Solace wrote:You haven't honestly improved much so I don't know what's up with the plans to record your previous work when it will sound exactly the same.
This is true.
You've made small steps, but don't mistake them for huge improvements. Look, there are people here that will honestly tell you whether or not your quality has improved, and you really need that feedback.
Try applying some of what you heard this go around, record something new (or something old), and see what kind of feedback you get next time. Small steps, remember that.
Get a decent DAW (again, I highly recommend Reaper for beginners and broke people alike). Get a better mic, if at all possible. If not, then try recording further away from it, maybe you're distorting out because you're trying to keep someone from hearing you, and you vocalize at a lower volume, but close to the microphone. Either way, you should try something else. Mess around with the mic distance.
Do what you've done in the past, and you'll always get the same results. Try these things and let us hear what you get.