SERIES 117 PART 2 THE STUDENTS OF MARVIN SMITH

The 2nd part of series 117 shows each of three students that study with Marvin Smith and how well they've listened to his teaching since the start of their relationship with him. We start out listening to Jan Jurgielewicz, a 4 year student of Marvin's. Jan has good time and is doing well considering the short time that he's been playing. He has improved his solo work and sounds more professional every time I hear him. He still needs to work hard on trading fours as he is still not connecting on the "1" after each of the four bar phrases. Other than that, he's sounding REAL GOOD and has accomplished a great deal for only a 4 year player. Arnold Hayes plays next and he sounds more developed than the last time I heard him. For a 5 year student, Arnold has developed well but he as well as any other student, needs to learn to listen more carefully and develop more familiarity with the structure of a song. Young players all need to get to know the music of JAZZ more intimately so they can EXECUTE with more confidence. Lastly, Andrew Greeney, a student of 12 years has reached a level of playing that shows he is listening and executing at a more higher level than he was when he was only playing for 4 or 5 years. In studying THE ACTUAL PROOF HERE IN MARVIN'S PART 2 OF SERIES 117, the video tells THE TRUTH and SHOWS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EACH STUDENT. This is the benefit of Marvin's teaching methods and students learn quickly how they are developing. I am very glad to see each of these students growing and all of them are told by Marvin continuously to respect aging and those that are MASTERS that have lived longer than they. Students must play their life experiences through the drums . It stands to reason that the amount of time one has lived is so very important. Practicing encompasses both playing on "THE PRACTICE PAD" and becoming more fluent with technical skills but MOST IMPORTANT IS EXPERIENCE and COMMUNICATING THE LIFE THAT YOU HAVE LIVED UP TO A CERTAIN POINT and THAT IS HOW WELL YOU WILL SOUND AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT IN YOUR PLAYING. Familiarity with the songs is also critical. I believe all of these students have accomplished a great deal considering that they have only been playing for a short time and 4, 5 or 12 years shows exactly what each of them has learned in that short period of time when you consider that MASTERS LIKE MARVIN have been playing 50 or 60 years. It takes awhile because life itself is the classroom and Marvin Smith shows students how to live this music everyday of their life and live full time music, not part time music. It's a way of life and Marvin has taught them all well. Hat's off for a great TEACHER and TEACHING EXPERIENCES. Few teachers have accumulated 1500 videos showing the teachings to the students through LIFE'S LESSONS OF TRUTH, NO BULLSHIT THROUGH A VIDEO, IT'S THE DOCUMENTED PROOF OF WHAT A STUDENT DOES OR DOES NOT ACCOMPLISH! LOVE ALWAYS and ALWAYS LOVE, HABIB