Jobs / Design, media, and writing / 27-2042.00
Musicians and Singers
Play one or more musical instruments or sing. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for sound or video recording.
- US jobs
- 36,180
- Job family
- Design, media, and writing
Can agents do the work of musicians and singers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Design, media, and writing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 59%Present arts or entertainment performancesNot measured
- 14%Perform athletic activities for fitness, competition, or artistic purposesNot measured
- 12%Study details of artistic productionsNot measured
- 5%Create artistic designs or performancesNot measured
- 4%Train others on operational or work proceduresNot measured
- 3%Promote products, services, or programsNot measured
- 2%Direct organizational operations, activities, or proceduresNot measured
- 2%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in design, media, and writing, not always this occupation's tasks.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- OSWorld-Verifiedby HKU, Salesforce AI Research, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Waterloo90.2%Intelligence-Indeed Agent · 25 Jul 2026Saturated
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Perform before live audiences in concerts, recitals, educational presentations, and other social gatherings.
- Practice performances, individually or in rehearsal with other musicians, to master individual pieces of music or to maintain and improve skills.
- Specialize in playing a specific family of instruments or a particular type of music.
- Play musical instruments as soloists, or as members or guest artists of musical groups such as orchestras, ensembles, or bands.
- Provide the musical background for live shows, such as ballets, operas, musical theatre, and cabarets.
- Play from memory or by following scores.
- Sight-read musical parts during rehearsals.
- Seek out and learn new music suitable for live performance or recording.
- Listen to recordings to master pieces or to maintain and improve skills.
- Make or participate in recordings.
- Make or participate in recordings in music studios.
- Sing as a soloist or as a member of a vocal group.
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