Tonight, I did some reflecting on where I am as a guitarist and how far I've come in my studies. I've realized that I'm not progressing as much as I want to be. The culprit - the haphazard practice routine I'm currently on. Practicing "when I feel like it" simply isn't working. As ironic as it sounds to me, I need a schedule. So, effective tonight, I've gone back to a structured routine, and did nothing but practice for a solid hour and a half. For the first time in months, I felt like I was back in the zone, and it felt great.
A few weeks ago, we decided to take a break from Spanish arpeggio studies so I could continue refining Romance, and we've returned to Christopher Parkening's Guitar Method so I could focus more on learning how to inject musicality into my playing.
As it stands, I'm becoming very technically proficient with guitar, but I lack emotional awareness in my performances. I'm not feeling the songs I'm playing. To help promote ths, my teacher assigned me a very technically simple exercise titled Spanish Waltz. I've already memorized it, and now learning how best to communicate, through my guitar, what I feel when I play it.