B I O

Bryon Thompson's regard for accessible, creative and unique instrumental guitar music has led to producing five solo recording projects totaling over 40 original tracks; a self-titled debut (2000), Set Your Sights (2001), Get On With It (2003), Starting Now (2007) and more recently Current Conditions (2010). This collection of instrumental pop rock, loaded with layers of inventive guitar textures and catchy melodies, is an accessible string of work that combines unique tones with a classic pop rock backbone. His influences range widely from classic 60s guitar music to the fingerstylings of Adrian Legg to legendary studio wizard Todd Rundgren, but the most common threads that run through his songs are the infectious hooks, the catchy melodies and his fingerstyle approach to playing. "As a young guitar player I was inspired by fingerpicking guitarists in the pop-rock genre like Lindsey Buckingham and Mark Knopfler. Later my influences included acoustic fingerpickers like Adrian Legg and Leo Kottke. However my root influence is anyone who produces timeless, original and unique pop rock instrumental music. I believe my music reflects that."

Playing both acoustic and electric guitar for over 30 years, he ultimately became a devoted player of Godin Guitars, a hybrid of electric and acoustic that blends the feel, touch and characteristic ambient sound that he had been searching for in the "perfect guitar".

Thompson, who resides in Leo, Indiana with his wife and two children, Indiana, is a full-time illustrator.

Visit Bryon's MYSPACE page.