Thanks man the positive feedback is always good to hear the song is appreciated! Yes Chuck is a big influence of mine! The drums are mix between live and samples from AD, the kick is my own tasty receipe! I always have problems with the bass and the vox though is there any eq tips for this or comp. or special plugins? Thanks man!
With the bass and vox, those are tough ones to get to sound good. You can have a bass track that sounds killer when solo'd, but disappears in the mix. I can offer some advice, but keep in mind, I'm not an expert like Andy. I'm just a non-pro guy doing his best.
With bass, sometimes a compressor can help smooth out the track and give a more consistent attack, so you can turn it up in the mix a bit without getting any extra loud peaks, but don't overdo it. Music these days it too overcompressed as it is. Also, a little EQ can go a long way. You can usually high-pass the bass without any ill effects, somewhere around 40-50Hz. This can sometimes free up some sonic energy to get the bass up in the mix too. And sometimes a little boost in the mids won't really help the sound when solo'd, but in the mix it will make it jump a little more. This all depends on the characteristics of your bass and guitar sounds.
And vocals, they are a lot more difficult. The compressor can sometimes help vocals in the same way as the bass, but I find it more helpful to just manually level out different sections and types of delivery to get them close to the same level. I like old school stuff where they use a nice reverb along with some delay and stuff, but the modern sound is a lot more dry. This all depends on what you're going for. For vocals, getting a quality take to begin with seems to be one of the biggest keys to a good end result.
I don't mix a lot of vocals. I've been in two bands and recorded our albums and got to work on stuff with vocals then, and a couple of random projects since then, but my solo stuff is all instrumental, so my experience with vocals is somewhat limited.
In my last band, I recorded my vocalist in my closet-turned treated vocal booth which actually worked rather well, suprisingly. I used an MXL condensor running into a Behringer tube preamp, and into my Layla 3G. The MXL and the Behringer aren't the best things money can buy, not by a long shot, but they are still quite good, and I actually got some outstanding tracks that took next to nothing to fit into a mix.
Keep working on your vocal tracks until you feel like they work, and if you can't seem to get them sounding right, it might be time to go back to the drawing board and re-evaluate how you record them. Sometimes starting over on a project, or a particular element is a good thing.
Your stuff sounds quite good already though, so it's a matter of incremental improvements at this point. Good luck.
