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As I havent heard the originaltrack its hard to comment on comparision but I think as a live take this is very good. If it supposed to be a studio track it needs more attention. 

Studio v. Live - It's just a track. I try to go where the feel takes me.  While I certainy take this seriously and work hard at it, I don't really have any other ambition other than to get better with each project and enjoy myself hoping that others enjoy what I produce.   
If anyone is interested for comparison the original is here:
https://soundcloud.com/bonafonte/ballenas
I had never heard the original (local band in Madrid, Spain), only my collaborator's take, until the mix was about 90% done. Very different songs....

Thank you for listening!

Welcome to the forum, Brian.  You've gotten some good advice on the mix, however, you could quickly improve this mix by spreading the guitars more.  There is a lot of sound near the center of the stereo spectrum which makes everything sound a bit crowded.  Plus, this may lessen the need to sculpt the guitars to sound right.  The song is good, and it deserves the very best.

Lynn


Welcome to the forum, Brian.  You've gotten some good advice on the mix, however, you could quickly improve this mix by spreading the guitars more.  There is a lot of sound near the center of the stereo spectrum which makes everything sound a bit crowded.  Plus, this may lessen the need to sculpt the guitars to sound right.  The song is good, and it deserves the very best.

Thank you Lynn.  Stereo spread is an issue for me as I am deaf in my left ear.  So I have to rely on others to help with with that.  To me it is all in mono on the right side. I intentionally work with my collaborators on this but NONE of them understand recording, engineering, production, etc... at all.  That is why I am here... to get some educated opinions. 
 
I appreciate the advice and thank you for taking the time!

You could switch ears with the headphones you know. I foten do that as My left ear is out of order too.

Oh, yes, I do constantly but I know I still have problems with balance in general either because I overcompensate or worry about overcompensating.  I also have little krk5s set up in a wide spread that I actually roll from one to the other when mixing (probably looks funny) and this is how I work through things alone.  At least my right ear works great
 
Appreciated.