My sincerest thanks to everyone. I much appreciate your positive comments. You know, I never really did zero in on that snare sound but now that its been pointed out I do see how it really is a bit flat. Point taken and thanks.
I remember that during the production that sax player ran roughshod over everything leaving it to me to edit out a lot of stuff. But I guess its better to have too much than too little. He gave me a lot to work with.
I paid for a female
and a male vocalist but the male singer made the mistake of giving me exactly what I asked for instead of what I really wanted. Although he was a much better singer I ended up doing it myself.