People pay to clear samples the same way "real composers" pay their string section, their guitarists, their drummers and keyboardists. You guys make no sense because you don't truely understand the art of "sampling" or "composing".
Some musicians like Linkin Park use scratches(samples), MPC, Keyboards, and Live instruments. The point is, if you're really doing muisc, nomatter what you're doing, you're composing. A real musician doesn't just take a loop or a few notes off a keyboard and add a drum.
Your product's not finished until it sounds nice, full, and well arranged. You should use whatever it takes to give it that feeling. Whether that means playing an intricate bassline and drawn out piano outro on that beat you made with a sample. Or adding some scratches, guitar licks, or a dirty record effect to that all keyboard track to give it a vintage feel. No wonder you dumbasses are always ruining your dynamics with compression to give your songs "vintage and warm" feels. You could've just added some crickets chirping, a little white noise, or rain, but the fx on your keyboard are played, and you're too stubborn to sample.
Every track I've ever made I've made from beginning to end. I can play a little violin, guitar, and can outplay majority of FP on keys, but still use samples to make my "compositions" fuller. You can think that makes me less talented all you want, but in the end majority of FP's "composers" make casio sounding sh*t.
I got better chords, better transitions, better arrangements, better mixes, but since I throw in a scratch, or a breathy voice to accent my sh*t you think you're better? That's so cute.
