Much better (don't shudder!)... VH sounds like singers now.
I'd perhaps drop some reverb too. Once again, our head voice always makes what we listen to sound a hair drier than it actually is. Usually, if you think, when performing, that you are a bit drier than you want to be, out front or on tape, it's more often right!
Keeping the lead voice a bit dry helps 'push' it to the front of a mix. Maybe put a hair more reverb on the VH than your own vocals (a tiny hair!) helps make them seem like they are standing behind you. Try to think of reverb as a 'distance' knob. The lead singer is always out front, in your face. And the band and backup singers are behind him... Try reverb-ing appropriately!
I think this, as far as the VH goes, is a night and day improvement over the previous recording. Well done!
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