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Hello there. A few years ago I began playing guitar; I've also played the recorder since I was in elementary school. I have been teaching myself how to play piano as well. I recently got a drum set. While the three instruments mentioned earlier do entertain me, I don't feel like they satiate me. I feel complete after a drum session. What I'm saying is this; I'm a drummer. When I'm listening to metal and the guitar solo starts, I play the air drums. I'm a drummer, but I can also play guitar, piano, and recorder. So here's my question to you. If anyone plays more than one instrument, do you consider yourself a specific-instrument-player (with knowledge and experience of other instruments), or a multi instrumentalist? Hopefully this question makes sense. I just want to see what others consider themselves to be when they also play more than one instrument.

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Hello there. A few years ago I began playing guitar; I've also played the recorder since I was in elementary school. I have been teaching myself how to play piano as well. I recently got a drum set. While the three instruments mentioned earlier do entertain me, I don't feel like they satiate me. I feel complete after a drum session. What I'm saying is this; I'm a drummer. When I'm listening to metal and the guitar solo starts, I play the air drums. I'm a drummer, but I can also play guitar, piano, and recorder. So here's my question to you. If anyone plays more than one instrument, do you consider yourself a specific-instrument-player (with knowledge and experience of other instruments), or a multi instrumentalist? Hopefully this question makes sense. I just want to see what others consider themselves to be when they also play more than one instrument.
Why not just consider yourself a musician? As an artist, I don't consider myself a painter, or a sketcher, or a scuptor, even though I work in all those mediums (and more). I just say "I'm an artist".
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Why not just consider yourself a musician? As an artist, I don't consider myself a painter, or a sketcher, or a scuptor, even though I work in all those mediums (and more). I just say "I'm an artist".
That's basically how I feel about it. I've been playing guitar for 21 years, and I'm an ok guitarist. I know plenty of folks who are better, but being an awesome guitarist isn't really my goal. I didn't have a vocalist, and I had an idea of how I wanted things to sound, so I started doing vocals... etc. I don't even know that I'd call myself a "musician" really. If I'm being specific about it, I'm a songwriter, because that's where my talents lie and what I derive most satisfaction from, beyond my abilities with any one instrument. And I often feel like I've wasted the time I spent writing music, when I should have been painting, though I've been trying to reconcile and combine my impulses to write music and be visually creative lately - I always felt that they were in conflict when I was in school, and I've been kicking myself for not painting more since I graduated. Whatever. I do understand the question, but I feel like any of us who are creative people are different things at different times. Some days I'm a painter. Some days I'm a vocalist. Some days I'm a lazy fuck. That's probably the most accurate label...:D
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I play both bass and guitar (like many people) and i find i tend to identify myself by which instrument i'm prioritizing at any given time. If I'm playing bass in a band I tend to identify as a bassist, if like currently i'm a guitar player in a band i'm a guitarist. If i was playing both at the same time I'm not sure what i'd answer with.

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To answer the to the question posed in this thread: I don't get the same satisfaction I get from cello when I play woodwinds or electronic instruments, but I wouldn't say the satisfaction it gives me is any less, it's just different. Ghouly pretty much said it

Why not just consider yourself a musician?
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I'm not sure what you're trying to say here?
When i'm playing bass in a band I identify myself as being a bassist When i'm playing guitar in a band I identify myself as being a guitarist If I were in two bands one as a bass player the other as a guitar player I don't know what my first instinct to answer that question would be.
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