This drummer's skill level is OBSCENE!
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Published 2023-04-29
Virgil Donati is genuinely my first time checking this out
0:00 Intro
0:15 Start of song
5:53 Summary
You can checkout @virgildonaticom's original video without my commentary here: • Concerto end 3rd Movement & 4th Movement
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All Comments (21)
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What people dont understand Virgil donati also wrote the music too. This guy is a true musician.
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Calling that complicated is like calling the sinking of the Titanic a boating accident. Brain. Fried.
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OG the best drummer that's come out of Australia ever
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This is the guy responsible for me spending at least an hour a day on my rudiments both on my hands AND feet.
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His floor toms sound glorious.
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Yep! This blew my mind! I love math. Watching you figure out the patterns in the time signatures and deciphering his technique was just so entertaining. I’m always impressed with drummers that manage to play multiple rhythms simultaneously. This gentleman is on a whole other realm. 😮 Just for fun, after I watched this clip, I researched drummers’ brains to understand how they work differently. Research shows that drum training induces long-term plasticity in the cerebellum and connected cortical thickness. In other words, thicker fibers transfer impulses more quickly (increased brain synapses). Their motor brain areas are also organized more efficiently (which probably explains the multi-tasking in drumming). Your knowledge, technical chops, sensibility and understanding of music beyond drums really do go a long way when analyzing and breaking down a song, Steve. Always enjoyable to watch. 😊
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Virgil makes that Whiplash kid look like a 2 year old playing on a little tikes drum.
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My favorite drummer of all time! it's a shame he's not more popular to more of us simpletons. Simpletons, as in, drummers complared to him :P
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I'am follwing virgil since this modern drummer 97 till today .. Virgil is from a different planet !! No drummer in the world till the moment have done such an advance complicated playing like him !!! I'am a drummer since iam 13 years old till know .. I played stuff for Dave ..vennie .. Dennis .. Billy .. Tony .. No problem .. But virgil … this is hard guys !! very .. I suggest for those who didn't watch him enough to reconsider…
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This song is in 4/4 but he thinks in quintuplet most of the time😧. That's why it feels very odd when he delays in usual quarter notes. I also recommend the songs "Pinprick" and "The Quiet Place" from his newer record. Virgil said that he wants to have 3-4 hours of clinic for each song, so I think it'll be interesting if you react to them😁
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His skill is 10/10 and he always has incredible sound as well.
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This is the drum version of how my wife's brain must work when we argue. In other words, I don't stand a chance, and shouldn't even try. Great reaction. thx
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Virgil is an Alien, the search is over :)
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Due note ed ho subito capito che era il grande Virgil Donati!!! Stratosferico come sempre!!!❤❤
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He was one of the drummers who auditioned for Dream Theater.
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Thanks for posting. Check out ICE FISH with Virgil playing god like!
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I think you would enjoy Heilung - Anoana on this channel. Primal, atmospheric and a simple but beautiful melody that is kind of a brain worm.
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He is a genius from this era
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Great reaction.
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People who don't play drums look at Virgil Donati play and think "I would LOVE to play drums like THAT!!!" People who DO play drums look at Virgil Donati play and think "I'm going home to burn all my drums!!!"
