hey man, ill respond to the other points you made later... although, they dont all necessarily need responce because i am not arguing against them... we appreciate the input and are definetly taking it into consideration for posting a future mix of the song. however, i would like to point out one thing: the mix is mid-range heavy because you are listening to the myspace stream, which is a 96kbps MP3 stream. idk how familiar you are with what MP3 compression does to music, but the lower the bit rate the more it tends to cut out the highs and even some of the deeper lows. plus it tends to muddy up the sound some. we do agree that the drums could stand to come out more clearly; however, on the full quality version they do come out better, especially the cymbals (really, every instrument sounds better, the rest of the drums & the rest of the band). the snare and toms could stand a bit better balancing, perhaps some EQing and not a gain boost is what they need. so, really, the reason its so mid-heavy and a bit lacking in definition has 99% to do with it being a 96kbps MP3 stream.