Official Virgil Donati thread

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Virgil has a new course on dotted eigths up on Drum Channel: https://www.drumchannel.com/thecourses/ ... hth-notes/

Here's the trailer

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Very early experimental jazz including a solo spot with Brian Brown:

And brand new short clips from an upcoming Felipe Andreoli album:

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Tuning RME settings

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Virgil performing with his parents, ca. 1962

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Recording with Panzer Ballet and NDR Big Band

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CSB8nz_nXru

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Virgil was off the rails yesterday in Italy. Always exploring, always taking chances.

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Virgil was off the rails yesterday in Italy. Always exploring, always taking chances.

That was killer. I know it's more his hands than the instrument, but he makes those DW's sound really good (which, for me I typically never associate DW drums with sounding good). I also really enjoy his cymbal selection as of late. More rides, more unique sounds, and less crashes.

He looks really comfortable with the ride where his first right hand crash cymbal usually is.

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Virgil with Felipe Andreoli and André Nieri. Pretty slamming prog:

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Some pretty insane footwork/independence going on here:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUivdvpIWR7/

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Some pretty insane footwork/independence going on here:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CUivdvpIWR7/

He said this was an idea in 7, still in development. Live it was totally mind blowing. The hihat in 7 in particular caught me by surprise. The man never ceases to evolve.