Thanks for that. I know it's a cliche position but that's how I see it. I kinda hate that 'play it on piano' example cause alot people take that too literally. It doesn't have to be a piano. It could be string section...It could be a guitar etc. The point is that when you strip the song down from arrangement...it is still interesting. It doesn't necessarily 'need' an arrangement.

A song like 'I am the Walrus' by the Beatles is a good example. The artistry is in the arrangement....not in the composition. I know alot of people say that arrangement 'becomes' composition....I think that's just muddying the definitions because of the connatations associated with the word 'composition'. It's like people think it makes a certain type of artistry more legitimate so they try to apply it something where it's not appropriate.