says who?
personally i think knowledge is power man... and the more you have, the more power to you
the drum and bass scene says that
- listen to any tune, regardless if it was calibre or sub focus, not a single drumkit sounds anywhere near "natural" - you want them to punch through on big rigs in conjunction with other tunes, so youd be better off not wanting them to sound natural (ie, dirty, way too long, way too much reverb, low in the mix, no punch within the snare..)
and as i said, my mate is a trained drummer, and cant make drums sound any decent at all (exaggerating just a "little" bit here
). i mean, it surely wont be bad to know something about drumming, but things youd learn are mainly hand-eye coordination and playing in time, for a long time.. - but you simply dont need that when making beats on a computer. you need a basic feel for rhythm and knowledge about sound, sample usage, compression and distortion - and trained ears obviously. (which you wont get by playing drums.. unless maybe youre playing for pendulum and need to apply all technicalities to your drumming) ...
so yeah. knowledge is power, but knowledge that isnt needed just consumes time youd better have put into other things.
you could benefit more from learning how to record a drumkit, or even how to record a spoon tapped on a table.. but drumming? its like saying you will benefit from learning basic guitar chords.. which you wont!
edit: in the sense of apecat youd surely benefit, but thats like saying you will benefit from playing around with a daw.. youll always benefit from putting more time into something..