A guitar is an instrument
A drum set is an instrument.
A drum machine is an instrument.
And while a good one may make you sound better even the best one will sound like crap if the musician doesn’t know what he is doing.
Mike Nessing’s comment “Plus if there’s fake drums, it’s already a loser in my book” elsewhere is somewhat reactionary. For one thing, who has ears so good they can pick up on it in this day and age. For another, every sound you hear today is doctored so much there is no organic drum sound left, and finally a well sequenced drum machine is better than a bad drummer any day of the week.
The more experimental the band, the steadier you need the drums. That’s why the drummer is the most important member of Dirty Projectors, without him they’d fall over the sides.
If you think you can tell the difference between a drum machine and a drummer (and let’s be honest, most hip hop bands use both at the same time) you’re gonna hafta prove it!!!
A comment won’t do on this one Mike, if you think I’m wrong how about a post???
Oh, and drum machines have the souls of the musicians who sequence.
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