I consider my performances as "live" music because I am playing and the KB is responding to what I am playing ... If I'm not playing, the KB only sits there and collects dust ! ...
However, I still think it pales in comparison to playing with other live musicians ...
However #2, I will continue to do it because:
1) that is the way of my music career right now;
2) I LOVE doing it;
3) my audiences tell me they love it too. (As witnessed by the fact that I just got an e-mail from a venue I played for the first time last week saying they would like me there more than once a month)