Hi Mike, I'm glad it works for you. Lots of people are getting to spend time with it, and reviews from newbies and experienced players are coming in:

http://www.facebook.com/stickist

I'm fortunate to have learned how to use all of the graphic and video editing software myself so that I don't have to rely on others to create and present the content. I believe this helps me to be really clear in how the ideas come across, but only time will tell.

Basic Free Hands Technique is just a starting point, so any feedback from you folks will help craft the presentation of future material. Please let me know what you'd like to see next, and I'll see what I can do.

Also, it's in-stock at amazon if you want to get it from there:
http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Technique-Learning-Chapman-Bottom/dp/B006OCGB2E/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1326977707&sr=8-15

How about something like your songbook done on DVD, complete with those pretty charts and diagrams and the tunes broken down into newbie-friendly baby steps?

The next challenge for you Greg would be to integrate the first book, the DVD and the songbook in an encyclopedic multimedia experience like the newly released ibook 2 format


Cheers, Daniel.

Hi Daniel,

I'm definitely behind on evolutions of the various content formats. I finally put out a DVD and there's a whole new generation of media options.

One thing I'd like to do is get the DVD material posted as individual lessons on a paid download site of some kind. Do any of you have experiences using something like this, positive and negative, you'd like to relate?

Thanks in advance.

Hi Everyone,

I had a couple of requests for a combo deal with the Songbook, and it sounded good to me, so if you order the DVD and Songbook both I'll take $8 off the shipping cost. You can't use the automated PayPal links to do this, so it would be:

with US shipping = $67
with Canada shipping = $70
to all other countries = $80

Interested parties should not PM me, but please send an email to stickist@aol.com. Please make sure you specify which version of the book you want, Baritone Melody or Matched Reciprocal.

Thanks again for all the interest in my Free Hands educational materials.

Ordered! Looking forward to exploring your techniques in more detail. Thanks Greg.

Thanks for ordering it, Rob. I look forward to hearing what you think about the way the graphics are done (and of course, what you think of the lessons )

Hi Greg,

I took some time to watch and listen your DVD I received some days ago, and it's fantastic. I've know to spend more time with my instrument in front of my computer/TV.
Although I've been part of your teachings a few years ago and remember these moments quite well, I especially like the way the main ideas are written of the side of the screen. For me who have a perfectible english language and from time to time some difficulties to understand what english/american people are saying, it's an incredible tool to understand all the ideas contained in a sentence. Great idea!

Thanks, Bruno I'm glad you like it so much. I hope it helps reinforce all the concepts we have talked about before.

For a press run this small, it wasn't practical to try to make subtitles, so I thought the English text would be the next best thing. Your reaction is what I was hoping for. Perhaps for a future project I will find some way to get subtitles in a few languages, especially French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese...

I have gotten some great comments from players about the DVD here, on FaceBook and via personal emails. I'm really glad it's working so well for you folks. Amazon is moving quite a few as well. Thanks so much for the interest and supportive comments. You'll find some here:

http://www.greghoward.com/free_hands/dvd/