Am I hearing a bit of a 90s punk vibe? :-)
 
It's funny because I don't think of this music when I think about spiritual music, but hey? It's an outreach 
 
I have a few spiritual originals, and lots of Christmas music (I love Christmas music) 
 
I like that everything that's happened, it's because of you where you drug it up and held it? That was pretty cool.
 
I'm working on one called "It's all because of you!" (but it's about my ex and has a slightly less uplifting message...) Good job on this one and welcome to the forum!
 
"New york compression is a trick whereby you blend an uncompressed track with a copy that is heavily compressed." I was sandwiched between two fat guys on the subway there once... Talk about New York compression! And yes, Mr. MGM is correct, typically you would send to a squashed track (HARD compression) and send that to a drum bus (output) then send your dry track to that same drum bus, and compress it to taste there (not squashed) so you get a blend of the smashed (me late at night) and the drier sound (me at say 1:00 PM) You'll still want to compress/limit the finished product a bit, but blending in that squashed with the dry and then treating them both is definitely a technique you should try out ;-) Different techs for different sounds but that one's a keeper... The heavily crushed track gives it punch, but the drier track lets it ring a bit, and the mix of the two provides an excellent dynamic mix.  (can provide if done correctly) Also for music like this, you should "saturate" the drums.

M_Glenn_M - Your explanation makes things a little clearer. For some reason when I read about compression it's like my brain shuts off. I think I need a visual tutorial. Time for me to check out YouTube...
 
jude77 - Thanks for the comments. I'm glad you liked it. I hope that I can upgrade to X3 soon. I'd like to try Addictive Drums. As for the drum beat, it's pretty weak in this song (no drum fills, no toms at all, and I'm not a drummer). Maybe I'll experiment with  your suggestion though. 
 
TheBand19 - Dude, you're a crack up! I like your explanation of New York compression. As for the style, it's probably the result of my playing garage/rock/metal in the late 80s and early 90s. For better or worse, that sound is stuck in my head. As for the spiritual part, that's also stuck in my head (hence the user name--I am actually a pastor). I guess I wasn't thinking of it as outreach. The song just came into my head one morning over Cheerios and coffee. I hope your version of "Because of You" brings you some form of catharsis. Thanks for the comments. I appreciate your taking the time to listen.

I was raised Cathardic.
 
Went to CCD.
 
I had Catharsis once, but saw a dermatologist for a few months? And he cleared it right on up.
 
Clean as a whistle at this point? Just had her checked from stem to stern... You have to stick with the treatment schedule though?