Official Virgil Donati thread

[Morgenthaler]

Here's Virgil with Loureiro and Crawford at the spud last week:

[Morgenthaler]

Two HODsters recently reached out and asked about Virgil's live recording gear.

He talks briefly about his RME gear here:


He usually uses only the Fireface 800, or sometimes add the Octamic 2 for added mic inputs.
He'll use kick, snare and 2 overheads for drums (occasionally some tom mics), a direct bass line, and one guitar line (depending who’s playing)

For Video:
Canon G10
GoPro Hero 3+
For Kiko’s clip he had Kiko's new zoom cam catching those close guitar angles.
He edits in Final Cut Pro X.

Cheers

[bstocky]

Thanks for keeping this thread up to date. I come here for all things Virgil related.

[Pocketplayer]

WOW Morg...that was really nice! VD's snare pops like a beast! Crawford's
bass sound so deep...loved that first tune...wish you had all of that. Excellent
guitar...loved this gig for VD.

What's with the ride/crash? New toy? Never seen this b4.

[Morgenthaler]

What's with the ride/crash? New toy? Never seen this b4.

Do you mean the stacked cymbals? He's been using these in various combinations fairly regularly over the past
year and a half. If you go to Virgil's youtube channel, you'll see this in the last 10-12 videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/virgildonaticom/videos
(the videos are already in this thread so I won't double post them)

[Morgenthaler]

No actual playing, just a few clips behind the scenes on the video shoot for the upcoming app ...isYOURteacher (http://isyourteacher.com/)
It's so nice to see Virgil and his old pal Irwin Thomas continue to work together in 2014. Fantastic guitarist.



There is however playing in this clip, from a recent Kiko Loureiro gig at The Baked Potato.
I particularly enjoyed the fill at 0:32-0:34

[Morgenthaler]

Here's the promo for Virgil's OTV - 'Anatomy of Live' show available as download and VOD.
A seriously blinding performance. Some Planet X tunes, a few from Virgil's new album and the best from 'Serious Young Insects'.

[Morgenthaler]

Older clip from one of the Bonzo Bashes these past years.
Virgil POUNDING out Kashmir. The feel shifts as soon as he returns to trad grip.
I really like this short clip.

[Morgenthaler]

[beat hit]

Somewhat surprised Jeppe has not advertised this yet... Virgil is touring with UK this very NOW!!

Curious to hear if it's a good fit or not...

http://www.ukreunion.com/