Hey Nick! Thank you for leaving such a kind and thoughtful comment. You are right that this was a new style for me and it was a challenge to not touch any acoustic/orchestral instruments. It was a lot of fun to figurw it out though! Regarding layering, I think it is often happy accidents that lead to the finished product. I often start with a very basic structure with a chord instrument, a bass, and a melody, then I think "oh this sound needs a little more buzz/richness/high register/etc" and I end up experimenting with many different sounds which can sometimes turn into something that looks complicated, but often was just trial and error until I reached the sound I wanted. I do spend a good chunk of time balancing levels and pan positioning instruments playing the same line to help it all meld together which isn't always obvious on the DAW screenshot. I've been trying to get better at writing countermelodies and melodic floirishes to add more interest so that the loop doesn't feel stagnant without detracting from the main melody. Hopefully what I did worked the way I hoped in this song. Thank you so much for listening and leaving a comment! Comments are the most helpful for improvement over scores anyway!