A great man pointed me in this direction

[Krabbe]

I listened to version 2. A couple of things jump out at me. The guitar feels a bit loud and distracts from the rest of the band. I'm usually a fan of panning but since it's on the right it disconnects it from the band. It feels like a part on top of the mix if that helps.

The drums feel a little...weak? I like the 'pop' of the snare (maybe that's the NY on it) but it could use more of the bottom snares to give it more complexity. The kick is a bit small I think the cymbal crashes are fine though a little more can't hurt. The hat and ride levels feel ok. The 'skins' could just be a bigger with a more space. Maybe it's the parallel compression that could be rebalanced.

The bass might be loud but I'm on earbuds and I can never be 100% Though I think it works and I think bass is important to a song like this.

Keys seem fine. I'm not sure if they could use some hi-pass or it's just the bass and keys working together. Vocals feel good but again get overshadowed by the guitar. I like the delay effect. The BgVox are fine. There is some noise before they come in that could be cut but that's minor.

Overall it feels good but could use some tweaks.

Thank you for your input. I really appreciate it.

I know, I forgot to cut out BGvox noise. I guess that I got so carried away by this great song that I totally forgot.

You are absolutely right about the drums and guitar. I had the same feeling, when I re-listened to the song. I am glad that you agree

Again, thank you for your time. It was really helpfull.