I agree completely, I use my arrangers in a wedding type gig where I need to play allot of dance, techno, latin stuff.

I also do allot of work with singers who want to record and the newer fresher styles are what's wanted.

I know that the arranger market here in the US is considered a
1) stay at home player or
2) nursing home, entertainment

While there is nothing wrong with that, there is nothing that suggest younger crowds to get into the arrangers,

every wedding or dance I play people are amazed and what I'm doing with just a keyboard.

The guy running the group we play with, insist on having a person behind drums because he doesn't think the people can understand or comprehend the idea