Last week's screening of my latest video was good. Somehow I thought it was far from finished, however, it really was more complete than I thought. Sometimes my mind will work a little overtime. The video portion worked. Compression was a lot better than my last piece, my transitions and effects worked. My mentor, Evan Donn's comments were "very good".

As mentioned before in my October 17th blog, my lastest featured Zimbabwean artist Thomas Maphumo and his band, the "Blacks Unlimited", with a local African American Jazz Trumpeter, Khalil Shaheed. It was a great "music infusion". I cannot get the rhythms out of my head.

Next month I will be filming him during a live radio broadcast. This will be very interesting as well as exciting. Thomas Maphumo is one of those musicians in exile. Can't wait to hear him speak on it. I'll keep you posted.

I'm currently preparing two more movies. One on the first of a new concert series at the Jazz Conservatory in Oakland, and another one at a live jam session of jazz musicians in Berkeley featuring Jazz Trumpeter Rasul Siddik. Rasul, an African American Brother, is a trumpeter who has lived in Paris, France for over a decade. He made a rare Bay Area appearance in October. Some of the same guys who performed at the Jazz Conservatory were there jamming with him and MacDIVA was definitely in the House.

That's it for now. Thanks for hanging with me.

Peace & Love!