Aside from IceFish, Virgil has played with Marco on other occasions. Here, Marco flexes his great songwriting skills as well as his smooth and impressive guitar playing.
Videos
The NDR Bigband featuring Panzerballett under the direction of Chief Conductor Geir Lysne. "Typewriter II" is a composition by guitarist Jan Zehrfeld.
Cologne, Essigfabrik, Oct 2nd, 2022
From the Drum Channel archives, here’s Rhythm Zero off of Virgil’s 2013 album ‘In This Life’
As a sequel to Virgil Donati's 'Rhythmic Facility' series, Drum Channel brings you his exclusive course covering Dotted Eighths In Odd Times. Details can be found here.
Filmed on the 12th of September, 2021, here is Virgil’s solo at the Alteisa Drumfest in Spain.
Here’s a look at some of Virgil’s current tools when it comes to his drumset!
A peek behind the scenes of pre-production of one of the tracks from Virgil’s latest album.
Back in 1988, Virgil and his bandmates in Loose Change covered the jazz fusion classic ‘Birdland’ by Joe Zawinul/Weather Report. This is a pretty tight rendition!
Once more, Virgil has picked young talent, so ripe with adult chords and lightning technique. This time in the figure of Carl Mörner Ringström from Stockholm, Sweden. This is ‘Pinprick’, the 9th track on Virgil’s Ruination album, available here.
Andre has been touring with Virgil for a number of years now, and it’s clear why Virgil sings his praises, when you‘ve witnessed the talent at display in this video.
Virgil decided to treat us with a monstrous 1h25m video, documenting his 2019 Australian Clinic Tour. Grab the popcorns and put your feet up. This is something you don’t see every day!
One of the intense tracks off of Virgil’s Ruination album, here’s The Quiet Place!
Virgil and the lads made it through much of the US on their recent tour.
Highlights from Bournemouth, on the 2019 UK tour, includes analysis of ideas; performance tracks, and drum solo:
0:17 Drum&Bass 13/8
3:07 Expanding rhythmic knowledge
4:24 13/8 Analysis - sub-dividing as 4/4-5/8
6:00 Keeping the pulse centered
8:12 Voice Of Reason analysis - Quintuplets
9:52 Moving the emphasis of the quintuplets - nesting groups
10:39 Voice Of Reason performance
12:17 Your Eyes performance
15:02 Non Brewed Condiment performance
20:56 Drum Solo
30:57 Against The Clock performance
32:03 Human Hardware performance
This band is getting more and more tight