anyone?

I understand that some of it has to do with the mastering for the final product, and that certain genres have different requirements that make the genre what it is.

For example, madeon's track seems to be focused heavily on its high end. I'm not a huge fan of this kind of mixing as it can be ear piercing sometimes. https://soundcloud.com/madeon/pay-no-mind

But, for my tracks I tend to lack it most of the time. This downtempo loop was rendered at -6db with nothing on the master channel. With each sound I mostly cut frequencies that interfered with eachother and/or was peaking. https://instaud.io/hNu

Is there anything that I'm missing here?

Bass flow is good. Never really a fan of that main bass  you got there.

Like Nala said, with proper moderation and rules that prohibit self-promotion and spamming and all that good stuff, it can be a really valuable asset to a forum-based community.

That's why I suggested #edmproduction

It's already well regulated, no point in making a new one if no one will stay.

There is like, no dynamic range in your main part of the track at all. I would also change those drum samples to a more... suitable sound for this style of sound.

Agreed! This is such a good resource, but read it slowly because it is a TON of information to take in, it goes very in detail. Very much worth the read, though.

Seamlessr's synth tutorials on youtube really break down everything for a new user.

Seriously, just build one yourself. Laptops are only good for if you are frequently somewhere else.