Originally Posted by: compart1Hey Kasperow.
Why don't you take a break from the whole guitar thing for a few days.. Go for a hike, the beach, read a book. OR, go shopping with your woman. That may snap you out of your doldrums...
Check your health.. mental and physical.. Anxiety and depression can sneak up on you..
Just a few things to think about..
Wish you well..

Thanks, compart1. Luckily, it turns out this little "lack of motivation" thing could actually be easily cured :) All it took was plenty of spare time, boredom and 30 minutes of rewatching a recording of a clinic held by my two favorite Danish guitarists last year at a national guitar-expo. I'm not sure why, but for some reason, Søren Andersen has surpassed Slash as being my primary source of motivation. It's not that Søren is a better guitarist. I think it's more that he was born and grew up in the same town as I've lived in my whole life, and his background is similar to my own (never been particularly popular, had trouble making friends in school, etc.), and he just got into playing guitar at a similar age as myself, so it's absurdly easy for me to relate to him. Hell, he even practiced for over 15 YEARS before playing his first public gig 3 years ago. Today, he's a world-touring guitarist, who plays with Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple. By that time-frame, I'm rushing it, and I've come to realize it. This whole weekend-long "down-time" did some good after all.

I think I'll try and go a bit back to basics and from now on just take it slowly and make sure to do things right this time. That means no proceeding beyond Barre Chords before I can perfectly fluently switch between the different shapes and Open Chords. No more noodling around for hours on end, until I reach my goals. I'll also focus more on my Rhythm Playing, which sucks big time. I'll also consider buying that Fretboard Workbook (I can't remember the exact title and Author), and see if it can help me improve a bit. Basically, I'll go back to basics, kill some of my bad habits, and hopefully, by the start of February next year, I'll have become a much better guitarist than I am now. Finding a band? That'll wait... For now ;)