Really love the minimalist work you’ve been doing. Always love your vocals, but the combinations of the two timbres here is fantastic. Love the combo strung/pick style you have in the guitar.

Oh damn, when you jump to the falsetto at 2:40. Magnificent.

Really glad you caught up with this old friend. Beautiful.

Really love the minimalist work you’ve been doing. Always love your vocals, but the combinations of the two timbres here is fantastic. Love the combo strung/pick style you have in the guitar. Oh damn, when you jump to the falsetto at 2:40. Magnificent. Really glad you caught up with this old friend. Beautiful.

Lovely. Just beautiful. I love all your voice-and-instrument solo songs but this one sounded particularly organic and spontaneous, it "just is", perfect because it is exactly what it wants to be. Wonderful.

Lovely. Just beautiful. I love all your voice-and-instrument solo songs but this one sounded particularly organic and spontaneous, it "just is", perfect because it is exactly what it wants to be. Wonderful.

hey if you have more classics bring them all back this was awesome!

hey if you have more classics bring them all back this was awesome!

Every week I highly enjoy your work. You are giving so many precious vibes to weekly beats and I am always flashed by the substance of your performances. Moments like this are legendary. Thank you, sir.

Every week I highly enjoy your work. You are giving so many precious vibes to weekly beats and I am always flashed by the substance of your performances. Moments like this are legendary. Thank you, sir.

I like how you've performed this 20 year old classic in the same minimalist style as the last few tracks, so it fits in seamlessly with them.  Getting some great sounds with just the guitar and vocals.  While I admittedly enjoy some bells and whistles, sometimes it's perfect without them.

I like how you've performed this 20 year old classic in the same minimalist style as the last few tracks, so it fits in seamlessly with them. Getting some great sounds with just the guitar and vocals. While I admittedly enjoy some bells and whistles, sometimes it's perfect without them.

I'm really digging these last few, more stripped down "six strings & a voice" songs.  You have such great vocal tone, and it's really highlighted in arrangements like this.  Very nicely done sir. 

I'm really digging these last few, more stripped down "six strings & a voice" songs. You have such great vocal tone, and it's really highlighted in arrangements like this. Very nicely done sir.

amazing stuff, really nice song and a perfect minimal atmosphere, love your voice

amazing stuff, really nice song and a perfect minimal atmosphere, love your voice

Love the intimate sound of this as with your previous weeks.  The sound of the guitar and just the room feel are excellent.  Ooof excellent melody with your vocals at 2:42.  Felt like I was on a swing set thinkin about the past listening to this with your lyrics painting the picture.  So glad Emily had you bring this one back.  On a slightly different note well different song:
With your falsetto in this I reminded of my walk in da park Monday morning.  Had my amazon music app on random and The Rutabega's "Buried in the snow" came on   Love the vocals and chorus in that.  Was the oooh oooh part inspired by any other songs or themes?  It felt very cinematic.  That song has a very similar comforting feeling to this but with more instruments The 'Did I Do..' section at the end Pardon my ramble, much enjoyed!

Love the intimate sound of this as with your previous weeks. The sound of the guitar and just the room feel are excellent. Ooof excellent melody with your vocals at 2:42. Felt like I was on a swing set thinkin about the past listening to this with your lyrics painting the picture. So glad Emily had you bring this one back. On a slightly different note well different song: With your falsetto in this I reminded of my walk in da park Monday morning. Had my amazon music app on random and The Rutabega's "Buried in the snow" came on :) Love the vocals and chorus in that. Was the oooh oooh part inspired by any other songs or themes? It felt very cinematic. That song has a very similar comforting feeling to this but with more instruments :) The 'Did I Do..' section at the end <3 Pardon my ramble, much enjoyed!

I feel like there is a JWH minimalist/acoustic album in the making. Love the falsetto "tooo-ooo-oools" vocals. Killer work as always man!

I feel like there is a JWH minimalist/acoustic album in the making. Love the falsetto "tooo-ooo-oools" vocals. Killer work as always man!

Heck yessss, beautiful song and performance Guitar and vocals both shining here and compliment each other so well. Would love to hear the original as well. Here for the the MJE (minimalist jwh era)

Heck yessss, beautiful song and performance :) Guitar and vocals both shining here and compliment each other so well. Would love to hear the original as well. Here for the the MJE (minimalist jwh era)

Another lovely sweet minimal arrangement. Great lyrics as usual. Cool you revisited an old one, I think its fun to do that.

Another lovely sweet minimal arrangement. Great lyrics as usual. Cool you revisited an old one, I think its fun to do that.

finally got the video added up top. having a hard time catching up with life this week!

for the mic setup on this recording, i used 2 ribbon mics in an X/Y position above my head (in addition to the SM7B pointed at my brave face  ). i thought the x/y mics might kinda approximate what i'm hearing when i play guitar.

so for the video i thought i thought i would also have the camera looking down from overhead to play off that perspective. a fun experiment (for me, at least)!   

thank you, Pf! my forestlike bandmate gave me some felt picks recently and i really like using those when i play the nylon string instruments (and also sometimes on bass!). i went back & forth a bit trying to decide if i was gonna use a pick or not, but the felt ended up working well for the picking parts.
that falsetto part was a challenge to hit tracking this live. definitely something i would normally double, but i'm kinda using these more minimal recordings as exercises in vulnerability and pushing myself to not rely on doubling vocals all the time...
sorry i'm rambling, thanks again!

thank you, Friend 

thanks, mzunguko! i'll likely rework at least a couple more oldies before the end of the year. been really enjoying the stripped down recording process. 

you are too kind, Q-Rosh. thank you so much!

thank you, Cosmic Cairns! i'm sure i'll find some bells and whistles here before too long...

thank yoooouuuuuu ...(*￣０￣)ノ

bless you, Bleeoop

thank you, Wiz!
and aww that's so cool about 'buried...'    i love the string parts that our buddies added for that recording! that song was always fun to play live. i don't recall and specific inspiration for those ooooohhhs, but now that i think of it they definitely have a similar feel to the ooooh melody on this song. i'm a sucker for falsetto ooohs for sure!

thank you, SQF! i'm really trying to figure out what to do with all these songs, hahaa

MJE, haha! thank you, Cursory. that means a lot to me. and if you feel like checking it out, you can hear the original here on the "blessed" EP. it's a little more fleshed out with some harmonies and little electric guitar lines. oh, and my buddy Michael added some keys too. recorded circa 2004, although "blessed" didn't go up online till 2011.

thank you so much for listening, miraclemiles!

finally got the video added up top. having a hard time catching up with life this week! for the mic setup on this recording, i used 2 ribbon mics in an X/Y position above my head (in addition to the SM7B pointed at my brave face :) ). i thought the x/y mics might kinda approximate what i'm hearing when i play guitar. so for the video i thought i thought i would also have the camera looking down from overhead to play off that perspective. a fun experiment (for me, at least)! [quote=Paisleyfrog]Really love the minimalist work you’ve been doing. Always love your vocals, but the combinations of the two timbres here is fantastic. Love the combo strung/pick style you have in the guitar. Oh damn, when you jump to the falsetto at 2:40. Magnificent. Really glad you caught up with this old friend. Beautiful. [/quote] thank you, Pf! my forestlike bandmate gave me some felt picks recently and i really like using those when i play the nylon string instruments (and also sometimes on bass!). i went back & forth a bit trying to decide if i was gonna use a pick or not, but the felt ended up working well for the picking parts. that falsetto part was a challenge to hit tracking this live. definitely something i would normally double, but i'm kinda using these more minimal recordings as exercises in vulnerability and pushing myself to not rely on doubling vocals all the time... sorry i'm rambling, thanks again! [quote=neon liminal]Lovely. Just beautiful. I love all your voice-and-instrument solo songs but this one sounded particularly organic and spontaneous, it "just is", perfect because it is exactly what it wants to be. Wonderful. [/quote] thank you, Friend <3 [quote=mzunguko]hey if you have more classics bring them all back this was awesome![/quote] thanks, mzunguko! i'll likely rework at least a couple more oldies before the end of the year. been really enjoying the stripped down recording process. :) [quote=Q-Rosh]Every week I highly enjoy your work. You are giving so many precious vibes to weekly beats and I am always flashed by the substance of your performances. Moments like this are legendary. Thank you, sir.[/quote] you are too kind, Q-Rosh. thank you so much! [quote=Cosmic Cairns]I like how you've performed this 20 year old classic in the same minimalist style as the last few tracks, so it fits in seamlessly with them. Getting some great sounds with just the guitar and vocals. While I admittedly enjoy some bells and whistles, sometimes it's perfect without them.[/quote] thank you, Cosmic Cairns! i'm sure i'll find some bells and whistles here before too long... [quote=Napear]I'm really digging these last few, more stripped down "six strings & a voice" songs. You have such great vocal tone, and it's really highlighted in arrangements like this. Very nicely done sir. [/quote] thank yoooouuuuuu ...(*￣０￣)ノ [quote=Bleeoop]amazing stuff, really nice song and a perfect minimal atmosphere, love your voice[/quote] bless you, Bleeoop [quote=Tone Matrix]Love the intimate sound of this as with your previous weeks. The sound of the guitar and just the room feel are excellent. Ooof excellent melody with your vocals at 2:42. Felt like I was on a swing set thinkin about the past listening to this with your lyrics painting the picture. So glad Emily had you bring this one back. On a slightly different note well different song: With your falsetto in this I reminded of my walk in da park Monday morning. Had my amazon music app on random and The Rutabega's "Buried in the snow" came on :) Love the vocals and chorus in that. Was the oooh oooh part inspired by any other songs or themes? It felt very cinematic. That song has a very similar comforting feeling to this but with more instruments :) The 'Did I Do..' section at the end <3 Pardon my ramble, much enjoyed! [/quote] thank you, Wiz! and aww that's so cool about 'buried...' :D i love the string parts that our buddies added for that recording! that song was always fun to play live. i don't recall and specific inspiration for those ooooohhhs, but now that i think of it they definitely have a similar feel to the ooooh melody on this song. i'm a sucker for falsetto ooohs for sure! [quote=SQF]I feel like there is a JWH minimalist/acoustic album in the making. Love the falsetto "tooo-ooo-oools" vocals. Killer work as always man! [/quote] thank you, SQF! i'm really trying to figure out what to do with all these songs, hahaa [quote=Cursory]Heck yessss, beautiful song and performance :) Guitar and vocals both shining here and compliment each other so well. Would love to hear the original as well. Here for the the MJE (minimalist jwh era)[/quote] MJE, haha! thank you, Cursory. that means a lot to me. and if you feel like checking it out, you can hear the original here on [url=https://theseknottylines.bandcamp.com/album/blessed/]the "blessed" EP[/url]. it's a little more fleshed out with some harmonies and little electric guitar lines. oh, and my buddy Michael added some keys too. recorded circa 2004, although "blessed" didn't go up online till 2011. [quote=miraclemiles]Another lovely sweet minimal arrangement. Great lyrics as usual. Cool you revisited an old one, I think its fun to do that. [/quote] thank you so much for listening, miraclemiles!

I'm a fan of your work and this song is a good demonstration why. In fact, it made me pick up the guitar myself in earnest. I know it's in poor taste to talk about myself under your track, but your ability to provide this very tasteful backdrop to your vocals was really the push I needed to start to practice again. I never played the guitar, only bought one just before the lockdown in 2020 (talk about luck), but never managed to git gud. So maybe now's the time!

I'm a fan of your work and this song is a good demonstration why. In fact, it made me pick up the guitar myself in earnest. I know it's in poor taste to talk about myself under your track, but your ability to provide this very tasteful backdrop to your vocals was really the push I needed to start to practice again. I never played the guitar, only bought one just before the lockdown in 2020 (talk about luck), but never managed to git gud. So maybe now's the time!

oh wow, that is really nice to hear! thank you, truly. and i look forward to hearing more guitar from you. are you doing lessons at all, or just chipping away? you've got such a strong musical foundation already, so that's gonna really give you a leg up.

[quote=rplktr]I'm a fan of your work and this song is a good demonstration why. In fact, it made me pick up the guitar myself in earnest. I know it's in poor taste to talk about myself under your track, but your ability to provide this very tasteful backdrop to your vocals was really the push I needed to start to practice again. I never played the guitar, only bought one just before the lockdown in 2020 (talk about luck), but never managed to git gud. So maybe now's the time![/quote] oh wow, that is really nice to hear! thank you, truly. and i look forward to hearing more guitar from you. are you doing lessons at all, or just chipping away? you've got such a strong musical foundation already, so that's gonna really give you a leg up.

I discovered Jacob Collier's DAEAD tuning (yes, 5 strings) and it clicked for me like nothing before on the guitar. For a pianist it just makes sense. The flip side is that now every chord is a var chord, but it's easier to bar 5 strings 😂

[quote=jwh]are you doing lessons at all, or just chipping away?[/quote] I discovered Jacob Collier's DAEAD tuning (yes, 5 strings) and it clicked for me like nothing before on the guitar. For a pianist it just makes sense. The flip side is that now every chord is a var chord, but it's easier to bar 5 strings 😂

Very nice re-work of your older track, thanks for providing the link to the original, interesting to hear how you have tweaked it.  Both are great but I think I do prefer the more minimal approach you have taken hear. 

Very nice re-work of your older track, thanks for providing the link to the original, interesting to hear how you have tweaked it. Both are great but I think I do prefer the more minimal approach you have taken hear.

It's a beautiful song. But I notice a reaction in my body concerning the lyrics, as I've had a struggle with exactly that thing of making the body do things the mind dreams. Still wish I could trust the body more and allow it it's right to know what's best.. Still, that's the beauty of the music, the song itself isn't good or bad (well, I think it's good but maybe you know what I mean ), just describing a certain state or happening in poetic terms, that different people can then have different reactions to

It's a beautiful song. But I notice a reaction in my body concerning the lyrics, as I've had a struggle with exactly that thing of making the body do things the mind dreams. Still wish I could trust the body more and allow it it's right to know what's best.. Still, that's the beauty of the music, the song itself isn't good or bad (well, I think it's good but maybe you know what I mean :)), just describing a certain state or happening in poetic terms, that different people can then have different reactions to

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If I consume your heart will I gain your ability to write lyrics? I'm asking for a friend.

If I consume your heart will I gain your ability to write lyrics? I'm asking for a friend.

That was nice, loved the melancholy of it

That was nice, loved the melancholy of it

These lyrics punch, and punch hard at that

These lyrics punch, and punch hard at that