Joined: 16 Aug 2008 Brazil  Karma: 2 
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EMB, people MIGHT laugh, and they'd be wrong - and if you do your job, by the end of the show, they'll have had a great time, and it won't matter at all that you used a drum machine. in fact, most people probably wouldn't care - it would sound just as good in any event. in my opinion, i can get a better, more even drum sound using a machine, because every sample was perfected already, and a single line out is easier to manage then 6 mics and a mixer and a shitload of equipment to go along with it. it's very easy to dial in the right drum tone to blend with the other elements - and once it starts thumping, people forget there is no drummer. and a drummer isn't any better at composing music then the average joe off the street. they make drum beats better then the average joe off the street, thats all. drumming IS a simple task that can, like all simple tasks, be made more complicated then it needs to be. and, in any event, my machine can handle that complicated stuff just as well.
i say this: i say there is no real way to say which band is better based on opinion and argument of talent. the only solid thing we have is numbers; and metallica has sold more records. now, depending on how you look at it, that could mean something, or it could mean nothing. it could mean that as entertainers they are superior because they entertain more people, or it could mean that they 'sold out' and didn't make music for its own sake. it could be taken either way. i'm not sure what you are asking here; i enjoy metallica more then megadeth because i am more pleased by their music, the cause of that i discern to be superior songwriting ability, superior musicanmanship, including singing and lyrical content. but that is mere opinion. if i want to present a argument based on fact, there is no fact but record sales. i am not saying that that is why i like them, i'm saying thats the only factual way to judge them on a extrapersonal level.
as for the changing of their sound, i see that as a good thing. but that is just opinion, as is my opinion that it is a good thing, because on metallicas part at least their talent and dedication remained consistent, and they avoided musical stagnation, which i believe would be a fate worse then softening to appeal to more people. and i don't personally see anything wrong with that - whether or not i would do it, i see it as justifiable.
and i don't resort to a drum machine; i choose it because i prefer the advantages it carries. it works far better for me then a real drummer. i don't have to split money with it, help it move things, help mic it, have to work around it's schedule, argue with it, cope with it's failures, share pharmaceuticals with it, teach it the new part, wait for him to learn it, it's available at any time, sounds better, more flexible, bigger memory, etc. etc...
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