Hi everyone,
I just wanted to make mention of the improvements I'm seeing in the following students of Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith and the jazzdrumlessons.com school that Marv is heading up.
Andrew Greeney appears to be on THE TOP of all the students mainly because he has paid attention to all of Marvin's teachings and has become MOST SERVING of others and less serving of SELF.
Kesai Riddick has also become less serving of self but continues to depend on memorized licks and rudiments in his playing. He has to forget technique and lose that before he can always enter into THE ZONE like Andrew has done.
Dougie Bueno has entered into the zone but occasionally falls away from it. He has started to swing a little harder and has become very good at listening to what is going on around him and contributing to the needs of the overall music supporting the main drum line and groove.
Fitz Sam has started to come out of a protective shell and has asserted himself more. His playing sounds like more confidence is developing.
Jan J. has studied more about structure and is starting to become more familiar with the songs that he is playing on. He also appears more relaxed and confient in his playing.
I want everyone to know that my critic will always be centered in TRUTH with FLOW as actuality and TIME AS MASTER. If TIME IS NOT HONORED, THERE'S NOTHING!
LOVE,
HABIB
