I never thought I'd use midi files. When I first heard the concept, I thought well that's just not going to happen. Then..........I started including some singing which I had never done. Gotta say it's a lot easier for me to do vocals when I have a midi file to back me, especially when the backing sounds like the original. I recently played a dinner dance, age 50 to 85 years of age. I think there may have been one 10 year old who was with her grand parents. Someone asked me to play Deliah so they could dance to it. Just so happens I have that in my library. It went over very well had quite a few people on the dance floor, no one came to me and said hey you really weren't playing that tune were you??

Bottom line I want to keep the audience happy and if that's what it takes..........I will. Naturally it's not my preferred way.