Nick D'Virgilio at Modern Drummer Festival

[prambjorn]

one of my fav's

[rataMacue22]

One viewer prefers drum machines....

[underpaiddrummer]

Single chain pedals. Beast.

[Sc0ttPrian]

under rated???? i thought this guy was big, way up there where he deserves.. this stuff is awesome!

[macthecomedian]

cracking up at his finishing hits. awesome.

[spurious]

about as extreme a technician as one can get without crossing into Jazz.

I love it.

[blica1]

this is great !.i just met nick here in my home town of montreal quebec , canada..as he's in rehearsals with the cirque de soleil..i was playing with my band and he introduced himself..real nice guy ! and super cool..he's actually living a block from me here in downtown montreal...looking forward to hanging out with him while he's here..he payed me a nice compliment by saying that my band was great and that we really rocked ..he also enjoyed the fact that i sang lead vocals and was drumming !

[TheJaypeefox]

i think 2008

[anthonythechief]

what year is this md festival??

[tbonedrumcam]

It's in 2003.

[marshmellon94]

i'm pretty sure its a mapex orion...not sure about the heads though...

[amrith]

Those are Aquarian "Jack De Johnette" signature.

[pedrumb]

@amrith No man. Those are black coated Response 2. Sure.

[peyotx]

Excelente baterista, pero el sonido me parece demasiado seco...en mi opinion los tambores (toms)deben de sonar como tambores, deben tener resonancia y profundidad en su sonido...un poco mas natural...estoy de acuerdo con la utilizacion de microfonos y softwares que ayuden a la calidad del sonido, pero no al punto en que se "deshumanize". Los efectos ayudan pero no debe llegarse al extremo. Claro esta es mi opinion y como dicen entre gustos no hay disgustos. Pero de todas formas Gracias.

[Dreams553]

I started drumming about 5 years ago and was blown completely away by Nick's talent on this very solo. Now that I can hang a little, I find the better I get the better Nick gets. He's untouchable and a brilliant musician!

[spencerbowmandrummer]

does anyone know what kind of snare that is?

[THEpearldrummer]

i think it is a dw metal snare (brass or copper, i cant really tell). his set sounds beautiful though. it doesnt take much to make a dw sound great.

[Starslope]

It's a Mapex Black Panther.

[THEpearldrummer]

my bad its mapex.

[Rikitino]

amazing

[plasticPlaystation]

He sings awesome as well

[grindthedrum666]

he is indeed a great drummer and singer i would love to see him play live sometime

[RebelYellHim]

I got to meet him at Three Rivers Prog fest in summer of 2008, awesome person! Very skilled and just amazing to watch live!

[jackpaice]

lucky you :D

[Shadowdrummer]

He has a very interesting tom sound IMO.

Cool vid.

[wolfy18]

awesome

[Sabiano]

def-! Nick is one amazingly talented and creative drummer! and a great funny guy aswell! heavily underrated!

[gretschdrummer1218]

underrated indeed this guy is so good his other videos are just as impressive

[Sabiano]

absolutely! He's a monster musician! Good singer aswell! I hate the fact that guys like Nick, Sucherman, Beauford (extreme guys) don't get the credit their talents and creations deserve.

[EducationMattersYes]

@Sabiano

We've been seeing this "aswell" recently, as well as "infact" and "alot;"

"aswell" is not a word. Two words. "As well."

I don't blame you. Please just try to spread the word!

[fingerboy18]

@gretschdrummer1218 Hell yeah, and he plays other instruments well too! Great talent.