musician

musician
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ accomplished, brilliant, excellent, fine, gifted, good, great, outstanding, talented, world-class
▪ distinguished (esp. BrE), famous, legendary, renowned, well-known
▪ aspiring, budding (esp. BrE), up-and-coming
▪ struggling
▪ local
▪ traditional
▪ contemporary
▪ dedicated, serious, trained
▪

You have to be a very dedicated musician to get to the top.

▪ self-taught
▪ amateur, performing, professional, working
▪ orchestral
▪ backing, backup (AmE)
▪

She had toured as a backing musician for Madonna.

▪ guest
▪ blues, classical, folk, jazz, pop, rock, etc.
MUSICIAN + VERB
▪ perform (sth), play (sth), sing (sth)
▪ practise/practice (sth), rehearse (sth)
▪ compose sth, write sth
▪ record sth

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