What does my beat lack

[slow hazel]

ive been trying to make an beat, and theres just something i need to add to it, i dont know what, im a begginer and i dont have any 3rd party plugins

[chilly agate]

definitely sounds like a beginner beat, but it sounds like you've got the basics of your daw down! I would start to look into learning music theory a bit (your chords sounded very out of key) and mixing/eqing basics (pretty much all of your sounds are clashing here).

if you were to ask me what is purely missing in its current form, it would be sub bass, there is very little. But def work on those other aspects first!

[slow hazel]

did some work there & there, what i did is change the intro to a reverse fade in, really cool sounding in my opinion, changed simsynth pattern, and added subbass

[mossy thistle]

bro nb gonna steal your beat 😭

[slow hazel]

i do not care lol

[slow hazel]

okay, next "revision", made some changes to the drums

[frail mural]

💀

Dw the “don’t steal this beat” are just the lyrics

[chilly agate]

its still really out of key, or just clashing super hard

I want you to take your beat, and compare it to any somewhat popular artist that you like, take note of the differences

and yea, the vocal is unnecessary bro, no one wants to steal your first beat I promise