JudgeX

Standards? Whaaaat?

Learn to play jazz flute like a pro. Count the hours it took.

Now learn to play jazz drums like a pro. See how it took you under 1/10th the time?

Ehh, no, not really, thorned. If you propose that "anyone" can sing, you've obviously not watched a single episode of American Idol.

Singing properly is being able to hit a respectable range of notes and do it in tune... which, can take a really, really long time to learn. Even singing the simplest of songs properly can be challenging. Just think about how many people DESTROY the US National Anthem, and the number of times you've been apalled by someone's awful singing. How many times has awful drumming stricken you? Ah... now we see.

However, the VAST majority of songs that include a drum can be played by just about anyone with practice.

While outstanding uses of the drum can be impressive (some death metal songs require feats of extreme stamina to complete on the drum), my point is, if you are throwing together the average band, your guitarist and vocalist need to have a good sound and style to them, while if you're short on a drummer, you can teach even a non-drummer the beats for most of your songs, assuming you aren't specifically a drum-band/death metal band.

Meh, not so interested.

Looking forward to this

If this lawsuit results in Activision being forced to pay the 5 million dollars, all parties involved are stupid.

Activision: Stupid for not having a good lawyer...
Plaintiff: Stupid for suing over a software bug that's being "patched"
Class Action Peeps: For signing onto a witch-hunt against a game development company that has been nothing but noble for 20+ years.

Drums are probably the easiest instrument commonly used.