i agree with you that a lot of bands have become lazier relying on technology to do what 10 years ago was done by touring and playing. great acts will always come from playing live and leaving it on the stage night after night. the problem is that now many artists rely on mega-producers to make their music shine. there was a time when great bands did not need a helping hand, only a guide to help focus their art. not to mention the talentless achieving success based on nothing. the lessons of the "great rock-roll swindle" only perverted more. so long as the britney spears and good charlottes of the world keep having their puppet string spulled, the worse music will get.