Originally Posted by Dewey_MI
Floyd, thanks for listening and the feedback. I'm sure there are lots of details in the process of getting my vocals and band in the same space. But I'll ask anyways...do you have a recommendation on how to accomplish this? I feel this is an issue with a lot of my mixes but I have no idea what I'm doing to be honest with you.

Dewey

(Opinion - they are all subjective).

"Vocals in a different space" is not a big deal (typically). You are actually "close".

Often when a single element (in this case the vocal) "sticks out" (that is an exaggeration), it is because the Mixing Guy is keying on that element. I would guess, as a songwriter (first), the lyric (therefore vocal) is what you are "keying on" so you naturally have a tendency to keep that "the focus".
That typically means it's simple "too loud" (again "loud" is relative - and an exaggeration).
I'd start by lowering the vocal by 2 dB (that's a guess - 1 or 3 or 1.5 might be the right amount). That might be all you need. Like I said, you are close.
Then a bit more reverb (not Crazy reverb) and (perhaps) a touch of delay on the vocal would get it "in the mix".
The focus-thing happens a lot with guitar players when they first start mixing. The guitar are King!
It's just a matter of training your ears to recognize when you might be doing that.
Having a reference track can help (and be VERY surprising). Pick a song similar to what you want Your Sound to be and load a copy in your DAW. Solo every so often and compare to Your Mix. The first time I did that was with a Garth Brooks track. I could not believe how Buried and Muffled his vocals sounded compared to what I was mixing. Which meant that My Vocal was too bright and too up-front. So I experimented from there.
The realization is the most important part.
The rest is practice.
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