Yea! Ive made major strides since ive been forced to practice on my pad only,been working alot more my rudiments,increased the speed of my singles and doubles etc....

I prefer to think of "interdependence" as opposed to "independence." I fear that eventually this leads to a brick wall, but for now, I have not had any problems. When working with tougher combonations of rhythms, I think of the connections between the rhythms, approaching the idea as just one rhythm. In many cases, this reduces something rather complex to a much simpler rhythm. Then, by practicing this- slowly of course- I eventually develop enough comfort with the whole thing that everything feels automatic.

Example of dotted eigths- perhaps Elvis' teddy bear
16th - perhaps Toto's Rosanna ?