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All the stuff that makes a track sound good is in production and mixing techniques. Learning to make good decisions. Mastering is a technical process, literally the final half a percent that makes a great sounding track sound like a record (mostly meaning, aligning it with similar released music).
The tips here from Tarekith on mixdowns and mastering are worth a read:
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so mastering really isn't worth it for the bedroom producer?
if i'm just sticking stuff up on soundcloud i should just concentrate on a balanced sounding mix on the setup i have?
i'm mostly writing stuff on headphones, then listening back to it through my small studio monitors and a couple of different speaker setups in the house.