Nick D'Virgilio - Big Big Train's "Oblivion" (Talk & Play-Through)

[@everyonehatesfrauditors765]

'The bass and drums lock' - Boom - right there!

[@CarlosmanuelChavezayuso-gi5qy]

HI MY FRIEND GREAT TALENT DRUMMER .I WISH YOUR SO MUCH SUCCESS THIS YEAR. FROM MÉXICO 👋

[@timrankin8755]

Amazing.

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@stevendavid5370]

Nick You wrote another hit! Love your passion while having immense fun.

[@NDVirgilio]

Playing music is indeed fun. Thank you!

[@Michael_Drums_]

Lots of feel in that performance, beautiful!

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you!!!

[@dallaswright9249]

Good feel to song glad to see you doing the lay out of song brother peace out Drummer D

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you!

[@ricscothern1142]

Great explaination of the Spirit of the song. Fun to see / hear the drum parts shown for it musical blend. Great 6work Nick. I'm enjoying BBT'S continuance and evolution in sound. Especially loved the 'oneness' expressed you have with Greg. The best bands always have very cohesive Bass player and Drummer synch.

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you! Yes, when the bass and drums are locked it is just fantastic.

[@jreid641]

Cool video Nick. See you March 1st in Ft. Wayne.

[@NDVirgilio]

Great!!! That will be our very first show in the US. Cheers!

[@mlhbrx96]

Those tom fills in the second verse are very Mark Brzezicki of Big Country!

[@mremusic999]

I was thinking Peart and/or Collins, but Mark works too!

[@mlhbrx96]

@mremusic999 two of my favs you mentioned! I had recently heard a 12" version of "In a Big County" and it featured Brzezicki doing fills very similar to what Mr D'Virgilio was playing.

[@NDVirgilio]

Phil and Mark are both fantastic and both have rubbed off on my playing. Thank you for watching!

[@EdZeroProg]

Excellent performance Nick!

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you!

[@bélalugrisi]

Imma gonna need shades! 😎 Roll on BBT! Ty Nick~

[@NDVirgilio]

Rock on!

[@nemanjabozic6874]

TRUE TALENT........🥁👍

[@PabloJ1968]

You are awesome! You never waste our time. You are right on the pocket with it.

[@NDVirgilio]

I appreciate that!

[@suprchickn7745]

Neal Morse sent me! Not really but my prog playlist is increasing because of my familiarity with some of Neal's latest stuff. I love your attitude and you're a great player and singer!

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you!!!

[@TheTrueVoiceOfReason]

Aaaawwwww YEEEAAAHHH!!!! Rockin', and you can feel it was from deep inside - just an effortless and immediate feeling to the song. Just, wow.

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you for watching!

[@domithedrumster]

he is just the complete package

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you very much!

[@martinhaskell376]

The tom fills at 5':20" remind me of Phil Collins on the Brand X song 'Don't Make Waves' - which I love, so all good as far as I'm concerned Nick!

[@NDVirgilio]

I love that whole Brand X record. I played it a ton back in the day and still do from time to time. Phil was on fire back then. Thank you !!!

[@justinbeaney8168]

Fantastic. Thanks for doing this run-through Nick. Can’t wait for the whole album (and a tour next year).

[@NDVirgilio]

Neither can I. New single out today. Thanks for watching!

[@danramirez6200]

Excelente Nick! Saludos desde Perú!

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you!!!

Great talk and play through of a seemingly straight forward song with a lot of delicious intricacies going on underneath... Top job as always, Nick! ❤❤

[@NDVirgilio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@continumdrums2297]

Awesome song ... great explaination of the song ..... and ofcors, absolute awesome playing as ever .... 🤘🏻🤘🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@NDVirgilio]

Thank you!

[@continumdrums2297]

@@NDVirgilioI love your playing, your music and your videos in general, even the ones where you only sell drums. 😆😆You are very entertaining and never boring! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@pilouche210]

Thank you for this video ! Amazing song and groove... Exciting to listened the new album ! I'm a french fan :)

[@NDVirgilio]

Glad you like it!

[@shainorsham4334]

Amazing drummig Nick ! 👍👍👍👍

[@NDVirgilio]

Thanks a lot!

[@mlhbrx96]

I see the Roland triggers on your drums in addition to the mics. Did you use both in the recording? Any effects on the triggers?

[@NDVirgilio]

I’ve been messing around with triggers again lately. The Roland triggers along with the TM6 work amazingly well and are easy to use. They were not on for this video. It was just the acoustic drums. But I am planning on doing more in the future. I find it a cool and fun way to marry acoustic and electronic sounds. Cheers to you!

[@cjueschke]

Awesome playing. I’m really looking forward to this album! What’s Evans heads are you using here?

[@aaronaustin7760]

Lovely play through and thank you for the section-by-section talk through. Are the triggers on the toms and snare used for gates?