Q: How do I create a unique beat for my song? I just randomly throw out some sounds until they sound right, which takes a lot of time and it sounds bad.
A: it might be time to aquaint yourself with the time grid. Start thinking about the 4 beats in a bar. Start thinking about the 4 smaller ticks within each beat. Think about counting through the bar like "1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a". This may bring you some more awareness about what possibilities you are working with. So when you're looking for something unique and different, you'll be able to sort of shop around for different places in time to put things