Got a quick tip for you today from the Step By Step Mixing Challenge sessions you might like.

If the tail of your kick drum sounds too heavy and is getting in the way of the song, but you can't EQ it away without ruining the tone of the kick, here's what you do.

Use a transient designer and reduce the sustain of the kick drum. 

It'll shorten the kick and take away any "woofy resonance" (that's the technical term for it...).

It'll make your kick drum sound cleaner in a way that an EQ plug-in won't.

For more tips and tricks like this that walk you through the entire mixing process from start to finish, I put together an extensive Step By Step Mixing System you can grab right here.