Originally Posted by floyd jane
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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.
And creativity.

Floyd, this is excellent feedback! Life has gotten in the way but I'll try your suggestions here (and about lowering the db a couple notches on the vocals and adjusting the reverb).

Na zdrowie and thank you for your honest feedback which can only make me better!!