Lochness (remix 8/19/14

This is a first outing for the track. I still need to tweak it some but would love to hear any opinions on how to make it better.
 
Guitars used: Ibanez RG and Les Paul custom for the distorted guitars. Les Paul Custom and 1964 Custom Byrdland for the clean. The lead is my Ibanez. The bass is a P bass with a  Jazz neck and pups for P and J style. The drums are Addictive Drums 2. I am also singing or whatever it is I do.
 
Comments, good and bad, are welcome.
Enjoy!
 
I finished a remix just now. You can listen to the new version of Lochness. I ended up omitting the Byrdland guitar as it's electronics has a problem. There was this static I could not get rid of. So I rerecorded that part and thinned out the amount of guitars I was using. I also tweaked the drums quite a bit and added a conga part at the end. I think I've got a better mix here.
 
The weird part is I can't upload, via IE, to Soundcloud. Luckily, Mixbus will upload for me. I don't know what that's about as it says I need the latest browser and that's what I'm using.

Your vocal style/sound is very similar to mine without the lethal element (I jest)
 
I quite liked and enjoyed the tune the mix is quite well balanced though as noted by Ed the lead is wide.  Also so for me the tom runs sounds slightly out a bit like they are from a different kit???
 
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for listening everyone!
 
I'll check out the clean guitars. I'm trying to decide what to do with them. I recorded both parts for each side with each guitar. I think I'll save a few other versions and experiment. I appreciate the feedback. I never thought that about the toms though. I do use different parts of different kits for my kit, all the toms are the same, using AD2. Maybe I rolled off to much low end?
 
Thanks again for listening!

Thanks Tony. I was looking at my preset that I use in AD2 and realized that I had mismatched toms, for some reason. I've since fixed that but haven't had time to get back to it yet.
 
Thanks again!

Thanks Mark.
 
You guys have given me some good feedback. I appreciate it!

Enjoyed the listen. The guitars sounded great to me.  

I love this song, Robert!  Your arrangement took me on a winding path that I wasn't expecting.  This is a throwback to an era that gave us songs that were larger than life, as this song is.  By the time I heard this, you apparently fixed the drums because I was nothing but impressed with them.  The sound of your voice in this song is quite sinister sounding, and I love it!  It's always good to hear a song that doesn't sound like paint-by-numbers, and this fills the bill.

I think I heard the last mix...great composition and song!! I think the drums could use just a bit more umph and clarity as could the mix..maybe just a bit of sheen on it...good stuff though for sure! I had a situation recently where I mixed on a set of monitors that were too mid range forward and this caused me to make a mix that was mid range lacking.

Thanks for the comments. I still haven't posted the new mix yet. I've been giving it time in between working on it so I don't get complacent with it. I should repost it early next week.
 
Thanks for listening!

lol..this is a very strange tune...in a good way...i felt a bit of Zappa coming on now and again. I wish I could sit in while you were doing the vox work cuz I think I'd push you to take a few more chances and come out of your comfort zone...but I think that'll come over time....
 
nice job!

Cool tune. I like the mix of the guitars and bass... nice solo.   And not bad for a non-sung lead vocal.   
 
Mix-wise, the toms still sound a bit out of place to me, perhaps a little too high in pitch and dry?  I'd also like to hear more "pop" on the snare.   And maybe some delay/echo during the vocal sections at 2:11 and 2:50?  Just some random thoughts...
 

Because there are a lot of tom fills, I think these lower pitched versions just fit the feel of the song. 
 
I'm definitely liking this mix much better.   
 
 
 

That was fun.  I liked how it got more melodic in the second half of the song.  

Definite improvement.  I like.

Ok, what an effin weird ride you just took me on.  Love the writing, the guitar playing, the sound, the totally delicious twist of style, damn that's good stuff.  Not sure I care for the vocal stuff on the first half but the second half really worked, in my opinion of course.