both UD and synth guy are right for different reasons.

atleast for a decade-
for a (non gold or platinum selling) giging musician who wants to make more money without headache/band memeber problems--arranger is the way to go.

but for a major selling bands (big names)ofcourse witout the live band you can't sell your tickets.
you can't say that arranger sounds better than real pro musicians playing real acoustic/electric instruments in realtime.
50 fingers of well reharsed pro musicians will sound better than 10 fingers of a pro musician in general.
one man band does have it's limits(that's why it's one man band- but it pays more than "5 men band",doesnt it?).

one man band may play standard jazz without many problems to an audience of (mostly untrained ears),but can't make them scream like they do with a Zepplin riff with punching drums and realtime slappin' bass guitar.

again I'm talking about live music.no techno/trance/retriggering dance music.


so differt folks and strokes.



[This message has been edited by jamman (edited 12-25-2004).]