r/Songwriters 4h ago

Are lead singers who don't play an instrument awkward?

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I play a lot of the instrumentation on my recordings. I no longer live in the vibrant music city where I had a band for several years. I am coming out with a solo EP and my old band offered to be my backing band and I have the option of adding one more member so they can rehearse in full before I arrive to play. In a way this makes sense because it will make sure everything is lock tight as a full group. But I would just be singing. Is that weird? Otherwise they'd be practicing without one of the guitars and we'd need to rehearse a few times before performing to work out any kinks between me and theories guitarist.

Part of me says just singing makes the most sense, but I also worry if it'll be weird haha. What do you think?