Virgil playing "Kingdom of Dreams" - Drum Clinic in Manchester, CT. [HQ]

[fabbux]

Virgil Donati !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Incredible-fantastic-superlati­ve drummer , one of the best , surely one of the my favourite ( Dave Weckl and Steve Smith , too !!!!!!!!! ) . I ' ve seen Virgil Donati playing in Roma with Billy Sheehan and Tony McAlpine : simply wonderful ! A great musician ! About Dream theater session , i have my personal opinion ( we can discuss , eventually ) : Virgil Donati is too important drummer for Petrucci and Co. , his personality too big and strong for this band

[HarryMansack]

@ 6:17 He enters God Mode.

[middlenut3]

how could dream theater say no to this?????? what the hell is wrong with them????

[MONOWIDE]

@middlenut3

Virgil Donati never stops to motivate and inspire me, I think he is the single-member-absolute-one-of-­a-kind stellar class of drummers. Although I am not too much into DT, I think that Mangini is the perfect match for them. After having watched the audtion vid's of Dream Theater I found Virgils takes killer but it appears to me as if he just had fun with the guys, not really looking for a job in a Progrock-Band.

Great clinic performance, btw.

[Easleytee]

I never thought much of Donati as an ensemble player.

Great technician + soloist.

[dogb00ts]

i listened this melody live about a month ago, i can die happy now

[gdrum121]

@dogb00ts i can die happy now too

[SandstromRichard]

Amazing playing!

[AtanasovPetar]

Virgil Donati easily can be called the greatest drummer of all time.This is real progressive drumming of world class.Not like the losers in dream theater were they play different note groupings and call it "different time signature".I know why there is so many fools out there because few people have the desire to educate and listen to 4-5 bands and have no idea what really monster players are out there like Planet X or Allan Holdsworth.

[kikme778]

@AtanasovPetar you are so fucking right.

[robster4ever]

Amazing control. What a monster. Tight.

[mastehdon]

Damn I shoudn't shown all my best drum fills to Virgil. XD

[queenday15]

fuck you virgil, i love u

[anonymousbl00dlust]

my ears just ejaculated

[RodrigoTarsio83]

puta kiu pariu....toca demais mesmo...

[TMV4Life]

Virgil is the shit. I gotta say from 2:33-2:39 and 5:26-5:30 are my fave parts. It's just something about the lil things here throws in, so dope!

[affablegiraffable]

A short dissertation of Virgil's playing style:

step one: play a simple-ish beat

step two: suddenly decide that youre bored and choose a new time signature to play in without alerting the rest of the band

step three: magically rejoin the rest of the band perfectly on the down beat as if nothing happened

[persini]

@affablegiraffable hahaha

[rkl08551]

@affablegiraffable

...try a little harder

[Guitareben]

The master.

[jemdave13]

Praise the lord!

[Blessedkidd]

i quit...

[seppesai]

Virgil is the chosen one. Heil.

[Awaketime]

cant comment.. face melted.. h4lp

[Volrath1988]

Like my drum teacher told me: "After seeing and hearing Virgil play you are faced with a decision. Either give up drumming all together or dedicate all your motivation and energy to try and obtain a fraction of the skill and musicianship Virgil possesses.".

[83piter]

me too .....massacra ......

[alucard0712]

I don't want to comment this...

[sergioz07]

OMG Virgil you are awesome!!!!!!!!

[oilmanito]

quien pudiera hacer estas metricas con la naturalidad que las ejecuta.

saludos desde la patagonia argentina

[Klebourass]

Thank you Virgil for making the impossible look easy! Hope to see you again in Greece.

[erikimba]

@Klebourass not impossible just little harder than usual but not impossible. a good drummer from your country is george kollias and of mine it is antonio sanchez god bless all this kind of musicians wherever his nationality, and long life to the kings. lol.

[Klebourass]

Thank you Virgil for making the impossible look easy! Hope to see you again in Greece.

[fusion07mp3]

I've seen Virgil play this one several times with his band in L.A....my favorite Planet X tune...from "Quantum"...great stuff.

[Fonzydrum88]

Sinceramente non so cosa dire; ormai le parole sono esaurite!

[bonhati]

holy shit..

[robbymadore]

he booted and passed out right after this clinic. he had the flu. you would never know it though watching this.

[metalmike83]

@robbymadore No wonder his playing is so damn sick here....he must have the flu everytime he plays...

[christianeichlinger]

Well awesome as everytime:)

Well for me it´s also intresting. I see virgil is playing with in ear. Is there any idea wich in ear he is using?:)

[isaacleedrums]

Hey Christian! I'd be interested to know what he is using as well. I'm in the market for some in ears.

[christianeichlinger]

@isaacleedrums

Well i have to say for me m-audio ie-30

is the best choice for acoustic drummers.

you have a reduce of 27db. But you´ve still

everything transparent in clear. For the

best decission i´ve ever do. and remember

i have also the ue-4 from ultimate ears.

For live drumming not a good choice:)

[isaacleedrums]

@christianeichlinger

Cool thank you for the info.

[EmilianoCantiano]

Yeah!!!! Really really cool!!!! Great Virgil!!

[julneojazz]

Amazing!!!!!!!

[nevdrum]

Fucking sick...as usual.

[drumseigo]

Virgil as usual.. Amazing matey!!

[alejandrum13]

this is a great version of "kingdom of dreams"...the "hi hat part" is too great. Donati rules the polyrhythm !!!

[Slipstream0001]

Is this going on a dvd?

[dynadrum]

@Slipstream0001

Virgil informed me he was going to do a complete DVD of the show at

Dynamic Percussion. Contact Art Benson @ dynadrum@aol.com for

info.

[morgenthaler]

Awesome

[FrankTdrumz]

Smokin'!!!!! Wow!

[AlleLugari]

Everytime I see Virgil I never get bored. Amazing.

[persini]

Thanks for the full video!!! freaking tasty!

[miketales]

Virgil's so great ... gosh ...