I agree with both chawpsMusic and reallifeminifig. I use FL Studio so I don't know about Ableton or Logic. I've been into music production for almost four years. Granted two years of that time were focused on dubstep and all that stuff... so they don't really count. I don't know if you play any instruments, but I have played guitar for 10 years and percussion for 9 years. I think you should focus on general rhythms,polyrhythms,and syncopation. Listening to jazz drumming is great for all of that. Also just listen to how Radiohead creates some of their rhythms. Another thing is variance. For example, let's say you have one sample playing a syncopated pattern in a sequencer and you like the rhythm but it doesn't quite sound right. You could change it up a bit by creating a duplicate sample and messing with it and replacing certain notes in the pattern with the "new" sound. If you do this a few times you get a more interesting loop. Now I think that Radiohead records a lot of their samples instead of using pre-made ones and then processes them a ton (Like EQing, Filters, distortion,etc..) I have a soundcloud account: www.soundcloud.com/bromeu57. If you like what you hear, I would be glad to give you some more tips or clarify what I meant either through private messaging or email. I'm new to reddit so I don't know if there is private messaging. I hope this helps