Douglas Showalter is a professional guitarist/songwriter/producer based in Nashville. He took to the guitar at an early age and studied at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, where he was mentored by many great guitarists like Dean Brown (Marcus Miller, Billy Cobham), Jean Marc-Belkadi and Takeshi Akimoto (Ziggy Marley, Jimmy Kimmel Show) among others.

Douglas is well versed in the languages of jazz, rock, R&B, funk, and down- tempo electronica. His versatility lends itself to teaching a wide variety of songs, as well as Artist Studies, soloing, chords and rhythm, and new age guitar.