Eddie...Thanx..... I feel a person should buy an instrument because it makes them happy playing it. Believe me it took a lot to make me say to myself "this is a keeper" with the KMA... I honestly was going to sell it 2x...but a few different divine circumstances & some mentoring made me realize this KMA ain't no toy as some might think. We all have playing talents others do not. For example I would love to learn how play Jazz Piano or Trumpet as i just adore watching someone play these instruments....all my 45 yrs of my pro performing life I have watched and absorbed from many many musical sources & players to mix it into my style of playing. My arranger KB playing philosophy is to be a 7 pc band by myself.....playing All the parts & Vocals as such, "just the way a 7pc band would sound" You take care!