Over the past ten years or so, electric organ sales have slumped to all time low. Yet the arranger keyboard market continues to flourish, especially with keyboards such as the Yamaha Tyros, Korg PA-1X and the Roland G70. In my opinion, the organ is much more playable as a live instrument, and using bass pedals, you can play the organ without any drum machine or automatic chords and get a fantastic sound.

The keyboard on the other hand would sound thin, definitely lacking without auto chord/bass. Of course, arranger keyboards are considerably cheaper than new organs and take up less room. This has created a new generation of keyboard players, some of which could never afford the hefty cost of an organ.

My interpretation of a Claude Dupras arrangement of Midnight Blue from the album "Interface FX-1". Played on the Yamaha FX-20, audio output directly to CD recorder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZRTnMDx8pg&hl=en

This is me playing my own version of The Phantom of the Opera. I'm always into the game after not playing for 5 years. I play could not afford a Yamaha Electone EL700 (that 900). try to ignore the error is still a little rusty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfqeUbDKpQw&hl=en