I remember watching Virgil at a clinic like 15 years ago, and one thing he said has been stuck in my head ever since. He said "I can count on my hands how many days I have NOT played the drums." In other words, he has only missed a maximum of ten days of drumming. Other than that, every day he is practicing his instrument.
Virgil turns highly vibrant as he gets envolved with the drum kit expansion, different sound source options, advanced gear coping then following with technical understanding and appliance... all of this very phisical and psychological demanding in order to put in motion behind the drums. Afterall the sum of skills that make a superb drummer.
Practicing Independence Concepts gives you kind of an really intense itching in your brain. It feels good and weird at the same time. Speaking from experience.
Scott Martin If that kid really wants to learn? Probably couldn't get a better teacher. He gets paid to try to explain intermediate- advanced concepts? But he's quite capable of going over the most simple technique and 'regular' beats.
I think the humming helps group things for him. Maybe I'm just projecting. I've played guitar for years and I'm learning drums now, and when I'm learning complicated patterns I tend to think of melodies that go along with them. Makes them easier to play for me.
"Can anyone hear what i was doin?!?" "Whats that, you got it!!" 5 over 4 correct.. "now let me exlode your peasant head with this 167/13 @ 90 bpm 🤯 lol dudes an alien
1989 one i was there, but not the other's, in the other Drumtek Show's. Yes i am a Drummer, but i play Drum's by Ear, The Drum's Are Amazing, >Virgil Dornati Is >GREAT
I heard him saying something about NOT having a family, so he could dedicate all of his time to music and drumming. Don't remember where did he say that, though. Can't quote his exact words.
It's simple...just take newtons laws and apply them in 57/1000 time, add a polyrhythmic feel at 800bpm, and for the medium to advanced in the room, throw in the Pythagorean theorem on top of it all and viola!! You are now on your way to realizing that you will never be on my level. Mic drop.
It came out that Duffy Duck is ridiculously good at drums :D Jokes aside Virgil is one of the most if not the most musical of all progressive drummers. All his patterns and exercises sound so good and so appropriate. That's fantastic. True musician that didn't lost the music in his deepest technical adventures.
@@BESTpartCapture yea, he's sings what he plays. I used to do that , till my vocal cords got shredded . I guess I kinda abused too much on it. so I had to quit singing what I played . It took a while to get used to it, but now I can talk LOL
@job Rothberg sure thing man. I remember rehearsing with a band an hour or two and then walking out of the rehearsal and feeling like throat sore and I didn't realized it was that instinctive vocalization I did upon the whole frasing thing. It was unconscious! but I realized later and started wondering why I did it and if I could stop doing it. tried many times but my drumming felt wierd, so I kept on doing it, til one day we did a shed session. 3 hours nonstop of drumming outdoors man. I ended up with no voice like for a month. from that day I stopped it and relearned how to play without vocalizing. I took me almost a year to get used to it. but it payed off. cheers
@@bad_keyzi Vocalization makes you musical if you have musical taste at all. All the greatest sing what they play - from David Gilmour, Donati to Hamasyan and Jojo. it may be silent but still.
