Thank you for sharing your song 🤠
3 items of feedback to you.
1) When you sing try to smile. It might sound crazy but I can hear that you are not smiling (I m a vocal coach). What it does is that your voice sounds a little bit dull in comparison to how it could sound. When you smile you open up for the top end (the high frequencies) in your voice. Try it - and try smiling a lot - you will hear the difference immediately.
2) Your track is over compressed. The compression is squashing the dynamics too much and ultimately it makes your track sound less dynamic compared to songs in the same genre.
3 The track is too hot and it is peaking above 0db. Your probably mastered it to 0db, but when Soundcloud has run it though their processes and algorithms, then it starts peaking. Ian Shepherd (master mastering engenier) says to master to -1db for that reason. (Ian Shepherd has a fantastic podcast on mastering btw - listen and pay attention to the first 10 episodes especially :-) )
You can download a trial of the plugin MAAT DR meter II. When you understand how that plugin works, then you can see for yourself problem 2 and 3.
Other than that, in my opinion your song sounds joyous and fresh. The overall sound sounds good to me and not running it so hot is an easy fix.
Keep up the good work sir 😀

Vilhelm Kruse: I fully agree with your first point. I hear it too, and this song especially needs a smile in the vocals, not only because of the frequency, but also due to the overall mood and feel.

Yes, it was compressed very hard because I tried to achieve loudness and the feeling of compression as in the reference tracks. And I went about it the wrong way. I should have done this compression on the buses in the Brauer style, but instead I did it mainly on the master. Yes, that was a mistake.

Yes, I forgot about the headroom.

Thank you very much. I will fix what I can on this mix, and I will definitely remember these tips for my next tracks.

You go bro 👊

HI Max :) this isn't really my style, but I can try to give you my opinion. I think some sound design on the main synth would be beneficial to your track. The voice perhaps a little detached from the mix, I would try with a reverb to make it sit better in the song. The idea developed well could yield more. Good work!

Vittorio Di Rocco, thank you! When you talking about soung desing, do you mean choose other sounds or make some work with those in track?
As for the voice, yes, I haven't worked much with vocal tracks lately, and I need to get some practice. I hope it's not too bad.) But I will definitely try to improve the quality of my work with vocals, this is the most important part in the mix! But Jason told, that vocal is blurred in the mix..
Thank you!

Jason Stanley, yeah it's funny about swords.) Thank you for your comment!
You are absolutely right when you talking about mic. My vocal isn't a good match to my mic or vice versa. I have a dull tembre and mic has a dull sound also, so it's a bad combination. I'm going to buy something that fits better to my voice, but little bit later, so I'm trying to work with stuff I have. I added highs in massive and reduced low-mids in q3 but yeah, it wasn't enough.
Thank you, I'll pay more attention for correction of my voc tembre in the next tracks for sure.

Thank you everybody for your comments.
I will definitely take into account all your wishes in the next songs and I will correct what I can in this one. All your advices was really very helpful, and I'm writing this out not because of politeness.)
All the best!

Try it with the synthesizer you're using... you could even explore layering multiple synthesizers together! Good work :)

Vittorio Di Rocco, that's exactly what I did.) Thank you one more time!)

In the first (Close to me), the “me” doesn't really intonate. You start the note too low and then try to pull it up a little. I would re-record the whole first phrase. At 1:20 “Who can fly” you have automated the treble with an EQ.
I would try editing just the playback. Otherwise the “can” sounds kind of muffled.
1:35 “we can fly” the automated reverb sounds like a bathroom to me :-) I like the next part with reverb better.
I think the spectral ballance is great.

Jacob Boissier, thank you! I'll nail all your points.) I don't think that I'm going to re-record it, just a little tuning might help. And I'll listen and try to chanre reverrb in bridge. And I'll take a look at 1:20.)
Thank you a lot!

Hey max, If i was to produce this track I would have Cher believe as my reference track. To my ears there is a lot to work with. If you go for a modern version of believe It would suit the fact that you pronunciation is not perfect. For now leaning into this style can have a great results. You're instruments are catchy. But I would also suggest you work on a hook for the chorus vocals. Something to catch the listeners attention. Listen to how they create the hook in Believe with building tension.
As for the mix, working with a reference track like believe will sort most of the mixing issues.

Danie Van huyssteen, thank you a lot!)
Yes, I did this track with references. It's not my core genre, but it's only a excuse that's not acceptable.
And this track has no hook cause it's like a test track.
And yes, I have a lot to work on.)
Thank you, man!)