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Ok, there's a few things already been mentioned but I will recap.
Vary your instrumentation - download some plugins and samples. This will give your track life, providing a thicker and more organic timbre. Fruityloops supports VST plugins so find some. I use Reason3 by itself (ie no Rewire) so I couldn't recommend particular plugins but I'd have a browse if I was you. Maybe you can get some 'free' ones from people on this board. Also get some new samples. You pretty much know what you're doing with respect to arrangement, but you're drastically limited by lack of instrumentation. Another bonus to using different instrumentation for different parts is that you'll get better separation and be able to tell which melodies are which rather than those melodies overlapping each other and just sounding twice as loud. A downside to using the same instruments over and over in the same track is that at some point these instruments may phase (cancel each other out,) which means that they may disappear.
Add effects - delay, reverb, phase, chorus, distortion etc. If you do this, it will give your track a greater perception of depth. Try it and you will see what I mean.
Learn about EQ, mixing and compression. These are mastering tools/techniques which will make your track sound a lot more professional. It can be somewhat trial and error if you're not being taught professionally, but keep at it. In fact - read everything! Including the manuals & tutorials provided here on TA.
Apply a little bit of this or that and listen to the difference between the new and original sounds. Flick between enabling and bypassing the effects you have applied to tell the difference and to see if you like the result. Add things in bits and don't be afraid to try new things that aren't 'in the book.'
You remind me of what I was like a few years ago. Purely self motivated, learning off my own back. You'll get there mate - good luck.
Cheers
-K
PS... Go! 
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