I might just remind everybody that yes, this IS an arranger forum…

But it is not ‘I can barely play, so I use an arranger’ forum. The best thing about arrangers is that they can be used in a myriad ways, by players of a wide range of skill levels. As such, even if you have no use for more advanced features, sounds or discussion about improving your playing skills, you don’t have the right to demand that threads only discuss what YOU want to hear about, in a way that YOU want them discussed.

If a discussion strays off into country you aren’t interested in, too advanced, whatever, you are welcome to move on to another thread. Or bring the discussion back to what you want to talk about. Personally, I think the hoary ‘Yamaha vs. Korg vs. whoever’ is tired and done to death, whether it’s about sounds, or styles, or workflow. There are good and bad in them all, and discussing a legacy direction when modern models don’t have the same issues so much (Korg have largely got past the whole ‘jumpy fills and unrelated variations’ thing) just seems such a retread. Not to mention, as has been pointed out, what works for one player may be utterly wrong for another.

These brand arguments generally devolve down to ‘I like what I’ve got’, which is awesome… but hardly productive.

So, let’s just remember… this forum is not just for skilled players (whether pro or not). And neither is it for one finger chord amateurs who can barely play. It’s for ALL of us!