Basically the way I go about doing drum tracks from scratch is to first get a visual idea of what the song looks like on paper. In other words, divide the song up into:
Intro/Verse 1/Verse 2/Chorus/Verse 3/Chorus/Bridge/Chorus/Repeat
I started doing this last night, as a matter of fact. I also started placing markers in Sonar, to divide the sections as well.
think like a drummer so that it sounds like a real player with only two hands.
All this is kinda dependant on knowing how to play drums to a certain extent tho.
That's where the problem is. The drums is one thing I've never been able to get a grasp of. I think I'll get the hang of it the more I play with it and get used to it. Like I said before, I'm still fairly new to midi, and very new to Battery, so it's all a learning experience for me. I guess I'm eventually going to have to get a midi keyboard, because I despise dragging out each note/hit/whatever.
Thanks for the advice!