Donny,
If you have Keyboard Magazine, March 2006 issue, take a look at page 16.
Kind of on this subject, but not arranger-specific, Scott Healy wrote a small article that I found interesting titled "Think Globally, Gig Locally".
He hits on things like playing the gigs in the pre-digital stone age (150lb Fender Rhodes, Ouch!) and the abundance of work for musicians during those times.
But, he says, we are not an endangered species.
[This message has been edited by MrEd (edited 03-30-2006).]