Thanks etnarama ... Good advice about not following rules - I sat down tonight and decided to do something different.
I am experimenting right now with some ideas - broke a drum break into single hits using Kontakt and then started playing with weird MIDI effects & timings.
Right now I'm getting some pretty insane sounds using MIDI inserts (echo/arpeggiator) triggering the various hits with mad timings and velocities. :cheese:
Nice one, I will keep experimenting - maybe I just needed to try something different! :)