Picking a kick drum and key

For electronic music, the kick drum is basically gonna be the base of your song. I want to know how you guys pick your kick drum samples.

Answers that make sense are appreciated :) Example:

bad -> I like to find a kick drum thats really punchy and really punches through the mix<- XXXXX bad

ok answer -> Depends on song. (please give criteria on how you know its right for a certain song)

Good example: Make sure this certain frequency xxHz is not sticking out too much, as it causes the kick drum to sound like hitting cardboard. Having a transient that is (so and so) will allow the kick to punch through the mix

As a side question how do you pick the key?

Thanks very much :)

Submitted January 22, 2017 at 12:01AM by ApostropheShy https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/5perr9/picking_a_kick_drum_and_key/?utm_source=ifttt