I'm a player who sings.
Learned long ago how to sing (for my performance requirement for my music minor I had to be in the chorus. Only guitar opening were in jazz band- bass and guitar and in the university's pep band, basketball games and such, guitar and bass. And those were either beyond my abilities (jazz for sure), but I probably could have gotten into the pep band), and now that I know my range and how to get under the note (sing from the diaphragm) I can do a decent job.
Plus, when I play and other people sing (usually non-musicians in an informal setting) they either don't know the words or will sing the parts wrong (ie. sing the chorus on the verse is most common).
When I've been in rock bands, I'll do backup harmonies.
And a couple times a year I'll play solo at church. Either a hymn or Christmas music.
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