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A singer? Not so. I perform as a musician (10)

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I believe the answer is:

bassoonist

'a musician' is the definition.
(I know that bassoonist is a type of musician)

'a singer? not so i perform' is the wordplay.
'a singer?' becomes 'bass' (bass is a kind of singer).
'perform' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'performs' mean this).
'not'+'so'+'i'='notsoi'
'notsoi' anagrammed gives 'oonist'.
'bass'+'oonist'='BASSOONIST'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bassoonist that I've seen before include "Woodwind player" , "Musician" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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