Originally Posted by smellyadam:
“A musician is somebody who makes music their professional, that is the official dictionary meaning of the word. Therefore, no matter whether you sing/write/play instrument, you are a musician...
Also, you don't know if Diana will or won't play an instrument yet, she could add that to her show. Plus, she may have played an instrument for some of the tracks she recorded.”
It seems that the classification have changed then.
If you were a musician at one time you went on stage and played an instrument.
And your job description said what you did, if you sang you were a singer.
What you did at home or in a studio meant nothing, it was what you did as a job to earn a crust.
I'm sure all the musicians playing instruments all their life will be so pleased to be joined by all the musicians that go on stage and just sing.
It's a similar thing to the groups on X-F that they call bands, now that is clever to be in a band on stage and not have an instrument between them.