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I don't buy the argument that a musical instrument is defined by how many accessories it requires. Particularly considering that most music made today uses all of the same items. If you make music with something then you are a musician. Whether the song incorporates material that is pre-existing is irrelevant to my thinking. (Music is one of the most incestuous of art forms is it not?)
I fail to see how sampling an old Marvin Gaye track and turning it into something brand new is less musical than covering 'Layla' note for note on a guitar.
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