Hello, "Charlie Fogle"...

"Turn other tracks down just a bit rather than raising volumes." That makes a whole lotta sense to me. In the wake of reading your advice, I realize now that I was pitting one track's volume against the other:

"I'm the piano! I got 88 keys, and I have a right to be heard above all else!"
"Oh, yeah? Well, I'm the acoustic bass, bub, and if you can't hear me, you're lost!!!" And so on...

Okay. The vocal is king (or, queen, depending on the singer's sex!) I think what complicated things for me on this song is that it was the first time I worked with a vocal track, and it seemed to diminish the volume of the instrumental tracks.

I will go to YouTube and check out Mr. Wills' videos. Afterwards, if I have any questions, may I come back here to the forum and consult with you?

Thank you very much for the time you took to listen to the song and post such comprehensive notes for me.

Sincerely,

"bluage"

"Music is what feelings sound like."-- borrowed from a Cakewalk Music Creator forum member, "Mamabear".