haven't produced in a long time due to school. 
just recorded this in my bathroom.

https://soundcloud.com/munroisland/my-kind-of-woman

I started producing when this forum opened, and for me arranging songs is by far the hardest aspect of production.

I like all the individual segments of this but I can't make them fit together well!

http://soundcloud.com/munroisland/arrangement/s-7XZO8

Can anyone help me out with this? Do you have any tips for arranging tracks?

Drums (kick and snare) should hit a bit harder and be more pronounced. Mix at the drop sounds a little quiet/muddled. You may need to do some eqing below 1kHz which will clear up the mix and give more headroom for loudness. Haven't heard the original but vocals fit this version pretty well, good job overall.

I have been pulling my hair out trying to get the right balance of early and late reflections for the saw in this drop. Gotten to the point I'm not sure what I want anymore. Anyone have suggestions on how I should tweak it? Any other feedback?

https://soundcloud.com/munroisland/wip-drop/s-l5gOF

Don't be too hard on yourself man, sound design is on point and production sounds really good. The 808 sub thing could be a little louder in this though. If I were you I would work on my music theory skills rather than production technique thats an area I feel could use a bit of improvement.

Posted on Bandcamp because Soundcloud flagged me for copyright

Is there any way to avoid this? Was really disappointed when soundcloud flagged me for something I worked hard on.

Free download if anyone is interested. Feedback is welcome.

https://munroisland.bandcamp.com/

I have always understood mixing as getting the right levels on each of the tracks in a song so every element sounds balanced and not out of place. But what i don't really understand is the concept of headroom and loudness. Say a song peaks at -3dB that means theres 3dB of headroom but that song could be much louder than another one that also has 3dB of headroom. How is this possible? dB are a measure of volume and if 2 songs are both at -3dB how come one can be louder than the other. How should I go about mixing songs so that they are loud? some things I've made max out at 0dB and are quiet compared to other things I've made that max at -3dB.

Definitely like the ideas you've got going. The Mix is a lot quieter than it could be. The kick is veeery weak. try and boost the kick so it hits harder.

As for the above comment, some reverb could go a very long way towards making this feel bigger / louder.

Keep it up!

Any suggestions on making the kick hit harder? I've already put it through some parallel compression / phaser and it's hitting at -1 dB