How could you construct a soundscape to layer thru or across the percussion? Meant as stepping away from drum programming, listening for key and chord possibilities initially and breaking up going over the same drum sequences (which must have its limits = anti-inspiration)
Textures, timbres, the human voice, animals, so many choices. Free yourself of the tyranny of the beat for a few days and either give your ears a complete temp rest or change up your listening inputs
Drum or percussion programming on comps seems very left brained - hyper-focused, detailed, absorption, repetitive taskscapes. Witnessed with friends, always used to think posture corroding after 14 hours. At least at work I rarely stop moving
Collaborations too again. There’s a cluster around you with Third, Wektor, Dilbert, Patty even Woops if he’s in the mood (and more of you ‘plural’) as in there’s enough good ears and potentiality to produce something greater than the sum of your parts should an appropriate match appear. Push out more as much as you can in this matter, eg forums, local, international, vocals, solid key players, solid percussionists, ie solid ingredients
If you can do what you did with a single instrument (edit forgot name), think of more varied recipes and moving away from drum programming as primary provisional anchors