you know. when some writers decided to cut pieces of text and arrange them sort of randomly, like William S. Burroughs, many people failed to see that as proper writing. the fact you pick pieces of audio and then arrange them, edit them, use extensive automation and such methods to accomplish your vision, doesn't make you any less a musician then a keyboardist. many people talked down to hip hop producers back then, because they heavily relied on samples instead of playing instruments themselves, but sampling is know regarded as a valid and pretty standard method for anyone making music. so...
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