I'm an arranger player myself and i used to be friends with a man who didn't understand how the fingering with the left hand worked and who also thought it was cheating because you're "Not doing anything"

He was like, you're playing chords but the machine is doing the rest, you're basically only playing with your right hand. And that of course is completely untrue.

There are people who think that an arranger isn't a real instrument because of this, and i find that sad. I ALSO find it sad that there aren't more people my age playing the arranger because they think it's for old people...

Went to the Genos demonstration last year and well yes i saw lots of grey hairs there but they were very enthousiastic for the machine, showed lots of love for it, and i think that's what matters most. I'm probably unique in the sense that i'm young ánd playing keyboards ánd not using it as a controller for FL Studio or something but i'm NOT unique in the sense that i LOVE making music, and that shouldn't matter if you're 15 or 85.

And that's why i think the arranger is misunderstood, the majority of the people that i talk to think that it's not a real instrument, like.. Sure, you can play the piano on it, but it doesn't have 88 keys. And as soon as you turn on the arranger, they see you as a fraud.. And if you use it as a controller for FL Studio or Cubase or something another they see you as "Just button pusher"

And of course the famous "My son has got one just like that" when for example a mother has a soon with a Casio CTK-471 and you're at home with a Technics KN-5000