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Even if you listen to Evolve's music, you still might miss some of the issues he's bringing light to, simply because there's a distinct difference between your production decisions - their artistic intent and overall aesthetic - and his. That said, I don't think he's entirely off base.
If you're looking to hear specifics on what he's talking about, I'd start by listening to the clips in his thread. In the various iterations of his track, you can hear how the instruments scale in relation to one another, mix-wise. In general, he demonstrates a focus on clarity and depth that's difficult for a lot of producers (like myself) to achieve. Those are a couple of things missing from yours.
On "The Siren's Call", for instance, your lead is so prominent that it crowds out a lot of other things going on, behind it. There is bass, in the 60-300 Hz range that seems way too apparent on the decay of its higher frequencies. The overall volume, not taking the low-end into consideration, seems to be twice as loud (3 dB higher) than it really needs to be. If you have that track compressed, it's keeping the sound in longer, at a higher volume, than is necessary to achieve the affect I think you're trying to achieve.
"Powerplay" - the mix is just really, really loud - to the point where you're losing a lot of dynamics in the over-all sound-scape. I already had the volume turned down on the sound-cloud player, and it was still so loud, I had to turn it down, even further and then turn down my volume on the computer I was using. It sounds like you compressed the master. My suggestion to you is that you find a couple of similar songs to reference, while you're mixing. Take off any master channel compression you have. Then, revise your mix (or simply do this on your next track).
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Now with extra singles!
my old stuff, not quite up to snuff - but I still dig it - UPDATED 9/23/2012
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This Feeling is Music!
(so that is still the previous mix)
