VIRGIL DONATI OBSESSIVE RHYTHMS whole video 

Agree totally on his drumming ability. But if he’s such an amazing keyboard player, why does he write such awful music?

@@PeterDeLuca-rz3dv I like his stuff...

@@PeterDeLuca-rz3dv It’s not right to say he writes awful music, it’s correct to say you don’t like it. Big difference.

@PeterDeLuca-rz3dv Just because someone is a great at their instrument, DOESN’T mean they can write good music.

His technical ability is off the charts but his orchestration and creativity have been surpassed.

those high chinas

Yes some very big Bozzio influences going on here !

No. No one noticed that.

@@WolvesNotLions LMAO

Haha likewise 👍🏾👍🏾

He’s still human. Just add 35 more years of practice and experience and to get where he is today.

😂 where IS Vanessa Paradis ?

What time? I’m curious what year this is?

I would guess it's something like 1989@@rodneyradnowski8334

Video copyright says 1994

My friend had it on VHS also back in.. around 1994!! Yeah like 30 years ago!!!

I still have it on VHS and burned it to DVD before it stretched

​glenncollie9806Do you have the BOOKLET??

This video has been posted a few times over the years, but it was always taken down by Virgil's Police I don't know how this hasn't happened yet with this post👀

I'm surprised no body else posted this. It's another video to learn from and appreciate this great drummer

@@mauricedisisto1050 I tried a few years ago but it was deleted because of copyright reasons

🙏🏻😍!!!

It’s more of a matter that he is too advanced to be truly appreciated

he is not underrated at all, he is one of the best of all time and is very recognized for it

Underrated my ass

True. I saw a recent solo of his and was just absolutely blown away. He goes way beyond blinding chops (which you can find all over youtube), it's also truly generational creativity and personal style (which you almost can never find except by the very best artists). Very unique.

"Now we know" lol now YOU know... Virgil is a multi-instrumentalist and prolific composer. Drums is just what he's best known for. ;)

There’s a reason for that. While his drumming is out of this universe, and far beyond just about all, his musical compositions are truly awful. He is a drumming virtuoso but a good composer he is not.

The donati effect

He is an alien 🤷‍♂️

He is not Human ;)

@@DRUMPROGRESS hes leather man from Greece

I disagree totally. The traditional left hand grip is actually more interesting in a modern, hyper-technical drummer. It's a connection with the jazz/swing-era of Buddy Rich and the other fathers of our instrument. It shows that "old school" is not old at all, that "traditional" is not "weak" at all (plus, it looks so classy, it's a matter of style and elegance 😉). Another example would be Thomas Lang, a drummer as "muscular" and hyper-technical as Donati is, and also employing traditional grip (and large sticks) when he appeared on the scene; too bad he's switched to using matched grip almost exclusively 🤷🏻‍♂️. P.S.: Donati (like Lang) shows how it's done with traditional grip and a straight back posture (the shoulders at the same height etc), while too many "fusion" drummers using traditional grip around the 1980s/1990s (Weckl, Colaiuta, Gadd, Smith...) had terrible posture.

He stated in an interview that if he were to start over he would use matched grip.

I've never heard Virgil, or any other world class player call themselves 'the best'.

Must listen carefully !@@doubts

Piacere

go BUY the thing, dudeee

I don't think there was a booklet to go with the video. I'm sure you could write out some exercises yourself 😉

There were indeed a little booklet provided with the videocassette with some transcriptions, remarks and even a drawing of the setup !@@mauricedisisto1050

2000....

no

@@francoa2197😢😢😢

Yes,a booklet with Vhs,but not at the web🤷🏻‍♂️

How would you have tuned them then Potsie?

@@calmac9720 haha! Are you serious? Sound like dustbin lids!

They sound better than the DW crap he plays now. I prefer his Paiste and Remo sound over his current setup. And yes I know Remo drums are long gone

@@PeterDeLuca-rz3dv really?

Overqualified.

Well, not all if you watched the entire video

that be the style in those days haha

Because he’s Italian and grew up in Australia?

In 1993?

@@herrxav now

@@82mangini Of course. But this video is from 1993.

Interesting you say this because Thomas himself has said Virgil is far ahead of him

@@Hhhlll7778 Thomas is a gentleman!!! Lang respect Donato but we ALL know Lang is better by Far. His foot techniques kick donati ass!!! Pete Zeldman is better than donati too. Dave Weckl too. Vinnie Colaiuta too

Wait.. this is normal?

“Great but pretty normal”? This video came out 35 years ago and he was *still* at the top of the heap by today’s standards. The difference here is that he’s breaking things down at a granular, digestible level, which he doesn’t typically do in live clinics.

I'm sorry ,but you're talking about the wrong Drummer Virgil has only evolved, as well as, as a composer, perhaps his works are not so palatable, they are complex, but never a gratuitous display of chops... this is stuff from Thomas Lang, Mangini...zero feel, all mechanical speed chops etc

You've got it completely wrong

I think he has fallen into the trap of jazz-like endless noodling these days. Very repetitive and boring to listen to. Have to dig deeper into his older stuff to find it enjoy.