alan!! happy new year to u too!
i like the atmosphere in this a lot. the guitar in the breakdown is really pretty. is that from a library? the main thing i'd suggest, and you might be doing this already, is to not worry about DJ intro (0:14 to 1:15) too much yet. you have a lot of good things going on melodically in the breakdown - i would work on beefing that up and adding more ambience and layers to it, as well as figuring out the drop/climax of the song. once the core idea of the song is fleshed out, the DJ intro will come pretty naturally at the end of the process.
unless that section IS the drop, in which case, i would maybe add some more melodic elements to it to give it more interest. this is a really nice start, cant wait to see where you take it!!
