David Hodge is a teacher / musician / songwriter living in the Great Barrington, Massachusetts area. He teaches guitar privately as well and serves on the faculty of the Berkshire Music School and also teaches group guitar classes at the Berkshire Community College's Great Barrington Campus.

While he makes his living as a guitar teacher, David is probably best known for his work as the Managing Editor and Senior Writer for Guitar Noise (www.guitarnoise.com), one of the Internet's most popular free guitar tutorial sites. You can read hundreds of his lessons and guitar columns there.

David also writes lessons for Acoustic Guitar Magazine and Play Guitar! Magazine and his first book, "The Complete Idiot's Guide To Learning Bass Guitar" was published September 2006 and can be found in bookstores or at online stores such as Amazon.com

His first CD, "Songs & Sandwiches - David Hodge and Friends Live at the Monterey General Store" came out in January 2008 and is available at his website