You sound kind of like my wife who is begging me to do a duo. I tell her I just don;t feel my playing is up to the standards I would feel comfortable being paid for. Also I have been spoiled a bit having worked for years in front of paying audiences and being a part of something bigger rather than being the whole show.

I lost those B3 Santana chops a long time ago. When I try to play the organ solo in Evil Ways today, It is a mess. I have lost it and I am not sure I want spend the time it would take to get those muscles back where thy were 30 years ago.

Its like my studio used to be. I had 120 patch points 7 modules,two keyboards, 32 channel Mackie board, wire, wires wires, everything ontp a patch bay, none of it pro level as in Hosa...Many times I would sit down to get creative and before you know it I would be fishing around the back for an open cable or bad jack. My creativity out the window trying to fix a technical issue...

I have since sold everything and am now down to two boards and an interface. NO more technical issues. The Tyros is the band. The RD700 is the weighted stuff. Done.

I agree there is nothing like a real band with REAL players, No one knows that more than mw who never like to use tracks like other acts when I was on the road. All live,,can ad a chorus, recover from a trainwreck, make endings huge or not depending on the response.

In the studio the Tyros is the band. The next best thing to real players as I am not a bass player, drummer etc and the Arrangers are the closest thing to real players although no substitute. The "CD" quality so many hate about the Yamaha is what I like because that makes it sound more polished and slick (like the worst over produced over compressed CDs LOL.) But covers for the lack of a real band better than I can with 100 modules and 10 fingers.

In any case I hoping the general listener is listening to the song not the band. Its like background music in a movie. Or lighting in a show, If either becomes the focus of attention it is not doing its job to ENHANCE what should be the primary focus not take over.