you just need to make sure that your leads are EQ'd so the bass comes through clearly
Sorry, I didn't quite understand that. How would the lead interfere with the bass, since they are in two different parts of the spectrum? (I'm really really new to mixing, don't have that much reference).
And btw, thanks a lot for the feedback, I'll look for some tutorials and try to fix the volume problem, as well as the static in the highs.