Great job putting out an entire self produced album and documenting it. I wanted to bounce this opinion off you.

Its my opinion that most folks who are going to be using programmed drums would be better off with an inexpensive MIDI controller with some pads (like the one pictured in your article) vs playing them on an electronic kit unless they happen to be a very skilled drummer.

I play drums passably, but when I'm demoing up ideas I just thump them in with some pads on a MIDI controller.