Instrumental rock mix - please critique

[ryanstack]

Here is the first song that I have mixed from a recent recording of my band. There are still a couple of fader moves i'd like to make, but I've heard it so many time I need some fresh ears. When we recorded this we wanted it to sound like we do live. We had all of the instruments setup as if we were playing a show in our basement. (all the amps behind the drums) It was very frustrating for all of us to try to play without any mistakes through out every song. There are definatley some minor mistakes (stick clicks,muffed notes, etc) We just wanted it to be a little raw sounding, we did not overdub or punch anything in. We setup a MS stereo pair in the room to get a very live sound.

I am fairly happy with the way it turned out given the sub par gear we used. Mackie VLZ plus two on the 001 for mic preamps, presonus Firestaion for extra ad/da. Beta 52 on the kick, 3 SM57's for the snare,guitar left and bass, AKG c1000 for guitar right, 2 CAD M179 for the toms. For the MS pair we used a CAD e100 for the middle and a studio projects B3 set to omni for the side.


Buisness Trip to Hell:
buisnessmix3.mp3

Please give me some honest feedback.

Thanks
Ryan

[SRS]

Cool song. Nice drumming too. Did you go direct with the bass? I know you listed a 57 for the bass... not the best choice there normally. But it has drive. I was moving to it. Do I hear some Rush influence there??? I think with a little more solidity on the bottom end (bass) to pull the foundation together more, it would be a bit better. Nice work. Once agai... as I listen to it now for the 2nd time. Nice song. The end has that cool organic feel with the cymbal ringout. nice!