Hi, I wasnt sure whether this should go in recording or music theory so if it's in the wrong forum feel free to flame me!

My problem is im having difficulty writing a drum track for a recording im working on. I just don't know where to start! It's a pretty rhythmic track in 4/4 with a two bar repeat so i need two bars of basic drum beat to repeat with the riff that i can expand on. I have the basic beat programmed in but as im not a drummer i have no idea what embelishments to use to make it sound cool!

Here's what ive written so far in eighth notes:

I B -  -  -  S  -  -  -  I B - B - S  S  -  - I

I = Bar line
B = Bass drum
S = Snare
- = Eighth note rest

Sorry i dont know how to write real drum tab so i had to improvise! As i said before im not a drummer! This may be a bit too vague but can anyone give me some tips on what else to add?

Thanks for all your help!

some hi hats?  used like a mentronome? A crash at the beginning bar first time through and 4th....Just some ideas...would be allot easier to help if we could hear the track though...

Well, it's pretty easy, at least for me.
Just begin with a cymbal and then:
 too too paf too | too too paf too | too too paf too | too too parararara | splash too paf too.....
Something like that...
I make my own drums lines and I guess they are good.
Luck, dude!

         > Iszil

Yeah, Iszil has some really nice drum tracks. Just imagine a rhythm, and gradually build on it.

on a rock or metal rythm the basic is to use a Bass Drum on the first step of the meassure and a snare drum on the third.  Add a close hi-hat on the 2rd and 4th steps and a Crash cymbal on the first each two meassures... use  an open hi-hat to create an accent somewhere in between.

And there you go...  just let your imagination fly for some nice brakes and intro/outro. 

EDIT: I had written "bass drum on the first... and snare drum on the second" wich is wrong. Sorry, now it's fixed

Excellent drumming podcast here:
http://blog.pandora.com/archives/podcast/2006/12/drumming_techni.html