Y'all Wish He Was Born With It... | David Russell BWV 996 | Part 2

[@frankrogers4386]

why don't you ever talk about porn and it's relation to classical guitar? I personally watch 15 hours a day sometimes, especially bangbros in order to give myself the erotic passion and fugue state I need to where nothing is real and I just see technique as something not connected to my body, I'm applying to several top programs in Canada and France soon and while they will be shocked at my skills I cannot mention my secret because of how stuffy and stuck in 1982 those professors are, if John Williams had discovered gangbangs in the early 90s his career would have had a renaissance of course but he would probably act very rude and condescending if you tried to point this out to him

[@legoyoda6794]

Please seek Jesus for your own good. Getting good at guitar is not worth it.

[@housevo330]

Even Yoda is telling you to pull it together 💀

[@LuizSilva-ls2rb]

We need that video asap hahahahah

[@101depech]

​@@legoyoda6794Jesus prefered the company of the hookers, sinners, etc. How about that?

[@classicalteacher]

Jesus spiritually healed sinners so they could really live. Jesus freed the contrite of heart. Those sinners wanted to be free of their sin. He did not eat with the Pharisees or Sadducees because they did not accept His love and forgiveness. Be baptized, repent and sin no more. That is why Jesus created His Holy Catholic Church. Everyone needs Christ's love and forgive, even the priests of His Church. Jesus is available to everyone.

[@paulschuurmans]

This is an example of a higher form of art.... it's so great that there are people like David Russell that can show us this and that it still exists in our world.

[@annonymeandfish]

You have to practice it so much that your individual strings start to sound like voices in a choir.

[@briangable08]

I saw David Russell when he was probably younger than you are now, in a small church concert in Prestiegne in the Welsh Marches, years ago, I was hlown away by his guitar playing many years ago. He had very long blond hair and wowed the whole audience. For many years we never saw him again, he just seemed to disappear, which at the time I thought very odd, but obviously he had moved to Spain, where he studied and I think met his wife he was welcomed by the Spanish, which produced the man you today I agree he must be number one these days his musicality is second to none imho❤

[@StevenBornfeld]

So you're another old guy (like me--I'm a year older than Russell). He's got the best burr--the only Scottsman I've heard with a heavier burr is the guy on the "bulletproof cycling" channel (if you want to hear a lot of curse words spoken with the burr).

[@maxravenous8277]

Good comment about the headstock. His guitar actually does look just like my Yamaha G-65A. I wonder if he eventually forked out for the solid top.

[@glajolambokla]

just look at how deranged the amount Charlie Parker and John Coltrane practiced, all in the service at getting better at music whose entire ethos is spontaneous self expression.

[@donaldanderson6604]

Been a Russell fan since the early 80s and even had a private lesson with him at a guitar festival. He is very focused in his practice and breaks everything down to the essentials, based on his experience as a student. His great friend Dennis Milne influenced him to focus on very specific aspects of technique. As a kid he played for hours every day and never paid much attention to his school work. I saw him recently in London and he played as well as I've ever heard him.

[@Swybryd-Nation]

Please do a video talking about Bach Ornaments and how to execute each one. Mordant, inverted Mordant, nachschlagg, turn etc... Btw, the natural titanic reverb from the Baroque cathedral is the icing on the cake of David Russell’s incredibly beautiful guitar sound.

[@daverichardson7289]

Great video, perfection it was which spurs us all on, and also where would we be without a little (dark) humour, it pretty much gets us all through our days., keep them coming!

[@sauloreis3193]

He didnt make a single mistake, but, its not a live performance. I never saw him live, wish i will have the opportunity some day, he is amazing.

[@matreynolds1]

I saw him play in mid 80's in a guitar society concert, he was fantastic. Morel Sonatina and Pujol Guajira knocked me out and I attempted to learn both.

[@choochoo3417]

im prettty sure david russel plays guitars by mattias daman

[@matreynolds1]

@@choochoo3417 I believe you are correct.

[@Not_Even_Wrong]

Lol. "Perfect technique is not about just practicing for ten years, it's about practicing for seventy years" you crack me up

[@StevenBornfeld]

I'm guessing he's come to NYC, but I've missed him (I go to a lot of recitals, but I miss a lot--Ana Vidovic was in NYC the other day, and I've never seen her live). First was introduced to him by a record clerk at the old Tower Records on Broadway about 40 years ago. The technique is definitely worth working on. One thing he illustrates very well that I've failed so far to learn is cross-string trills. A couple of years ago saw the really excellent Cuban-American guitarist Rene Izquierdo and his Bach was also very, very impressive. Tried learning those cross-string trills, but...

[@davidnefesh]

I'm slowly working on cross string trills. My teacher, Alex Rockwell, and his teacher (Stan Yates) do it so crisp. Alan Mearns (another Yates student) has a cool talk with Yates on KZbin on Bach and ornaments, well worth it. It takes such a relaxed hand and fingers, which makes all the difference. More relaxed=crispier trill. I have a long way to go.

[@StevenBornfeld]

@@davidnefesh I've just started on Couperin's "Les Barricades Mysterieuses" (David Russell's arrangement) and like his Bach, the trills are other-worldly. When I tried working on cross string trills, I looked at Tariq Harb's (another beautiful player) video on youtube, but eventually gave up in frustration. I think I'll look for that Mearns video--thanks for the tip!

[@willonthebus853]

I love my man J bream's interpretation, but this is a whole different beast

[@muscovyducks]

pretty sweet

[@davidnefesh]

I assure you that David Russell and others make mistakes, and this wouldn't be published had he had one or two glitches. Is this all a first take? Maybe, maybe not. Hitting the right notes, good tone, and musicality should be ideals to strive for ("perfection") but it's a relative goal, I think. And if two players do all of that really well, who gets to decide what is "more perfection" - if that notion can even be justified. I got to see Jason Vieaux last Sunday, and he was fantastic in all of the ensemble work (Tim Mcallister saxophone, it was all awesome), as well as solo - he did the entire Bach 4th lute suite (BWV 1006a), and it was gorgeous...AND I noticed he made two mistakes on an ascending scale in the initial moments of the Prelude (he hit a note in the minor scale and another questionable note), and...it just didn't matter. Maybe me and 2-3 others in an audience of maybe 200 people noticed that subtlety. At the end of the day, people evaluated his performance by the gestalt, not by 1-2 mistakes (which, btw he glided right through seamlessly). It's certainly hard to get better than David Russell (he's one of my favs), so maybe it's just "differently perfect" when another virtuoso seems to attain perfection with their own style. I think Marcin Dylla, Kanahi Yamashita, Jason Vieaux, Vera Danilana, Denis Azabagic, SoloDuo (both of them), Antoine Boyer, and perhaps another 20-30+ players are right there in their own way. You rarely hear any of them make obvious mistakes, but everyone does once in a while; they won't necessarily release the videos which reveal that. Btw, Cameron, when I listen to your playing and you're on a roll with good technique and musicality, I think and feel "lovely" - I don't think, "Oh, David Russell and...." can do that better. I dig the music and playing for what it is. Keep aspiring to greater heights, but balanced with patience and kindness toward yourself.

[@StevenBornfeld]

I agree with all those you named; and I'd add two I've seen live in the last couple of months--Lukasz Kuropaczewski and especially Hao Yang. Also agree about the "kindness".

[@davidnefesh]

Both fine virtuosic players I hadn't heard of, thanks Steve! In particular, I love the feel that Hao Yang has. Just when I think I have found the best players, another 5-10 pop up. Alan Mearns is also a fav of mine, and others I can't think of. Have a great day.

[@StevenBornfeld]

@@davidnefesh I checked out Hao after David Starobin was kvelling about her. Mearns is great too, and he pulls some impressive guitar face! ;-)

[@davidnefesh]

@ Mearns definitely grabs my attention. I love almost anything that he plays. His original composition, “Tombeau forJeff Beck,” is sublime, gorgeous, and full of a beautiful melancholy. And his Bach arrangements and execution are mind-boggling.

[@elementsofphysicalreality]

If you set your mind to it and dont make mistakes youll be able to do whatever you want. Mistakes can happen at any time. Your routine isnt good enough. Your diet isnt good enough. Youre not supplementing yourself correctly. Your downtime at home isnt good enough. You sleep schedule. Your water intake. That person at your job that prevents you from maintaining while away from your instrument. That nagging parent. That friend that keeps being a bad influence on you. To be great at something like David Russell you have to be successful at many of these things. Or at least not detrimental. I would love to hear the story of the person that practiced correctly and didnt succeed.

[@AlanMcCarthyguitar]

Segovia invited David Russell to his hotel room to play for him ,if that happens then you must be special , that must be at least 35 years ago so Russell is playing top class with a long long time ,

[@mohsenshajaani3652]

He said "Practice four hours a day...pretend you're straight"😂😂😂😂😂😂 I love your sense of humor 👌

[@sebastianzielinski8251]

Please React to videos by Marcin Dylla, Absolute greatness

[@takisthanopoulos5313]

I noticed in the other video you had a piazzola book in the piano,have you ever thought of learning a piazzola arrangement for guitar?

[@Not_Even_Wrong]

One of my all time favs is on KZbin the arrangement and performance are just amazing imho You can find it probably by searching Libertango by Astor Piazzolla - Joe Miller

[@Not_Even_Wrong]

Babies are very expressive with their "talking" yet nobody is surpised that most lauded authors have DECADES of training before they get the good stuff out. And you have to consider that language is very much one of the most innate complex things that's humans do. So go practice.

[@oswinhull4203]

According to my keyboard he is slightly out of tune. I think there are diminishing returns when it comes to technique. Personally I'm a pretty average guitar and piano player. If I just focused on one I'd probably be a lot more technically proficient but I know enough to learn any songs I like and create music I like. I feel like the purpose of playing music is the artistic expression. Not necessarily to mechanically reproduce the exact same sound every time.