All the support you need to unlock the skills to play the songs you love.
"For over 4 years I've had Brent giving me guitar lessons. I cannot articulate how amazing his teachings have been."
"For over 4 years I've had Brent giving me guitar lessons. I cannot articulate how amazing his teachings have been."
Work/family/travel -> lost sessions. Questions? See you next week!
No one there when you're stuck -> small problems become big barriers.
Information overload & no support -> confusion and quitting.
But what if we could harness "the best of both worlds"?
A personal teacher in your pocket! Get answers now - not next Monday at 7pm! On demand private lessons available too.
Learn with cutting edge tools that get you playing along with songs and backing tracks from a world class curriculum.
Never learn alone! Hang out in our virtual community to share progress with your fellow beginners in real time.
Track your progress on the go via our mobile app. Zero travel or scheduling conflicts.Play whenever inspiration strikes.
Join a band, write your own music, or play for pure joy. You’ll have the rock-solid foundation to go anywhere.
Understand how music works. Ready to talk confidently with other musicians and explore writing and improvisation.
Across many styles, with the foundation to learn new ones without bad habits holding you back.
Able to play most songs you want to. Enjoy the mental clarity and life balance that only making music can deliver.
Guitar Kickstart takes our premium support online. Hear why our students stay for years!
The structure & support of a premium music school and the flexibility of an app!
Guitar Kickstart was created with the most important and highly requested features in mind. We call them our F.A.S.T. benchmarks. Compare away!
Kickstart your guitar journey today! Just 30 new spots each month to ensure personal onboarding!
* all prices in Australian dollars (AUD). $3/day = less than $2/day in USD
14 day no questions asked money back guarantee!
There's now no need to choose between DIY courses and private lessons. Enjoy convenience without compromise: your own personal teacher plus the flexibility you need to make it happen!
We really enjoyed The Guitar Dojo guitar school. Brent is such a fantastic teacher and has a calm, friendly and positive approach to teaching. He provides a great blend of foundation and technique which is easy to follow and then fun to implement using modern music. He has a wealth of experience as a teacher but also as a natural guitarist himself.
For over 4 years I've had Brent at The Guitar Dojo giving me guitar and music lessons. I cannot articulate how amazing his teachings have been. He has a unique ability to personalise and tailor lessons to fit my abilities to both give me confidence and feel improvement weekly but also to test me. Cannot recommend The Guitar Dojo enough.
Brent is an amazing teacher !! He’s teaching my son ukelele and his progress is amazing. He is always kind, ready to help any time we struggle with something. We have a chat on their app which we can communicate with him and he spends extra time to send us links or videos on this app.
I've had the pleasure of spending the last year with Brent and the team at Guitar Dojo and couldn't be happier with my experience. Brent is an amazing teacher and better yet an amazing human being, his passion and dedication to guitar and music carries through into his work, the amount of effort he puts in to making sure that I've always have the support I need is phenomenal.
$99/month
Guitar Kickstart
Premium support for half a cup of coffee a day! Save thousands per year vs private lessons. Cancel any time.
A premium step by step course
Experienced Rockschool teachers
Supportive community
Your own personal teacher for 60-70% less than private lessons!
FLEXIBLE
Hey, if you're starting from zero - like holding a guitar for the first time - then Guitar Kickstart is perfect. We include our primer course (Guitar Headstart) to walk you through the absolute basics step by step . No prior knowledge needed and plenty of support available. You will have played your first riff by the end of your first week.
Many of our best students started as complete beginners. Having a clean slate is actually a big advantage - no bad habits to unlearn!
Like thousands of aspiring guitarists (back in the 80s -yikes!) I too felt the isolation between lessons - frustration building and questions piling up for next week. Not to mention a bunch of theory and sight reading with barely a song in sight. That time continues to shape my teaching philosophy to this day.
When The Guitar Dojo was founded in 2018, I created a hybrid approach: personal guidance meets smart tech: private lessons with a gamified app for content and messaging, interactive tabs and real time support. Just a year later TechGuide Australia referenced us in "Learning Guitar Made Easier."
When COVID hit, our fledgling school had to close its doors just as it was getting started. We didn't quite realise it at the time but our hybrid philosophy meant that we had the tools in place to pivot online – retaining 90%+ of our students over 2 years in Melbourne (the world's most locked down city.) This success planted the seeds of what would become Guitar Kickstart.
We also kept hearing from busy professionals like you: eager for lessons but blocked by rigid schedules, high costs, or life in general. Those conversations added fuel to our vision for the ultimate guitar learning ecosystem.
In 2026, after years of development ,many thousands of lessons and hundreds of successful students, Guitar Kickstart was born. Our proven approach delivering real support and interactive tools to the "time poor" majority that traditional methods overlook. Flexible. Affordable. Tailored to your busy life.
– Brent Lyons, Founder CEO & Lead Guitar Teacher (Melbourne, Australia).