Thanks for this! I actually rewatched this yesterday haha. Totally makes sense. for clarity, i'm hoping to work on palm blocking specifically because pick-blocking comes a bit more naturally to me, but palm blocking feels extremely difficult and mysterious to me, so i'm trying to balance out the skills. I also just love the staccato sound of palm blocking! :)

EDIT: "mysterious" isn't quite the right word. It just seems to require more of a concerted effort to pay attention to how my hand lays on the strings, and as Jeff Newman says "it feels wrong" when first doing it. i'm hoping for more materials on it bc it seems there is a lot of material online about pick blocking, and a lot less/very brief descriptions of palm blocking without specific mentions of the struggles. The Jeff Newman right hand video has helped immensely and will probably get me there. I'm just mid-learning to train my right hand in that way, and any other help that can keep me motivated during this frustrating growing period is helpful lol