Official Virgil Donati thread

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Postby Morgenthaler » Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:23 pm

practicing for the upcoming Holdsworth dates:

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Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

Postby sjj123 » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:25 am

thats just fuckin nuts....he's on a completely different planet
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Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

Postby Morgenthaler » Sun May 07, 2017 3:19 am

Here's a nice simple exercise to build endurance and speed

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Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

Postby Pocketplayer » Mon May 08, 2017 2:09 pm

Probably old news, but hard to believe this is the Virg we know today!
Love this band...especially the first two cuts. I would imagine
it would muster all the discipline he has to lay in pocket like this now.









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Postby Morgenthaler » Mon May 08, 2017 10:11 pm

Well at that point Virgil was the go-to guy for many gigs in Australia:





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Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

Postby Jim Richman » Wed May 10, 2017 7:17 am

Morgenthaler wrote:Well at that point Virgil was the go-to guy for many gigs in Australia:


Shame Tina never hit it in the USA. If Celine Dion was not around, I'm sure they would have had an easier time marketing her. Oh well. I believe JR did drums on the Burn album, which is killer.
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Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

Postby Jim Richman » Wed May 10, 2017 7:17 am

Morgenthaler wrote:Well at that point Virgil was the go-to guy for many gigs in Australia:


Shame Tina never hit it in the USA. If Celine Dion was not around, I'm sure they would have had an easier time marketing her. Oh well. I believe JR did drums on the Burn album, which is killer.
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Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

Postby electrizer » Fri May 12, 2017 9:17 am

Morgenthaler wrote:Bootleg of the first version of Quantum Factor. Planet X with Ric Fierabracci on bass.
These guys were TIGHT. Virgil is really pushing the envelope towards the end of this recording.



I remember there being an actual live video of (I think) this very performance on YT. The chorus riff even inspired me shortly after to write a nice 9-minute long song.

I just got this in my Sub recommendations because I follow both, Evan and Virgil. I like Evan's sound and style because he sort of reminds me of game soundtracks back in the 90/00's and his technique is flawless. Virgil? Don't even get me started!

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Postby Morgenthaler » Sat May 13, 2017 7:15 am

electrizer wrote:
I just got this in my Sub recommendations because I follow both, Evan and Virgil. I like Evan's sound and style because he sort of reminds me of game soundtracks back in the 90/00's and his technique is flawless. Virgil? Don't even get me started!



That fill around 2:46/2:47 is ridiculous. Hahaha. I loop it and go "WHAT!" 10 times over.
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Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

Postby electrizer » Sat May 13, 2017 9:35 am

Morgenthaler wrote:
electrizer wrote:
I just got this in my Sub recommendations because I follow both, Evan and Virgil. I like Evan's sound and style because he sort of reminds me of game soundtracks back in the 90/00's and his technique is flawless. Virgil? Don't even get me started!



That fill around 2:46/2:47 is ridiculous. Hahaha. I loop it and go "WHAT!" 10 times over.


Sort of like that fill in Clonus in triplet 16ths that resolves on a bass drum single stroke roll. It's somewhere in 2/3rds of the song. The man is just plain insane. It's just a shame that for some reason he doesn't get any gigs which are not obscure.

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