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quoted 7 lines You can use one sound from someone else's record, or

>>You can use one sound from someone else's record, or >>you can use a complete phrase. If you do so, then repeat it a hundred >times >and add >>some drums or some lyrics or whatever, you may be a good sampler, but >your >>not >an >>artist, since you haven't really created something of your own.

Design your own keyboards, then, do you?

quoted 2 lines now we have evidence to support all the hype

>>now we have evidence to support all the hype >I can't believe that Prodigy is that good???

That Is Irrelevant ... You Will Be Assimilated ...

quoted 4 lines Lastly, is there anyone else on the list (other than the Black Dog

>> Lastly, is there anyone else on the list (other than the Black Dog >> gentleman) who makes IDM themselves ? I ask because I think that for >> better or worse, this definitely changes your perception of a lot of >> music that's around now - I'd be interested to hear your view.

It's not even so much being a "musician" that changes one's perception as much as just being involved in the industry to any degree. In either case, though, listening to music becomes research rather than simply entertainment. Like Jon, it has raised my overall standards, but it has actually widened my horizons a bit so that I do appreciate the merit in forms that I might otherwise ignore. Is it music ... or is it marketing? --Seofon