VINNIE - The thread about Colaiuta

[Rene]

"Hey Vinnie show me the keep it greasy groove and tell me if you're staying with Gretsch. Some dude with a moustache will get really pissed off if you do not... "


https://tonylevin.com/road-diaries/peter-gabriel-sting-2016-tour/us-rehearsals-begin

[Rudy_Ment]

[Juan Expósito]

I´m enjoying this "recent" Joe Satriani albums (Vinnie on them. Some "Shockwave Supernova" tunes with Marco Minneman)
-Shockwave Supernova 2015
https://open.spotify.com/album/1X1lY69X2uo39szQfWy5VT
- Making of:


-Unstoppable Momentum 2013:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4oOWqLfZUACxyueli79Ram
- Making of:

[AllenS]

So I'm curious as to what you all think the essential elements of Vinnie's unique "feel" are: those special things that let you know that it's Vinnie you are hearing, even when you haven't actually read the credits on a given song or album.

To me, I usually can identify him by a combination of his snare sound, his beat placement, his little hi-hat and splash cymbal flourishes, and his ability to seamlessly incorporate odd meters and (often, though not always - the man is highly sensitive to the musical context in which he operates) highly technical, intense fills into even fairly "simple" songs and grooves.

Definitely a drumming genius...dare I say, a musical one as well!

[Rodge]

A friend of mine played me a song by Lizz Wright, I did not recognize Vince...

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

"Hey Vinnie show me the keep it greasy groove and tell me if you're staying with Gretsch. Some dude with a moustache will get really pissed off if you do not... "


https://tonylevin.com/road-diaries/peter-gabriel-sting-2016-tour/us-rehearsals-begin

So is Vinnie doing backing vocals?

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

A friend of mine played me a song by Lizz Wright, I did not recognize Vince...

Been listening a lot to that record.

Going for a very different sound there. Wood hooped Club Customs and using rods and stuff, that I guess we don't hear him do much. The other side of what was sort of presented on the Jeff Lashway album. Not too many Vinnieisms, just documenting the style with a bit of freedom.

[langmick]

Vinnie has a weirdness that I pick up as well as purposefulness when playing the weirdness. It can be something subtle or something obvious. That Megadeth stuff displayed that. Confident drummers play differently than everyone else.

[beat hit]

Dominic Miller wearing a Québec Nordiques T-Shirt THAT IS COOL!!

[SergioAngelino]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QlNQKZDZDA