Out Of The Dirt

[@edwardwilliamsams6589]

Best Drummer alive. Modulation on the hi hats is unreal.

[@joao6688]

61 years old great performance great music

[@droidfan]

This guy! Always playing the easy and simple stuff...

[@magn8195]

Out of the world polyrhythms!!!

[@leandrobego154]

Make more videos !!! PLEASE!!!

[@gregerolsson1713]

Virgil is now in possession of all the Infinity stones not only the green one.

[@notsoflexibleflyer]

Virg., I can't thank you enough for what you've done with the Ruination CD! It is so fresh and inspiring to learn your thought processes. I've been through a colon resection & ileostomy reversal this summer, and learning to comprehend your work is an immense help in the healing process! You're helping me to stay inspired and learn to play again! Thank you for keeping Allan's spirit alive in your music and for helping me see it can be done, as I turn 60 this year! You never age out!!!

[@naxodxc]

I feel goosebumps thinking about the feeling of being able to feel and play music that way. I'm sure Virgil is one of best musician ever, thanks you for exist mr Virgil!

[@ronniestyles1347]

Dude! You've GOT to make more videos like this

[@DefkalionDs]

As always, your drumming skill and musicality are on another level. Keep inspiring us all, master Donati! \m/

[@Tonyclaret1]

Amazing technique !!!

[@robertlucas9867]

It’s great seeing and hearing you perform and I’m glad I had the opportunity to attend both Ohio shows to watch your band. You definitely an inspiration to us drummers, I wish I had time to continue to practice because you inspire me to improve Virgil. Thanks and keep it up.

[@Mike_Milano_dk7]

great The Iron Drummer. Virgil forever in my heart

[@xxTICxxTOCxx]

Tuesday nights, live at the Grainstore... Loose Change... those were the days.

[@juanmanuelgautocolonna4439]

Perfection 🎭👏🏼🙋🏻‍♂️🇦🇷

[@josephrispoli6780]

You are and Amazing! drummer. love the way you approach the drums. Love watch you. looking forward to see more.

[@andreasbreitwieser1449]

Wow😍 pure passion!

[@tjroy870]

Been playing quite awhile now myself. Have worked on alot of independence exercises.... But THIS..... I bow to you Master Virgil.... This rite here, shud inspire ANYONE to practice more. Esp RITE NOW. i got 10 hrs in yesterday myself & getting ready for 2nite. One shud ALWAYS practice. If "sound" is an issue get a MESH HEAD e-kit. BEST INVESTMENT I EVER MADE. i can practice WHENEVER I WANT TO 😉

[@LisaBellaDonnaMusic]

Witnessing Virgil just astrally project with Allan Holdsworth on stage was without a doubt a favorite live experience. Virgil is a miracle I’m motion.

[@courtcomposer]

Beast mode. Man great playing.

[@jamesstewart1649]

Amazing!!!!

[@howardcloud7186]

Fire! Great job Virgil

[@jemminger]

Monster

[@Hopeisgone6709]

como sempre criativo mente brilhante

[@ferrernic]

SUPER CLEAN DIRT !!!

[@alessandrodaloia]

Grandissimo Virgil !! Saluti dal Brasile.

[@caveguerra]

Awesome! That would be interesting if you could share and/or teach your concepts of soloing ("hihat section"), how do you create those elements? Thanks! 😎👍🎶

[@IlikeMusicDrumLoop]

The Best👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏#VirgilDonati #IlikeMusic

[@mojamo1]

beautiful prog fusion...

[@asb3pe]

incredible stuff

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

real bad ass boss. !!!!!

[@TheOfficialTLM]

They say hindsight is 2020. But I'm still lost no mater how many times I watch this. Lol

[@jakedrums1398]

Dude that hi hat pattern 👌👌👌

[@miguelalfoya2031]

Uff! Amazing

[@sanchezzz1]

Was I the only one at the abrupt end said NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo...?

[@MrThomas1958]

thx

[@AChadWardenProduction]

That guitar lick at the beginning sounded so much Garsed-ish.

[@theavenger3363]

God: Brain or Hard drive? Virgil: 10101010101010 ...

[@FelipeVanDerMer]

Mortal!

[@tjroy870]

I think my brain just exploded..... I'll cook it on the fire i made with my sticks & shells bahahahaha

[@menypanda8273]

Mercy¡

[@ErDiEr]

Why it ended so fast?

[@MarcoFerlito]

Alien-prog, of course.

[@muuriciodegollada3870]

My God

[@RICHARDSANDSTROM]

Iron Man, indeed! 👌🏻

[@COREDRUMROOM]

Please don't tell me it's in 4/4, it should be 3/4>9/64>3/16>9/16>6/4>31/32..?.

[@jimbedorf4275]

What is the sticking in the first movement between the side hats and the snare?

[@bakedpineapple4131]

Hardest beat in 4/4 ever!!!

[@roxxo38]

Zildjian live soon?

[@michaelfox2475]

Typically when ever I’ve ever read or heard comments referring to any drummer as “The greatest “ or “the best “ which one might typically read and hear from drummer fans of Rock drummers ie “Neil Peart: Ringo star John Bonham, or jazz legend Buddy Rich, I say to myself these over imposing, small minded, small town, musically limited 100% of the time caucasian Americans thinking that the way they see hear and experience the world should be taken as fact. All that to say when ever I’ve heard or seen this Australian born and raised drummer Virgil Donati play drums, I don’t mind so much hearing over top comments because they are well deserved. Not that there are not hundreds of drummers that could easily be put in a category as arguably among the top ten greatest of all time like count Bassie big band drummer Sonny Payne , or Purto Rican born Afro Cuban drummer” Horacio el negro Hernandez “ or Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, or Sonny Emory ( from Atlanta Georgia ) or NJ born drummer extraordinaire Rodney Holmes who played with Santana and the Brecker Brothers reunion ( mid 90s ) before age 30. All that to say it’s only the Rock fan drummers who are rabid, and over the top exaggerators who would typically insist that there idea of who’s the best is final and factual.

[@TacoCrisma]

I think there’s top musicians in each style of drumming. I’d say purdie, Gadd, or Porcaro are best in pocket for the song and prolific careers. Guys like Virgil, weckl, vinnie, Cobham, etc are best at technical drumming. Matt Gartska, Elliot Hoffman, and Thomas haake are some of the best at prog metal drumming. Billy kilson is one of the kings of swing/bop but I’d put Omar hakim solidly there too. Guys like eric moore, tony royster, Brian fraiser moore, larnell lewis, Dennis chambers, are some of the absolute best all around drummers out there. Etc. Also Horacio’s left foot clave is out of this world

[@ClouderGames]

I was watching this live when it premiered and the video cut out where we see it end here but the audio kept playing. Is there not a full version you could upload and just delete this one?

[@Hopeisgone6709]

2020

[@FrancoContreras]

Virgil, did you intentionaly mute the hit of the kick drum at 0:35 ??

[@DamZZmaD]

No... 😉 Virgil often play crash accents only without bass drum or snare on first measures times 😁 It is one of his signature style... Listen to his LP "In This Life", he make this on all songs 😅 Virgil don't need to make a bass drum sound when he play a crash. I don't like to say this but... all drummers could recognize he stays technically intouchable in drums Galaxy... He is really not my favourite drummer artistically but he is technically the best of the best. Most of pro drummers can't reproduce like he plays... And he plays piano too... UNTOUCHABLE VIRGIL...

[@FrancoContreras]

@@DamZZmaD yess I know its a signature of him, but see it carefuly, he hits the kick drum in this case, but seems he mute it in post

[@DamZZmaD]

@@FrancoContreras Ok 😁 maybe he move his leg without hit the pedal ?

[@FrancoContreras]

@@DamZZmaD hahaha

[@Moparornuthin]

It's a ghost note 😉

[@pipeturunpishhh7633]

Filete!!

[@danijelrobnik]

Dear Virgil ...what plugin is the orchestra??

[@DioJeanBaptiste]

danggggggg :-)

[@ColonelJ1]

RON JARZOMBEK COLLAB WHEN

[@ChristopherDillman]

🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲🐲🤘

[@Chrime71]

I know Virgil you're a god but during the charley part .. I take a big slap :-D

[@Hopeisgone6709]

🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Problem with Virg is he plays keyboards and guitar on drums.

[@al-919]

also singlehandedly writing the entire albums

[@Neil-Aspinall]

@@al-919 Yeah well there is no doubt that he is a highly talented drummer but his compositions are extremely self indulgent and overly complicated seemingly for the fact that they can be?

[@diegoulloao]

Are you reading that? Jajajajaj omg

[@jakethepitador2558]

I believe this drummer is using Mike Mangini signature sticks.

[@silvereminence]

1k subs challenge || kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2jQp3xnp9R3asU ||

[@will66kg91]

SILVER EMINENCE ?

[@silvereminence]

Will Drums 🙏🏼 1k subs challenge

[@blankvoidsea]

Nope, Donati has his own signature sticks: www.vater.com/#!/product/94 I have a pair. Beefy as nuts, but more suited to wrist players.

[@jakethepitador2558]

@@blankvoidsea was joking, they both competed for the Dream Theater job, and Mangini got it, lol.

[@muuriciodegollada3870]

My God