Q: (not a criticism, just an observation.) Do you record your sung parts in padded isolation and your spoken parts in, like, your room? Or am I just not able to hear the slight room verb on the sung parts because it's buried? (Again, not critiquing. Your stuff's sound quality is better than it ever was.)
A: ah, you might be hearing the room noise. my room is not perfect. but on singing vocals i almost always add just a touch of reverb. usually more, except lately i have been in a less-reverb mood