and playg a chord are two dif things fam...you may have missed the point of my post. there are still people who think playing instruments is cool, you just cant go out and learn that shit overnite...so unless u really bout it you wont do it. thats whe way it SHOULD be with DJing and 'making beats' but its not. thats partially because now there are shortcuts. like i said, musicians are respected within REAL music circles, not necessarily amongst fly by night impressionable kids