David Russell on Preserving Enthusiasm

Maravillosos consejos maestro Rusell, Gracias.

Wise words from the master himself ... what's always struck and inspired me is the way Maestro Russell literally woos his instrument of choice into loving the audience, which has "loved him back" for many decades. The ultimate serenade!

What David is saying is so important! I often see players that are technically sound,but seem to be missing the spark of enthusiasm. In fact, there have been many times where I have lost enthusiasm myself, especially when tackling v difficult repertoire.
I would like to offer a few techniques that I use to keep myself motivated:
-Remember why you started playing your Instrument.
-Listen to some of you favorite artists.
-Play the piece you are learning in your mind, with no mistakes of course!

i do the same thing!! haha how funny =P

Very motivating. I am not a Classical player. These ideas will work for any type of music. Dan

when i loose my interest it takes me about a precious week to get it back, where i play for 1 hour and just loose it, but now adays I'm keeping my self busy with scales, warm up excercises, i bought Fernando sor's 24 excerices op 35, the beauty in these is that they r simple, and provide u with 24 pieces of repetoir u can play anytime of day for almost any set of audience. That helped me a lot to be able to focus on harder pieces..hope this helps anyone who is wandering :)

more important is that he is a great man, not just a great musician, and that's what many people say that have met him. and you also see that on he video, he gives you so much courage yust with these 5 minutes. now go practice kowalsky ;-)

david russell is legendary

easily one of my favorite guitarists

True. Saged advice for all people about creativity.

tha sound....forget the guitar and make music!!!!!