Poll of the Day > I dislike the term "singer-songwriter"

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Rockies
11/24/17 3:35:41 PM
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Tons of singers are songwriters, but this term generally seems to be reserved for folk musicians
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gravy
11/24/17 3:39:43 PM
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Rockies posted...
Tons of singers are songwriters, but this term generally seems to be reserved for folk musicians

Yeah, I don't get it...just like with indie music...neither really should be a genre but turned into one somehow
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LeningradCowboy
11/24/17 4:08:57 PM
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It's usually reserved for solo artists who sing and write songs.
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TheCyborgNinja
11/24/17 4:09:43 PM
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I hate the term... its pretentious.
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Krazy_Kirby
11/24/17 5:10:29 PM
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some singers use autotune, they still get called singers.

some "bands" don't play any instruments
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Sahuagin
11/24/17 8:38:23 PM
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doesn't it mean they also write the songs they sing? isn't that more impressive than just singing, and worth mentioning?
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Blightzkrieg
11/24/17 8:42:14 PM
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Chewy's whining topics are doing more damage to this board than Duckbear ever did.
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SusanGreenEyes
11/24/17 9:24:54 PM
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Rockies posted...
Tons of singers are songwriters, but this term generally seems to be reserved for folk musicians

Fair enough.
What do you prefer to call them?

I think it's weird to call people who don't write their own songs, don't play an instrument, and can't sing without auto tune "artists".
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Zeus
11/24/17 9:50:59 PM
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Rockies posted...
Tons of singers are songwriters, but this term generally seems to be reserved for folk musicians


It's actually not as common as you'd think and a lot of folk musicians don't write their own stuff.

TheCyborgNinja posted...
I hate the term... its pretentious.


Well, I have mostly heard it used on NPR so... I guess?
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