Originally Posted By: musician17
Every time I write an instrumental, I am constantly asked: where are the lyrics?

I agree that lyrics help convey the exact meaning of a song, but ... what happened to leaving something to the imagination?

In short: are lyrics necessary to a song, or can we leave something to the imagination by omitting them and letting the listener find their own meaning in an instrumental track?

Where is the line? :-)


No, lyrics are not a necessary for an instrumental.

Around 95% of my songs are instrumentals.

I like to write a little story intro for my instrumentals to try to put the listener in the same frame of mind that I had when writing it. Even then some listeners come up with a better scenario!

Whenever I get something stuck in the back of my throat, I dislodge it by drinking a beer.
It's called the Heineken Maneuver.

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