What is the definition of professional singer to you?

Answer 1

I think that a professional singer/vocalist is someone who either makes a living by singing, or has done so in the past. We could make an exception for someone who is training or going to school to become a singer... but then, they're probably called a 'professional singer in training' or some title like that.

So, hobby singers who sing at home and karaoke singers who impress bar-hoppers don't count. It has to be your job to sing.

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Answer 3

By definition, a professional anything is one who gets paid to perform that task. Britney Spears is a professional singer. Is she a good singer? No.

I do consider a bit of a difference between a professional SINGER and a professional MUSICIAN, though - much like I percieve a difference between a musician and an entertainer. In my opinion, Spears, Aguilera, Simpson, etc are *entertainers* rather than *musicians*. The difference being that they don't have much if any understanding musically of what they're doing; they just learn their music by ear, sing it into a microphone, dance around and get a paycheck. In my opinion, a musician has a deeper understanding of the music as a whole, usually can read music, has some sort of musical training or education... that sort of thing.

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Answer 5

First of all, I've been classically trained all my life and I don't think all rap/metal songs are 'noise' (in the sense that they're not musical and not worthy of being listened to). I'm not particularly fond of them because of their subject matters and their lyrics - not because I think it's noise. If some particular songs stand out (in the good way) because of their lyrics or subject matter, I will happily listen. But if I have to hear swear words for 4 minutes, no thanks. You can't really compare Beethoven to metal/hardcore. They're completely different in style, and set in completely different eras. Professionally trained (classical training) singers can sing just about any genre we want to because we know how to sing properly without hurting ourselves - it's only the question of which genre fits our voices best. Not every trained singer can become an opera singer or rock/pop singer. It has to do with what we're born with. You can't force a soulful jazz voice into opera arias and still expect it to sound believeable. Likewise, you can't force a naturally lyrical/operatic voice into rock music because it just won't work. Sure you can sing all the notes, but it would sound ridiculous. Whether we can imitate 'metal' notes or not has got nothing to do with how good we are or how 'intellectual' the genre is. It however has everything to do with what we're given at birth. We avoid doing things that are not natural in our voice, because it does nothing except give us vocal problems. And no matter what you say, screaming is not natural, and more often than not, when you hear 'professional' rock/metal singers scream and their voices seem to last for decades, they're actually imitating a scream instead of really screaming. They've been trained to 'scream' safely. The untrained ear hears no difference and thinks its a genuine scream. If they had really screamed without any technique, they would have lost their voices in a couple of years. It's not simply talent, it's technique as well. We choose not to put our voices through the grinder by forcing it to do something it's not built to do. I certainly want to be able to sing for life instead of blowing my voice out after 5 years and not be able to sing ever again. I don't care how impressive screaming sounds - it's not natural for my voice, and I will not throw my voice away just to look 'versatile'. Just like you said you want to see other singers try to imitate metal screaming, I would love to see some voices try to imitate real jazz singers. I've also heard many people say that opera is nothing but 'screaming in falsetto' - but if that's the case, how come not everybody can sing opera? Same logic as your argument, isn't it? Edit: Ok...I didn't mean to come across as being angry, because I'm not. Too direct, maybe. I just realised that I didn't address why people think it's noise. A note has a specific number of regular oscillations per second, and that's what produces a recognizable pitch. A 'scream', doesn't have a specific pitch and therefore means that the oscillations are irregular. That's basically noise in the most basic sense. To sing means you produce soundwaves which are regular and give clear, recognizable pitches. The 'patterns' in screaming may be regular, but there is no recognizable pitch. There is a difference. Although styles and interpretations are very subjective, there's still a scientific definition for singing. Otherwise anything can be called 'singing' - even the sound of microphone feedback. I've also gone back to the top of my answer to edit my first paragraph to differentiate the definition that I was referring to up there, and the definition down here. Hopefully it makes it clearer. What one appreciates has only minimal to do with what form of training we've had. It's more of what we've been exposed to since young. Many of my music classmates listen to more pop/rock/metal than classical music outside of school.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Professional singer (artist): An accomplished musician who has reached a level of expertise such that payment is received upon performance.

Answer 8

My defenition of a professional singer, is that they can actually sing, without any help from any technology. Also, that they can write and record their own songs.

Answer 9

some one who gets paid to sing?

Answer 10

anyone who gets PAID to sing...but just because they get payed or even make CDs dont mean they CAN sing Well....