[RWP] Mix Opinion, Please?

[indigo]

I'm learning a little more in Reaper each day, but I'm wondering if I 
recorded this track too high in level, so the bass and kick distorted, 
and, if that's so, then why is my overall level so low.
It sounds right to me when I record it on my off line daw, then I take 
it over to this online computer and my track is way too low compared to 
what others are doing.
I balanced relative levels of the midi tracks, and brought the bass just 
under hearing distortion on it, and it seems proportionate to the piano 
and drums, but the track is still too low in level.
I haven't compress it yet, or used Waves l3 maximizer on it yet, I can't 
believe those are going to bring its level up 3 or more times in volume, 
to where it should be.
This is still a rough mix, I'll remove those  annoying cymbol hits in 
the second half.
I want to use this as a basic rhythm part, and leave room for some live 
sax and flute to take the place of the original vocal, , maybe a shaker, 
some fun things, and I can hear the girl chorus doing that little Still 
the Same chorus, I don't have a female singer, I guess I'll have to fake 
it myself with AutoTune's gender bender. smile.
Please let me know your thoughts about whether it's recorded too hot in 
the bass already, and how you yourself get overall levels up higher.
Thanks,
Indigo L
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/63003631/1Still%20the%20Same.mp3