it's odd. i want to be able to play anything/everything. when im playing by myself i say "ok, i got this" then i sit down w another musician and all of a sudden, i dont got the chops for it. then its back to the rudiments involved with what im trying to do. so it's all about the technique involved. i dislike seeing some one say, "i want play (insert genre)" you have to know the vocabulary in order to know what you want to play. is it everything ive ever heard in my life filtered thru the electric jellyjar of my brain? i like your DVD Greg, but im not in a situation to be able to watch and play. (i dont even have a tv in my room/studio/practice area.) im thinkin about takin a ride out Long Island and sit my ass down w Steve Adleson (dont have skype and am in Jersey - sometimes the long way is the easy way). a teacher one-on one can anser yr questions when you say "i want to play this" and he'll say "well you gotta be able to do this" ...one-five-octave, one-five-six in the left hand (Linus and Lucy) and transverse movement in the right are my biggest problems-unlearning what my hand wants to do to what the fingers can do the easiest. Greg, your DVD shows that and it aplies to ALL genres. am i making any sense?

If you ever get video-conferencing set up, let me know... Steve is a very inspiring teacher, though our approaches to hand movement are pretty different, there's no reason you can't take material from everywhere and
synthesize it into "Marty's technique"...