Made a Backing Track in Garageband - Input needed for tips to make it more polished

[r.jones1116]

Fooling around with Garageband, trying to figure out features for making a good sounding BTs.
looking for tips and comments for polishing the final mix.

http://soundcloud.com/r-jones1116/mystery-train-final-mix

http://soundcloud.com/r-jones1116/folsom-prison-final-mix

 

[Mark Wein]

listening to mystery train right now. I dig it as it is...

 

[mosiddiqi]

I agree with Mark, sounds good to me!

 

[Kerouac]

Only thing I'd say is that the drums feel a little flat, especially in the kick area. On Folsom I could barely make it out, even on my speakers with a sub. The bass extended nicely though!

 

[r.jones1116]

Thanks guys for giving them a listen

Only thing I'd say is that the drums feel a little flat, especially in the kick area. On Folsom I could barely make it out, even on my speakers with a sub. The bass extended nicely though!

The drums are a Garageband drum loop. I added a little reverb to help them. Any idea how to make the kick pop more. The bass in Folsom is a midi keyboard using an upright bass preset in garageband.
The bass in Mystery train is a Tele on the neck pickup with the treble turned all the way down using a garageband motown preset (I don't own a bass at the moment and didn't feel like hooking the midi keyboard up).