About David

Hi! My name is David Kuhn and I was born in Nashville, TN and I want to help you achieve your musical goals!

I began playing guitar over twenty years ago when I turned 12 and got a Squier Strat starter pack as a birthday present. I hold a BFA in Jazz Guitar Performance from the New School. I was lucky enough to have studied with Vic Juris, Julian Lage, Peter Bernstein, Nir Felder, Reggie Workman, Kirk Nurock, and Nashville guitar legend Shane Roberts.

Growing up in Nashville and spending most of my adult life in NYC helped me hone my skills in all sorts of musical settings—playing rock, fusion, metal, jazz, funk, neo-soul, and everything in between. I am lucky to have gotten the attention But most of all, I believe a player should “sound good at making others sound good.”

My main vehicle for expression is my band Light Brand, which can best be described as hair metal jazz! Light Brand has released two albums, Done Dreaming and Wake Up. I also can be seen gigging around with my own fusion groups, my acoustic pop duo MKDK, or in several other indie, funk, jazz, and rock bands in the NY/NJ area. I currently live in West Orange, NJ, where my home teaching studio is based.