{"id":22447,"date":"2020-03-23T08:14:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=22447"},"modified":"2022-08-19T13:23:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:23:09","slug":"nick-dvirgilio-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/nick-dvirgilio-interview-drumeo-gab-podcast-159\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick D&#8217;Virgilio: For The Working Drummer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/13615067\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5><em>\u201cTry to think ahead of what you really want. The end goal. Where you really wanna be.\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>If you tune into YouTube and other social media platforms, you&#8217;ll likely recognize Nick D&#8217;Virgilio&#8217;s name due to his presence at Sweetwater. That is certainly Nick\u2019s main gig these days but he has had a very rich musical career leading up to this. He has worked with Genesis, Tears for Fears, Cirque Du Soleil, Spock\u2019s Beard, Big Big Train and more.<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine actually recording on the final Genesis album? In that studio that produced some of the most important prog rock in history? Or touring with Tears for Fears? Leading up to the time where he met Kevin Gilbert randomly at a ski resort was a long grind of sameness, very little momentum and, in Nick\u2019s words, \u201cwhat am I doing with my life kinda stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick\u2019s story is one of perseverance. He just wouldn\u2019t accept an alternative even though he wasn\u2019t going where he wanted for years. He found his break with Kevin and had the desire and abilities to make his mark and the rest is history. A truly amazing life of music and a story that will resonate with so many people.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>In this episode:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You will hear about&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whether Nick thinks social skills have changed over the last fifteen years<\/li>\n<li>How Nick felt about interviewing people in the beginning<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Gilbert and what meeting him did for Nick\u2019s early career<\/li>\n<li>Recording for Genesis<\/li>\n<li>The days at the Jolly Roger and when Nick was at odds with his music career<\/li>\n<li>Trusting your instincts<\/li>\n<li>The cost involved with a career in music<\/li>\n<li>Nick\u2019s new concept album<\/li>\n<li>Nick\u2019s take on brand loyalty<\/li>\n<li>A bit about Sweetwater<\/li>\n<li>How Nick likes his lifestyle now compared to before when he toured a lot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Why you should listen:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I think that this episode will be particularly beneficial for listeners who are grinding at the bars, playing small festivals, tracking for low budget artists, and essentially sticking with it in hopes that they will get their big break. With Nick, he couldn\u2019t have imagined what was in store for him. It is good that he stuck with it and worked hard on his craft. His story will likely strongly resonate with working drummers who listen.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick D\u2019Virgilio: Progressive Rock Drumming Tips (FULL DRUM LESSON)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qqMrb15ZiWo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Nick:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ndvmusicfarm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ndvirgilio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickdvirgilio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Drumeo Gab:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drumeogab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drumeogabpodcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick D\u2019Virgilio talks about recording the last Genesis album, getting his big break after a long wait, and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":22449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1570,4019,4039,1175],"tags":[986,1608,990,1609],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22447"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22595,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22447\/revisions\/22595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}