Help on my Mix of Christian Pop Style Song

[jbrad]

Hello. I'm another new member. I've picked up a lot of suggestions already by just reading other's reviews and looking at the topics in the forum.
My main topics that I wish you'd address on this song are:
Opinions on my midi and live sax mix and ways to make my vocal fit into the mix better instead of sounding like a capture of karaoke night. Is the vocal just overly too loud? Do I need to change effects on the vocal? Do I need to compress the vocal more...less..hide it way down in the mix?
I think my instrument tracks sound ok. What do you think?

Did I succeed in getting my mp3 to sound chunky enough?

Comment on these or on any other thing you wish that you either like or hate. I'm 56 so you won't injure my young ego!

I've come back and posted a second mix. Does the voice fit in the mix better?
I've listened to it too many times today to make a rational judgment.

[andykaz]

I'm new to recording vox myself. In the song I just posted, they were over the top so to speak. I ran compression on all of them. You have to play with your compressor for a while til you get it. That seemed to make them sit in the mix. I'm still waiting for people to bash the song, though. They might hate my mix???