I think it's fine to have lots of things going on at once, and it's OK if one part is hard to follow during a section. The important thing is that each section of the track should have ONE CLEAR THING to follow. For example in a vocal track the listener is going to focus on the vocal, and in a rock song's guitar solo they're going to focus on the guitar. In EDM you have to be careful to make something the focus for each section, as it's tempting to make all of the synths stand out equally.

As Kinesthetics said, your parts should take turns taking the front of the stage... and it's completely OK to automate the volume down on a part, simplify it, filter it, or send it further away with reverb when it's not the focus.

Thanks!  It's great to get some feedback. It's definitely halfway between trance and prog house -- I was aiming at trance originally, but I ended up with that percussive melody at the beginning that isn't really trancy, and I liked the tempo better at 129 than 134.

I was going for simple with the melodies, I've been doing that lately because my melodies used to be "so complex nobody could follow them."  Appreciate the feedback on the lead synth, I agree and I'll see what I can do with it.

Thanks again!

If you have chords, arpeggiate them. Sometimes you'll hear a melody in the arp (or just like the way the arp sounds as a melody). Or just remove some notes from the arp at random until what's left sounds good, and add some in-between notes if needed. Repeat over and over until you like it.

The EDMPROD post linked above is great too.

It really depends on the type of kick. There are three basic types of kick sounds in EDM -- at least this is how I categorize them.

1. The tonal kind, with a long tail and a clear sub note (like a distorted 808 kick)

2. The more noisy kind, covering a large frequency with no clear note (like some acoustic kicks)

3. The ones with a really strong pitch envelope, that almost sound like a "laser zap" noise (like a lot of classic drum machine kicks)

Some EDM genres use one particular type. In house and trance I've heard all three types.

Type 1 has a clear note, so you need to be aware of which note it's playing. It doesn't have to be the root note but you probably don't want a super-dissonant tone.

Type 2 usually doesn't have a recognizable note. If your ears or a tuner can't find a note, this is probably the case. In this case, it's probably not necessary to tune it. (This is why rock bands don't worry about tuning kicks).

Type 3 can have a recognizable pitch, depending on how fast the pitch envelope is. You might have to tune those too.

Melodic progressive house. Feedback is welcome.