the twilight kid
By jwh on May 10, 2026 6:16 am
happy week 19, Friends.
XO,
jwh
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*photo in thumbnail taken by emily, thank you 
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Subtle and beautiful. The doubling on your vocals sounds great, and I am enamored of the chord progressions, voicings and rhythms you used. This is the kind of song that in a traditional format could feel sort of samey and repetitive, but it always feels like a new path with sights that sometimes feel familiar. That dissonant chord is fantastic...sort of like a landmark...and I love how it loops back to the beginning. Lovely songwriting and performance. So good
Lovely. I love how this makes my head spin and makes me feel like I am twirling around, and those ever-so-slightly dissonant chords make it feel like its flying out of control, just for a moment. A little unhinged in the most wonderful ways. .
Love the waltzy feel, those vocal harmonies and lil trails on the guitar. excellent!
Lovely folky country vibe going on with quite an interesting composition. It has the usual 5 1 lines etc but there's some great melodic elements and even that dissonant chord section. Vocals so nice as usual. Very natural feel. Oh, and nice work on the lyrics!
Your voice and guitar always make my eyes tear up a bit. I so dig your voice; it carries a lot of comfort and care.
What a lovely piece, so gentle.
This is one of those songs that feel like it's been around forever. You hear it, and it brings you back somewhere. Sometime. Pure magic.
Love your voice! Have a good week J 
I really like that you take the time to do cover art week after week.
Nice sensible performance. I love the classical guitar vocal combo with just a bit of overdubs.
Vocal (and guitar) performance is great.
Bravo!
Love the warm sound. It really feels like I'm sitting in the same room listening to you play this song. Nice little details, too, like the subtle vocal harmonies and the moments of dissonance.
what a banger. favorite part is the falling vocals of the chorus (ex ~1:17). the dissonant short section after it made me smile too. you're crazy talented - have I said that already?
This is really lovely stuff.
I love how you can really hear the fingers on the strings.
Some great chord changes into the instrumental section and out into the beautiful descending melody.
I love the discordant chord you hit as well. Pulling people out and challenging the ears super cool.
Swaying to this story. You paint a good picture. Great lyrics, I'm thinking about those questions in the last stanza, and contemplating about dreams and dances that are done. thank you
Really enjoying the subtle melancholy combined with the comforting strumming.
Pretty! 😊 I always dig the intimate vibes and storytelling in your tracks.
Wonderful lyrics and vocals, such a soothing calm voice, you could probably convince anyone to do what ever you want, you should be a hostage negotiator or they should have you mediating these meetings between Trump and Iran, who could say no to you?
Nice stocks and socks. GREAT lyrics! and the lil gtr interludes are 👌
I love this. Favorited. I'm gonna revisit and dissect this like some kind of alien vivisection.
I always like your chord progressions. You find unexpected directions that ends up sounding right and hammer home you lyrics well. The lyric captures American decay well and the slight dissonance is a nice touch to emphasize things going sour in the lyrics. K economy.... wish I haven't been thinking about it as much as I have been.
emily wrote:
Paisleyfrog wrote:
Subtle and beautiful. The doubling on your vocals sounds great, and I am enamored of the chord progressions, voicings and rhythms you used. This is the kind of song that in a traditional format could feel sort of samey and repetitive, but it always feels like a new path with sights that sometimes feel familiar. That dissonant chord is fantastic...sort of like a landmark...and I love how it loops back to the beginning. Lovely songwriting and performance. So good
high praise, much appreciated!
neon liminal wrote:
Lovely. I love how this makes my head spin and makes me feel like I am twirling around, and those ever-so-slightly dissonant chords make it feel like its flying out of control, just for a moment. A little unhinged in the most wonderful ways.
thank you, neon
Tone Matrix wrote:
Love the waltzy feel, those vocal harmonies and lil trails on the guitar.
you and i are both suckers for a melodic waltz!
rdomain wrote:
Lovely folky country vibe going on with quite an interesting composition. It has the usual 5 1 lines etc but there's some great melodic elements and even that dissonant chord section. Vocals so nice as usual. Very natural feel. Oh, and nice work on the lyrics!
thanks so much, rdomain. appreciate you mentioning the lyrics and other details! what are 5 1 lines? i'm not familiar with that term.
As_Yoesual wrote:
Your voice and guitar always make my eyes tear up a bit. I so dig your voice; it carries a lot of comfort and care.
What a lovely piece, so gentle.
ah dang, As_Yoesual... this is very meaningful to hear.
in_bocca_al_lupo wrote:
This is one of those songs that feel like it's been around forever. You hear it, and it brings you back somewhere. Sometime. Pure magic.
Love your voice! Have a good week J
thank you, Friend. very kind of you, and glad to see you are back for week 20
djippy wrote:
I really like that you take the time to do cover art week after week.
Nice sensible performance. I love the classical guitar vocal combo with just a bit of overdubs.
Vocal (and guitar) performance is great.
Bravo!
thank you, JP! and thx for mentioning the cover art. i knew i wasn't up for doing weekly videos this week, but i still wanted some kind of visual component. once i set up a cassette j-card style template it made it a little easier to update each week
gesceap wrote:
no dancing, not worth it
ok maybe a little dancing. i'll likely injure myself but i gotta move sometimes
Cosmic Cairns wrote:
Love the warm sound. It really feels like I'm sitting in the same room listening to you play this song. Nice little details, too, like the subtle vocal harmonies and the moments of dissonance.
i appreciate that, it's something i've been working on a lot in my recordings - a sense of space where it feels like you're in the room. thanks for visiting the basement!
monstret wrote:
what a banger. favorite part is the falling vocals of the chorus (ex ~1:17). the dissonant short section after it made me smile too. you're crazy talented - have I said that already?
thank you, monstret! very kind of you. i am very happy with that falling part, it feels good to sing.
i originally just had the other 2 parts, and i had sent a voice memo recording to my bandmate in forestlike. he suggested maybe using the B section as a kind of pre-chorus and seeing if it could continue to lift and that part just kinda fell into place 
DESLRV wrote:
How pleasant
thank you
NickLong wrote:
This is really lovely stuff.
I love how you can really hear the fingers on the strings.
Some great chord changes into the instrumental section and out into the beautiful descending melody.
I love the discordant chord you hit as well. Pulling people out and challenging the ears super cool.
thanks so much, Nick. really appreciate you catching all those details!
a while back i got a good deal on a used AKG P170 and that mic does a really good job on fairly close acoustic guitar without getting too squeaky.
EME wrote:
Feels like the credit song to a film you'd cry about love the vibes
love that. thank you for listening, EME
miraclemiles wrote:
Swaying to this story. You paint a good picture. Great lyrics, I'm thinking about those questions in the last stanza, and contemplating about dreams and dances that are done. thank you
thank you, Miles!
Minnamari wrote:
Really enjoying the subtle melancholy combined with the comforting strumming.
that's my comfort zone
levelcapybara wrote:
Pretty! 😊 I always dig the intimate vibes and storytelling in your tracks.
Crash Overture wrote:
makes me want to waltz.
first the mic, then a half cigarette...
Jason Nijjer wrote:
Wonderful lyrics and vocals, such a soothing calm voice, you could probably convince anyone to do what ever you want, you should be a hostage negotiator or they should have you mediating these meetings between Trump and Iran, who could say no to you?
you may have just changed the course of my life! 
thanks for the nice words, Jason
WahSp wrote:
What a lovely song!
you ah!
prophisee wrote:
Nice stocks and socks. GREAT lyrics! and the lil gtr interludes are 👌
thank youuuuu. glad the lyrics came through, they def felt right to sing
BarristerPlong wrote:
I love this. Favorited. I'm gonna revisit and dissect this like some kind of alien vivisection.
I WANT TO BELIEVE
*that you will do this
thank you very much, BP
b bro wrote:
Simple folk song hit gold today, love this
b bro! miss you around the parts. hope you and yours are doing well.
thank you
ENC_ wrote:
I always like your chord progressions. You find unexpected directions that ends up sounding right and hammer home you lyrics well. The lyric captures American decay well and the slight dissonance is a nice touch to emphasize things going sour in the lyrics. K economy.... wish I haven't been thinking about it as much as I have been.
it's a very unsettling energy these days. hard to sit in it. hard not to worry about where we are headed.
trying to find beauty where i can and keep pushing the needle towards love.
thank you for listening so deeply, ENC_
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i really appreciate all of you. hope week 20 is good to you
Ugh that vocal and guitar run on "no one ever really spun"... The kind of thing that dreams are made of.
This is beautiful beautiful beautiful.
A masterclass in songwriting yet again.
Hey hey. The term 5 1 lines I used is referring to the bass part of your guitar picking. You're playing the 1 and the 5 of the chord to create the bass part. This all refers back to the major scale. I'm not sure if this is obvious or not as I don't know your background in music theory.
Tom Foolery wrote:
Ugh that vocal and guitar run on "no one ever really spun"... The kind of thing that dreams are made of.
This is beautiful beautiful beautiful.
A masterclass in songwriting yet again.
ah dang, Warwick. thank you so much
rdomain wrote:
Hey hey. The term 5 1 lines I used is referring to the bass part of your guitar picking. You're playing the 1 and the 5 of the chord to create the bass part. This all refers back to the major scale. I'm not sure if this is obvious or not as I don't know your background in music theory.
thanks for clarifying! i was thinking it was something like that after i asked. i was in band & choir in school, so i know a little bit of theory. just enough to make me dangerous
and a bit of synchronicity - i was just listening to a conversation on the Dead Wax podcast and they referred to a 5 to 1 chord change. different than what you mentioned, but it did make me think of your comment.
Ah nice, and yes; a different thing for sure. 5 to 1 chord change = perfect cadence. I'm more a fan of the plagal cadence as it's a bit more subtle. Ok, enough music nerd talk, I've got to do my WB! Haha.