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| "Oceanic souled, no ebb of tide..."; lively acoustic ballad; from the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988); features acoustic guitar, keyboards, and male lead & backing vocals |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by T. Berndt // Ellen Doerrfeld - main keyboard & keyboard arrangement; T. Berndt - acoustic guitar, lead & backing vocals, keyboard |
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| "Sun & moon & wind & rain... They're showing on our faces again; And we can feel the seasons flare; And we can't help but carry a smile; Will we fly?"; spirited guitar/violin acoustic with acoustic/classical guitar intro; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987); features acoustic guitar, violin, & tenor vocal |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by T. Berndt // Allison Wallace - Violin; T. Berndt - acoustic guitar, whistlin', |
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| "No more tradition - backward ways; I'm gonna show them who I am am am; Yes, I can be American..."; hard-hitting acoustic rock; from the album "Toned Down" (1992); features keyboards, drums, bass, acoustic guitar, and male lead and backing vocals |
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Credits: Lyrics by T. Berndt; Music by T. Berndt & P. Haakenson // P. Haakenson - keyboards, keyboard drums & bass, backing vocal; T. Berndt - acoustic guitar & lead vocal |
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| "You know it's bright! Kaleidoscopic... the stuff of life! Elemental... the children see it; Adults go blind..."; drum-heavy acoustic rock; from the album "Toned Down" (1992); features acoustic guitar, bass, male lead & backing vocals, keyboard, and drums |
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Credits: Lyrics by T. Berndt; Music by T. Berndt & P. Haakeson // P. Haakenson - keyboards, synth drums & bass, backing vocal; T. Berndt - acoustic guitar & lead vocal |
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| Eight ethereal minutes of acoustic guitar introspection (i.e. instrumental!); from the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988); features acoustic guitar instrumental |
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Credits: Music by T. Berndt // T. Berndt - acoustic guitar |
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| Acoustic guitar instrumental; imagine yourself walking across a wooden footbridge on some sunny autumn afternoon somewhere out in deep, silent woods as a small creek bubbles and eddies its way below and past you; from the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988) |
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Credits: Music by Timothy Jon Berndt // T. Berndt - Acoustic Guitar |
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| "But I am just twenty-one; How could I sing of the things that you've done? And how you've grown? But yes, I can see the light you shine in your eyes..."; male/female vocal duet & acoustic guitar; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987); features male/female duet and acoustic guitar |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by Timothy Jon Berndt // Debra Maland - female vocal; T. Berndt - acoustic guitar, male vocal |
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| Old camp fire spiritual put to rock. Recorded live at "JDs" (a pub) in Taichung, Taiwan, somewhere around 1993-94. |
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Credits: Old campfire spiritual (anonymous); arrangement & recording copyright 1994 by Timothy Berndt & Paul Haakenson. T. Berndt - acoustic guitar & lead vocal; P. Haakenson - keyboard, whistle, sequenced instruments, & backing vocal. |
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| Instrumental acoustic guitar with humming. "One 7th of May" was written on the 7th of May, 1985. The recording was made one evening in a Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan) classroom about 7 months after it was written, with low lighting and good friends around to help set the mood. This is the only known recording of the tune. |
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Credits: : Music, acoustic guitar, & humming by Timothy Berndt; recorded by Timothy Holtz 12/1985 |
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| "Now give me some parchment; give me a quill; give me a moment, I'll author a book- chock full of tales about people and places- everyday stories of true fairy tales..."; five-movement suite with beautiful female "Celtic" solo, melancholy acoustic ballad, & lively acoustic guitar & drum dance; from the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988); features female vocal, synth, acoustic guitar, male vocal, and percussion |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by Timothy Jon Berndt, |
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| "And so he goes out in his hometown streets... he's searching for a friend to help him handle the searing loneliness smoldering within..."; slow introspective acoustic; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987); features acoustic guitar, synth strings, and male vocal |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by Timothy Jon Berndt // T. Berndt - acoustic guitar, synthesizer, vocal |
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| First song from an appearance on Nepal Public Radio's "Talent of the Week" program, Kathmandu, November 25, 1985. Likely the first recording of the tune. The program was aired twice during December, 1985. |
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Credits: : Music, lyrics, vocal, & acoustic guitar by Timothy Berndt; drum played by Shubodh Kumar Uprety; program recorded/aired by Nepal Public Radio, hosted by |
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| "I'll send some light... to rival a darkened night; It comes from afar... an unending embrace so tight..."; slow melancholy ballad with stereo Ghanian guitar intro; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987); features acoustic guitar, acoustic electric guitar solo, & male vocal |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by T. Berndt // Beniam Baissa - left & right stereo intro |
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| Acoustic guitar instrumental; from the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988) |
MP3.com CD: Greatest Hits? ~ Instrumentals - buy it!
Credits: Credits Music by Timothy Berndt // T. Berndt - acoustic guitar |
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| "Oh, take me with you, if only in your heart; Take me with you tonight..."; slow acoustic ballad; from the album "Toned Down" (1992); features acoustic guitar, synth strings, male lead and backing vocals |
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Credits: Lyrics by Timothy Jon Berndt; Music by T. Berndt & P. Haakenson // P. Haakenson - keyboards and backing vocal; T. Berndt - acoustic guitar and lead vocal |
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| "Amazing! Reflections bright & dim - amazing when you close your eyes it's really kind of hard to see a thing..."; energetic guitar/keyboard rock; from the album "Toned Down" (1992); features electric guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, male lead and backing vocals |
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Credits: Lyrics by Timothy Berndt; Music by T. Berndt & P. Haakenson // T. Berndt - electric guitar, keyboard bass, & lead vocal; P. Haakenson - keyboards, synth drums, & backing vocal |
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| "Escape to soothe, escape to find some truth; you are climbing the spires, and we're dying below..."; somber acoustic/electric folk rock with acoustic/classical guitar intro; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987); features acoustic/electric guitars & male vocal |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by Timothy Jon Berndt // T. Berndt - Acoustic & Electric Guitars / Vocal |
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| "A pool so dark and silent, where ripples are never made; Beneath the surface... treasure! Yet dives are seldom braved..."; introspective acoustic rock; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987); features acoustic guitar, synth, "waves", male vocal, and whispered voice |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by T. Berndt // Julie Geissler - whispered voice; T. Berndt - acoustic guitar, synth, |
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| "It's hard to keep a natural beat when you're dancin' with the cats in heat..."; electric "cat" guitar and funky bass & keyboards; from the album "Toned Down" (1992); features electric guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, and male lead & backing vocals |
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Credits: Lyrics by T. Berndt; Music by T. Berndt & P. Haakenson // Paul Haakenson - keyboards, synth drums, synth bass, & backing vocals; T. Berndt - synth bass on |
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| Acoustic guitar introduction to the Natural Echo Project song, "Home Sweet Home"; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987); features acoustic guitar played in a classical style
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Credits: Music by Timothy Jon Berndt // T. Berndt - Acoustic Guitar |
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| The Instrumental version of the song, "Protocol". This track was recorded live to cassette tape at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, sometime around 1987. This recording is most likely the first performance of the song. "A Matter of Protocol" has been digitally edited, slowed, and effects-processed. Hope you like it!
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Credits: Music by T. Berndt // T. Berndt - acoustic guitar |
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| Recorded live to cassette tape at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, sometime around 1987. This recording is most likely the first performance of the song. |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by T. Berndt // T. Berndt - acoustic guitar & vocal |
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| Ethereal acoustic guitar introspection... played backwards! From the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988) |
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Credits: Music, Reversing, & Editing by Timothy Jon Berndt |
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| "One mold was made - DiVeRsItY; not meant to crack, Oh please! Oh please!"; an against-the-grain acoustic; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987); features acoustic guitars and male vocal |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by T. Berndt // T. Berndt - acoustic guitars, vocal |
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| The instrumental version of the Natural Echo Project tune, "Baqsheesh Blues"; "Time & Money" intro/extro & blues rock with awesome bass solos & percussion; from the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988); features acoustic guitar, electric bass, and percussion
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Credits: Music & lyrics by Timothy Jon Berndt // Kris Stauffer - Bass Guitar; Eric St. Louis - Percussion; T. Berndt - acoustic guitar & vocal |
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| Prelude to the song, "The Pool"; features acoustic guitar & synth flute; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987)
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Credits: Music by Timothy Jon Berndt // T. Berndt - acoustic guitar & synth flute |
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| Movements 1 & 2 of the the Natural Echo Project's "Dance Suite"; Movements 1 & 2 are Natural Echo's version of the traditional Irish Folk song, "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?"; from the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988); features beautiful female vocal & synth strings
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Credits: Synthesizer - T. Berndt, Melody & Lyrics - Traditional Irish Folk Song |
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| "Take me away, into a clearing; I need some room to breathe..."; movement 3 of the extended Natural Echo Project tune, "Dance Suite"; features acoustic guitar and male vocal; from the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988) |
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Credits: Music & Lyrics by Timothy Berndt // T. J. Berndt - Acoustic Guitar, Synth, & Vocals |
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| "Now give me a river; give me Tom Sawyer- Give me Columbus, we'll sail 'round the world"; Movements 4 & 5 of the the Natural Echo Project's "Dance Suite"; Movement 5, "The Dance", features a lively Natural Echo-style acoustic guitar, percussion, and vocal "jig"; from the album "Natural Boundaries" (1988) |
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Credits: Music & lyrics by Timothy Jon Berndt // Eric St. Louis - Percussion; T. Berndt - acoustic guitar & vocal |
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| Prelude to the song, "To Soar"; acoustic guitar played in a classical style followed by an echo from nature; from the album "Tablature Rasa" (1987) |
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Credits: Music by Timothy Jon Berndt // T. Berndt - Acoustic Guitar |
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| "And so he goes out in his hometown streets... he's searching for a friend to help him handle the searing loneliness smoldering within..."; slow introspective acoustic; recorded live in a Soochow University classroom (Taipei, Taiwan), December, 1985 |
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Credits: : Music, lyrics, acoustic guitar, & vocals by Timothy Berndt; recorded by Tim Holtz |
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