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From: Chris Croughton <chris@keristor.net>
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Subject: Re: record artist
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:50:31 +0100
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On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:58:08 -0400, esara123
<esara123@hotmail.com> wrote:
> What does that term mean? does it mean he/she is a singer? if yes why
> they do not call him so? I just heard in the radio: whatever_his_name
> is a record artist...
A "record artist" would probably be anyone who performs on recordings,
musicians aren't all singers (neither are rap vocalists usually). But
radio DJs and record companies have their own jargon and often make up
words to try to sound clever...
Chris C
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