Vinnie Colaiuta Clinic Frankfurt, Germany 1993-10-30

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Here is another raw diamond of Vinnie’s performances: A drum clinic in Frankfurt, Germany, October 30th, 1993. I recorded it myself and I was able to ask him a question (1:06:50)!
Once more, it shows Vinnie’s great skills in playing, explaining and talking.
It also shows how angry he can get when people are talking during his performance.

I hope you’ll enjoy
On a different note:
Anyone being interested in some drum charts I wrote, including some of Vinnie's playing - check this out: musescore.com/fst-drummer-mainz

00:00 - Intro
01:40 - Solo playing
31:00 - End of playing
31:19 - Speaks Italian
32:50 - Talks about his solo
41:00 - Question: How log have you been playing
43:55 - Question about his finger technique
47:30 - Reverse finger technique
50:44 - First comment about someone chattering constantly in the audience
51:10 - Question about tuning the drums
51:20 - A problem with the mike recording - Sorry about that!
51:25 - Continues answering of the question regarding if he still practices
53:14 - More talking about technique and concepts
53:40 - Funny section Vinnie playing like a 10 year old and making fun of it
1:06:50 - My question: "How do you use flams around the drums?"
1:16:30 - Vinnie getting really angry about someone in the audience
1:18:18 - Another questions about singles and doubles
1:22:49 - Wrap up
All Comments (21)
  • @doubts
    I'm only now understanding what a giant Dom Famularo was. When a guy like Vinnie can go to him for help of some kind.. and I bet he was the same with every single student. Amazing
  • @hefewiseman
    wonderful clip.. wow...special...sometimes I dont expect much from these randomly recorded clinics somewhere but this is great..
  • @danj1200
    I love this! Thanks for posting. Vinnie is endlessly musical and inventive. I'll be listening to this over and over gain. Pure gold.
  • @billyg.7032
    This is like Gold to me! Thanks a lot for sharing this!
  • @toddsquad650
    I was addicted to "half-time" but now I have a new drug.
  • @alexvesper7995
    Hello there, I was there too !! Thanx for this post !! The thing was : there was a blind boy in the audience (right next to me) with his mother and the boy was constantly commenting to her about what he could hear . “Now he plays on the HH…“ and so on. THIS is what made him upset. Vinnie could not understand WHAT was said and the Boy could not SEE that Vinnie got a problem (with him) VERY ambarressing Situation. I really love Vinnie , but I have to say : Back in those days, I exprerienced a whole lot of „explosive“ Situations with him like that during clinics . That´s how he could be back in the past….And yes , there were some outrageous persons in the audience too sometimes !! I remeber one person yelling in Amsterdam „Hey Vinnie, what about your left Hand? It sucks ….(What???)
  • @FanPhys
    Thank you so much for sharing this. It's precious for those of us who can't go back in time to hear Vinnie's awesome clinic solo playing, and his articulate descriptions of what he does and how he does it. I've not heard Vinnie get angry before, and I think the guy must have had a crazy schedule when he was doing clinic tours and was probably extremely tired as well. All things considered I think he was very contained.
  • @jamielemessurier6123
    I was so excited to find this clinic. Thank you so much for posting! Unfortunate though, we all came to hear Vinnie, not some narcissistic jackass in the audience chatter the WHOLE time. I was quite annoyed, so I can’t imagine what it must have been like to be in the room, let alone be Vinnie and endure the tremendous disrespect.
  • @mvm3016
    I never considered the “Tony Williams” moments in Vinnie’s playing. Just so insane - musical and expressive with chops from the almighty to play what he’s feeling.
  • @christopherbrennan-lx9hd
    This is friggin thank you so much for doing this stuff for us .i m totally grateful cor it and its one of the best! It's got a grovin feel right from the beginning or wants to Vinny,s got pat, can't spell it i to shoot snd everything ! Not good but f it for now
  • @jarrahdrum
    Fantastic, Vielen vielen dank . Subscribed of course.