slowly learning to use jackbeat and lmms, I've found the former to be great for sequencing drums and the latter for synth samples. Lmms is cluttered and lacks some options, but hopefully using both these tools I can put something together soon. My last song "Comfort Zone"  was made entirely in Jackbeat, but Lmms gives me the freedom to put my midi controller to use, something I never thought possible on linux mint.