I would have to say here in Dallas, TX arrangers are pretty much un heard of. In the stores about all you can find are Yamaha psr. In the few venues that have dous and solo acts, they all seem to use guitar players. A few very upscale places use pianists. On the NH home circuit, the only other arranger player that I am aware of is our own SZ member Deane. I'm sure there must be some more out there but in the NH that I have worked at, all the other entertainers are singing guitar players, Sax players with tracks, or Karaoke singers (lots of Elvis impersonators and a few Sinatra ones too) I'd love to go out and get to hear some arranger keyboardist perform around here but I haven't found anybody... I may drive all the way to Louisiana this weekend to hear Don M.

We go to Mexico every year (Mx City, Cuernavaca, Acapulco, Veracruz) It's not at all unusual to find arranger players (of all ages) performing in all sorts of venues. However, I noticed more and more Karaoke entertainers too...