I'm a drummer (musician) and drummers faced a similar crisis forty years ago with the advent of drum machines. A guitarist and bassist could perform with a dru

I'm a drummer (musician) and drummers faced a similar crisis forty years ago with the advent of drum machines. A guitarist and bassist could perform with a drum machine instead of sharing their pay with a drummer. An experienced drummer was always way better then a drum machine. However, inexperienced drummers often don't keep steady time, play too loud, over complicate things. The drum machines avoided these pitfalls of using a mediocre drummer.