I'd rather have real drums on my recordings, demo and other wise, just like I'd prefer to have them when performing.

Not always practical or available. We always program our drums, percussion, synths, strings, whatever.

Drum loops were being used on recordings long before everyone and his grandmother had a triton and protools in his bedroom studio.

I've also wasted a lot of money in the studio with drummers who were OK on stage but couldn't play with a click to save their life. On the other hand, I have a rolodex full of phone numbers for players who support top local and touring acts. Guess what? I can't afford any of them. Someday I may today I can't.

We do what we do out of neccesity.

So, we program as much as we can and play live instruments over the top. We do it whether recording or performing.

We have the choice of programming as much as we can, or doing nothing.

Doing nothing is not an option.

I want to clarify what I mean by programming on a workstation. We're not pushing dots around on a cumputer screen. We press record on a workstation and play the parts in real time. Nothing comes off a machine that we can't play live, but for the fact that there are only two of us and two guys can't play a half dozen instruments at once.

[This message has been edited by cozmicslop (edited 03-16-2005).]

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