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Dan Thorpe
The Acoustic Asylum
If the question of how to learn guitar leaves you feeling mad, frustrated, or like you want to tear your hair out, this podcast is for you. Dan Thorpe specialises in teaching beginner guitar lessons to older adults. If you want to discover Dan’s methods for the best way to learn guitar, to play easy guitar songs while having more fun, and to do so without feeling like you have a one-way ticket to the Acoustic Asylum, then listen closely and... Join us as Dan shares the best tips, tricks, and motivating stories from his 10,000+ hours of teaching beginner guitar songs and techniques... All...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.8 stars from 95 ratings
Guitar Asylum Episode 43
I just listened to Dan’s episode 43 this was really inspiring and beneficial and covered a lot of topics which I am having problems with. Dan looks after his Students sending Emails and gives advice. These Podcasts are excellent and while a bit of fun. They are inspirational full of tips to help...Read full review »
B.ODonnell via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 02/15/24
Outstanding Podcast
Great information, thought provoking, skills to practice and master along with a look into Dan’s life and thought processes. Thank you for being a wonderful teacher who helps me unravel the skills to play guitar and keep the Gatekeeper at bay.
Roaring.Fork via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/25/24
No Guitar Required!
Don Thorpe is an interesting dude with an interesting podcast. He channels his positive and zany energy into fun ways to encourage and instruct guitarists! Rather than drills and complicated instruction - which would be rather difficult to deliver via podcast, Don focused on the mental game of...Read full review »
$kevinhopkins via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/10/23
Recent Episodes
Today, I want to talk a little bit about connecting the dots in music.   One of the key things about music and being a musician is being able to know where the notes are that you hear in your head. This ability is what separates a beginner guitarist from an intermediate guitarist.   In today’s...
Published 04/26/24
Have you ever learnt something on the guitar, enjoyed it, but then later on… forgotten all about it?   …You’ve spent all that time learning it, only to not play it again, and then, of course, you have to spend time re-learning it. That’s the sort of madness that would make the malevolent...
Published 04/18/24
Published 04/18/24
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