INSTRUMENTAL INQUISITION!
GT: What is it about guitar instrumentals that particularly appeals to you?
BG: I love hearing catchy melodies during guitar instrumentals. If a guitar can bring out the sound of emotion with volume and tone changes, the guitar can speak through the player’s hands. No two players are alike.
GT: What can an instrumental provide a listener that a vocal song can't?
BG: This gives the listener a chance to drift with a player’s notes and feel. Whereas vocal lyrics tell their own story, guitar melodies are open to interpretation. A bluesy slow tasty solo has more impact than fast riffage and tells its own story, and usually you walk away humming that melody.
GT: Any tendencies with instrumentals that you aim to embrace or avoid?
BG: Overplaying and adding too many parts can be an easy mistake. Heavily distorting rhythm
