Oh god, thanks for the replies guys.
And wow timaeus that must have taken quite some time to write/analyze. Thanks a lot for taking your time to go in such details.
DRUMS
That shouldn't be too hard to work on (hopefully ^^). Indeed i didnt really dig them much yet and will obviously have to.
SYNTHS
That one is going to be tricky, i'm pretty much a beginner. The way i approached this is searching for presets i like in the VSTs i own, and tweaking them to my tastes. I'm not really good at creating a sound from scratch yet. But that's definitely something i'll keep an eye for in the future. Guess i'm in for some heavy tutorial reading/watching !
STRUCTURE
I'm going to set a structure from the start so i can have objectives to hold on to and try to keep close to it while also try to find more free interpretation of the base melody.
For the conservative point, it's an issue i'm aware of. The thing is I usually love the base source and try to keep it's "soul" and usually that ends up in me not going far enough with the melody and arrangement. But i'm working on it
Thanks again everyone.
Back to work !