i'm an amateur, i make music for fun, but i have also experienced this, and you're on the right track. take a break, step back, do something else.
also, make deliberately bad beats. terrible ones that don't follow the rules, and then play with them. bring them back from the brink. you can find some interesting things when you're not following previous patterns.
Indeed! I'm making the worst drumline ever atm and I'm feeling awesome, soon to take that trash out, then I'll start filtering ...Got any links of your work I can check out?
i'll have a look to see if i can find where i posted some of my stuff. it's been years. it might be embarrassing.
i've not felt super confident about any of my recent endeavors, nothing's really finished. i'll be sure to let you know if i find my old stuff worthy of sharing, hehe.
good luck with your terrible drumline!
Hopefully, you will share it soon... Thank you for passing by, see you again on another one :)