Collocations for musician - noun

accomplished, brilliant, excellent, fine, gifted, good, great, outstanding, talented, world-class
distinguished (esp. BrE), famous, legendary, renowned, well-known
aspiring, budding (esp. BrE), up-and-coming
struggling
local
traditional
contemporary
dedicated, serious, trained
You have to be a very dedicated musician to get to the top.

self-taught
amateur, performing, professional, working
orchestral
backing, backup (AmE)
She had toured as a backing musician for Madonna.

guest
blues, classical, folk, jazz, pop, rock, etc.

perform (sth), play (sth), sing (sth)
practise/practice (sth), rehearse (sth)
compose sth, write sth
record sth