Hi Stephen: Yes, I suppose it took finally showing a picture of it in use from the audience pov perspective, to finally convince you guys how non-distracting the MusicPad really looks. Unlike traditional music books onstage, including having to manually flip thru pages of a bulky binder (now THAT'S distracting ), or even a traditional laptop PC's 'folding screen' which draws attention to itself as a 'computing' device more suitable for the office environment, the MusicPad Pro blends quietly into the background. Because you can operate it remotely (via footpedal) the audience generally takes no notice of its presence whatsoever. - Scott