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A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:

An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument.
A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument.
Composers, songwriters and arrangers create musical compositions, songs and arrangements. These may be transcribed in music notation, performed or recorded.
A conductor leads a musical ensemble. A conductor can simultaneously act as an instrumentalist in the ensemble.
A recording artist creates recorded music, such as CDs and MP3 files.

Types of musicians

Leaders

Conductor · Bandleader · Concertmaster

Composers

Composer · Songwriter · Arranger · Orchestrator

Instrumentalists

Bassist or Double bassist · Bassoonist · Bandurist (Bandura player) · Bouzouki player · Cellist · Clarinetist · Drummer · Euphoniumist · Electronic musician · Flautist · Guitarist (Electric, Acoustic) · Harpist · Hornist (Horn player) · Keyboardist (Keyboard player) · Oboist · Organist · Pianist · Percussionist · Recorder player · Saxophonist · Sawist (musical saw player) · Sitarist · Trombonist · Trumpeter (also Trumpet player) · Tubist (Tuba player) · Turntablist (DJ) · Uillean piper · Violinist · Violist (Viola player)

Vocalists

Singer · Rapper · Screamer

References

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 * A '''recording artist''' creates [[sound recording|recorded music]], such as [[compact discs|CDs]] and [[MP3|MP3 files]].
+==Types of musicians==
-Cherry Ryde is an American 70's style rock band, formed in 2005 by guitarist/song-writer Ace Hanley, who has been the only constant member of the band to date. Since forming, recording, and touring lineups of the band have also included co-founder Mike Merrit. (Bassist), Matt Plunger . Drummer. With Special appearance by, Stevie Starr. Drummer, Dave Scott. Bassist (Decoys), Kirk Neil. Bassist (Nasty Habit) 90's Band, Founder Ace Hanley) and various others. Cherry Rydes' popularity grew in 2007 with the EP "Drinkin Money", featuring "Little Bitch", which eventually became one of the band's most successful songs to date. Cited as one of the most important East Bay Rock groups, Cherry Ryde were active until 2007 and went on hiatus, but reformed in 2008. The band is currently in the pre-production stages of the recording their next EP, which is due for release in 2009. You can hear many of the first ever recordings of Cherry Ryde with original members and special guests. Members change but you will still get the Cherry Ryde sound and lyrics of Ace on his trusty Axe. These song are not over produced, they are hard hitting raw American rock n roll. If you like straight forward guitar right in your face, then this is the band for you.
+;Leaders
-After Hanley's  family relocated from Los Angles to Northern California, Hanley began playing guitar in a series of unsuccessful heavy metal based  bands, taking on print work and acting jobs to make ends meet. After nearly a decade of frustration with the Northern California music scene, Hanley reinvented himself, changing his stage name to Ace Hanley and growing his hair, hoping for a new wince. In November of 2005 he put a want-ad  on Craigslist describing himself as a "Blaring, Near the knuckel, and scrappy guitarist". Mike Merrite. and Matt Plunger contacted him and the three decided to form a band together. It was Hanley's suggestion that the band be called Cherry Ryde, a name that had stuck in Hanley's head from his days as a member of a band called Love Buzz, which toured in Japan and sold over 25,000 records.  Hanley had once considered the name for their own use.
+[[Conducting|Conductor]]
-Unlike many of the hard rock/heavy metal guitarists of his era, Hanley's guitar style is steeped in the blues tradition. He employs hibitual use of a metal slide in his soloing and takes on both the rhythm and lead guitar duties of the band. In the studio and live, Hanley frequently tunes his guitar down to D (rather than the standard E) to get a harder and crunchier rhythm tone. The altered tuning also increases string slack to enable his characteristic Hammer on trills and pinch harmonics during soloing. Hanley has introduced the pedel steel guitar to many of Cherry Ryde's later recordings and live sets.
+{{·}}[[Bandleader]]
-For the sum of his career with Cherry Ryde, Hanley has created the aura of being a somewhat mysterious figure, letting the other members of the band speak for him in public and in print, despite being the eldest and most articulate member of the band. In what public interviews he has conducted, Hanley often comes off as a very reserved and somewhat quiet individual, though not shy by any means. A home video made in 2004 and posted on the web by one of his former Love Buzz bandmates reveals Hanley to be a rather jovial, wisecracking, down-to-Earth person-- one who obviously saw his fair share of adversity during his long rise to the top.
+{{·}}[[Concertmaster]]
+;Composers:
-At age seven Hanley lost his right leg to do cancer but that never stopped the young rocker from living out his life dream as a musician.
+[[Composer]]
-Born August 2 1965 in Encino California. Hanley bought his first guitar in 1972 but later gave it up until 1979 when he got his act together so to speak and began his rock n roll life. In the mid eighties, Hanley was the bassist of a well known  rock band "Bottom End" in Chico California. Some of these early recordings can be found on the internet and in basements of lost dreams.   Hanley now lives in the Tahoe area where he records in his private studio and also has a home in the Oakland Hills.
+{{·}}[[Songwriter]]
+{{·}}[[Arranger]]
+{{·}}[[Orchestrator]]
+;Instrumentalists:
+[[Bassist]] or [[Double bassist]]
+{{·}}[[Bassoon]]ist
+{{·}}[[Bandurist]] (Bandura player)
+{{·}}[[Bouzouki|Bouzouki player]]
+{{·}}[[Cellist]]
+{{·}}[[Clarinetist]]
+{{·}}[[Drummer]]
+{{·}}[[Euphonium]]ist
+{{·}}[[Electronic musician]]
+{{·}}[[Flautist]]
+{{·}}[[Guitarist]] (Electric, Acoustic)
+{{·}}[[Harpist]]
+{{·}}[[Hornist]] (Horn player)
+{{·}}[[Keyboardist]] (Keyboard player)
+{{·}}[[Oboist]]
+{{·}}[[Organist]]
+{{·}}[[Pianist]]
+{{·}}[[Percussionist]]
+{{·}}[[Recorder player]]
+{{·}}[[Saxophone|Saxophonist]]
+{{·}}[[Musical saw|Sawist]] (musical saw player)
+{{·}}[[Sitar]]ist
+{{·}}[[Trombonist]]
+{{·}}[[Trumpeter]] (also Trumpet player)
+{{·}}[[Tubist]] (Tuba player)
+{{·}}[[Turntablist]] ([[Disc jockey|DJ]])
+{{·}}[[Uilleann Pipes|Uillean piper]]
+{{·}}[[Violin]]ist
+{{·}}[[Violist]] (Viola player)
+;Vocalists:
+[[Singer]]
+{{·}} [[Rapper]]
+{{·}} [[Screamer(Vocalist)|Screamer]]
 == See also ==