Musician vs Artist

GetAgrippa said:

Well lets get some perspective because Art is visual and auditory.
"Art is a diverse range of human activities ....."

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Well, I'm not going to edit wiki, but there's a lot I disagree with just in that little snippet.

To me, art is not an activity, but can be the result of an activity.
It can be solid, as in a painting or sculpture, or ephemeral, as in dance, or a music performance.
I also think it's a bit presumptuous to claim it as the exclusive province of humans.

But I'm not in charge of making definitions, so have at it - LOL

Morrisman said:

I like to use the term artist for someone creates original, finished artworks, including painters, choreographer/dancers, singer/songwriters. A person who conceives the idea and also makes the finished product.

I use the term craftsman for someone who accurately reproduces something many times, including pottery, furniture, orchestral musicians, cover band musicians, etc.

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Sums it up nicely for me.

For my money, Dylan, Bowie, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis etc. cross the line from musician to artist IMO.

Morrisman said:

I like to use the term artist for someone creates original, finished artworks, including painters, choreographer/dancers, singer/songwriters. A person who conceives the idea and also makes the finished product.

I use the term craftsman for someone who accurately reproduces something many times, including pottery, furniture, orchestral musicians, cover band musicians, etc.

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Ya - I'd amend my previous craftsman remark.
In regards to drumming, the craft is the practice - burning the neural brain pathways through repetition.
The art is the weaving together of those pathways through improvisation, or being 'in the zone'.