Nah, it is effectively what you were saying. You probably don't realise it yourself at this stage, if that's your approach to production, but your advice does amount to what I said above.
You said , very clearly, to listen to other people's tracks and *copy them*. From *their* drum programming, to *their* track structure, to *their* sounds.
Y'know this probably is good advice in some ways, but not the kind of advice anyone who wants to stand out or make original music, should be taking.