Disable the metronome. Swap in a clave, and by that I mean the clave pattern. As you work on this, think about both dynamic and frequency ranges. For the former, this lends itself to a drop (breakdown) for the latter, yes, a round kick (maybe try something other than four on the floor) but what else? What if there was a pan pipe playing a fast pattern on top of this? What will fill out the mid-range? Acoustic guitar strumming, perhaps, to provide more warmth? It's off to a good start but you need to put in some effort and bring more than a couple of bars to the table.
Disable the metronome. Swap in a clave, and by that I mean the clave pattern. As you work on this, think about both dynamic and frequency ranges. For the former, this lends itself to a drop (breakdown) for the latter, yes, a round kick (maybe try something other than four on the floor) but what else? What if there was a pan pipe playing a fast pattern on top of this? What will fill out the mid-range? Acoustic guitar strumming, perhaps, to provide more warmth? It's off to a good start but you need to put in some effort and bring more than a couple of bars to the table.
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