Muso

Quick meaning: Muso is a noun meaning (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Diminutive of musician.

Meaning

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Diminutive of musician.

More Meanings

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A pretentious music fan.

Example Sentences

It is a badge of pride for musos to say that Spotify’s machine-learning algorithms – when you listen to a track and it recommends things you might also like – don’t cover their cosmopolitan taste.

Yeah...I probably wouldn't change have changed plans anyway. I'm sure my wife and children will get more out of a family day than if we headed into the big concrete jungle (aka city) to watch a few musos.

I don't expect you to understand the hours involved in becoming a talented muso, rehearsing for months, writing a hit, recording the song, marketing the band, pressing the CDs and trying to get airplay / make some record sales... but you should be able to find a similar problem in your work.

Don't blame the musos. Blame the marketers, A&R men and record company execs. You don't imagine for a moment that musos sought to inflict Bardot, Britney and Christina on an unsuspecting public. Even the producers are only guilty of trying to feed themselves by attempting to write and execute popular songs that appeal to the LCD.

Word Forms

• musos

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include musician, guitarist, jazzer, songster, vocalist, singer.

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