I'd agree with you on the scratching,
but most DJing appears to be about blending existing music and samples rather than creating new music as such.

There is a grey area where a remix arguably transcends the original and becomes a piece of music created in its own right in the same way that a cover version can, but I imagine that's more produced in the studio rather than on decks.
(The man with the flan swashed his buckle on, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 20:27, 1 reply)

Bands such as Portishead could not make music without decks and samplers.
And when they released Dummy there was nobody that sounded like that- original, beguiling and soulful music.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Mon 3 Jan 2011, 20:31, closed)

I rest my case.

( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Thu 6 Jan 2011, 0:03, closed)