I have been playing guitar and singing about 23 years, drums about 20,  bass around 18, Keys.... I don't remember but I don't practice that enough to consider myself any good at it really.  Why?   This song (above) was not me as far as the performances at all.  I recorded, engineered,mixed, & pseudo mastered it.

I think you did an excellent job here...  they probably didn't pay you enough either...
you just can't win with these rush jobs... Well done C...

Sounds good to me too.   Great job on short notice with limited time to finish it.  Sometimes those things are the most fun.....after they're done.

Good for a rush job, but I honestly have to say the vocals just dont lay right in the mix to me. To be fair, I am listening on crappy laptop speakers at the moment .

ChuckC
Scotty & James - Thanks guys!  I appreciate you taking the time to check it out!
 
Tom - I hear ya.  This thing (especially in the rush that it was) was a challenge.  The one thing they asked for from before we started tracking was BIG DRUMS....  then they kept adding more guitar parts, the bass line is real active too, some of the guitars were kinda stepping on the vocal, bass stepping on the guitars, and the guitars fighting each other, the drums are really the most laid back performance/element in the whole song.   As I started mixing, I pulled down all the faders and set up a HUGE sounding drum/bass mix!  then as I pulled in all the guitars & vocals I had to make some sacrifices to fit it all in.  Some of the presence on the snare/toms was among those unfortunately.  If I had been given executive producer power over this project I'd have looked like a mad mechanic under the hood throwing parts over my shoulders...   "well, we don't need that!.... This is outta here! ...  need more room, see ya!"   haha
   I assume by your comment that you watched the "Head in the Sand" video I did.?  Thank you bud.  The compliment is appreciated. =)

yea! if they want EVERYTHING big, something needs to be lost somewhere - this simply doesn't work to have it all big! well, but again, I think you did well, especially keeping in mind what circumstances you had faced!
and yes, this is the video I watched. pretty impressive. I am a singer, guitarist and bassist myself, but just can't play the drum for the hell of it If I had tons of time and the money for a kit I would love to learn it. What a great situation it must be to not have to rely on drum samplers but play the drums tracks by myself!

Chuck, tremendous job under the circumstances!  I agree with you that the arrangement's not perfect, but you gave it cohesiveness anyway.  It's not a bad song, but I bet that you'd like another shot at this, eh?  All in all, nicely done.

rush job! wow i wish i was as good as you! epic:)

Not my kind of music, so I think it's a tribute to your mixing, and maybe the song itself, that I got all the way through. I did really like the quality of the lead vocalist.
With so many guitars happening I would've liked more creativity with the panning and level rides. I think the song could've worked better with the guitars moving into, and out from, the centre as their parts come to the fore in the song. Same with the level rides. I don't know what the band wanted so it's hard to know if you had any control over the structure.
Good job , I like your style.

Minor crits:
 
Lead vox seemed too low in the mix.
 
At times the bass seemed muddy (mostly in the chorus).
 
Overall it was a good mix.

sounds good to me Chuck.
As far as the voc level goes, I think it's more of scooping out some of the mids in the verse guitars. There is a definate clearer (less mids) tonal shift when the chorus kiks in.
 
Nice work. Their happy, be happy....