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Videos

Revolution

A short part of Revolution, off of the IceFish debut album, Human Hardware, available here.

It's time to PLAY with ICEFISH! We just released five "play along" versions of our new album HUMAN HARDWARE. Now available are Play Along "Minus Guitars" Play Along "Minus Bass" Play Along "Minus Drums" Play Along "Minus Keyboards" Play Along "Minus Vocals" Buy one or all five and add your own performance to HUMAN HARDWARE.
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Vater Spot

Virgil has been playing Vater sticks for more than 20 years

Virgil Donati talks about his Signature Vater Drumstick model, the Virgil Donati's Assault. https://www.vater.com https://www.facebook.com/VaterDrumsticks https://www.instagram.com/vaterdrumsticks https://twitter.com/vaterdrumsticks http://youtube.com/VaterPercussionUSA
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A nice look back

Derek Sherinian's debut solo album was a great vessel for forming Planet X

A short documentary about the making of the groundbreaking instrumental record.
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From The Archives

One of the many times I've performed at MI

 

Musicians Institute, in Hollywood, California, offers a comprehensive, hands-on education in contemporary music performance, recording, guitar making and music business. If you're serious about your music, your education, and your career, take a look around the site to see what MI has to offer, then contact us for more information about how we can help you reach your goals.
DW / GoPro promotional video

Here I'm playing my green to gun metal fade Cherry Mahogany kit. Visit my gear page for details.

Virgil Donati + 8 GoPro cameras = https://youtu.be/x9XdPjxReDc Virgil is widely recognized as one of the most dedicated and technically advanced drummers of all time Find out more about him at https://virgildonati.com The drums in this video are DW Collector's Series Cherry/Mahogany shells with Black Nickel hardware.
New piece with Evan Marien

It's always great to be playing with Evan.

Grab the minus tracks and the chart over at Bandcamp- https://evanmarien.bandcamp.com/album/renaissance-feat-virgil-donati Apple Music- http://apple.co/2r5HUiK Spotify- http://bit.ly/RenaissanceEMAR iTunes- http://apple.co/2qXP9wb "Renaissance" Virgil Donati - drums Evan Marien - everything else Drums filmed and recorded by Virgil at his Beat Garage in LA. Bass and guitar recorded at the EMAR studio in NY.
First IceFish Studio Update Teaser

Virgil shows a few different variations of a particular section of one of the slamming new IceFish tracks:

In this update, Virgil and Marco are busy in their respective studio's working in collaboration on a new song. A rare insight into how these guys think, and work in the studio. Watch Marco shed guitar parts, and Virgil discussing how he intuitively plays the parts, and listen to various recorded options of his parts as he strives to find the most slamming and best solution.
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More Shenanigans!

Too much fun to be had on the road. Also contains a few nasty performance clips!

It's been a while since the first 'Shenanigans'... join us behind the scenes on the 'Brazilian Connection Euro Tour' 2016 - includes some rehearsal footage, and ends with a performance clip from Dresden, Germany. With André Nieri on guitar, and Junior Braguinha on bass.
Clips from Dresden Drumfest

Filmed in September 2016, here are a few great clips of The Virgil Donati Group performing at the Dresden Drumfest

Exceptional drummer Virgil Donati with his bandmates André Nieri on guitar and Júnior Braguinha on Bass with a brilliant performance the title track of Virgil's record "In this Life" at the Dresdner Drumfestival September 2016. directed/filmed/edited by Philipp Koch recorded/mixed by Virgil Donati
64Audio Spotlight

Virgil loves his 64Audio Custom Earphones

Legendary Drummer Virgil Donati talks about his 64 Audio Custom Earphones To order your set, visit http://www.64audio.com/
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