And I feel sorry for anyone that never got to play with musicians talented enough to make them realize what an obvious compromise it is to use a machine...

Playing with an arranger isn't 'doing everything yourself'. It is about as far as is humanly possible to get from that! It is letting a MACHINE do most of it, and all you do is tell it what chords to play, and play a bit on the top of that.

I'm sorry, but 'Freedom's just another word for... nothing left to lose'!