Bisschen Bowie Vibes, geil groovy, richtig gut

Okay, this hits differently. love how it unfolds every step of the way. I dig the groove and the general vibe. You've got an amazing vibe going on right here. A first time listener and I must confess that I'm enthralled. bravo!

love the change ups,bowiesh,really good roger

Wonderfu l groove in the choruses love how it continues into verse 2. beautiful vocal performance, love the phrasing. Great backing vox too.  Really wonderful bass playing throughout. Love the guitar too! Really fun romp!

A song about how time marches on and the mystery of our very being.

Time keeps moving on

"Look in the mirror what do you see, does your reflection show everything you thought you'd be? Do the lines on your face show me you have been is this the message that you want to send? Who have you become are you a planet or a sun do you revolve around everyone or do you shine your light, have you given everything and got nothing in return are there lessons you haven't learned are you tired of these old pair of shoes are you tired of paying your dues..so look in the mirror what do you see does your reflection everything you thought you'd be,,who have you become are you a planet or a star whose light travels just so far who have you become?

Who Have You Become

The title track of upcoming (slowly developing) album Reveal yourself 

Reveal yourself 

It could be much easier if you just say help me please
when you find yourself in a growing sense of unease. 
You might be better off learning how to say no
and to stay away from people who are not good for you. 

If you wanna scream it out
go ahead and shout out loud
but make it clear what it‘s about

Cool it down and appreciate the options you can choose
on what to do or to decline without excuse.
Get in to this groove, so you won’t be caught in a calm 
and let it clear your mind and make you move with aplomb.

It’s not about to scream it out.
You don‘t have to shout out loud.
Just don‘t let them leave you cowed
and clearly state what it is about.

Reveal yourself

If you wanna shout out loud
Go ahead and call it out
Just don‘t let them leave you bowed
Get it through their head what it’s all about. 

Reveal yourself
Reveal yourself

(Music and words by Mark Korthals)

Reveal yourself

Big performance show

Not much into small talk
not quite a loquacious guy, you know. 
Never was a stage hog, 
not made for the big performance show. 

I‘m not the one to cause a sensation 
or brighten up the party mood. 
I don‘t come up to your expectation
I’m not your funny dude. 

Ooh-wee! Watch me!
I‘ll be your parody.
Boojee, you‘ll see,
I‘m just a fallacy. 

I‘m not a big chief
who kicks it with the other wannabes. 
I’m not gonna self-deceive
Cause it’s my back but not my monkeys. 

Take your career plan and shove it! 
I don‘t need your back slap 
I won‘t be stuck to that diggin for profit
and caught in the offside trap. 

Ooh-wee! You‘ll see, 
I‘m just a fallacy.

It’s all affectation
too much of me hidden back behind a façade
and that self-adulation 
evermore makes me feel odd.  

So if I wanna make the world without masquerading
gotta look at myself and quit impersonating.
Now, who‘s the man behind that face? 

I’m gonna get it right, and make it out of the costume
to make a change and strip off that borrowed plume
’nd then watch again and reappraise. 

Ooh-wee! Watch me!
I‘ll be your parody.
Boojee, you‘ll see,
I‘m just a fallacy. 

Still not into small talk
Well yeah, it’s a social skill, I know. 
I never was a stage hog,
but I’ll give you a first-hand personal show. 

So maybe I can cause a sensation 
or brighten up the party mood. 
Well, probably beyond expectation
I‘ll be your funny dude. 

Ooh-wee! Watch me!
I‘ll be your parody.
Boojee, you‘ll see,
I‘m just a fallacy.

Words and music by Mark Korthals

Demos and How to - Big performance show in progress - any good?

What is it old man that you searched for
That you have yearned for for so long
You always seemed to be unstable
And thus you never quite belonged

Kicking all over the world
Acting like you were winning
Kicking all over the world
Never getting enough

You thought that life was for the taking
But now you're trembling and so scared
You always thought of no one else long
And thus you never quite belonged

Kicking all over the world
Acting like you were winning
Kicking all over the world
Never getting enough

Kicking All Over the World (with Vocals): Re-Mastered

This is a song about external interferences in your everyday life which then contrasts into what it is like when you are free of interference and can concentrate on things which don't create anxiety in life.

Words and Music by David Dobson © 2003, 2025.

Sad State

Simple pleasures of life, for my children and wife
We struggle each year to hold onto our share
Still there’s people with nothing, stone cold and suffering
Where do they go Who provides them with care
Terror and tension, Sweeping through nations
An uncertain time you can see that it’s here
When we are young the world is still fun
Let us go back we will see it so clear

Flying high above, I clear my mind
of all the fear I’ve stored over time
I’d love to find a place where we can go
Restore ourselves to who we are
Remember all the good that you once felt
When you were small and all the things you saw
excited you
Please take me back, I’m sure that there’s a way
I’ll go with you

Stare into space an expressionless face
thinking of money and the governments waste
Kept down by leaders, who are liars and cheaters
Justice is blind they prove it each day
Reports from the radio, newspapers and tv’s
It’s all sick or sad, nothing good would sell
How much more can we take, for goodness sake
It will take a miracle to make this world well

Sailing on a lake I sing a song
A beautiful day you feel you can fly
Let the sails take us away to free our souls
A perfect blue sky as far as you see
Remembering everyone you’ve ever known
who were kind to you, taking time to see you through
I long to be free to spend more time
Naturally

Sad State Mixdown - 02 Start

Artwork: Bold Reverie by Helena Wierzbicki

All rights reserved 6/16/2025

Take me away so I can be free
Sweet melody won’t you take hold of me

Turn me around
And show me the door
I don’t hear that sound 
It’s hard to ignore

Years disappear
into the darkened skies
there’ll come a day
That we rise

Take me away so I can be free
Sweet fantasy won’t you take hold of me

I’m Taking the wheel
And closing the gate
Make me believe
Before it’s too late

All in a day
The senses just wanna feel
No more to say
it’s unreal…

Take me away so I can be free
Sweet melody won’t you take hold of me

Take Me Away

There was a time when I was pulled out of line and sat in the corner all alone de ja vue breeds the darkest of blues feeling like I have been here before and I don't belong midday blues calling me feeling adrift in a great big sea midday blues whispering in my ear so take the wheel I can't steer I've been tested I 've been tried I close the door when I cry I look in the mirror and everything just dissappears through the fears through so many tears  Midday blues you see black and grey are following me open a window I  can't breathe midday blues sufficating me When the evening rolls around I'm feeling sound I got my feet back on the ground and I sing a song that's stuck in my head that I know you've heard before in your dreams now their stuck in mine....Ahh Midday blues...

Mid Day Blues

Four songs and a chat with Ray Millsom on Cabin FM's Cabin Folk Show , broadcasting on July 27th 2025 

Cabin Folk Session John Daddio Clarke

Wonderful words about the Folk Club experience by Steve O'Kane , set to music by John Daddio Clarke

I see them still - Steve O'Kane / John daddio Clarke

Go just Go

Roger Pancake is the pseudonym of the German music nerd Mark Korthals, regarding himself a musician. He is best known (to those who know) for his musical contributions to a long history of local Cologne and Magdeburg band projects from midst of the eighties until today. After his last project recording a personal version of Beck‘s Songreader with The Jehnny Dopps, he is now, under the project name The Cosmic Hum, releasing (well, rather small step by small step) his debut solo album entitled Reveal yourself: late coming of age like stuff, taking himself seriously in the one and only respect of having fun doing this.

Demos and How to - Big performance show in progress - any good?

The Cosmic Hum

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