James May - Eliza Jane [Damian Oakes Mix]

[Damian Oakes]

Excellent version. I love it.

Only thing that I might try is just a bit more early reflections to vox. It might remain close and intimate but still have a little bigger space bubble around the vox. Technically it could be just short single tape echo. (And after testing it I might prefer not to use it)

I’m glad you didn’t go for loudness war. (Without any good reason I tend to go to too loud versions nowadays. )

Yeah, the dry vocal thing was kind of a self-imposed technical challenge, to see if I could make it work. Perhaps a bit more ambience would help.

I hate loudness war mastering in general, and for this song it seemed particularly inappropriate.