so it's the loss of desire to play due to the arranger(for whatever reason we think) . i've been looking a a 76 note digital piano. i've been using my pa600 as a piano and bass pedals more than its arranger features lately. it might explain some of the thinking i'm going thru. hmmmmmmmm.

Haters will be Haters .....
Music lovers will be Music lovers !!
no matter what shape or form it comes in.
An arranger kb is a IMO fantastic tool to create music
Great sounds, super styles if needed, smf player, mp3 player,
vocal harmony, sequencer, etc,.. in an all in one unit.
That said, you only have to use the on board features
needed for YOUR musical needs. I can go on but it's mothers day.

Gee Donny, just because someone doesn't agree with YOU, doesn't make them a 'Hater'. Besides, it's very difficult to agree with you on ANYTHING since your position on practically everything seems to change on a daily basis. One day you're done with arranger keyboards, next day, "I changed my mind" and the buying/returning cycle starts anew. My advice, save your opinions until you actually have one. Your desire to be the center of the universe shouldn't allow you to try to suppress of disparage any opinion that didn't emanate from you. Maybe if you stopped posting long enough to actually read what you're responding to, your posts might have some semblance of validity. Again, JMO.

chas

Haters never change, ...just sayin'..

i still love listening to others playing , its just im bored with me playing. actually about listening to music ,i take that back. im actually listening to talk radio, tv, and computer stuff more than music. so as i write this i'm thinking more of a loss of passion/ desire for music. and thats ok. it is what it is
and you are right about the arrangers , i do turn off the arranger features.in fact my setup right now is the most flexible setup i've ever had

Best wishes Deane, perhaps after a break you will have a change of heart. If not, you have had a great career. One thing is for sure, you have to have a strong desire to play music because there will be many obstacles along the way. You might even say it has to be a calling of sorts. I got to the point where I was only motivated about 50 percent of the time and that wasn't enough so I got out.

+1

lol of course how predictable....

Thank you Deane for starting this thread. I too have been losing the interest I once had in music in general. I don't spend hardly any time listening to new or old stuff and it's harder and harder to get myself up to setting down at the kb to play at all. Part of the cause may be the age factor. I'm only 76 and in fairly decent health but still as I reflect back it seems like forever ago when I retired from the Army in 92. A year after retirement I moved from Maryland to Arkansas and th opportunities for gigging disappeared so I got into other things. A couple years ago got back into the forums here and PSRTutorial and got interested in playing for seniors, so started getting my stuff together to do a gig. Then, I fell out of bed, broke 4 ribs, & got laid up in the hospital for 6 weeks. After recoving from that I got the flu and back in the hospital for a couple more weeks. So, two years later & I'm really not much closer to doing a gig and now covid 19 shuts everything down! Oh well, it'll all end soon enough & I'll be be back putting together a decent book.