Hey guys,

This is the first track I've actually finished arranging, I like the harmony/melody a lot but the production is quite amateur so I would really appreciate if you guys could critique me to death on it.

Link: https://soundcloud.com/pedromtavares/sunshine-1st-draft/s-ZPItK (I couldn't embed it for some reason)

I tried using this track from Avicii as a reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFBC2vS8Ej8

I have a few things which I'm not happy with and think could be improved:
 - It gets repetitive after a while and I think one of the reasons is because the chords and melody are 4 bars long instead of 8 bars.
 - The drum fills and FX are really bad, I struggled a lot with them, especially white noise.
 - There are very few instruments (piano, pluck, crappy acoustic guitar from Live and a bassline) and no layering going on.
 - I think some pads and/or stabs could also help adding some variation.

Overall I'm happy with the arrangement and the track's vibe, but I really plan on making it better based on the feedback I get. I'm also extremely open to collaboration on it if any of you fine gentleman think it would be worth your time (I'm using Live).

Hey thanks for the feedback, sounding too mainstream is no problem for me at this moment, I think finding your own sound comes with time, and this is my first track

You seem to have already diagnosed most of your own problems. Maybe keep the chord progression short and the way it is until 1:00. Then at that point you can try extending it to 8 bars so it doesn't get so repetitive.

Thanks man, any tips on how the drum fills and/or transitions could be better? I tried filtering the piano a bit but it didn't seem to have much of an effect.