9: Super Grooves.

To improve your groove creation skills you might try the following exercise.
Many people start a track with the basic staple elements, Kick, bass then hats and main riff or percussion.
To make a real killer groove, don’t use a kick or any hats to begin with.
Try building a groove that rocks within the 4x4 environment, but stands on it’s own without kick and offbeat hats.
Once you’ve done this it is more than likely that when you add the kick and the hats this groove will lock so tight you’ll cream your pants.