this one almost didn't make it. jess turned in heroic gtr+vox through a sore throat.

(um, what the title says)

the brightest comes inside

i like this song as a song but i have NO DAMNED IDEA how to arrange, perform, or record it. acoustic it's missing intensity. i can't make it work with drums and bass. this version with electric gtr and kbds is barely listenable. if there's one…

Vocals, Vocal Melody & Lyrics: Paul T. Bathen Acoustic Guitar: Peter Kossits Solo Guitar: Bobby Clohessy Drums: Gerald Langenfeld Bass: Walter Tokich Composed, arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann

track from the 2011 RPM Challenge album Burds.

Some may say that given time, every one messes up and thinks of no one else, Sins their sin, their selfish acts. But you I would have sworn were different, a faithful heart. Not without fault, but I never thought you would cut me like that. Some…

It's all just a blur (since the time I last saw you) Eat, sleep, and dream, but I can't feel. I live in the past so that I won't forget a single thing. I wonder again if you ever miss me? I'd give anything, but that's so cliche. You live in my…

I'll get over this, There's no need to talk about it. As soon as you are gone I'll start to make myself forget. Just go.. There's really nothing left, you don't have to stay here (at all) I misunderstood your intentions here. There's still time…

A spacey acoustic song about your favorite something.

A simple song that speaks for itself. Started with a melody idea, a drumbeat to match, and then a bass line.

Live dance music from the spaceport bar and grill.

One of the five rituals.

Indigenous trance music for a future generation.

Background music for the Master, illustrating his unique style.

The dread tale of a doomed woman with a bad habit, the boy who can see spirits, and the witch who grants his wish.

Drum and bass driven space rock.

An arrival. A hint of things to come... Tones generated from Self oscillating feedback devices, analog delay, 9v modulators, and foot controlled filters powered by tube driven, high powered amplifiers.

Just a scratch demo of my attempt at Byrdsiness.

If the left don't get you, then the right sure will. A lost FTB track recovered from obscurity.

My take on Gumbo's Keep Your Eye On The Spot, one of many excellent tracks from his RPM2011 album 'Cat's Moustache'. It's something of a departure from the original, though I was trying to retain an element of the gospel so hopefully its soul…

While writing music for Ron Wyman's film "Agadez" (featuring Bombino!) this sweet little Kalimba part had to get recorded... It sat on a drive for a while forgotten until RPM 2011 shed light on it... I'm thrilled at how well the Kalimba came out…

The Hammered Dulcimer melody haunted me for weeks, but it didn't come together until Jamie played drums on it. Takes a long time to pay off, but I hope if you hang with it, you'll dig where it gets too.

This was written during a time when I was away from home a great deal. My better half called me, and the gist of the conversation became the lyrics of this song. ER

track created using bhajis loops in 2007.

track created using bhajis loops in 2007.

track created using lsdj on a prosound gameboy in 2007.

track created using bhajis loops in 2007.

track created using bhajis loops in 2007.

track created using bhajis loops in 2007.

Start it out with some ROCK.

Vocals: Paul T. Bathen Lyrics: Michael Taub Bass: William Fisher Guitars: Bill Gifford Drums: Gerald Langefeld Composed, arranged & mixed by Steffen Offermann I'm glad this song finally got finished. I had lost the synth draft and with it…

This celtic folk piece is a collaboration with lyricist Donna Devine. This is Donna's explanation: =============================== Background: In earlier centuries, young men were captured by "press gangs" - often literally torn away from…

RPM 2011

5th of the 11 parts,, just a small string interlude a small wave, between the larger seas

"When I Die" Lyrics and Music by Daniel Parkhill From coast to coast and pillar to post the unpredictable is posed. If there's a God, will he answer my prayers? Is there a Hell, will I end up down there? I have to admit when I think about death…

"Stations" Lyrics and Music by Daniel Parkhill I'm in love with a ghost with suicidal tendencies. It's not brave, it's not strong, lady feeds on pity. Wind me up, crank me down. Kill me with the railroad sound. Get me back on the track, Hope…

"The Ballad of Dan Forth and Jane Finch" Lyrics by Daniel Parkhill, Music by Daniel Parkhill and Joe Neff I could never be part of your Cinderella story. I could never go where all hope is gonee. I could never try to rationalize your living…

"I Don't Get You" Lyrics and Music by Daniel Parkhill Who will bite the hand that feeds? Sink into it, make it bleed? It's just me who wants to reconcile and find the glory days. Thanks for giving me the gift, I'm just shooting from the hip…

"Smell of Spring" Lyrics and Music by Daniel Parkhill Indistinct conversations happen all the time. Keep your secrets to yourself and I will tell you mine. Teach an old dog new tricks, giving a boy a gun. "Encourage Anger" is the game, and you…

"The Backyard" Lyrics and Music by Daniel Parkhill Met my friends in the backyard In the summer I was lookin' to be a man. Didn't know how it would change me, raise me. But I didn't think about that. Every Sunday we'd wake up, And paint the…

This is an Acoustic piece that was inspired by a Journey in a Dream I had that took me to a strange place between earth and another place in space and time, I went to a train station and entered a train that went up into space to some very strange…

Here's one with the Broham on the kit... Goofy and fun!!

An art piano piece inspired by poem Kontrapunkti (Counterpoint) by the Finnish poet and author Eeva-Liisa Manner who was a frontline figure in the Finnish post-WWII modernism. You can find an English translation of the poem here: http://nordicvoicesinprint…