Drum set or machine?

[jdier]

To actually be able to write good songs I feel that I should be able to somehow add drums. Would it be more worth my time and money to buy and learn to play a drum set or to buy and learn to program a drum machine?

~Clove

If your goal is to write good songs I would suggest getting a drum machine or program and programing them. Concentrate on song writing and when the time is right to cut the demo call in a real drummer.

You could spend the next 5 years learning how to play/tune/record drums. Think about how many songs you will not write during that time.