Meet The Authors

Donnie Schexnayder is a musician, guitar teacher and online entrepreneur. He has written numerous blog articles, hosted over 140 episodes of the Start Teaching Guitar podcast and created several products and training courses to help guitar teachers find success. When he’s not working with other guitar teachers, Donnie enjoys writing, recording and performing original music and spending time with his family in Austin, TX. You can find out more about Donnie at StartTeachingGuitar.com.

 

Hailed as a “music-theory expert” by Rolling Stone magazine, guitarist DESI SERNA is the author of the very popular Fretboard Theory line of guitar instructional material as well as Guitar Theory For Dummies and Guitar Rhythm and Technique For Dummies from Wiley. He is known for his practical, hands-on approach to music teaching, with a focus on the guitar fretboard and emphasis on popular songs. Desi honed his craft through decades of teaching, performing, and publishing. He’s online every day posting lessons to Guitar-Music-Theory.com and discussing various guitar music-related topics with his group of social media followers. In 2014, he relocated from his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, to an area near Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to Music City and its community of guitar players. You can get more info about Desi by visiting Guitar-Music-Theory.com.