And I have said for decades that the arranger has no future until there is no such thing as ROM styles. No fossil like us is going to buy a keyboard packed with triphop and deep house styles, and no kid is going to buy a keyboard with cha-cha’s and waltzes.

The front panel should be unlabeled, and curated ‘collections’ of styles loaded in by the salesman appropriate to the age of the customer. Remember the Rapman? A simple arranger, but only containing rap and hiphop styles. Sold like hotcakes. Arranger industry didn’t learn a damn thing…