Comments on: Virgil Donati – Planet X Rehearsal

By: carlyheartsmakeup5

carlyheartsmakeup5 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:56:02 +0000

5:23 = KICK ASS

By: OpenCasket19

OpenCasket19 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:06:56 +0000

@bonhati

I’m not a bassist either…

By: MrDcamillo

MrDcamillo — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:05:20 +0000

So much for “white guys not having rhythm”….

By: 432drummer

432drummer — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:43:55 +0000

@c0d3x001 also if you watch the documentary they made on the auditions it was not just a case of how good a drummer a person was but what kind of personality they had and stuff like that so it had to be a whole package when choosing their new drummer

By: c0d3x001

c0d3x001 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:11:04 +0000

@432drummer yeah i know… i watched the documentary and i think mangini is a great guy and and also a fantastic drummer and i think they’re gonna be happy with him but for me as a drummer it would have been incredibly interesting to see how virgil would approach the new dt songs

By: libidooverdrive

libidooverdrive — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:26:04 +0000

@432drummer exactly right. mangini was the best fit.

By: L0rdOfTh3Fl13s

L0rdOfTh3Fl13s — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:29:02 +0000

@systematicdesign so fucking truth

By: zakkwyldeverehrer

zakkwyldeverehrer — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:24:24 +0000

@systematicdesign He is definiitely godlike on the drums! I saw the whole auditions and he passed all tests, but he wasn’t in top 3 of DT’s ranking. Donati is not too good, he has just another style and type of creativity. Mangini is perfectly consorting with DT and technically far above all the others.

By: systematicdesign

systematicdesign — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:16:16 +0000

@zakkwyldeverehrer I totally agree with you. Mangini is awesome, but he was chosen by DT because he is VERSATIL: He can play all the DT songs like (and better) Portnoy…but listen the new cd, he isn´t composer like Donati and dont have the Imagination like Portnoy. (I know the music was composed only by the rest of the guys, but listen the cd and the drums sounds like an session artist, not a drummer heroe).

By: exntryk

exntryk — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:29:17 +0000

@petehasplans So true.

By: zakkwyldeverehrer

zakkwyldeverehrer — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:48:01 +0000

@systematicdesign Yes, you are totally right and I never said something else;) I bought the new DT album and thought: Fuck, why are the drums so.. holding back?

By: william10212

william10212 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:18:06 +0000

The drumming is absolutely astonishing, but am i the only one that realize that the bass at the beginning is pretty damn awesome too

By: unklemisha

unklemisha — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:06:15 +0000

@c0d3x001 exactly!

By: unklemisha

unklemisha — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:31:37 +0000

@c0d3x001 just as it happens with mangini now in dt. they’re holding him way back. virgil would have died of boredom i guess.. when i heard virgil admire dt and say that dt were always the ones to inspire him i was sitting and thinking – wtf is he talking about?? he outdoes dt all the way around, how can he not figure it out himself?…

By: 123justincredible

123justincredible — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:41:14 +0000

The reason He didnt get the job was apparently as said by the Keybordist of DT is because he improvised to much… and they wanted the songs played as they were on the album….

By: SeeThroughHead1

SeeThroughHead1 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:43:13 +0000

thanks for writing out the time signatures… now please make it in a color that shows up so I can read it!

By: irwin3036able

irwin3036able — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:18:15 +0000

Not trashing on Mangini, but I really think that the new Dream Theater drummer should have been Blake Richardson or Virgil Donati. They would have better music with either one of them behind the kit. (I prefer Richardson though)

By: mtcameron3

mtcameron3 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:47:33 +0000

@sixgunsymphony Virgil’s ability was too much for DT, not DT fans is what you should have said. I am a fan of DT, just as much as I am of any other talented prog. rock groups. I really wish DT would have went with Marco Minnemann or Virgil Donati, but it wasn’t to be. It seems evident that they are both better than mangini, however.

By: mikeybbdrummin

mikeybbdrummin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:39:22 +0000

@sixgunsymphony ….what makes your point fact??…..Nothing…it’s your oppinion, and your entitled to it…….when it comes to Mangini, Lang, Virgil and Marco and think all 4 can do something that the other 3 can’t…………..but all are at the top of their game when it comes to being a “Superdrummer”……………thats my oppinion and im sticking to it.

By: sixgunsymphony

sixgunsymphony — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:56:56 +0000

@mikeybbdrummin I’m, I have no problem with any of the drummers you mentioned. I do have a problem with DT fans. Did you read my initial post?