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Originally posted by Dreamer:
Maybe it's just because the majority of arrangers are manufactured in Italy, but people here are accustomed to them. It's very common to walk into a dancing hall or even a restaurant and see someone singing and playing an arranger or simply singing and using the arranger just to play midifiles.


Quite a similar situation in Portugal. Although in the south of the country, keyboardists are not always taken seriously as good musicians (especially those "playing" midi files), arrangers are reasonably well accepted if included in small duets or trio,
and when styles are used.

In the North of Portugal people seem a bit less demanding and accept solo acts even when the use of midi files in dominant in the show.

I remember seeing a lot of arranger players and solo acts in the Canary Islands (spanish touristic islands near the african coast), with a vast majority of american, british and german audience.