Bernie, you are my hero!

I can totally relate to how you feel about playing. I only have a Tyros4 (for now), but even just this one keyboard has me looking forward to playing everyday.

My cuppa tea has got cold many times as I tend to lose myself in a particular style, chord progression or sound I'm working with; it's really more like "playing" with...not working.

Since retirement, I am playing a lot more (at home), as now I can spend time playing the music I want, instead of tunes to show features on the keyboard.

You and I have conversed via email often, and I can really identify with your joy of playing, and I am sure your audience picks up on that feeling.

I've seen me lately these past mornings, sit down at the Tyros4, switch it on, start playing, and after a while wonder why I'm so hungry...then I realize I haven't even started breakfast yet.

For those of us who embrace arranger keyboards, we are so lucky to have such magnificent instruments available, and, also, such fine support, whether through friends, or on the many arranger-centric forums.

It truly is a helluva ride.

Ian