Preparing to be Blown

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am going down to Gabes Oasis in downtown Iowa City to see Virgil Donati play. I attended his drum clinic, sponsored by West Music, a few years ago and was completely blown away by his drumming. I expect to be blown away tonight. The video below is from a clinic over in the UK. That said, if he plays anything remotely close to number 3, at the 4:24 mark, when I am standing in front of him with Matt, my neighbor, and Mark, my Facebook-friend-that-I-met-at-the-Mike-Mangini-drum-clinic-in-Davenport-in-2012, I will be immensely happy.

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Highlights from Bournemouth, on the 2019 UK tour, includes analysis of ideas; performance tracks, and drum solo:

1. 0:17 Drum & Bass 13/8
2. 3:07 Expanding rhythmic knowledge
3. 4:24 13/8 Analysis - sub-dividing as 4/4-5/8
4. 6:00 Keeping the pulse centered
5. 8:12 Voice Of Reason analysis - Quintuplets
6. 9:52 Moving the emphasis of the quintuplets - nesting groups
7. 10:39 Voice Of Reason performance
8. 12:17 Your Eyes performance
9. 15:02 Non Brewed Condiment performance
10. 20:56 Drum Solo
11. 30:57 Against The Clock performance
12. 32:03 Human Hardware performance