4th Of July

Free?

Posted on July 5, 2023 by admin

LYRICS
Free… is that what you want to be?
Free of responsibility?
Well, golly
Excuse me
I didn’t see you were drowning
In self-pity

Free… is that what you want to be?
Free of responsibility?
Well, what’s right
With your rights
Comes responsibilities
Then, what’s left
Is a civil society
Free… have we come to be
Rationally?

Written and recorded on July 4, 2023. With your freedom comes responsibilities. You have the responsibility not to litter, pollute, or impede others’ freedom. In the Nash equilibrium, each player’s strategy is optimal when considering the decisions of other players. “If things are not so good, you may be one to imagine something better,” said John Forbes Nash, Jr. (1994 Nobel Prize for Economics)

Chords: E / G D A C B7 E / E A A E / B7 E; Part II @ 108 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

Posted on July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 by admin

LYRICS
Is the Fourth of July
Fools’ pride bone awry
Say it didn’t use to be
Give good news to me
Livin’ in a universal universe
All hold dear the same atmosphere
Is it coming clear
Last chapter
Last verse
Last chapter
Reverse

Nationalism supply
Fools’ pride bone awry
Say it didn’t use to be
Give good news to me
Livin’ in a universal universe
All hold dear the same atmosphere
Is it coming clear
Last chapter
Last verse
Last chapter
Reverse

Egos gone sky high
Fools’ pride bone awry
Say it didn’t use to be
Give good news to me
Livin’ in a universal universe
All hold dear the same atmosphere
Is it coming clear
Last chapter
Last verse
Last chapter
Reverse

See the whites in their “I”
Fools’ pride bone awry
Say it didn’t use to be
Give good news to me
Livin’ in a universal universe
All hold dear the same atmosphere
Is it coming clear
Last chapter
Last verse
Last chapter
Reverse

Chords: E G / E D / E A / D E A / C G D / D A E
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar, Loop Pedal, Keyboards
Written and recorded live to a digital 1-track

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

Freedom Fragility

Posted on July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 by admin

LYRICS
Did it once… upon a time
Now the time is mine
Bring on “let freedom ring”
Let me hear you sing
Ring it in in the morning
Ring it in in the evening
Ringing in fair warning

Freedom is a fragile thing
The cracks are disturbing
Freedom is an agile thing
The promises alluring

Every day it slips away
No matter what you say
It’s what you do… that’s heartfelt true
That defines you

Freedom Fragility.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Written and recorded on the 4th Of July, 2018.
Style: Alternative Rock / Progressive Folk
Chords: D C G / C D G
Recording: original take / live digital 1-track stereo

Vocals, Guitar

From the album Overflow

Rely on the 4th Of July

Posted on July 3, 2017 by admin

LYRICS
No, not I
Need ask why
Time to try
Do or die
Now the blues have departed
Let’s get this party started
Together the kind-hearted
Get the party started

We can rely on the 4th of July
For that Philadelphia Spirit
Let’s hear it!

We can rely on the 4th of July
Are you aware we declare
Independence
“You’re free to dance”

We can rely on the 4th of July
A declaration of celebration
Good news! The red, white and blues
Roll out the tide of pride
Arrived
Survived

Rely on the 4th Of July.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Style: Alternative Rock
Chords: E7 E / A E B7 / G A E
Recording: digital stereo

Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

From the album The End Game

The King Arthur.com Holiday Band

Firecracker

Posted on July 7, 2013July 7, 2013 by admin

LYRICS
Firecracker on the 4th of July
Poof! Band! Auld Lang Syne
Is the load of your energy spent
Or, resurrected… from heaven sent (second time lent)

It’s not too late… let’s repent
Soar as high… let’s fly
(Soar on high second time)

Heartbreaker on Valentine’s Day
Poof! Band! Auld Lang Syne
Is the cloud on your picnic wet
Or, hung to dry and live on yet?

Firecracker.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D6 D
Aadd9
D G A D

Made in the USA (Everhart Park, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals, Whistling

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album United State Meant
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

Wissahickon Carnival Song

Posted on July 6, 2013July 6, 2013 by admin

Wissahickon High School Carnival Songwriting in Ambler, PA

LYRICS
Are you finding freedom to be elusive
Do you find the more they take… less they give

Chorus
It’s not too late
We just can’t wait
To participate

Are you finding freedom to be inclusive
Or more like water pouring through a sieve

Chorus

Wissahickon Carnival.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — D Esus Em
G A D

Written and recorded on the 5th Of July, 2013.

Made in the USA (Ambler, Montgomery County, Phoexniville and West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album United State Meant
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

United We State

Posted on July 4, 2013 by admin

4th Of July Songwriting in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
1) Here’s the funny thing
Mom’s half was for the King
Pop’s half said, “Wrath we bring!”

2) Her’s the funny thing
Ya gotta attest with protest
Or, we all fail the (democracy) test
Here’s the funny thing

It’s time we got our freedom back
Don’t blame it on the terror attack
It’s time we got our freedom back
Don’t blame it on the guts that you lack

On my way home to the free n’ the brave
Let’s get our leaders to behave
On my way home to the free n’ the brave
It’s time we stopped being our own slave

United We Stand.mp3

ABOUT THIS SONG
Chords — A Esus Dmaj7

Written and recorded on the 4th Of July, 2013.

Made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Guitar, Vocals

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album United State Meant
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

Jimi Hendrix Tribute Music Festival in Atlantic City

Posted on July 5, 2011 by admin

E7#9
Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things just don’t seem the same
Actin’ funny, but I don’t know why
. . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
‘Scuse me while I kiss the sky

A . . G . . . . E . . . . . . . .A . . . . G . . . . E
All along the watchtower, princes kept the view

While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

I started dreamin’ about playing the Boneyard fest … and it went sumpin’ like this:

Unplugged
. Purple Haze

Add Hammond B3
. All Along The Watch Tower

Start to medley-ize borh
Add / switch over to electric guitars

Plugged
. All Along The Watch Tower

Add more electro-JIMI-techno

. Purple Haze

Full out medley-ize botrh

NOTES:
ideally, we’d add musicians and build as we cycle
Everyone on-board by the end

the kinda tricky part I just started playin’ with… going back n’ forth in the medly-izer

this isn’t quite right… first try, but… perhaps the spirit of it:

http://music.membrane.com/Daniel-Brouse/Jimi-Hendrix-Philadelphia-4th-Of-July-Tribute/Jimi-Hendrix-4th-of-July-Tribute-Medley-with-Bob-Dylan.mp3

I’ll put some more stuff in — http://music.membrane.com/Daniel-Brouse/Jimi-Hendrix-Philadelphia-4th-Of-July-Tribute/

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101770923250246

Daniel