I’m often tempted to get an entry-level arranger as something refreshing, to focus more on the fun, creativity; basically I have too many instruments and computers for such limited space; I’ve got only a sofa for myself, so I have to walk 3.5 hours a day outside just to get enough space for my thoughts :-) well, it’s not really connected, but still…

But I feel that my manner of playing the PSR it still rather intense and doesn’t seem to become more restrained; buying a keyboard from me would be like buying a car which was used as a taxi :-) . Perhaps I get tired of that intensity rather quickly myself. Mostly I prefer to play my guitar, although I don’t feel confident while doing that.

Playing just some piano music now feels to me as rather intense as well. I consider piano as a very effective instrument which is too easy to overuse.

Perhaps, an entry level instrument can be a good balance.

There’s quite a strong competition in this area between Casio and Yamaha, so they both have to offer quite a lot for this price.

Well, people buy and sell things today rather easily, so it’s not like a big commitment. I’m just too lazy to do it; so far it is like “you are with me forever”, which could be considered as hoarding.

Gary, quite an interesting stuff. Indeed, books are “the more the better”, sometimes “words for the sake of words”, which is not always good for other genres.

I tried to find something about Samsung making arrangers in the past, so far no luck. But, I guess, it’s not the point.

Certainly, some upgrades are not justified. There’s also something which we lose with each change.

Even when it comes to songwriting, the truth is that any of existing arranger keyboards can only produce sound good enough for a demo recording. If you are lucky to sell a song to a big artist, the final track will be done with completely different means. It also seems that the most crucial part of a song today is actually lyrics, which doesn’t involve any equipment at all (just some craziness :-) ).

And entertainers rely more on their singing abilities. After all, it is quite a subtle area…