Instrumentals are one of those things you either get or you don’t. If
you love ‘em, there’s a seemingly endless treasure trove of gems; if they’re not
your thing, the reaction to even a brief listening session is probably ‘they
all sound the same to me’ (similar to a wine lover enthusing over individual
characteristics and relative merits of different reds, while the rest of us file
them all under ‘red wine’). But, hey, maybe it’s time to recognise that
creating a simple instrumental that gets in your head and stays there without
the help of a catchy lyric is actually an art form in itself – a fairly basic
one, but all the better for it because it’s so easily accessible to both
performers and audiences.
