Hello,
First I'd like to mention that I don't make a living out of music. I have been playing piano on and off for a long time. I don't claim to be a good pianist but all of you guys who play arrangers seem to me like "one-handed pianists". You have developed extremely good technique with the right hand and poor with the left.

Personally, I play the piano (or organ) part with sequenced playback. This way my hands are free to play. I like the possibility to adjust the playback tracks. I achieve very melodic fill-in harmony parts.

What's more, I strongly dislike these repetitive style patterns. They make music sound even. Certainly this is not so important if you have to entertain people.

Have you tried to compose music like Mozart did? He never used arrangers, all music was in his head.

Nowadays we have powerful arrangers and workstations and music composing, recording and performing is far more easy.

Best regards,
George

[This message has been edited by George V (edited 11-18-2005).]