Series 117 Marvin Smith Master Session "Better Than Hollywood Truth Be Told Featuring HARVEY KAISER and LEW SCOTT

Series #117 PART 1 "BETTER THAN HOLLYWOOD" THE MASTER SESSIONS Of Marvin Bu Ga Lu Smith Featuring Harvey Kaiser and Lew Scott Interestingly, the quality of sounds coming through on this SERIES 117 are some of the finest, MOST TRUTHFUL LESSONS that a student can listen to or PLAY ALONG WITH. Marvin Smith is HONORED here as Harvey Kaiser wrote a beautiful piece of music using "MBS" Marvin's initials. Marvin continues in his effort to teach how important it is to "PUT SELF LAST", "LOSE THE EGO","BE COMPASSIONATE", "GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY","BRING OUT THE TRUTH IN EVERYTHING YOU DO", "LIVE THE TRUTH AND NOT A LIE","PLAY WHAT YOU LIVE". His NATURAL FLOW IS APPARENT IN EVERY MOVE HE MAKES. THERE'S NEVER ANY BULLSHIT, JUST TRUTHFUL ACTION! Listen carefully to every note and how deep THE PULSE OF EACH NOTE GOES, RIGHT INTO "THE CORE" OR "HEART CENTER" OF EVERY BEAT. Yeah, this is THE BLUES, THE BLUES THAT CHARLIE PARKER WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE BLUES OF TRANE, ROLLINS AND ALL THE HORN MASTERS. This music comes from a long history of "LIFE EXPERIENCES". Young people need to relax and let time do its' job. You can't rush experience and the more experiences you have, the more MASTERFULLY YOU'LL PLAY. Older folks have much to teach the younger ones and one of the MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT CAN BE TAUGHT IS TO HONOR THOSE WHO ARE OLDER THAN YOU. They're not "FUDDY DUDDY" or UNHIP, THEY'RE ENLIGHTENED THROUGH YEARS OF DOING, YEARS OF LIVING AND YEARS OF LEARNING. They are also blessed to be UNLEASHED from their egos. That's right. They are NOT PRISONERS OF THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SELFISH. They give things away with COMPASSION. They're NOT LOOKING FOR APPLAUSE. They know who they are and can communicate LOVE OF THE MUSIC. They're Not trying to be BAD ASS MOTHER F_C_ERS! They are positive about their direction. They move forward and FLOW LIKE THE WIND, SHINE LIKE THE SUN, SWEAT LIKE THE RAIN AND LAUGH LIKE THE OCEAN. These players that have lived a LONGER LIFETIME have much to teach others. They can turn a FART INTO A CHORD and A CHORD INTO A BEAUTIFUL COLORFUL SOUND THAT YOU CAN SMELL AND VIEW AS REALISTIC, TRUTHFUL STATEMENTS OF BALANCE and HARMONY! Any fool can create distortion but only a MASTER CAN TURN DISTORTION INTO A HARMONIC, BEAUTIFUL, UNDERSTANDABLE SONG! I love the way Marvin Smith can draw such a DEEP, UNIQUE SOUND OUT OF HIS DRUMS. IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S PLAYING HARD BUT HE'S ACTUALLY PLAYING LIGHTLY, GENTLY BUT HE DRAWS HIS POWER THAT WAY BECAUSE HE'S RELEASING INNER CHI. Marvin is a one of a kind person. In addition to playing those drums so uniquely and masterfully, he also teaches on a masterful level, composes music, produces sessions like this one, records in his own studio using the latest technology,has his own company BUMAR RECORDS, his own radio television media organization, MARBIB RADIO TELEVISION, his own production company COMPASSIONATE SOUND and MOTION and an organization of caring staff made up of drummers. Everyone involved with Marvin Smith is a gifted musical person that can play an instrument and also wear many different hats to make his company operate smoothly and FLOW, just the way he does. Yeah, over 1500 music videos remain the ACTUAL PROOF that Marvin Smith is "DOIN IT" and "BETTER THAN HOLLYWOOD" and he's DOIN IT AND TELLING THE TRUTH. His message is for people to STOP BULLSHITTING THEMSELVES AND STOP THINKING THAT "THEY"RE THE SHIT" because there's always someone out there that can teach you more and typically, that person is older and has been through more shit than you have. DO YOU WANT TO SOUND LIKE A BAD ASS MACHINE? IF That's what you want, keep practicing, stop living and playing your experiences and keep bullshittin yourself to cover up your insecurities and your sorry ass self. If you want to be a communicator of this music called JAZZ, learn the tunes that all the MASTERS CAN PLAY, learn how to sing each note and every chord and then come on out and sit in with THE MASTERS. Here they are tonight. LISTEN, LEARN and ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, NOT QUESTIONS ABOUT RUDIMENTS AND EXERCISES IN METHOD BOOKS BUT ASK IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS LIKE SACRIFICING FOR OTHERS, CHARITY and HOW TO LOSE YOUR WORST ENEMY. MANY TIMES IT'S YOURSELF BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT EGO! LOVE ALWAYS and ALWAYS LOVE, HABIB