Definition of muso in English:
muso
nounPlural musos ˈmjuːzəʊˈmjuzoʊ
British informal 1A musician, especially one over-concerned with technique.
mixing genres allows the muso to show off
Example sentencesExamples
- It's all there, plus the maturity, vision and lyricism that you would expect from a bunch of serious musos, for whom this is their second album.
- For four years she spent her days with the orchestra and her nights playing in clubs, doing recording sessions and working as a session muso.
- Ridiculed by musos for not being a ‘serious’ instrument, the concertina is nonetheless a perfect street companion: portable, polyphonic and loud enough to be heard above the urban din.
- As part of the concept guest musos and instrumentalists are always welcome.
- It also supports school bands and gives young musicians the chance to perform with more experienced musos.
- 1.1 A keen music fan.
prices way beyond the means of average musos
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- Ask your average muso and they will say that these boys from Seattle were the Godfathers of Grunge, purveyors of bile-built emotionally charged music of such rare quality that they became instant legends and timeless wonders.
- I am fascinated by record shops - full of know-it-all shop assistants in teeshirt uniforms, and musos deeply into their thing.
- Four part harmonies, a production quality that worked your stereo into a sweat and enough influences on display to have your average muso digging through their collection meant that the CD was never far away from a play.
- Live jazz every Thursday night brings in a regular crowd of musos, while great coffee and snacks complete the picture.
Origin
1960s (originally Australian): abbreviation.