Maniac, I don't believe anybody who responded to this thread (including myself) said or infered that.

I have no problem with keyboard players playing along to midi files if they 'really' are "playing FULL keyboard", as you pointed out to add. What troubles me are performers who appear on stage with a keyboard, yet only pretend like they're playing it, while only singing along to commercial midi files instead. I find it troubling to see a performer merely holding a single single finger on the keyboard, yet hear full keyboard parts being played on the midi/karaoke backup. Call me a musical snob, but these guys are not MUSICIANS, but singer-entertainers, and DECEPTIVE ones at that. The dictionary's definition of a musician is: someone who plays a musical instrument. I don't consider a CD/MP3, or MIDI File playing device, a musical instrument.

Maniac, though I certainly advocate free speech, I nonetheless feel the profane language (albeit with added expletives) you used was rather uneccessary. I'm sure you could have chosen other more appropriate words to express your frustration.

Scott