Haven't heard 'elderly' yet. 'Mature', sure! 'Elderly' is a state of mind and body, not an age.

For instance, I haven't the slightest interest in doing NH gigs. I don't feel I have ANYTHING in common with the inmates..! But I find myself playing to 20-30-somethings all the time, without any real generation gap feeling. From the neck up, at least, I'm still a kid!

And Spalding... you can quite easily tell what priority Roland put on arranger promotion and sales, especially over here in the USA. They have no TOTL arranger at all, in fact, no MOTL arranger any more. $1000 is the TOP of the line! Expecting a high quality arranger demo at NAMM from Roland is a long shot at best. Doesn't stop them sounding pretty good once in the hands of a proper arranger player. But those are few and far between over here!