For Christ sake do we have to have a pissing contest to decide the value of arranger keyboards? They serve a purpose. They help those of us who are out there to sound not only good but great. BTW, you can play on an arranger. Don't you have a right hand? You can play incredible back up orchestrations, jazz leads, comps, ect. The only thing the arranger is doing is giving you the backups. And it's only doing that by way of the direction you give it. If you play sucky chords, that's what it will give you. If you play well thought out, well voiced chords, that's also what it will give you. I spent many years playing my own bass lines and all of the other lines. I find it nice to have the arranger pick up some of that. And I thought this forum was for arranger players.

Joe

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Joe Ayala