1. Singer
Singer generally refers to people in the entertainment industry who sing songs and other vocal works, and is also used to call themselves. As a profession, it has a standardized name "singer".
Singers are easy to be appreciated in the entertainment industry because of their excellent performance in image, singing, performance or creation, so they are easy to become famous. Singers and vocalists (orchestras) are honorifics for those who are dedicated to artistic attainments and have made artistic achievements and contributions.
Singers also have different positions in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and other areas that have not really been professionalized. For example, singers in Hong Kong SAR are part of celebrities. In Japan, the second largest music market in the world, singers (except idols) are regarded as musicians and stage artists.
2. Composer
A composer is a general term for musicians who compose music. That is, musicians who specialize in creating music. Their artistic expression is composing music. A kind of musicians, with representative figures: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Xian Xinghai, etc.
composers must understand the types of visual music and the ways of composing music with different effects. For example, composing music for drama should take into account the voice, singing range and sound effects of the actors; To compose music for the sake of popular songs, it is necessary to understand the lyrics and the current popular trend; It is impossible to compose a symphony without knowing all kinds of musical instruments.
3. Arranging music
The composer who arranges music can be said to be the core figure in the field of commercial songs. Because they may be the only people who know how to compose music in the whole business operation. The commercial operation of industrialization also makes melody creation (composing music and Song writing) become another person. There is also a more detailed division of labor, and it is possible that all parts and musical elements of a song will be assigned to different people to compose music.
For example, one person is responsible for creating tunes and harmonies, one person is responsible for creating string band parts, one person is responsible for creating electro-acoustic band parts, and one person is responsible for creating percussion parts.
4. performer
a performer mainly refers to the use of instruments to produce popular sound effects through human operation. The technical level of the operator determines whether he can become a performer.
5. disc jockey
DJ's skill is called disc playing, which can also be said to be a professional term responsible for disc playing. They exist in this form of playing songs, and most of them play electronic music, but strictly speaking, they can play any music style. Playing discs is generally translated as DJing, which is separated from occupation.
the English full name of p>DJ is Disc Jockey, which can be translated into disc jockey. DJ developed with HIPHOP culture and DISCO. With the development of DJ, the meaning has been completely clear. DJ is just a profession, which is a professional term. The main job is playing discs. DJ refers to disc players in nightclubs, bars, livehouses, warehouse parties, music festivals and other places.