Good song. I liked the melody and arrangement.. nice sounds except drums need some fix... ride cymbal sounds too loud  for my taste

Very nice song. Nice melody. For the mix, the voice is fine, right up front. The rest of the instruments sounds very compressed specially the bass. I will tune down the ride cymbal. I will also move the rhythm guitar to one side to give it a space. Nice guitar solo and with very good time.

Great song and great job on this, Steve!   I don't have anything to add to the above comments, I would lower the reverb on the lead as Lynn had suggested (and I'm having that same issue right now on my stuff), and yep, the cymbal issue - VERY slight -  and lower the compression on some other parts.  I can't tell more cause I'm listening with just ear buds at work, but that it sounds even THIS good with ear buds!?  HA!   Well done!!!       ~ John 

Thank you all for the comments and suggestions.  I have remixed this, removed the Fairchild plug on the drums, adjusted the ride cymbals down, made vocal a bit less wet, and changed the overall mixbuss settings on the Slate FG-X.
 
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Steve, I just listened to the new version a moment ago, and my first impression is that the vocal is either too dry or not quite loud enough.  I wonder if you might consider trying a short delay, like about an 1/8th note on a tempo based delay, mixed in about 15 to 20% just for kicks.  You have a good voice for something like this.  However, the song and arrangement is still way cool.  I think you're just a tweak or two away from a true gem.

Liked the fading intro rather than a big bang of usual electric guitars.

The vocal melody line and the vox themselves are very good.

The bell does get distracting on the kit, a few fills here and there would help too. Some of the backing instrumentation seems to just carry on the whole way through the song playing the same sound/rhythm and mixed at the same level which leaves it a little stale. Even a big single distorted guitar chord on the first note of each bar of the chorus would help the listener  to feel more of song structure.

It has a lot of potential,

Cian

I went back in this morning and found a few things...
1. I was using the incorrect drum map
2. Bass compression was distorting
 
I  used the correct drum map and actually changed the  kit to the SSD Sizzle Kit.  The very prominent ride is gone. There are some tom fills now.
I removed the Manley Massive off the main buss.
I removed the Kush UBK from the vocal.
I adjusted the guitar and keys panning.
I added a bit more wetness to the vocal
 
New version up.
 
Thanks for the comments folks!

much better mix, esp the bell ride being under control. also everything sounds 'warmer' now, so that is good. well done./

my only notation would be the snare- maybe shorten the length of the decay on verb and/or gate it more as it has a bit of 80s digital feel now that i'm hearing it better. 

Hmm.... not using any effects on the drums.  I did mix in some room mic ambience.