Hi King. I agree with ditching the Shure for vocals. Aside from a nice Dire Straits over-verbed vocal, the combination lacks clarity. This is the techno-bull way of saying that I can't understand a word you're saying most of the time! Get a condenser mic and back off on the vox effects. I like the lead guitar on the first track, but it sounds very compressed to me. Try mixing the rythym guitar down and boost both the gain on the lead and a little midrange EQ boost (I said a little) might add some sparkle. And please use humans for drummers-Richie