Yeah, my bad. It's just an attitude I've had for years and its not directed at you specifically and while I will apologize for being a douche, I won't take back anything I said. I don't mean to insult you or your music cause its wrong for me to think I'm somehow better than you as a musician just because I can actually play multiple instruments. You know I respect the hell out of you, but that's just how a feel.

Sitting around composing stuff on a computer takes all the passion and emotion out of the process of creating music in my opinion though. Programming things isn't as fun to me personally, as actually "making" that music with an instrument as I've done both so I'm not just looking down on your music because I'm ignorant. Making beats on a synth, keyboard, or comp is nothing compared to getting a group of people together with instruments and finding that magic together as rhythms, beats, chords, all come together in sync. It is something that can't be described when you're jamming with a group and you find a really good groove or riff and just go with it and get lost in the moment; feeling the music you are using your own body to make flow through your body.

I just think those "techno" types of music don't push music forward and only hold it back. It just encourages people to be lazy and have computers and technology do all the work for them instead of taking the time to learn to play instruments. This is part of the problem with things like shitty rap music dominating the air waves now. But alas, this is the age we live in. People let technology do everything for them, and while technology has greatly enhanced music and continues to, at the same time it allows anyone these days to be a "musician".

And I like complex music playing on instruments because it not only challenges me as a musician to play it, but it also challenges my mind to understand it. The same 4/4 beat droning on and on puts me to sleep, and techno music, just to simply the term as I don't know what you crazy cats are calling your computer music these days, is the epitome of simplistic music and beats. The overly overly overly used boom ti, boom ti, boom ti beat should be banned from music all together. I'm not saying you or everyone in that genre does that, and I'm not oblivious to the fact that their are tons upon tons of cookie cutter shitty rock and metal bands, but it is a problem with those types of music...no thought, no passion. Hell, if you can find me something in the "electronica" genre that will change my mind I will gladly listen to it. I mean, I like the synth-y, electronic type sounds, especially when used to compliment that metal sound of guitars, bass, and drums, but usually only when played on a keyboard.

God damn, I say every time these things come up that I won't get on this kick but I find it almost irresistible. I have no right to criticize anyone elses opinions or music because it makes me look like an asshole, I am completely aware of that, but I'm sorry I just can't help but defend my standpoint on it all. You should have never said drums don't do anything for you, lol.