An arranger helps me get a song out of my head and into a form that others can hear. I do not write on an arranger, but I sure "arrange" on an arranger. I can quickly try different versions of a new song. A great tool.

All of the above, plus it provides about half my annual income. I never learned to read music, but I never let that interfere with my playing and singing. The arranger allows me to keep those creative juices flowing, which is one of the reasons I can still work 60 to 80-hour weeks and enjoy what I'm doing. To me, being an entertainer is just one more fun way of making a living. If I ever get to the point where it's not fun, that will likely be the day when a lot of older people are looking down at me saying "Damned, I wish I would have done that."

Cheers,

Gary

Gary,

Find something you like to do and you never have to work again.

I tell people: "Excuse me, I have to go play work."

- Brian

Gives me an excuse to hang out here.

Anxiously allows me to look forward to the next NAMM show...PA-X? Roland?
Zuki

I used to play just single instruments and my choice of songs to sing were minimal. Now I have a PSR 740 and boy, has it changed my life. I dont think I would even trade my arranger for a highly sophisticated non-arranger. It just wouldnt serve my purpose. All the claps and kudos I get for my music I owe it to my faithful 740 which has improved my presentation abilities and hey, what do yu know, it even patched up things between me and my girl when things were broken. She heard me sing and play. I was using the Vocal Harmonizer. I sang "All I have to do is dream" with Vocal Harmony and she just came and hugged me with teary eyes. With so many memories attached to my arranger, I don't think I would like to give it up for ANYTHING!!!

An arranger keyboard is my only band at the moment. I would like to play on a band, but I can not find any players that would play the same music as I do. I am 20 years old and most other young people play only techno, punk, heavy, hard rock and other music styles like that. They don´t play smooth jazz, fusion, funk and old latin like I do. So an arranger keyboard is my only friend at the moment.

Micco

Boy, what a romantic you are! Who could guess that such "western like" vibrations are flowing in distant countries like yours... With just an arranger keyboard...

-- José.

I started as an organ player, and moved on to synths in the late 70's. I too had the early Casio and Yamaha keys. I had an early Technics model in the late 80's and thought it was pretty cool. The arranger section sounded better than anything I had played to that point. I never realized how far arrangers had come though 'til about 5 years ago when I started playing a PSR530 that I saw at a Circuit City. I was instantly hooked.
Arrangers assist me in creating music of my own design, and / or playing along to current / older favorites. They also allow me to perform a host of songs live with just a guitarist / vocalist or without anyone else at all. My arrangers have allowed me to practice with a "band" at any time I want to do so, which in turn has sharpened my skills.

AJ

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