He wanted me to play drums, so I did the drums, and then I went to guitar. KISS as well and that was a real turning point for me, but I started on drums because he was a guitar player. Van Halen came out probably about a year later and at the time it was really AC/DC really was the main influence, and then Zeppelin and yeah, Van Halen sort of came on the scene. Went to his house, saw his guitar and amp, and I think he had a Marshall amp at that time and a Vantage guitar, and that was the time when Van Halen was just coming on the scene. So, that was a false start, and then, when I hit high school, at 13 years of age, I met a guy, who had some guitars and we became friends because I was interested in music. And the teacher obviously didn’t know either.
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My mother knew that, and so the passion was there, but no direction and neither of my parents played in music, so they didn’t have any idea of how to help me. We were really on that kind of poverty line, so it just was a huge privilege, but I really loved music. And you know, my parents really, at that stage, had separated, at about seven, so we’re all living in a very small space, so my mother couldn’t afford lessons. Apparently I went for about three or four lessons, and I wasn’t practicing, so my parents decided that they weren’t going to go on with it. I have no recollection, except for one vague memory of going to a guitar lesson with a teacher. Really my first attempt at guitar was when I was about eight years of age. Can we start by just having you tell us a little bit about your story? How did you get started with playing the guitar?ĭavid: Okay, it’s a long story, but I’ll condense it down into a short version. Welcome to the Start Teaching Guitar Podcast.ĭonnie: Yeah, it’s great to have you. I highly recommend David and G4 Guitar Network for every guitar teacher who’s been overwhelmed with trying to do it all themselves, and who would like a turn-key branded system for success.ĭonnie: Hi, David. In this episode, David and I have a conversation that covers topics like how to deal with some of the main challenges most guitar teachers have to face, advice for brand new teachers who want to avoid common mistakes, and how using a pre-built system can make success with your teaching studio a much easier proposition. G4 now has over 40 affiliated schools worldwide with many new ones in the pipeline, and it’s a great resource for guitar teachers who want a pre-built model they can use to grow their business. He eventually started the G4 Guitar Network as a way to provide a leveraged system that guitar teachers around the world could join as a franchise. David has been teaching guitar in Australia since the early 1990’s and he grew a large music school with multiple locations that increased by over 3,000 students in a single year. David Hart has become a friend of mine in recent months, and we meet together via Skype on a regular basis.