzing and studing Virgil.
He is a genius. I don´t like very much the music he plays but I have to admit that he is the most advanced drummer very far ahead of the rest of drummers.
In general when he plays more "Easy" with less notes and more space I like it
Every time I listen or watch him I discover little nuances, little subtleties that had gone unnoticed before, and this happens to me with very few drummers. With Virgil this happens every time. So there is no doubt of his brilliant condition.
He plays the piano like a pro
He studied snare drum with Philly Joe Jones and Rob Carson (Rudimental Snare Drum Champion)
His music knowledgement is superb.
He is a great worker, always studing and practicing.
He is a true artist.
Virgil is getting older and I have thought the fucking way to study with him before he dies , to take some lessons in Los Angeles to meet him to take some lessons or bring him to Barcelona to do a masterclass because all of this knowledgement can´t be loose. I´m looking foward to do some lessons with him. Fuck you all the jazz drummers who despise people like Virgil just because they don't play his style, frustrated, arrogant and ignorant, closed-minded musicians that don't appreciate Virgil's genius. Fuck you, motherfuckers 🤣🤣
Thanks for a good review.. ..And greets from Finland.
Good notes on Virgil..............good incite on Virgil.....I would ditto that...........Gray
Well said!
Bingo ... ALL OF THE ABOVE.
All yes, but FAR ahead of all other drummers? At least Thomas Lang and Marco Minnemann will have a word.
One of the best albums ever recorded and just few persons knows about it!
So excellently unique. Nobody plays drums like this.
Some of the slickest drumming Ive ever seen.
He killed that!!!! Love that kick-drum!
The most unconventional super-human drummer on earth 😮👍💪💪💪👏👏👏
Greatest technical drummer alive
@Drummer J.L.H. I agree he's the best alive. And it's not even close.
@Drummer J.L.H. just as a side note, when I say "technical" drummer, I'm eluding to the fact that his skillset is beyond what anyone is doing technically. We both think the same thing though, I'm just pointing out the degree of technical mastery. He is without question the best drummer in existence now.
Music save my life every day. THX Virgil
I'm obsessed with Virgil's playing on this version
My favorite clip of virgil ever ! The opening polyrhythms are amazing and he just nails this so hard !
To me, he's like what Allan Holdsworth is on guitar. He could die without a penny, but his legacy is priceless.
Damn. That's a fucking good comparison.
yeah, there's no one else that's really on this level. i always thought that too. makes just sense he played with allan in the end
Hmmm. Holdsworth was technically incomparable... but melodically shallow.
@@jamesmurphy1389Nie znasz jego dziedzictwa muzycznego, w takim razie
Different place all the way. God bless Virgil
Absolute utter beast. Such interesting fills too
This is beyond everything. Mind blowing drummer ❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏👌👌
2:53 REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOUR DAD OR MENTOR WAS TEACHING YOU SOMETHING THEY STRUGGLED AT BUT REALIZE YOU ARE WATCHING AND LOOK DOWN AT YOU AND GIVE YOU THAT REASSURING SMILE LIKE “YOU GOT THIS”!
VIRGIL- I SEE EVERY OUNCE OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION YOU PUT INTO YOUR INSTRUMENT ON DISPLAY EVERY TIME YOU PLAY! A TRUE MASTER MUSICIAN!
I loved that Virgil gets me crazy how he plays pocket at the same time playing such odd signatures and stickings He’s a nut case as I like to call guys like him and Lang 😂
This dude and Lang have probably got to be the best in the business
@@al-919 you might be right. Doesn’t mean I’m not drummer you fucking knob
You should check out Matt garstkas drumming, creativity and originality out the ass
@@al-919 you must be not a drummer...what language is this?
stupefacente.........
Astonishing time-keeping and interpretation. The spirit of genius as drummer.
A year ago I first heard this song and it's such a great song. Virgil makes this song so powerful with his drumming.
Virgil !! This is incredible impressive to me, technique, composition, groove ..all in the same soup! 🙏
1,2,3,4...😂😂😂
Вергилий-ты лучший!
Virgil es una besssssstia!!
This song is like listening to dragons flying in a storm at sunset. ❤ And Virgil D is just...Dante's drummer guide through the Inferno....
This is a great album.
Virgil bends time itself.
Virgil IS time.
This is Perfection
Love this, it's a lot more musically accessible than some of Virgils other music, and I'm a drummer who has a good grasp of odd times signatures, polyrhythms and metric modulation.
Virgil is just so focued on making everything complicated and difficult to get, I just like it when he grooves. Check out Joel Hoekstras "undefined" and "the moon is falling" albums with Virgil from the 2000s. Virgil's best playing IMO, he had one day per album to learn and track all the songs each time so he plays "simple". The result is some of the most enjoyable playing I've ever heard from him lol. Link below
He is a legend
Thanks so much for sharing!
Virgil rules
Gets better every time I watch it. It is therefore 98 times better than when I first heard it.
. ...................senza parole!!!!!!!
Wow, what a track. Stupendous playing, especially around 3 mins truely exceptional. That closing fill right at the end, woah. Strewth cobber. I think this is the best thing I've seen him do, so powerful. Only played it about 15 times so far
This performance alone is just so full of outrageously difficult and musically exciting ideas. He's one of a kind.
@@douglas2437 and this is basically his easy mode
Phenomenal...
very good..............................................
Absolutely phenomenal playing.
Bravissimi. Eccellenti
AMAZING!!!! I love This band❤️🤩
Totally addictive vid. Been watching it once an evening over the past week. Donati is such a master of his art that he can do pretty much anything with rhythm with extraordinary intensity - and yet make it look so easy! Perhaps one of the characteristics of genius. 😎
Again that guy from Area 51. 🤪💯
Amazing machine. Must be difficult for Virgil to play straight time... he’s so technical that playing simple is out of his realm
I know you are joking ; ) ..of course he can play 4 on the floor ! Ever heard of Steve Vai... or Frank Gambale "Made in Australia"?!
When you deep dive in to odd time signatures and metric modulation far enough it actually does get frustrating playing 4/4. It's not hard, it just becomes absurdly boring.
Haha this band covered Audioslave's 'Show me How to Live' with him on the drums, so he definitely plays 4/4
Groove is groove
And Virgil has immense groove.
Virgil plays music the top artist do not play and sell...I am sure for the past 30 years with all his odd time playing his phone was not ringing off the hook...Drummers like Dennis Chambers were getting the calls...So in turn he has showman chops but not musical chops for top artist and recordings.
great
❤
Absolutely fantastic Virgil. I am just amazed such fantastic playing so right for the song. You are at another level.
That Intro is awesome!!!
It looks like he still has a lot of capacity left to make it even more interesting, i am curious where the limitations of Virgil are, he just keeps getting better.
Limitations for Virgil ? There are none
Limitations ?
he has no limiter, lol
The dude is superhuman i think hes like 60 years i mean holy crap imagine him at 85 years andbstill krushing on drums
He is the limit for mankind
🎶Save us from the human hardware! 🎶 - Indeed! A passionately topical call-to-arms, given the brutal WEF's plans for us all!
Wow...amazing
Mostruoso..ciao Vanni..
Blimey, how good is that? A hard hitting, traditional grip drummer (like Stewart Copeland of the Police and Carl Palmer of ELP) and some unbelievable fills and drum displacements.
I had a VHS video of him years ago and it broke so, this up to date uTube video with great sound is a very impressive catch up. Virgil was quite awesome then and is getting even more happening now. A big wow from me and well done from a UK drummer.
Tremendous.
This man is a timing machine.
Awesome drummer. Love his technique and the sound he gets from the drums
As if this wasn't hard enough, Virgil massacres it 0:22-0:33 yet again.
Best version I've seen online, killing it!
Incredible.
I have to come back once a day every day to hear the fills at 1:17 and 3:36...
Best seat in the house is behind Virgil, where you could hear all the ghost notes
i love you virgil .... your sandro
gracias por el video!
Great style and ability.
Fantastic. Great mix too
What a great beat fills mixed dynamization
I find his drumming out of this world. So technical, mind boggling at times and intricate, but he has a very very deep groove and dynamics. He maintains that, and with a killer sound.
Although someone like me plays totally different (I don’t have these skills haha) his drumming is quite the inspiration for me in recent years in other styles of music.
Look at the first crash, 17 secs, he almost hops out the stool to get extra power. Man is a savage.
Great!! Maestro
Love the sound of this kit
Simply Brilliant !!!!!!!!
that was great
mamma mia!!!!!!!!!!bravo!!!!!!!!
Virgil e' il migliore..inarrivabile
Unreal
Ahhhhhhhh... yeahhhh.
This album is life changing PLEASE run to buy this, listen to Human Hardware and Paralyzed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will be !!!!
Without a doubt the best drummer on the planet...
Sorry...! That is debatable....Vinnie Colaiuta actually holds that seat...
Freakin' brilliant.
Love this one
@ 3:00 untouchable!
Virgil is a GOAT ✊✊✊
Virgil's playing is beyond the word amazing.
Ça frappe fort! 😘
Mesmerizing!!
Let's remember something, first of all the favorite drummer of Virgil Donati is Ian Pace of purple, with whom he knows very well, besides Virgil is a student of Philly Joe Jones, a world-famous big band drummer, one of the greats in the history of jazz music.
Thanks for putting this up again.
This Cat always has a killer sounding kick drum...
Beautiful technique
Awesome !!!!
This is math stuff. Virgil is always amazing!
Brasil 🇧🇷❤
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭.
Virgil is CRAZY😆😆
Saw him with Vai a few times. Absolute machine of virtuosity.
I wonder how long Virgil plans to stay on earth . Hopefully a long time !!!
this band alone is worth Virgil not joining Dream Theatre. They are simply not at his level. And the whole thing was just a publicity stunt anyway.
virgil wouldntve been the right fit anyway, I still genuinely feel marco minnemann wouldve brought the most interesting dynamic to the table, thomas lang aswell would've been just as good a choice as mangini
Hell yeah!!! This world is a better place for having this song in it!!! Probably would have never happened if he did the DT gig......we all gained from it.....
Luckily they picked Mancini because now we have Icefish, The Aristocrats 4 albums, and Lang does a lot of awesome stuff. I think DT would’ve demanded too much of their time.
That bit around 2.45 just before the really nice guitar solo, little smile from Virgil as he appreciates it.
So correct
No , I just got something in my eye...... I'm not crying....
I often wonder what Buddy Rich would have though about Virgil's ability?.
I think that they will speak in a language that doesn't exist , just because they can.🙈
I can't recall when Buddy Rich spoke positively about any other drummer, it would be a pleasant surprise to hear he did.
@@randobianco Actually, the only drummer i believe was the great Chick Webb. I was watching an interview and heard him mention his name twice......favorably. Chick had chops but, i wonder if some of the reason was Chick was a band leader and that was Buddy's goal. I don't believe there is much if any video of him just audio. Probably, because of the time and he passed at such a young age..... shame.
Donati est une légende vivante. Personne ne lui arrive à la cheville.
His kit sounds so dope
GOAT
SHEEP
@@jumpinjojo jealous
@@NIKKO500 Hardly. The guy is on another level. Unattainable talent.
@@jumpinjojo 👍
there can only be one and only ..... Virgil
I cant even believe people do thumbs down on this. What the hell are they smoking? Virg is incredible!