>that's all fine and good, and i even relate to an extent, but
>just realize that you're shorting yourself sampling heavily
>from current artists *and* you're going to have a hard time
>getting respect from your peers doing it. if you don't care
>then i don't either; do you.

Like I've said before, sampling is easier (in some ways) to do than constructing a sound from a synthesizer or a traditional instrument.

I am more prepared - immediately - to sample than I am to go buy a _________________ and spend months/years trying to learn how to get it to do the things that I want it to. So, I sample.

If you're giving lessons, I'm starving for them.