full-time musician

collocation in English

meaningsoffull-timeandmusician

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full-time
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌfʊlˈtaɪm/us
/ˌfʊlˈtaɪm/
(of work or education) done for the whole of a ...
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musician
noun[C]
uk
/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/mjuːˈzɪʃ.ən/
someone who is skilled in playing music, usually as ...
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(Definition offull-timeandmusicianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He began performing as a solo folk artist around the age of 14, and became afull-timemusicianin his early 20s.
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He was remembered in his family as afull-timemusician, who had died in poor circumstances.
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He again became afull-timemusicianin 1975, struggling at times to make ends meet.
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For much of the 1990s, he was afull-timemusician, but has scaled back his schedule in recent years due to personal and family concerns.
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He acted in a few more films in the lead role, before becoming afull-timemusicianand painter.
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As his interest in music intensified, he eventually ended his law-enforcement career in favor of becoming afull-timemusician.
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After finishing high school he joined the band as afull-timemusician.
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He then became afull-timemusicianfrom 1996 to 1999 and then again from 2002 onward.
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But the decision to become afull-timemusiciancame after he had worked as baker, truck driver, and coal miner.
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She however quits after half a year to become afull-timemusician.
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His father had encouraged him to sing and learn to play the guitar, and he became afull-timemusician.
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In spite of being something of a musical prodigy, he originally trained as a weaver, but eventually gave up that trade to become afull-timemusician.
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Leonard left school to work for a building contractor, which he left to avoid being fired, so became afull-timemusician.
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By the 1940s, gospel music had expanded to members of all denominations prompting black gospel artists to begin tours and becoming full-time musicians.
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The core number has grown to 53 full-time musicians.
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Their number also include several full-time musicians, one writer and one builder of ancient instruments.
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Its current structure began in 1983 with 13 full-time musicians.
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Both began devoting more time to music than studies and soon became full-time musicians.
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Music created by these acts, ranging from part-time hobbyists, to full-time musicians with successful careers, spans all genres from avant-garde to world music.
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