Reply #26: Plenty of Musicians only play one instrument, but how do you know? [View All]

I know a few musicians. For some reason it seems half my friends are musicians and the other half are teachers...

Anyway one has a great voice...did choir and all that jazz. Now she does little performances and teaches voice lessons. She plays no instruments whatsoever. Is she not a musician?

I have another friend who worked her ass off at being good at violin (we actually started taking it together when we were 4, but she was good) and now plays with a small but fairly prestigous symphony. All she plays, that I know of, is violin. No other lessons. Is she not a musician?

Another friend is a drummer in a band. All he does is drums, though he can bang on a piano for a bit and is better than if he had never taken a lesson. Is he not a musician?

Finally, how do you know these rappers you hate don't play a bunch of different instruments? You don't. You ask for them to prove their musicianship...Do you go to a concert for a band you DO like knowing exactly what instruments that they play? Do you ask for Mick Jagger to 'prove' his musicianship?

Please.