Professional mix engineer; wanted to take a crack at one of these "mixing challenges"

[ikura]

Hey man. Good thing to hear you freelance every now and then.

*Sounds nice but I agree drums sound too compressed. Perhaps more volume on them would make them pierce more through the mix.
*bass sounds likening has some revert Fx.. Did you put any revert on it? Perhaps you boosted some cardboard like frequencies that are causing a foggy sound on it.

Hope this helps. Keep it up.

the truth does not sound good at all, it sounds quite crude, as if I had not used any preset, as if I had only leveled volumes to consciousness.

thanks for the feedback; do you have any tips for keeping breathing room between elements while also maintaining a cohesive/glued mix?