It's really makes difference for whom the show was perform (after all it's not a video demo, it's just recorder presentation).

But still when You compare show performed by Michel Voncken, and this video here, they are miles away.

Anyway, both Michel and Bert (along with some others like Thomas Berlin) really makes excellent presentations (at least in form of video-demo), and everyone who looked at some of their presentations immediately had this feeling: "I got to have this keyboard, it's fantastic".

I listened for the second time. He was dong a demo for Tyros 2, and he was entertaining, my view and one of the best parts --- After the intro there was no let down, he played with the same feel and just as exciting. A thing to envy for most.

He does know the instrument, his playing is great and he puts on an act all at the same time. Does it get better?

John C.

Hmmmm.... Let's think about this for a minute.

Sooo... The majority of arrangers are bought by 'home' users, who can barely play at all... you can set them up so they do large sections of the music without you playing anything at all, and there are even some areas of the world where an arranger is KNOWN as a 'plays by itself' keyboard. Competent players are very few and far between, most are just hobbyist without the skill to play a 'normal' keyboard. (that IS what the presentation was aimed at, wasn't it, Ian? )

And then some of you wonder why the arranger gets NO RESPECT?

Why should it?

Maybe we should all just concentrate on US getting the respect, not our instrument of choice. And that doesn't come from pantomiming playing or dancing around while the keyboard takes over (and probably sounds better for being on it's own!)

You can either be a part of the problem, or you can be a part of the solution. It's up to you... Gentlemen, 'Start your Hannon's'

Yes.