Nice track.

Here is some feedback:
 - The kick + bass combination needs to be stronger. It's difficult to point out what exactly is the problem, but I think you need to work on that part since it's the foundation that will carry the track.
- The breakdown is nice. Good pads and I like the birds. Perhaps they are a bit too loud and there I miss some of elements. The birds should be a secondary effect not something in the center of attention during the first part of the breakdown.
- I really like the main riff - both melody and your choice of synth. The automation is quite good as well.
- There seems to be too much compression and/or sidechaining in the "drop" (is that a thing in trance?).
- The crash is too loud + you need to remove some resonance with EQ.

Good job overall.

I agree on both the (too) long build up and the cheesy kick. I'll change that.

I would lower the delay a bit on the arp. Or maybe add some reverb after it. It's a bit too prominent. Other than that, it's really nice.

I normally group the following and use an SSL compressor, a stereo widener and EQ on the diffrent groups to tie it all together. I still use compression, eq, pan etc. the individual elements if needed. If you do it this way you can get a really nice sound without anything but a limiter on the master channel.

1. kick + bass
2. Percusssion
3. Pads
4. Leads
5. Effects

I guess there are a million ways for getting similar results, but this works for me.

I think the eq'ing of the bass is ok.

Thank you!

The blips are from the arps of the original track that has been chopped up and added a bunch of effects on.

You can listen to it on SoundCloud here: https://soundcloud.com/martin-leblanc-eigtved/the-blizzard-made-for-you-1

Or a WAV version here: http://cl.ly/33273a151w3W

Please note that there it has not been mastered so the volume might be low.

Also don't have "normalize" checke off when you export. Try exporting to WAV to see if it's still changes the sound. Using Wav and not normalizing should give you exactly the same sound as in the DAW.

Hi Brian. Great to see you in this forum :-)

It's a great track. I prefer the non-label version as well. It just fits the vocals better.