I sometimes have younger people come up to see what I'm doing. That watch me play and still have no idea. I tell them it's a new intelligent computer technology that follows the chords and notes that I play. That seems to make sense to them.
I presume that most people I know do not actually know what a "chord" really means. They think of music as a melody and some additional noise that can be added as you wish. No judging - it's our nature to know something and to be ignorant about something else. And it doesn't stop these people from feeling and appreciating music. My point is that with an arranger or not there always will be misunderstanding. Even when I played an acoustic piano some people thought that I used some backing. But in your case you're safe because of your singing abilities. I think in Russia you would get an extra cash and attention for being "a real American"; though not sure if moving here would be a good idea (oops, I've already put it in you head... forgive me, please!).
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