Although it's far from a full-time thing, I'm using the Tyros4 in the studio (owned by a friend) and it's used to create demos for budding (and several seasoned) songwriters and their original material...we can do a nice backing track in about the same time it takes to play the song...generally, I either pick up the tune by ear, or the artist brings in a chord chart, and sometimes we even get a score sheet.

For nearly all the tunes I usually create a custom style or edit an existing one that is close to what will work. These demos are then sent by the artist to their respective promoters.

Also, we have done custom backing tracks (again, only needing the Tyros4) for singers who want to have a CD of themselves singing that they can share with friends and family...often it is retired performers who want to make some sort of keepsake or legacy of their former work...this is always a lot of fun, and very interesting, as the genres run the gamut from Celtic to Big Band although recently we've been doing a lot of Country tunes and older R&B songs.

We don't charge outrageous fees but try to be realistic considering the nature of our clientele.

As I always say, the Arranger Keyboard is the Swiss Army Knife of instruments...especially these later models with extensive style editing/choices and on-board midi and audio recorders, not to mention the luxury of HD storage.

Ian