Virgil Donati, DW drums artist - Drum solos and Interview

Drum solos and Interview of Virgil Donati, DW drums artist. French Revolution Tour 2018.
Pictures : www.flickr.com/gp/dajaloo/dV9086
Report : blog.gewamusic.com/fr/news

[@bad_keyzi]

so inspiring! I can't believe that he's 60 and plays with the same or more power than when he was 30. True example that age is just a number if you now how to do things the right way and that drums keep you healthy in every sense.

[@radeum1010]

Wow, that’s as good as it gets. Virgil’s ability to wrap a crisp solid back beat snare hit in a ridiculously crazy complex supercharged polyrhythm is off the radar.

[@ALIASZARDOZ]

Pfffff.... Incroyable beau. Et de très bonnes remarques.

[@orkycathcart6397]

WHEN SITTING DOWN BEHIND THE DRUM SET , VIRGIL BECOMES THE DRUMS HIMSELF AND HIS PLAYING SHOWS THAT !!!!! HE'S A MONSTER , PERIOD !!!!!!!

[@davebander9730]

Virgil is from the future. How this man understands rhythm, is far beyond normal.

[@ajmonstern2009drmboy]

Love Virgil man Lol I’m a drummer he is a drum machine killing it keeps me inspired as a musician.

[@thepaleone666]

i cant not find words to express what i am feeling while watching this... my hero

[@jeffreyardziejewski2547]

Love that guy!

[@makattak3550]

Virgil signed my T Shirt at 10:53 Pm. What a strange time signature.

[@keesave6686]

Absolute genius !

[@taironduenki]

Merece todos os aplausos, um verdadeiro mestre dos tambores. Espero conseguir velo pessoalmente tocando.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love your work!!

[@matthewstewart2228]

This was sick... well done 👌

[@batraco24]

Impresionante!! Grande Donati!!

[@garypugh1153]

None drummer persons have always asked me "can you play wipeout"? It must be the only thing none drummers have to go by 🎶🎸🎼

[@geolima348]

Um dos meus HERÓIS favorito!! O som da bateria dele é simplesmente primoroso e sem falar no nível técnico quase que inalcançável! Simplesmente foda!

[@queenday15]

if he would sell a book "how to be a virgil" i would buy it

[@MoteurGeneral]

60 years old Virgil..

[@birchply023]

That would be a book i would never understand

[@radeum1010]

Sorry Bro' but I think one Virgil is way more than enough for me to handle...😐

[@orkycathcart6397]

GET IN LINE !!!!!!!! HAAA !!!!!

[@matthewstewart2228]

Now that would be something!

[@octaviouribe3264]

In 4/40 on Itmeust Root señas 58 Ernest...-

[@allanjaysonjayson2120]

Quero ver alguém me mostrar um melhor que esse...sem contar que ele toca com a alma e de uma forma surpreendente...mano sem palavras...pra mim um gênio

[@WormSermonizer]

this man

[@francorodriguez3894]

Best advice ever

[@doubop]

wow!

[@meshha12]

❤

[@PeterEnis69]

I need that ride cymbal

[@petermasalsky8844]

I want to be Virgil Donati when I grow up.

[@ChocoDrum03]

Thanks for the great interview, Virgil is awesome as always. Do you mind sharing the name of the first song he plays?

[@seanmiller7889]

🔥

[@DavidNM631]

Olé

[@Nedwin]

5/4? wow!

[@artcolldrum]

👍

[@ZoneTelevision]

VD is the Polyrhythm Priest.

[@alexanderqbe]

Your company is lucky hiring theman

[@jm.martin4609]

Alien.

[@robonez]

K I C K A S S ! ! ! \m/

[@danhaines4214]

1:40-1:45, space alien

[@drummsnikk5073]

Can anyone explain what is the rhythm he explains from 2:18 to 2:47? It's incredibly cool!

[@peterguidera7845]

From what I can tell, his right hand is playing the main pulse - 2 x bars of 5/4, 2 x bars of 5/3 then repeat (the pulse doesn't seem to change, but he does finish early in the last bar). The left hand is then accenting/marking the 1st 16th note (in groupings of 5) in the first two bars . . . then accenting the 1st triplet note (in groupings of 5) in the second two bars. . . . (insert singer: "can you just play four on the floor") . . . :-D

[@c.l.368]

I think the easiest way to think about it is this: He's firstly playing a 5 v 4 polyrhythm. One way to think about this is that his right hand is playing 5 beats, subdividing them into 16th notes so that each beat has 4 subdivisions which he's "counting" in his head (like a bar of 5/4), while his left hand is accenting every 5 16th notes (playing a total of four accents). What he then does, after playing two bars in this way, is change the subdivision he's counting in his head from 4 16th notes to 3 16th notes for every beat he's playing in his right hand. His right hand still plays the same thing but instead of subdividing each beat in his head into 4 16th notes he's subdividing it into a 16th note triplet. He then accents with his left hand every 5 16th-triplet notes, playing a total of 3 accents over the 5 beats of the right hand. The hard thing is to change the subdivision in your head from 4 to 3 instantly when you're changing from the first polyrhythm to the second and be able to link it all together. Hope that helps. It's a bit hard to explain without actually demonstrating it and counting out loud.

[@drummsnikk5073]

@@c.l.368 I'm trying hard to figure that out, there's still something I can't understand fully. Thanks a lot for your comment, we should keep talking about this! ☺️ Catch me up on ig or fb!! Fb: Nicolò ironman Buganza Ig: nikdrumms

[@synthrev848]

@@peterguidera7845 almost there mate but from my POV you're complicating it a bit. The pulse/beat/tempo will keep the same but, with one hand he counts Fifhtuplets and with the other he plays 4 or 3 (16th or 3plets) against each other. Basically the independence between his limbs and his inner tempo makes him able to do anything.

[@ambroulard]

What school of Yoga does he ascribe to?

[@ferdinandwang1165]

From what I read, the Ivengar yoga.

[@maxshyt]

why does he switch from Pearl to dw?

[@TheBBQify]

He probably got a better offer

[@matteomaschio1032]

1:17 - 1:33 name of the song?

[@EsaelPaggin024]

Eleven Part 2 off of the Ruination album

[@matteomaschio1032]

​@@EsaelPaggin024thank u man

[@marcellocelauro6520]

Chissà cosa succede quando si veste!!!!!

[@orkycathcart6397]

VIRGIL WOULD'VE BEEN MY PICK IN THE DREAM THEATRE AUDITIONS BUT HEY , MIKE AIN'T EXACTLY CHOPPED LIVER !!!!!!!!!!!

[@kerripace]

Having Virgil in DT would be like having Michelangelo paint your house.

[@Hreodrich]

@@kerripace have to agree. Mangini is awesome but I legitimately feel that Virgil is the best drummer alive today. Period. I’m blown away by so many drummers but Virgil blows me away in a different way.

[@brunosutulovic4330]

Can anyone tell me the names of the tracks he is playing.

[@soundcrafter]

They're pretty much all arrangements and stripped down segments from his 2013 album "In This Life".

[@octaviouribe3264]

Itneest...-

[@roybeckerman9253]

Buddy Rich only needed to play on 4 drums and blew every one away, but Virgil is good by today’s drummers standards.

[@mikaelrg]

Putin c'est Génial ! haha, love him.

[@wildlifestationsbundanoon9689]

Ridiculous! :-P

[@marcellocelauro6520]

Chi suona come lui???? NESSUNO!!!!!!

[@marcellocelauro6520]

Solo uno psicopatico compulsivo può suonare così!!!!!