Interstate Love Song (remix 7/21)

Thanks for the help I got on this so far. Had to track down a few failing 32 bit plugs and a few adjustments set me back to rebuilding busses. On the last mix, I was also trying to master to get the volume up. No mastering here so I'm uncertain if the level is comparative to a normal non mastered track. I've always admired this song because of it's chord structure and overall composition value. Going back and reviewing the original production, FX usage was a bit more than I remembered and a bit extreme to my ears so the original mix was not used as a reference. Sorry to anyone who got the brunt of my "Dynamics Spectrum Mapper" experiment on the last one. In the wrong hands, that thing is a sonic weapon.
https://soundcloud.com/grant-s/interstate-love-song
 
On the right track now?

 Thanks again Andy,  I'll have another look at the brightness. I tend to do that, equate high end for clarity.

Always good to hear from you Wookiee, thanks for the listen and suggestions, an updated mix will be coming in the next couple of days. Great to see you picked up a Spacey tele, still loving mine.

Hi Grant - how you doing mate?
Good performance on this one. I think the hi-hats/overheads need taming - it's making the overall mix seem harsh.
Good stuff though

Sorry I missed your comments Lynn, thanks and new mix is up. 
 
Edit: The earlier mixes that were quite brittle and thin have more to do with what I'm seeing, not what I'm hearing. I added more sizzle to my guitar and drum busses because seems like there's little to no activity above 7.0k when I mix to taste. I was restricting some low end that looked like they may be a problem in visualizer. The new mix here is more my ears than eyes but here is the visual data for this track.

New mix up. I had to delete Auto tune EFX because it was doing something to the stereo field. Much eq work done and a few gain staging problems overlooked on the 6/2 mix were corrected.
 
Edit: Oh and don't be alarmed, I used a limiter on this one but I endeavored to give it very little to do.

Hi Grant ol' buddy!!
 
Very nice work on this STP tune (one of my favs.). The mix sounds good/balanced/clean and really comes alive during the chorus parts. 
 
Not sure if it's Soundcloud or it's in the tracks themselves, but I noticed some vocal artifacts (overdub sounds) around the 50 - 55 & 2:06 sec mark that stood out a bit on my H-Phones. Other than these minor blemishes, I really liked this and you did a good job on it.
 
  

Updated mix 7/7  to fix vocal issue Mesh discovered.
 
Thanks for listening again Andy, I'm in agreement about the high hat during the verses. Not sure how I'm going to deal with it yet though. I like the rest of the kit and even the HH in the other parts. I'm going to try to automate velocity or replace the HH in that section. Thanks again brother.
 
Thanks brother Mesh, several attempts to slip edit some breathy parts on that part, I restored that part from a back-up on the updated mix.
 
Big thanks brother Tim. I have some pretty steep curves on my filters that might account. for some of that missing sheen, I'll have another listen to the mids too. Thanks again.
 
Low end sounds OK on my monitors with Arc 2 but in my car I'm still hearing resonating lows here and there. Might be a while before a new updated mix. I'm going to rerun my Arc assessment and I also plan to try the demo for the Sonarworks correction software. Big thanks guys
 
 

Awesome job of covering this great tune.  Low end needs to fill out a bit.  I'm not picking up the kick drum at all.

Grant,
 
Great performance of a classic STP song...  The 7/11 mix sounds a bit over-compressed and doesn't have a lot of bottom end.   Sounds like a HPF is engaged or something?  Anyway, the performance sounds very good...
 
Regards

Big thanks brothers Mark and Andy. I uploaded the wrong mix earlier, that wasn't the new kit. New 7 12 mix up now.
Haven't made up my mind it's even a step in the right direction. Just got my demo licenses for the Sonar works room correction stuff, I'm going to use this to evaluate that. Thanks again.

Hi Grant, nice tune, seems to me the electric guitar in the beginning could be a bit louder and maybe the acoustic a little less, but what do i know ; )
 
Rik

you did really good on this playing wise...it just sounds so distant...AM if you will...
 
I'd love to re mix this for you...see what's going on...
 
great playing for sure and very interesting..

Thanks again Andy, Rikkie, Scott, Tom and Walt.
 
 New mix up, thanks for the great suggestions.

ohgrant
 New mix up

Got that 
 

philz
but your vocals need to come up.

Yeah, I think I agree, although I'd have said that the new mix was fine had I not seen Phil's comment. That's purely down to me not knowing what the hell I'm talking about