Need Suggestions for Composing

[Slaytesics]

Okay, so I started to compose a piece for Synth and Piano, and this is what I came up with so far

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/384308

So, what are your suggestions, and how can I make it flow better?

By the way, this is a contemporary minimalist piece, done in FL Studio
the reason I mentioned FL Studio and a minimalist piece is because I don't want romanticists or baroque period enthusiasts to go "Hey, you should add a violin" or "Don't be repetitive" and the reason I mentioned the software was so that people commenting could know what my limitations were

[Rambhutan]

Not an expert but I think you kill the pace by coming to a complete stop with the rhythm too many times.

[Valraven]

Pretty good. I've listened to it a few times. The pulse beginning at 0:45 doesn't tie in well with the strong piano beat dominant throughout the rest of the song - keep the pulse, just change the instrument playing it to a stronger, more 'woody' instrument, perhaps slow it down again. The tempo at 1:22-135 or so is far, far too fast and should be slowed down a lot as it murders the slow, emotional theme present, in my view, throughout the piece. The bit 1:40-2:05 or so is fantastic composing, but it's spoilt again by a sudden rise in tempo. The sudden cadences are excellent - in music, silence is as strong as sound.

The tempo should be kept steady as the piece is quite emotional in my view, and those sudden rises in tempo are uncalled for. Personally, I don't think the piano and the pulse blend unless the former is dominant. Extend 0:30-stop a lot, I love that bit. I think the tempo rises could be replaced with a cadence then another sequence of piano and pulse.

I quite enjoy it. Quite relaxing and steady. You can see the influence from Glass' Floe, but you've stripped it down to it's bare bones and, to be honest, by being simple and not piling instruments on top of one another, improved on it.