Auto-run workflow upon new folder contents

How can I have my workflow, which imports an audio file into iTunes and then deletes the original, to run automatically when I save an audio file into a specific folder?
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Unfortunately I believe this is impossible to do. I have been trying to figure out how to do this with iPhoto - have a folder set up to automatically import photos dropped in it into iPhoto. I have instructions on how to do it. I have read all the help files and tried every which way to Sunday to do this but it never works and never gives me an error. I am so frustrated now I have given up and will never try using Automator again.
Automator has to be one of the most frustrating and useless pieces of garbage software ever produced by Apple.

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