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Yes, ideas and inspiration can come from countless sources. Samples often give me ideas. The Masters gave me years of ideas. My piano teacher would play all these obscure piano pieces. Opened my mind up to music I never knew existed. Expanded my palette of possibilities.

Ideas from others (and technical wonders) can broaden one’s creativity and more important – inspire. I compose mostly from the acoustic piano. Notating all the melodic and chordal parts. The beats/ rhythms I do from the fly, though often I have a broad idea of what I’m shooting for.

Using anything and everything that aids in our music creations is a reasonable approach. Though the term "creation" isn't really accurate in my thinking. I think composers are more arrangers, i.e., arranging all the musical elements that already exist in different ways. I reckon I wandered from the topic of using BIAB and loops in music. Kind of thinking out loud. So yeah, use whatever works – short of stealing another’s work.