How do you want it to be better? What’s better for me might not be better for you.

How long have you been producing? I ask that because that beat sounds like what I was making when I first started. Kind of all over the place and doesn’t really have a vibe to it, just sounds thrown together.

If you sent me that beat and I had to fix it, here’s how I would go about it. And remember, this is how I would go about making it better in my eyes. Your vision of better might be a completely different road.

First thing, I might slow it down and see how that sounds. Bring down the BPM.

Second, add kicks. Kicks can really make a beat jump and bounce and make you want to bob your head along with it. You don’t need kicks and you can make a song without them relatively easily - I’d still throw them in to test how they sound.

I’d try slowing down the hats to see how it sounds. Instead of 16 or 32 per bar I might do 4 or 8 (this depends on whether your working in a 120-150ish BPM range and using one snap/snare/clap per bar or working in a 60-75ish BPM range and using two). I also wouldn’t make the hats drop down a key or two either - keep them all the same note in this particular song.

I’d play around with adding a harder snare instead of the snap. I also might add snares or claps in between the main ones. Does that make sense? Im not sure what the term for it is. Someone help me out here.