Hi Guys,

first and foremost thank you kindly for your comments, much appreciated. Paul, I agree that most folks these days cannot be bothered anymore. The vehement discussions about gear ( which arranger is better than the other etc.etc. ) has all but died down both due to the fact that all top arrangers these days are excellent and rather a matter of preference than of quality and due to the fact as well that many here have moved over to the Facebook Arranger group. (me, I am a member of both).
Posting songs and asking for feedback generally leads to comments in the vain of " well done, thanks for posting, nice song,etc. ". Often I have read comments of qualified musicians praising folks whose performance are below par , to put it mildly.
As such I am more than grateful for Diki's extensive comments.

I do notice that both him and Paul are professional entertainers to the best of my knowledge, whereas yours truly at the age of 69 has rarely performed in public, considering myself an amateur home musician. Jack of all trades and master of none, I dabble in guitar playing, arranger keyboard and more recently some piano playing. ( see my youtube videos of which there are many).
Keyboard wise I have progressed from Roland ( in the 1990ties) to KORG (ever since 2002) to Ketron , more recently. Due to health issues I do not get down to playing half as much as I would like to as well as the fact that I have altered my preferences from arranger to piano and ac. guitar. Anyway this new video of mine is on the Ketron, and so are your comments.
As to the guitar SOUNDS of the ketron I have no complaints. Yes the acoustic guitars on the Yammies are better, yes the electric guitars on the Roland may be better but overall I thik all sounds on the Ketron vary from good to excellent.

As to my guitar playing (right hand) on the ketron, that is debatable though nothing to upset the average listener I think.
While I appreciate your comments on the choice of style,etc. I tend to disagree here, but then we are getting down to the nitty gritty of using ARRANGER keyboards. I included a link to the original of Dutch Artist Rob de Nijs and Diki quite rightly pointed out that my style is different, and in his view less correct of less appealing. For those of you who are familiar with my music and views on arranger keyboards ( see my youtube page) you will know that I set little or no store by SONGSTYLES nor by reproducing a popsong in its original setting. That is a job for cover bands ( to please their audiences) and the arranger keyboard player is basically a one-man cover band imho.

Playing a recording songs at home it does not add much to e.g. play Jailhouse Rock with the all but identical songstyle , adding my singing. Hence I generally go for an arrangement that differs from the original as much as poosible. Not necessarily but if I can I will. A good example would be "Rollercoaster " by Dutch singer Danny Vera. Check it out please on youtube and then check out my version and you will know exactly what I mean.

Thanks again,

John

P.S. Come on Bernie you can do better than that