Wow! Talk about deflection. Everything in my post had to do with what constitutes a PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN. I did not mention once (nor do I care) what kind of instrument they choose to use. In fact, I saw very little in your dictionary references that refuted what I said. YOUR point was very clear...if you got paid, you're a professional. I disagreed with that definition, explaining (or trying to) that that singular criteria was not enough to clearly define a 'professional'. As usual, the 'league of arranger-defenders' hastened to change it to 'OMG, he's trying to say professionals don't use Arrangers'. The truth is, MOST professionals DON'T. There are literally tens of thousands of TRUE music professionals out there; because you know TWO that use Arranger keyboards is hardly conclusive proof of whatever it is you're trying to prove. I reiterate, I never brought up the subject of arrangers or whether their use had any bearing on whether someone is a 'professional' or not. It's HOW you play, not WHAT you play, that's important. 'Entertainer' is too broad a field for me to a say if someone is a 'professional' or not, but then, this is a MUSIC forum so I tend to base my judgments on someone's music skills. A lion tamer, a bull rider, an alligator wrestler; they're all entertainers. I guess you could say, if they don't get themselves killed, they're professionals. My whole point was, just because you get paid a fee doesn't NECESSARILY make you a professional. That was my ONLY point. I stand by it.

chas