Originally Posted By: shim
(From a different post): http://www.synthzone.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/368061/5

Guys all I got to say is this: Where I come from, (and I am probably the youngest member here...) Arrangers are being bought and used all the time. Both by kids (yes, youngsters) and pro's and it (one man band) is a very profitable business here.

The reason i'm the only one here saying this is because all those guys in my area don't post on this forum. They probably couldn't care less about it any way. They get their way around arrangers very quick and have tons of friends who can help if they have a problem.

May I add also that we here don't care about the styles ANY keyboard comes with, because we almost all use custom made styles. We don't buy a keyboard based on the styles it has, but on the usability.

I don't mean to offend anyone here, quite the contrary, all i'm trying to say is that the arranger business is NOT DEAD, NOR WILL IT BE FOR QUITE A WHILE. Even for the young guys.

"Reporting from Brooklyn"...


Shim

I'd also like to know more about the business in Brooklyn. I'm from north Jersey and when there was probably the only arranger player I knew of. Along with it I had to do a lot of DJing to get through the gigs. Down here in South Jersey its Kareoke wonderland. Went out last night to the Elks club and they had a two guys (sorry but I can't call them a band) One guy played a little guitar and the other guy sang. Not a bad singer but the MP3's backups sounded like they just did a voice cancel on the original recordings. Sounded totally fake to the point I wondered why not just have the jukebox on. And thats all over down here. Real music and even arranger players are hard to find.
So please enlighten us as to the music scene in your area and why do you think its different.
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