Interestingly, even in music schools there is a kind of snobbery from composers that performers are lesser musicians That is, if you are world class pianist an

Interestingly, even in music schools there is a kind of snobbery from composers that performers are lesser musicians That is, if you are world class pianist and tour the world playing classical music, you are still lesser than a composer who creates their own works. Is an actor not an artist because they didn’t write the lines and aren’t directing the scene? Interpretation is art. Performing is art. That includes DJing at some level, because at the end of the day we are all using the medium of music to express ourselves and bring that experience to others, regardless of who wrote the notes on the page or put the track on vinyl