Thanks for the kind words! As I've discussed in past chats regarding structure, there is no defining necessity for any break, build-up or drop depending on the intended outcome of the track. This does not mean there is any reason to not have them, rather, it is a great test of all the ideas and cohesion of the elements of a track to not require any of these things to begin with. Try to hold the tension with smaller, less obvious touches first. My suggestion is to focus on the inherent groove and touches of melody over the course of 5 or 6 minutes to make the track interesting by itself without the need for any of these usual suspects. Then, when you do want a build or drop etc it will have even more impact because you've got the energy just right in the whole track - and the more pronounced elements will not feel forced, obvious or obligatory.
Sometimes it's fun to loop 128 bars or so and enjoy noodling/overdubbing with some return fx, or just with cutoff and release of your synths for example. Utilise midi control to the max and group similar sounds etc, messing around with just the mute function on different elements will give you a good feel of how energy can shift in your tracks just by playing around. You might even end with something much more epic this way. Happy Music making...
