You’re not missing anything; there are a lot of things I could have done much better with this song. One would have been using a different kit for the congas (but there would have been no strings) include the count-in as well as account for the space for the riff; the other could have been the time-stretching that would account for the slight accelerando in the later stages of the song. As it’s probably going to be a while before I can get back to this song, here’s a suggestion for how you can adjust the song using the BBMO to your taste:
move the Intro to Part 1
add 10 blank bars to the end of Part 1 which will allow you enough time to double-tap to end the song before it starts to loop again
delete the Intro and then replace it with the count-in and allow one bar for the introductory riff
Another possibly simpler option could be to add another bar to the beginning of the Intro and add a count-in and one bar of blank space. The BBMO should make this fairly simple,
When I have more time, I’ll update the song to include the changes.