you bring up some good questions. i recently heard two terms"making music" and "playing music. i think "making music" is the new norm in selling equipment by manufactures. its easier to get a finished product (by throwing together a few samples and add a vocal etc. ). im not discounting the talent in doing this. but im seeing a transition here over the years. the companies make a fortune with repetitive samples styles and such to recoup their investment with equipment that makes music for you with very little input as opposed to spending years to learn a musical instrument like guitar piano horn etc. with regard to design of equipment to "make music" using computer based design .this design is merging with traditional keyboards over the years and todays equipment and the way it is used (played as a keyboard or used as a DJ machine or combo of both is the result . i agree that there should be some input from both musicians and "music makers".