I started out as a stringed instrument player (44 years ago). I started singing later, only about 15 years ago. I don't think of myself as a "good" singer, but I'm on-key and reasonably able to harmonize. So I'm a player who sings.
Most of my favorite artists aren't really good singers either (John Prine, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, James McMurtry) but they are all great songwriters. I don't care how pretty you sound if you're singing banal pop drivel.
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