Lynn - Thanks man! Among other things, I have learned that loudness perception has a lot to do with a balanced eq, the high mids seem to be what makes sounds pop & feel exciting & in your face. Eq's & stereo placement help you get each element standing alone & at the same time, sitting with the other tracks. Oh, and the Slate FG-X when set up right kicks some serious butt on rock stuff (Just my opinion though.)
Markno999 - Ya know you are the 2nd person to mention adding more vocal melodies in the chorus (back ups) and I had considered it but felt that between the bass, rhythm guitars doing one melody, the vocal doing another, and the lead guitar plinking along in the background I was afraid to add much more for fear it would be too much.? Thanks for listening.
Stevec - Yeah they are a little bright there but there are a few reasons... 1) to get some more excitement from them. 2) to keep them from clashing with the snare roll frequencies in the verses. 3) I have a rather low voice carrying the dominant frequencies of my voice seem to push in the 600-1k range, lots of lows below (that which I rolled some off), then sibliance, rasp, & harmonic content above it.
Walt - I appreciate it man, I have no idea as I wrote & performed this one as you hear it, I quit my last band a month or so ago & have never played this one with a group no less, out-live. I bet it would go over well though. & yeah... the cymbals were bothering me too.
Daryl - Thank you man, I hope it sounded nice on your monitors as well!