Gabriel says....

'Unaccompanied' is exactly how songs should be sung!"

Many contemporary songs are composed with accompaniment and musical arrangements in mind. Budding songwriters are taught as such in many songwriting workshops. So musical introductions, phrases, riffs,guitar picking styles, interludes e.g. middle eights etc are regarded as integral parts of the song.

Of course, all songs can be rearranged to suit the solo voice but some are more suitable than others for this purpose. However, others may end up being quite different in structure and character as a result.