I try something different every time.
Generally eq every part if its lifeless, adding makes a sound more unnatural (but not always in a bad way), taking makes a sound have less power but it may fit better. When adding, add only what the sound already has, don't' eq up valleys or troughs. I think of the equaliser as the unequaliser because if everything were equal it would sound crap.
look for 2 sounds other than the vocal, give them the power and sit them above the mix. Any other sound should be hard to hear when you have the volume down. Every now and then pull down the faders and begin with those 2 sounds and vocal and then add everything one by one.
Compression on vocals of course and maybe your lead sounds, on anything else it kills the overall size of your track.
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