As a clinician/demonstrator for one of the major musical instrument companies, most of the tunes I played were picked because of how they showcased a particular feature of the instrument. Most of the tunes were instrumentals, although I did demo the Vocal Harmonizer feature, and also showed how it could be used as a vocoder.

Most genres were Latin, Country...well, mostly a tune or two from each style category on the arranger (if that was the instrument I was demoing...I also did synths and pianos).

My restaurant gig repertoire consisted of instrumental arrangements of standards, pop tunes, Country, Latin, Swing etc...plus requests. I'm of the belief the average listener may not always know what music they like, but they always like music they know.

I played mostly for the "common ear".

Since retiring from clinician and gigging work, I now play what I want to play...again, it's usually choice picks from Standards, Light Jazz, some interesting Pop tunes (Boz Scaggs etc), trad Country. I make some CDs for friends, and more recently I've been dabbling into video/speech Soundtracks, using some Custom FreePlay styles I've made on my Tyros4 specifically for this purpose.

My modest pension is enough that I don't need to gig, although I do take the occasional lucrative dinner music job, but overall, I must say I'm really enjoying the freedom of playing what suits me and my mood.

I'm fortunate to have the privilege of playing a beautiful vintage Hammond B-3 several times a month with a group of buddies I jam with...we play everything from Latin to Swing, and often have the occasional guest who might take us into less explored territory like Celtic music, or even Surf Rock.

But, my main love is still my Arranger Keyboard...it's my musical "buddy". There's not a day that goes by that doesn't have me playing for at least a few hours, and having a ready-made band is a wonderful convenience.

Ian