hey mate, pretty nice starter. track deffiniÃ*tely has potential to be big tune once finished..
i am liking the shuffling feel you have got in there. pretty funky. nice work on the hats/rides,but mids seem to be bit empty, tho. I would work on some percussions and the most important thing, track needs more beef in sub bass region,. i would try to place 1 fat sub below the kick, make the kick tad thinner, and then fit the groove bassline righht above it,. use eq, then add some compressions,. now, the energy in the bottom end seems to be bit inconsistent, you have got somehing there but this impact is not like it could be,. needs more definition and thump.
work it out and post next version :)