So Go On. New original song by my band

It's been a while since I've post here, but here's a song by my band, called So Go On.
All crits welcome.
The vocals are by our singer, backing by the band and me on bass and production.
 
https://soundcloud.com/wal-pawlik/so-go-on
 
Cheers

Thanks eph. He does have his moments
 

Good song.   Needs some fillers, i.e. Fiddle, steel guitar, etc...    What is there sounds really good.  Might bring up the drums a bit.  Might bring up the vocal harmony a bit too...
 
My only crit of what you have at this point would be in the vocal diction.  In some places it sounds like the words don't flow in a easy country style.   Best way I could describe it is as perhaps someone who doesn't speak or sing in a southern accent normally....  The vocals themselves are very good, intonation is great, in tune and a very pleasant listen.  Not commenting on the singing....I think the singing is fantastic.  
 
Anyway, really good song and what you have here is really a solid production.
 
Regards

 
markno999, thanks for listening and your comments. Yes, the drums. I have agonised over the drums, because they are just kick, a snare and hi-hat played with brushes mixed to simulate a shaker, because one wasn't available. It's a fine line between achieving that shaker sound and having the sound separate. Of course I could just use a real shaker and be done with it
 

markno999
  My only crit of what you have at this point would be in the vocal diction.  In some places it sounds like the words don't flow in a easy country style.   Best way I could describe it is as perhaps someone who doesn't speak or sing in a southern accent normally....    
 

Now this could be because we're a bunch of Aussies, that is Australians, trying to sound like you guys
 
 
  

Thanks Dan. I guess we are a bit old fashioned, but we have a loyal fan base of oldies, just like us.

Very nice...  Sounds pretty authentic to me, particularly for a group of old Aussies!  
 
It was a very enjoyable listen, almost like the Eagles with a country singer.  Everything sounds balanced and all parts have their place.  The fills were very nicely done. 

Stevec; Thank you for the kind words.
 
Bassjoker: Thank you for listening. I'll be doing a remix and raising the drums a tab.
 
Cheers

Nicely done...love the production quality!

Tom; cclarry and Freddy J;  Thank you for listening and your kind words. 
 
Tom;  Yes, I think the flanging is an artifact of the low resolution mp3, and Soundcloud's re-conversion, as its not present in the original wav file.
I used the mp3 converter in Sonar for the conversion, but at a low resolution, probably 128kbps for faster upload. Normally, for my own use I convert at 256 or above depending on the use. In future I will try higher resolutions for upload to Soundcloud. 
 
Freddy JL; I don't think that the singer is trying to particularly sound "American", but here in Australia there are many "country singers" that make a virtue of sounding "Australian". While I have no problem with this, this singer does use his natural voice with no affectation, and if it does sound "collective", which I personally find more attractive than our own, then thank you for the compliment.

Sounds good to me. Or should I say Oz-some! I was imagining another instrument, too, but I get carried away layering things on a lot.

very nice, gentle mix confidently recorded and performed. Great stuff