I admire one man bands. Playing and singing solo is a skill and lots of people have that. I myself play at home only and now and then entertain relatives when they visit. I LOVE being in control of everything...I think all one man band musicians will agree. About synthesizers vs arrangers.... Arrangers thesedays sound extremely good and the top end arrangers have atleast a thousand sounds or more. My VA5 has over 3500....I'll never run out of voices and always find something. When I watch a guy playing a keyboard as part of a band and then watch a guy playing solo on his arranger...I really admire the one man artist more cos he has to control the chords,play the keyboard and sing all almost at the same time...Arrangers rule.