Widow

[The_Metallurgist]

Also, you want to think about how the song should build up and carry energy. Typically a song should have something along the lines of an opening, development, building momentum, a climax, and a resolution. In a way, music is literature for the ears and many of the same principles apply. It should grab hold of you and not let you go until it's said what it has to say. If it maintains an even keel throughout, eventually you start looking around for something else to do.

awesome advice, not merely for this mix but as a general policy for mind-set before hitting the faders i'd say. one of the problems in a way, is how things have been arranged; some songs don't actually give us engineers much scope to build on, unless we start pushing and pulling stuff around, muting and so on and so forth and upsetting the musicians [for the benefit of the audience's engagement and better music sales]! lol

did you feel you wanted to hear it play the second time as soon as it had finished? i think that's a good test. another is whether the head bobs.....feet tap....chair rocks.... though it's not necessary it's in that order or done simultaneously!