There are lots of musicians for whom the studio is their instrument. Arguably, everything the Beatles did post 'Revolver' wasn't even possible in a live setting

There are lots of musicians for whom the studio is their instrument. Arguably, everything the Beatles did post 'Revolver' wasn't even possible in a live setting. There's certainly something to be said for the organic interplay of live musicians, but making consumer artifacts isn't necessarily 'bad' – Warhol built his entire career on making art out of them.