I presume that most people I know do not actually know what a "chord" really means. They think of music as a melody and some additional noise that can be added as you wish. No judging - it's our nature to know something and to be ignorant about something else. And it doesn't stop these people from feeling and appreciating music. My point is that with an arranger or not there always will be misunderstanding. Even when I played an acoustic piano some people thought that I used some backing. But in your case you're safe because of your singing abilities. I think in Russia you would get an extra cash and attention for being "a real American"; though not sure if moving here would be a good idea (oops, I've already put it in you head... forgive me, please!).

The ones that remember the old "toy" arrangers are old people like me. Do they still even make them?

Its not the arranger mechanic...

Its the content that chases them away..

Makes me wonder why yamaha only keeps adding 20th century music styles..

If they created a workstation with arranger capability where young people could create their own styles from audio loops and midi files.. it would sell big big big time....

You absolutely nail it. I have been saying for a long time that a workstation with arranger features ( which really cost nothing as it is just the addition of software features ) is the way to go. Maybe they may require a button overlay when in arranger mode to show what buttons actually do when in that mode.

A Korg Kronos, Roland Fantom or Yamaha Motif with arranger capability would be awesome.

I presume that most people I know do not actually know what a "chord" really means. They think of music as a melody and some additional noise that can be added as you wish. No judging - it's our nature to know something and to be ignorant about something else. And it doesn't stop these people from feeling and appreciating music. My point is that with an arranger or not there always will be misunderstanding. Even when I played an acoustic piano some people thought that I used some backing. But in your case you're safe because of your singing abilities. I think in Russia you would get an extra cash and attention for being "a real American"; though not sure if moving here would be a good idea (oops, I've already put it in you head... forgive me, please!).

STEVE you can make your own styles if you are creative enough . sequencer and looper are basicly the same basic idea 'you can add voices in the loop technic which is uniq in the looper ,byt thats is.

STEVE you can make your own styles if you are creative enough . sequencer and looper are basicly the same basic idea 'you can add voices in the loop technic which is uniq in the looper ,byt thats is.