Frequencies and elbow room.

Ok...So I was a little cranky last night. And I don't really even hate Metallica as long as it's before 1986.I've worked some more and I'm going to put it aside for now and this will be my as finished as it's going to get until album finishing time version. Although I started sending it to my RPM buddies and all I got was shit about how horrible the mix was. Why can't I mix? I mean..it's not like I'm completely void of an ear or musical ability. It doesn't make sense. Whenever my friend Josh mixes for me I feel he probably gets frustrated.....he plays many instruments but is by nature a bassist. So I think he doesn't understand how the rest of us (normal people) get so crowded in the mid frequencies. So I'll have organ, piano, acoustic guitar, 2 electrics, 3 harmonies, a lead vocal all taking up the same spot. And in his mind (and he actually understands mixing) he's thinking "where do you want all of this to go???" And I'm just thinking "GET IT IN THERE!" So maybe it's not mixing I'm bad at. Maybe it's arranging. I don't know. I like dense sounding things, but I also like sparse sounding things. Here is my song.

Shell