It seems to me that a lot of people who we call "musicians" are just singers who perform, and don't put a lot of creativity into it. There is a set standard of what a good singer is, and few choices have to be made. If someone can't create their own material, are they really talented, or just skilled in an academic/ athletic way?
2007-03-14 03:03:31 · 8 answers · asked by Flam Glamalam 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
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2007-03-14 03:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that a musician is a person who can play a musical instrument and a singer is a person who can sing. Some singers are musicians aswell, and some musicians are also singers, but for those who can only do one of the two we have a thing called Bands, where a person's voice is used as one of the instruments :)
I also believe that all bands should write their own music (unless they are doing a cover of another bands song) - credit must always be given to the writer of the music. Why should somebody become famous for a song when it isn't even their own song?
2007-03-14 03:14:52 · answer #2 · answered by Ashleigh L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people, like me for instance, can sing great but they can't read music. Music was always hard for me in school. I took choir all throughout school and when I got to high school I made it in the honors choir (called Chorale) but our teacher for some reason never emphasized how to read the music. He would draw it on the chalk board when we had state finals and explain the notes we would sing at that final and that was it. We should have been learning right from the beginning if you ask me...I just never caught on I guess. I can maybe read basic notes and thats it. I tried to learn the acoustic guitar a while back but I just don't have the patience I guess. But I love to sing and I can entertain. Before I got pregnant (I am 38 weeks now) I rocked and shocked my hometown Karaoke bar every Thursday and Sunday to songs by new and old country artists and music by even Aerosmith and it is tons of fun. So no I do not think they are talentless just some have less musical talent than others. I think being able to sing is a gift as well because it comes from the heart. Oh and I have also written several songs but I just don't know how to write the notes to it to make it an official song.
2007-03-14 03:14:08 · answer #3 · answered by dinkle_fritz81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I consider a musician to be someone who has a high degree of musical ability AND talent....I have a degree in music, play 2 instruments (piano and trombone) very well, and several other instruments not so well...I am a great sight-reader, and am versatile in many different styles...in addition, I am a semi-professional conductor...but I do NOT and probably never will, consider myself to be a musician. I reserve that term for someone who is a lot more skilled than I.
Anyway, if someone's understanding of music is mainly expressed by singing, I still consider them to be a musician. Some of the greatest vocalists of our time (in pop, jazz, opera, etc.) do not play instruments, but you would be hard pressed to not call them musicians. In vocal music study (at the university and professional levels) you learn all the same fundamentals of music (scales, chords, modes, harmony, etc.) that instrumentalists do, but you apply them to voice and not, for example, the trumpet.
In addition, there are many great musicians who are not composers, and many who are. What I consider to be "Songwriting" has very little to do with music...it's more about poetry. Your typical pop tune maybe has 4 chords in it...any idiot with a first year college theory background can pump out a tune...it's putting the words to that tune that is more of the challenge, but that has little to do with actual musicianship.
2007-03-14 03:35:58 · answer #4 · answered by Robert N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at Don Henley from the Eagles, he was lead singer, played drums, guitar and bass...Paul McCartney played every instrument on his first few solo albums...It's a very good thing to do...even if it's only a harmonica like Robert Plant or Ozzy Osbourne, it's still good!!!
2007-03-14 03:08:28 · answer #5 · answered by Yeah Yeah Yeah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, singers that are not musical educated should not sing when they learn to play an instrument then let them sing.
2007-03-14 03:09:02 · answer #6 · answered by Ljubisa Vulic 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have much respect for singers that can play instruments.
2007-03-14 03:10:51 · answer #7 · answered by JC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-03-14 03:11:40 · answer #8 · answered by Kyla 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋