Adding on to a chord progression or melody?

[StanleySteamer]

Hey guys, so I am making trap beats and on my keyboard I always find it easy to play some first like a melody or a chord progression but then I can't really add anything else to it and get it to "follow" without sounding boring I suppose. I have been taking some music theory classes online which has greatly increased my skills and understanding but whenever I make something I like I can never add something else to it and make it follow along with the beat. I guess I am better trying to understand the harmony of things? Sometimes I hear beats where a melody is repeating over and over and other instruments like the bass have a progression they are following and sometimes I hear stuff that sounds very cohesive. Any advice? Thanks alot!

 

[imavs]

As far as your music is concerned who do you draw inspiration from? Might be able to answer your question in a more helpful way knowing that

 

[StanleySteamer]

I listen to alot of metroboomin and southside and murda beatz pretty much whatever is hot because i live in atlanta and I know alot of people who rap and stuff and I' m trying to be the next hot producer. I have been doing it for a while but I am getting really serious as I have been investing in more equipment and dedicating more time. With that being said I am learning alot of about chord inversions and I was just wondering if I invert chords in my chord progression and a melody is supposed to follow my chords, does my melody need to start on the original key of the chord or the bottom note of the chord i inverted? For example:

I start with my first chord Fminor and go to Cmajor, so I invert it with Fminor/C and go to Cmajor. When I write my melody should I start on C or F in the beginning based on the chord still being F but it has been inverted with C as the new root?