Welcome to NashvilleGuitarGuru.com, the home of master guitar coach Dave Isaacs.
Instruction that meets you where you are, from absolute beginners to working pros.
There are three ways you can work with Dave:
1. Private lessons, online or in person
2. On-demand video courses at TrueFire.com
27 courses, from first beginner steps to advanced musical concepts
3. ArtistWorks virtual classroom
An innovative hybrid approach combining video lessons with direct online interaction
Upcoming events
“Some guitarists are gifted players and a few guitarists are gifted teachers, but it’s rare to find someone who has full command of both disciplines. Dave Isaacs is one such musician.”
Andy Ellis, former Senior Editor, Guitar Player Magazine
“Dave Isaacs is an outstanding teacher because he is part fan, part musician, part songwriter, part psychologist and part motivator.
Bart Herbison, Executive Director
Nashville Songwriters Association International
“Other guitar teachers I’ve had teach you to play songs. Dave teaches you to play guitar.”
Allie Beers, pre-med student, Vanderbilt University
The Perpetual Beginner
A musician’s path to lifelong learning
By Dave Isaacs
"A delightful blend of memoir and music instruction" - Publisher's Weekly
The Perpetual Beginner is part memoir, part musical instruction manual. Relating stories of his experiences as a young musician and music student in 1980's New York, author Dave Isaacs describes the key lessons that shaped his musical life and how they can help any aspiring musician at any age.
The title refers to the average music hobbyist with more enthusiasm than skill or time to practice. Many people play for years without developing more than rudimentary abilities, and some become so frustrated by the struggle that they stagnate or quit. The stories in the book and the musical lessons they impart give these "perpetual beginners" the ideas, techniques, and encouragement that will help them begin to progress again.
The title also references the Zen concept of "beginner's mind", a way of approaching any endeavor with the openness and zeal of a beginner regardless of experience. Maintaining a beginner's mindset removes many of the self-limiting beliefs and inhibitions that hold many people back, thus enabling the learning process - hence the book's subtitle, "A musician's path to lifelong learning."
Author Dave Isaacs is a musician, performing songwriter, and teacher based in Nashville, where he is known as the "Guitar Guru of Music Row".
