Instrumental rock music, heavy instrumental guitar and Smooth Jazz have always been some of my favorite styles of guitar music. Below you can check out my latest music downloads, TV shows my music has been featured on, some fun history. Check out some instrumental rock with a pinch of fusion below.
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My Latest Instrumental Rock Release – SOAR
Latest Release “SOAR”. – Tommy Merry Ⓒ2022
Discover music from my first three instrumental rock albums here:
Reviews
“Just finished listening to the first 6 tracks and man, I gotta say, it Kicks Ass. Great stuff! You are truly an amazing player and I look forward to hearing more from you in the future.”
– Joey Alves – “Y&T”
“Just listened to Tommy Merry 3. AWESOME! Love the classical riffs! Keep up the great work. Keep me posted on new gigs and recordings.”
– Gordon G.G. Gebert – Ace Frehley’s Comet
“Get Tommy Merry “3”. You may never experience as clever a release during your timeline of life as this again!”
– Big Electric Geno: Axecaliber – 89.7 WITR FM, New York
“Rites of Passage” is just killer!!!! I would really love to see you go in that direction more on the next record too.”
– Shredmaster Steve Bauer: The Academy Of Shred – 88.5 WRUR FM, New York
“There’s a Hank Marvin meets Satriani vibe here…Tommy’s CD sounds great on repeat Spins”
– 20th Century Guitar Magazine – Robert Silverstein
“Man…my sinceres congratulations for such an impressive album!!! In a word it’s SUPERBE!! Thank you so much..and I am sure my listeners will be so delighted. You are a true guitar wizzard and the other guys in the and are awesome musicians too!!! Ovidiu”
Ovidiu Dumitrescu: “For The Love of Guitar” 105.6 Radio Resita, Romania
“I think every cut is exceptional and the most amazing to me is the diversity in the CD. Every song is a surprise, kind of blindsides you out of your normal predictive judgmental mode of thinking. I’m sure Kellie Green and Remembrance have so very strong emotional personal background foundation, very melodic and heartfelt. For just a hard driving rocker, The Hell You Say gets my juices running, excellent. The Paganini cut was a masterpiece. I think it’s just a fabulous creation, you and James and Brian should be really proud.”
– Jack Sutton Moss Beach CA.
“Your new cd is awsome i love it. the last song is insane!!”
Jake G. San JoseI
“I found myself listening to “Out of the blue” repeatedly. It seems to become a favourite of mine. Has an astounding melody, fast movements in between, and is not to heavy in the background. The Paganini song is a true skill certificate of you. Its not for everybodies ears. But, I like those things.”
Dirk F. Germany
“Hallo Tommy. I have received cd.Cd is great, melodic, satriani feeling, my favorit are out of blu and the valkyries and also all 11.”
Kristijan Z. Thailand.
“This CD is the most incredible thing I’ve experienced in along time. It moved me to anger, it moved me to tears. This CD is currently the soundtrack to my life. Thanks for sharing it with the world.”
Didier G. France
ALSO: Check out some of my favorite guitar and instrumental rock players
What is a good instrumental music example?
I think for me the best example is song called “Apache” by Danish jazz guitarist Jörgen Ingmann and was the first classic rock instrumental I fell in love with. It ended up in my parents collections of instrumental songs and vocal albums and I played it till it wore the grooves-out. I think it could easily be called one of the greatest rock instrumentals of all time!
Jörgen’s version came out in 1961, but I believe The Shadows released their version in 1960. There were also many other instrumental rock guitar artists like: The Ventures, Jerry Lordan, Incredible Bongo Band + 5 more others recored this song. Although the song might be considered Surf Rock to some, it’s primarily the best instrumental rock song of all time.
What means instrumental music?
It’s the same as any other song you might listen to only, the featured aspects are: 1. NO VOCALS and the focus on the instrumental part of the song. In the case of instrumental rock, it’s usually the electric guitar. Below are a list of some of the more well known instrumental rock guitar players out there.
To learn more, see the history of instrumental rock.