I thought this would be a good place to insert Diki's remark from the "What about the bad economy?" thread as a postscript to what he said here:

"But maybe this (bad economy) could be a good thing... Just imagine how much better as a PLAYER he could get if he wasn't counting on the arranger to make any improvements for him. Imagine how much better as a player he will get by practicing rather than just working out the technical details and talking endlessly about what the NEXT über-expensive arranger is going to do for HIM..."

And now you know why I still play a 10 year old Roland!

Lucky