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Dave Grohl has some of the most ridiculous recording credits and true musical talent of any session musician going around. Just take a look at the amount and variety of projects he has worked on... if you think he is a one trick pony, you are mistaken. I didnt say Grohl was a musical standard. The quote was an appropriate one for the topic.

Anyway.

Being reflective and analytical of your music is always a good thing, and it sounds like you know what you want. And there is a very fine art to making someone want to listen to your piece over and over again, certainly an art I am yet to crack! I'm sure your musical desires will change as you develop and you find what is important to you in your music - my main point was if you want to write something with a complex melody, then do it. Keep trying until its working out the way you envision. Try not to settle for something you arent happy with because its too difficult, it will result in an unsatisfactory piece of music. Know that feeling firsthand.

I mean your snare is lacking a bit of presence in the top end - if you have an eq cutting out some of that info, ease off it and let the snare come through. It could possibly just be a balance thing though. I think it would pay for you to reference music thats similar to this, or at the least, the drum sound, and pay attention to the stereo image and what makes a kit sound like its in a room. I've just started to engineer drum sessions, its a very steep curve but getting the image sitting right is a huge part of it, and has me thinking more about my drum arrangements for 'acoustic' style pieces.