John - (Wookiee) - thank you sir! I will check on the low end! any time you mess with the limiter/compressor on the master you have a good possibility of completely changing the way other pieces sound or interact. I often have to tweak most tracks after changing anything on the master. thanks - I'll check on that bottom!
fergusbobb - thanks very much for taking the time to listen and comment! I'll pass on the compliments on the guitar work to the two guitarists!
Mark (mgh) - hey man! thanks so much for the great words about my vocals! yeah, it's been a while! hope to hear some stuff of yours - do you have something here on the songs forum? I'll go searching and see.
I'll check out the bottom end - like I told wookiee, whenever you mess with the limiter on the master, it can easily screw with anything and everything in the mix!
on the guitars - Mike had mentioned narrowing the panning on the intro guitars as well and I argued with him saying I thought it was good since they are two different guitarists and are on two parts of the "stage" but I'm talking with them again and I'll reconsider it! thanks
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thanks everyone so far! this is a great community! please continue to listen and comment!!!