Interesting post, Larry.

In my modest view I see two dimensions in this post.
A. the dimension of the PLAYER and
B. the dimension of the LISTENER.
Starting with the dimension of the LISTENER: she/he and nobody else definites the appreciating of a musicpiece. In this digitally subject one listen to it mostly via the speakers of via a soundsystem. It could be a CD, DVD, Radio or in our case a keyboard-sound-system. In fact he has nothing more to do than listening (and enjoy, I hope ).
Looking at the dimensions of the PLAYER: he can choose what 'instrument' he wants to play. A 'analog' piano, flute, drums, guitar. In this situation the player can only 'build' on his own skills to produce an acceptable standard in trying to enjoy the listener. If the player whishes he could choose to play not solo, but in a band. The reason? More instruments could make the song more attractive for other/certain listeners (they hope/expect). But in this case (with 'analoge' or 'unplugged' instruments) the point is still, they can only rely on their quality of playingskills.

Wow, this goes deep, hope you can (or want to) follow ?
However, we live in the digital century. The 'conventional musicinstruments' has got brothers and sisters. Computermusic, disco-music, synthesizers and keyboards. All 'sampled' and digitalized. You press a key and the buildin synthesizer produces all you want to hear (like sounds in 'conventional instruments' or even like 'human voices').
And now we have keyboards. Technology is still evoluating: we (I) follow; KN800 till KN8000? Who knows where it ends?

BUT: as I said that in case of an 'conventional instrument' (eg. guitar) you need to have good playingskills to make it enjoyable for certain listeners (It's only you and the guitar). When however one 'playes the keyboard', other skills could accomplish or made perfect the performance (for the players' own feelings, the listener judges himself!). These skills are how to use those features in that 'electronic monster'.

My point: the player makes the choice what instrument he wants and how he uses that instrument. It has a awsome amount of features build in. You can choose if you use them or not.

And related to 'Easy Recorded'? As I said, it doesn't matter for me, as a LISTENER, how that songs was composed. That was the choice of the player. As a LISTENER I only 'have to enjoy'. As a PLAYER I like to know sometimes if it is 'live' played, only with the reason to 'know' if it could be done by an 'human being' on this keyboard in a 'live' situation; this knowledge could help me 'to imitate' or 'to learn from' or 'to analyse' the song and to develop my playing- AND keyboard-user-skills.

And I suppose this is just the reason for my small 'preference' for 'Easy Recorded Songs'.

Pfff, End,
best greetings,
Cees